DU2684 An appereance of the deceased : the funeral production in the early Middle Ages

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Thursday 15:50–19:05 K31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this lecture is the reflection of a broader representation of the deceased during the first centuries of the Middle Ages. Based on the analysis of several major examples, we will reflect function, meaning and development of these "images". Due to the subject of study, in addition to the usual methodological procedures we will work with athropology of images and historical anthropology more generally.
Syllabus
  • The picture of the body and the cult of death
  • Funeral portraits in antiquity I: Egypt, Greece
  • Funeral portraits in antiquity II: Rome
  • The face of the deceased in non-European civilizations and natural nations
  • Funeral early medieval architecture: Pagans and Christians
  • First Christian funeral pictures: Rome, Sicily, ...
  • The cult of the martyrs, the cult of images, the cult of relics I: IV century
  • Between portrait and icon? Naples, Thessaloniki, ...
  • The cult of the martyrs, the cult of images, the cult of relics II: VI-VII. century
  • His face disappeared: the end of the representation of the deceased.
Literature
    required literature
  • Crosetto, Alberto, "Sepolture e usi funerari medievali", in Il medioevo, a cura di Liliana Mercando ed Egle Micheletto, pp. 209-232
  • BELTING, Hans. Bild und Kult : eine Geschichte des Bildes vor dem Zeitalter der Kunst. 6. Aufl. München: C.H.Beck, 2006, 700 s. ISBN 3406377688. info
  • BELTING, Hans. Das Bild und sein Publikum im Mittelalter : Form und Funktion früher Bildtafeln der Passion. Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1981, 316 s. ISBN 3786113076. info
    recommended literature
  • Cipriano, Giuseppina, La decorazione pittorica nei contesti funerari della Sicilia : III - V secolo d.C.., Palermo 2010
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Assessment methods
Written 4 hour test on a selected topic
Language of instruction
Czech
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