DU1380 Ebony from IV. till X. century

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Friday 10:50–14:55 K31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the proseminar is to introduce one of the most important media of the early Middle Ages, the ivory. From a material point of view, the technique was very important, because it is almost impossible to remake ivory objects: therefore are preserved artifacts de facto in their original condition. Problematic, however, is from the perspective of historiography with the "moving" objects dating question and localization.
Syllabus
  • - Symmachi–Nicomachi diptych - Diptych of Adam and Paul from the Museo Nazionale del Bargello of Florence - The ivory casket from the British Museum - Diptych Trivulzio of the Castello Sforzesco in Milan - Diptych of five parts from Milan - Barberini ivory - Consular diptychs - Diptych of the five parts of the Museo Nazionale in Ravenna - The Maximian Cathedra of Ravenna - Diptych of the five parts of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris - Plates of Evangeliary of Musée royaux d'art et d'histoire in Brussels - Plates of Evangeliary of Boldeian Librery in Oxford - Cathedra Sancti Petri in the Vatican
Literature
    required literature
  • Wolfgang Fritz Volbach, Elfenbeinarbeiten der Spätantike un des frühen Mittelalters, Mainz 1976
  • Anthony Cutler, Late antique and Byzantine ivory carving Aldershot 1998.
  • Danielle Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires du Moyen Age, Fribourg 1978
  • Massimiliano David, Eburnea diptycha : i dittici d’avorio tra antichità e Medioevo. Bari 2007.
    recommended literature
  • Danielle Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux : Ve ‑ XVe siècle : catalogue. Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003
Teaching methods
Theoretical preparation, oral and written presentations by each participant, class discussion.
Assessment methods
An oral (45 min.) And written (10 pages of text, summarizing the current scientific situation) presentations.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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