KLMgrB73 The buildings and the images of the imperial cult

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ing. Monika Zobková Koróniová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:50–12:25 zrusena M25
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
At the end of this course the students should be able to be acquainted with: • the origin of the imperial cult • the related cult of Dea Roma • the development of the imperial cult, respectively, in the Western and in the Eastern provinces • the typologies of the buildings of the imperial cult • the image strategy in the imperial cult • the main imperial priesthoods
Syllabus
  • Subjects of the lessons (twelve 2-hour lessons): 1. Origins of the Imperial Cult - Part One
  • 2. The Birth of Imperial Cult under Augustus
  • 3. The beginning: the "Aula del Colosso" in the Forum Augusti at Rome; The Case of Pompeii
  • 4. Athens; Ancyra; Miletus; a westerm imperial altar: Lugdunum
  • 5. The Temple of Rome and Augustus in the Old Forum at Leptis Magna and its statuary cycle
  • ; 6. The Sebasteion at Aphrodisias
  • 7. The Templum gentis Flaviae at Rome
  • 8. The Partherdenkmal at Ephesus;
  • 9. All the nations around the emperor: personifications of subdued peoples and tribes in the monuments of the Imperial cult
  • 10. Kaisersaelen
  • 11. The priests of the Imperial cult and their insignia
  • 12. The last monuments: The Severans
Literature
  • MANSUELLI, G. A. Roma e il mondo romano. Torino, 1981. info
  • ANDREAE, B. Römische Kunst. Freiburg, 1973. info
Teaching methods
Lessons with PowerPoint presentations (in English)
Assessment methods
Written examination: test (in English)
Requirements for the test: Knowledge of the contents of the lessons
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: test v angličtině - volba odpovědí
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2015, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2025.
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