KLBcA36 Seminar to art of Rome

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Dagmar Vachůtová, 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
Tue 15:50–17:25 T227
Prerequisites
This seminar follows the lecture KLBcA26 Roman Imperial art
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 seminar concentrats on analysis of the masterpieces of Roman art and architecture. The students have to elaborate an essay on assigned topic. At the end of the course they should be acquainted with stylistic analysis of Roman art from the 1st to the 3rd century.
Syllabus
  • 1. Characteristics of Roman Imperial art, roman synthesis, chronology.
  • 2. The influences of the Hellenistic styles and classicism, Roman eclecticism as a creative source of further developpement.
  • 3. Roman architecture and its originality.
  • 4. Augustan art as formative period for the Roman synthesis and visual representation.
  • 5. Julio-claudian period, portrait, narrative reliefs.
  • 6. Styles and themes of the wall painting.
  • 7. Flavian art and architecture.
  • 8. Trajan's era and achievement of the roman synthesis - the column of Trajan and its impact.
  • 9. Classicismus of Hadrian's period - romantic Greeks folowing aesthetics, concept of the villa in Tivoli.
  • 10. Art of the Antonians.
  • 11. Expressionism and increasing abstraction of the severan art.
  • 12. Conclusion.
Literature
  • Turcan, Robert: L'art romain. Cinq siècles de la romanité. Paris 1995
  • ZANKER, Paul. Un'arte per l'impero : funzione e intenzione delle immagini nel mondo romano. Edited by Eugenio Polito. Milano: Electa, 2002, 235 s. ISBN 8843572660. info
  • ANDREAE, Bernard. Die römische Kunst : mit über 930 Illustrationen, davon ca. 180 Vierfarbigen auf Kunstdrucktafeln. Neubearb. und erw. Ausg. Freiburg: Herder, 1999, 640 s. ISBN 3451266814. info
  • ANDREAE, Bernard. Praetorium speluncae :Tiberius und Ovid in Sperlonga. Mainz: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, 1994, 240 s. ISBN 3-515-06643-8. info
  • KRAUS, Theodor and Bernard ANDREAE. Das Römische Weltreich. Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, 1990, 335 s. ISBN 354951026. info
  • BIANCHI BANDINELLI, R. Römische Kunst. München, 1975. info
  • ANDREAE, B. Römische Kunst. Freiburg, 1973. info
  • PELIKÁN, Oldřich. Dějiny antického umění. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1971, 143 s. info
Teaching methods
analysis and application of the theory of Roman art on main categories of Roman monuments
Assessment methods
Fulfillment: - Basic orientation in the individual spheres of research in the branch - Knowledge of specialist literature, journals and outcomes of the work of significant researchers within the scope of the lecture and the assigned literature - Adequate participation in the work of the seminar - presentation of the written essay on assigned topic
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=880
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2020.
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