DU1756 From Moravia to Rome: the Lombard Kingdom and its visual culture

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 2025
Rozsah
0/0. 4 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučováno kontaktně
Vyučující
Chiara Croci, PhD (přednášející)
prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Mgr. Zuzana Faktorová, Ph.D.
Seminář dějin umění – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Seminář dějin umění – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
Út 18. 11. 10:00–11:40 K31, 14:00–16:40 K31, St 19. 11. 10:00–11:40 K31, 14:00–16:40 K31, Čt 20. 11. 10:00–11:40 K31, 14:00–16:40 K31, Pá 21. 11. 10:00–11:40 K31, 14:00–16:40 K31
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Cíle předmětu
The course will be focused on the visual devolvements related to the arrival of the Lombard in the italic Peninsula. A set of case studies addressed according a regional and chronological ratio analyzing the entanglement between material and iconographical issues and the specific context and function. Through an interdisciplinary method crossing approaches from art history, history and archaeology the course aim to show the relevance of cross-cultural exchanges for the renewal of the visual culture in the early medieval period.
Výstupy z učení
Students will get a broad overview of the transformation of the figural languages in the centuries following the end of the Roman Empire. They will become familiar of the current research direction on materials that need to be adressed crossing intakes from several disciplines (not only art history, but history, archeology, paleography, ecc.)
Osnova
In the common view, Germanic populations settled in the regions of the western Roman Empire after its fall are often depicted as uncultivated destroyers. Largely shaped by nineteenth-century nationalist agendas, this misreading has hindered a full understanding of the contribution of the Romano-Barbarian kingdoms to the development of medieval visual culture. The Kingdom established by the Lombards on the Italian Peninsula (568-774) stands out due to the higher amount of heterogeneous artistic evidence compared to surrounding regions. This teaching will focus on the Lombard case study, bridging evidence that has previously been confined to different historiographical traditions (i.e., archaeological finds and monumental art) together. Combining methodologies from art history and archaeology, we will examine a wide range of objects and media (jewelry and personal objects, metalwork, weapons, funerary slabs, liturgical ornaments, coins, paintings, mosaics, stuccoes) found in major centers such as Pavia, Monza, Brescia, Cividale, Spoleto, Benevento, Salerno, San Vincenzo al Volturno, along with their surrounding areas. We will study artifacts from diverse and socially stratified contexts in terms of commission, production, and function, in order to understand how the interaction between ‘Roman’ and ‘barbarian’ cultures and techniques acted on the transformation of the already changing classical visual languages, leading to new systems of visual communication in the early medieval euro-mediterranean world.
Literatura
  • Longobardi : un popolo che cambia la storia. Edited by Gian Pietro Brogiolo - Federico Marazzi - Caterina Giostra. Milano: Skira, 2017, 525 stran. ISBN 9788857235165. info
  • NEES, Lawrence. Early medieval art. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, 272 s. ISBN 0192842439. info
  • Il futuro dei Longobardi : l'Italia e la costruzione dell'Europa di Carlo Magno. Edited by Carlo Bertelli - Gian Pietro Broglio. Milano: Skira, 2000, 556 stran. ISBN 8881187906. info
Výukové metody
Frontal imput will be alternated with moments of discussion and common 'reading' of images and texts
Metody hodnocení
The validation of the course will depend on an oral interview (20 minutes) on a subject (preferably and artwork or a group of artworks) prepared by the student in amount. He/She must demonstrate a specific knowledge of the topic and of the methodologies discusses within the course, as well as a critical awareness of the bibliography on the topic. The subject must be agreed with the teacher personally by the 21th November. The oral interviews will take place online on Monday, 1st of December
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Chiara Croci holds a PhD in art history and archaeology, which she obtained in 2016 through a cotutelle between the University of Lausanne and the University of Münster. She was a lecturer at the University of Münster in 2013, and a junior lecturer and lecturer at the University of Lausanne from 2013 to 2025. In addition, she has engaged in occasional teaching activities at the Universities of Switzerland (2017), Brno (2018) and Salerno (2019). A member of the Swiss Institute of Rome during her PhD (2012-2013), she has then been a post-doc researcher at the University of Brno (2018-2019) and a visiting scholar of the University of Tübingen (2023). She has held the Italian national habilitation as an associate professor since 2021 and obtained the Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Research Management from the University of Bern in 2025. Her scientific work to date has been mainly focused on the visual and material culture of the early Middle Ages, with particular attention paid to the function of works and objects in their context and, therefore, the relationship between them and the viewer. Building on these approaches, she has a keen interest in production conditions and techniques, encompassing conservation and restoration science, as well as archeometric studies
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