HIB005b Middle Ages in Pictures

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Boček, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tomáš Borovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Pavel Boček, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 14:00–15:40 B2.43
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
  • History (programme FF, B-HI_) (2)
Course objectives
The aim of the course is the introduction of the students to the issue of images in the Middle Ages - the image as historical source; the function of image in medieval society; the relationship between history and the history of art and the most significant research concepts.
Learning outcomes
After completion of the course, the student will be able to set out the important characteristics of reception of images in medieval society.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction (research, terms, authors)
  • 2. Artist in the medieval West
  • 3. Artist in the medieval East
  • 4. Byzantine Iconoclasm
  • 5. Image in Hussite and Utraquist thought
  • 6. Image in liturgy
  • 7. Portrait and stereotype
  • 8. Nature in paintings
  • 9. Image and text
Literature
    required literature
  • BARTLOVÁ, Milena. Průvodce studiem dějin středověkého výtvarného umění. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 150 s. ISBN 8021032960. info
    recommended literature
  • ŠMAHEL, František. Nahlédnutí do středověku : mluva písma a četba obrazů. Vydání první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2017, 390 stran. ISBN 9788024636290. info
  • BURKE, Peter. Eyewitnessing : the uses of images as historical evidence. London: Reaktion Books, 2011, 223 s. ISBN 9781861892652. info
  • SUCKALE, Robert. Das mittelalterliche Bild als Zeitzeuge : sechs Studien. 1. Ausg. Berlin: Lukas-Verlag, 2002, 264 s. ISBN 3931836703. info
  • AVENARIUS, Alexander. Byzantský ikonoklazmus 726-843 : storočie zápasu o ikonu. Bratislava: Veda, 1998, 148 s. ISBN 8022405825. info
  • PANOFSKY, Erwin. Gothic architecture and scholasticism. New York: Meridian Books, 1957, xvi, 108. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with discussions and presentations.
Assessment methods
Written review of selected book.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021.
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