DU1368 Ravenna the capital

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
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
Contact Person: prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even 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
Introduction to the Study of Art in Ravenna: history and historiography, Arianism and orthodoxy, architecture, decoration and liturgy.
Syllabus
  • - Ravenna Capital - Introduction to the Historiography - Mausoleum of Galla Placidia - The Orthodox Baptistery - The Arina Baptistery - Sant'Apollinare Nuovo - Sant'Apollinare in Class - San Vitale - Ivory - sarcophagi - The throne of Maximilian - Archbishop's Chapel - Mausoleum of Theodoric
Literature
    required literature
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Deichmann, Ravenna : Hauptstadt des spätantiken Abendlandes. 1, Geschichte und Monumente, Wiesbaden 1969.
    not specified
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Deichmann, Ravenna : Hauptstadt des spätantiken Abendlandes. 2, Kommentar, Wiesbaden, 1974-1989, 4 t.
  • Agnellus of Ravenna, The book of pontiffs of the church of Ravenna, trad. et notes de Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis, Washington D.C., 2004.
  • Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis, Ravenna in late antiquity, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Teaching methods
interactive lecture with images
Assessment methods
oral and written presentations
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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