KLBcB25 Roman Art to the End of the Republic

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Dagmar Vachůtová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
Thu 14:10–15:45 C42
Prerequisites
Good knowledge of Greek art, basic knowledge of Roman history and Roman art
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of this course is to explain the complicated situation of the beginnings and principles of art in the Pre-Roman Italy, Early Rome and the constitution of the artistic synthesis in the republican Rome which includes local principles and influences of Greek art. At the end of this course students should be able to understand the fundamental principles of roman art and their prestance and specificity in process of gradually accepted greek aesthetical form.
Syllabus
  • The beginnings of Rome - Rome of the kings
  • the late kingdom of the Etruscans
  • Early republican Roman culture of the IVth and IIIrd centuries
  • Principles of the Roman mentality
  • Beginnings of the growing influence of Greek culture
  • Formative period of Roman architecture and its principles
  • Republican portrait
  • Roman wall-painting in the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. (Pompeian styles)
  • Applied arts in Roman area and the influence of the Greek masters
Literature
  • BIANCHI BANDINELLI, Ranuccio and Antonio GIULIANO. Etrusker und Italiker vor der römischen Herrschaft : die Kunst Italiens von der Frühgeschichte bis zum Bundesgenossenkrieg. Translated by Herbert Schlüster. München: Verlag C. H. Beck, 1974, vii, 442. ISBN 3406030211. info
  • ANDREAE, B. Römische Kunst. Freiburg, 1973. info
  • BIANCHI BANDINELLI, R. Römische Kunst. München, 1975. info
  • KRAUS, Theodor and Bernard ANDREAE. Das Römische Weltreich. Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, 1990, 335 s. ISBN 354951026. info
  • ANDREAE, Bernard. Schönheit des Realismus :Auftraggeber, Schöpfer, Betrachter hellenistischer Plastik. Mainz/Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1998, 336 s. ISBN 3-8053-2348-4. info
  • MANSUELLI, G. A. Roma e il mondo romano. Torino, 1981. info
Teaching methods
combination of lectures and exercises with analysis of the cultural background of this period, analysis of the written sources and preserved material and its characteristics
Assessment methods
oral colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=846
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2017.
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