KLMgrA22 Early Christian Art of Late Antiquity

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History (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
each even Friday 10:00–13:15 K31
Prerequisites
Good orientation in greek and roman art would be welcome. The course is suitable for students of Classical archaeology, Medieval archaeology, History of religions, Art history and for those, who want to be acquainted with the transformation of the antiquity into christianism in the field of arts.
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
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Course objectives
At the end of this course students should be able to understand the principles of early christian art which had resulted from the context of previous art of greek and roman pagan Antiquity and of its language. They should be acquainted with the early christian iconography, art of catacombs, with iconography of sarcophagi, architecture and mosaic decoration of early christian churches to the seventh century A. D.
Syllabus
  • origins of early christian art and its specific formation based on the greek and roman pagan art
  • Iconophobia of early church and its limits in the world of Antiquity, evidences at Dura Europos
  • origins of specific iconography based upon pagan models
  • symbolic language of art in the roman catacombs
  • iconography of sarcophagy and signification of their decoration style and technology of production of the sarcophagi
  • architecture of christian churches and its decoration typology of churches and their conservation
  • painting and mosaics in churches of 4th bis to 7th century
  • early christian art and its function into the final romanisation of christianity interactions between the pagan and christian world
Literature
  • Repertorium der christlich-antiken Sarkophage. Edited by Thilo Ulbert - Brigitte Christern-Briesenick - Giuseppe Bovini - Hugo. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 2003, xx, 303. ISBN 3805320086. info
  • GRABAR, André. Les voies de la création en iconographie chrétienne : antiquité et moyen âge. Paris: Flammarion, 1994, 442 s. ISBN 2080816152. info
  • GRABAR, André. Les voies de la création en iconographie chrétienne : antiquité et moyen âge. Paris: Flammarion, 1994, 442 s. ISBN 2080816152. info
  • VOLBACH, Wolfgang Fritz, Jacqueline LAFONTAINE-DOSOGNE and Milko BIČEV. Byzanz und der christliche Osten. Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, 1990, 424 s. ISBN 354951034. info
  • EFFENBERGER, Arne. Frühchristliche Kunst und Kultur :von den Anfängen bis zum 7. Jahrhundert. Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang, 1986. ISBN 3-7338-0010-9. info
  • BRENK, B. Spätantike und frühes Christentum. In Propyläen Kunstgeschichte. Berlin, 1977. Suppl. I. info
  • EFFENBERGER, Arne. Koptische Kunst : Ägypten in spätantiker, byzantinischer und frühislamischer Zeit. 1. Aufl. Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang, 1975, 277s. info
  • LASSUS, Jean. Raně křesťanské a byzantské umění. Praha: Artia, 1971, 196 s. URL info
  • GRABAR, A. L´age d´or de Justinien. Paris, 1966. info
  • GRABAR, A. L´age d´or de Justinien. Paris, 1966. info
  • GRABAR, A. Le premier art chrétien (200-395). Paris, 1966. info
  • GRABAR, André. Christian iconography : a study of its origins : the A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts, 1961, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1961, l, 174. info
Teaching methods
lectures with explanations of iconographical varieties and its signification, e-learning presentations to the topics
Assessment methods
written test or oral exam
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2007, Autumn 2009, Spring 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2018, Spring 2022.
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