DU1710b Medieval Art: From Constantine to Giotto I.b.

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type 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
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty 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.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 3/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Introduction to the study of art in pre-modern Armenia: history and historiography, Architecture and decoration, Anikonism. The course will be taught as a block lecture in situ from 6 to 11 October 2022.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- Identify and summarize important features of the major moments of the history of Armenia;
- undestand and critically analyze historiography and concepts related to this environment;
- produce an analytical study of selected artifacts;
Syllabus
  • Introduction: the Armenians, Armenia and their art - a historiography of a region built on the past.
  • Late Antique Armenians: Aruch, Talin, Hrispime
  • The temple of Oudzun.
  • Museum in Yerevan
  • Marmashen Monastery
  • Etchmiadzin as a sacred city
  • Sanahin and Hagbat monasteries
Literature
  • FOLETTI, Ivan and Pavel RAKITIN. Re-Inventing Late Antique and Early Medieval Armenia in WW2-Soviet Union. In Re-Constructing Late Antique Armenia (2nd -8th centuries CE). Historiography, material culture, immaterial heritage. 2022. info
  • Armenia : art, religion, and trade in the Middle Ages. Edited by Helen C. Evans. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of art, 2018, 351 stran. ISBN 9781588396600. info
  • MARANCI, Christina. The art of Armenia : an introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018, xii, 252. ISBN 9780190269005. info
  • FOLETTI, Ivan. The Medieval South Caucasus. Artistic Cultures of Albania, Armenia and Georgia. In Convivium. Exchanges and Interactions in the Arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and the Mediterranean. Brno: Masarykovy univerzita, AV ČR, UNIL, 2016, 228 pp. ISSN 2336-3452. info
  • Ani :the millennial capital of Armenia. Edited by Anelka Grigorjan. Erevan: Hayastani Patmowťyan Ťangaran, 2015, 187 stran. ISBN 9789939101552. info
  • MARANCI, Christina. Vigilant powers : three churches of early medieval Armenia. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2015, 281 stran. ISBN 9782503549002. info
  • Archaeology in Armenia :results of the cooperation projects in 2010 : a preliminary report. Edited by Harald Meller - Pavel Avetisyan. Halle (Saale): Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, 2011, 142 s. ISBN 9783939414629. info
  • Armenia sacra : mémoire chrétienne des Arméniens (IVe-XVIIIe siècle). Edited by Jannic Durand - Ioanna Rapti - Dorota Giovannoni. Paris: Somogy, 2007, 471 s. ISBN 9782757200667. info
  • MATHEWS, Thomas F. Art and architecture in Byzantium and Armenia : liturgical and exegetical approaches. Aldershot: Variorum, 1995, 305 stran. ISBN 0860785378. info
  • Armenia. Petaluma, Calif.: World Trade Press, 1993, 22 p. ISBN 9781607803041. info
  • East of Byzantium : Syria and Armenia in the formative period. Edited by Nina G. Garsoïan - Thomas F. Mathews - Robert W. Thomson. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks, Center for byzantine studies, Trustees for Harvard university, 1982, xii, 222. ISBN 0884021041. info
Teaching methods
Interactive seminar, theoretical preparation.
Assessment methods
Output: in situ presentation, written paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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