DU2024 Seminar: Ancient Mythology in Baroque Iconography

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Radka Nokkala Miltová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Radka Nokkala Miltová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 12:00–13:40 K21
Prerequisites
Premise of the course is basic knowledge of profane iconography
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Course is focused on the detail analysis of the examples of baroque art (painting, print etc.), where the ancient mythology is used. On this material student will be able to answer the questions of the iconography and context: development of the opinions in the literature, the role of the ancient mythology in the ruler´s allegories and representation, the relationship to the contemporary literature (esp. mythographies).
Learning outcomes
At the end ot the course student will be able to: distinguish iconographical topics taken from the ancient myhology; analyse selected art objects; connect selected art objects to wider context of early modern mythology science
Syllabus
  • Ancient sources
  • Mythographers
  • Allegories of Rulers
  • Ancient mythologie in the service of the Church
  • Representation strategies
  • Popular myths
  • Meanings of the myths
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Malcolm Bull, The Mirror of the Gods. Classical Mythology in Renaissance Art. London 2005.
  • DITTMANN, Lorenz. Die Wiederkehr der antiken Götter im Bilde : Versuch einer neuen Deutung. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 2001, 310 s. ISBN 3506737872. info
  • Wege zum Mythos. Edited by Luba Freedman - Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich. Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2001, 213 s. ISBN 3786124191. info
  • Der antike Mythos und Europa : Texte und Bilder von der Antike bis ins 20. Jahrhundert. Edited by Francesca Cappelletti - Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich. Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1997, xi, 250. ISBN 3786117624. info
  • SEZNEC, Jean. The survival of the pagan gods :the mythological tradition and its place in Renaissance humanism and art. Translated by Barbara F. Sessions. 9th Princeton pbk. print. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995, xvi, 376 s. ISBN 0-691-02988-1. info
Teaching methods
Class discussion
Assessment methods
Colloquium - presentation
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020.
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