KLMgrB73 The buildings and the images of the imperial cult

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Dr. Elisabetta Maria Gagetti, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 6. 3. 17:30–19:05 122, Wed 7. 3. 17:30–19:05 122, Tue 27. 3. 17:30–19:05 122, Wed 28. 3. 17:30–19:05 122, Tue 3. 4. 17:30–19:05 122, Wed 4. 4. 17:30–19:05 122, Tue 17. 4. 17:30–19:05 122, Wed 18. 4. 17:30–19:05 122, Wed 9. 5. 17:30–19:05 122, Thu 10. 5. 15:50–17:25 Zahraniční oddělení
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 the students should be able to be acquainted with: • the origin of the imperial cult • the related cult of Dea Roma • the development of the imperial cult, respectively, in the Western and in the Eastern provinces • the typologies of the buildings of the imperial cult • the image strategy in the imperial cult • the main imperial priesthoods
Syllabus
  • Subjects of the lessons (twelve 2-hour lessons): 1. Origins of the Imperial Cult - Part One
  • 2. The Birth of Imperial Cult under Augustus
  • 3. The beginning: the "Aula del Colosso" in the Forum Augusti at Rome; The Case of Pompeii
  • 4. Athens; Ancyra; Miletus; a westerm imperial altar: Lugdunum
  • 5. The Temple of Rome and Augustus in the Old Forum at Leptis Magna and its statuary cycle
  • ; 6. The Sebasteion at Aphrodisias
  • 7. The Templum gentis Flaviae at Rome
  • 8. The Partherdenkmal at Ephesus;
  • 9. All the nations around the emperor: personifications of subdued peoples and tribes in the monuments of the Imperial cult
  • 10. Kaisersaelen
  • 11. The priests of the Imperial cult and their insignia
  • 12. The last monuments: The Severans
Literature
  • MANSUELLI, G. A. Roma e il mondo romano. Torino, 1981. info
  • ANDREAE, B. Römische Kunst. Freiburg, 1973. info
Teaching methods
Lessons with PowerPoint presentations (in English)
Assessment methods
Written examination: multiple choice test (in English) Twelve questions in 40’, each about an image – already seen during the lessons – and with four answers (of which only one is correct), according to the subjects of the lessons
Requirements for the test: Knowledge of the contents of the lessons (the reading of some texts among suggested literature)
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: test v angličtině - volba odpovědí
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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