KLMgrA22 Late Antiquity and Early Christian Art

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
KLBcZk Bc final exam
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
    required literature
  • BRENK, B. Spätantike und frühes Christentum. In Propyläen Kunstgeschichte. Berlin, 1977. Suppl. I. info
  • GRABAR, Andre. Die Kunst des frühen Christentums von den ersten Zeugnissen Christlicher Kunst bis zur Zeit Theodosius´ I. In: Malraux, A. - Salles, G. (Hrsg.): Universum der Kunst. München, 1967.
  • GRABAR, Andre 1967: Die Kunst im Zeitalter Justinians vom Tod Theodosius´ I. bis zum vordringen des Islam. In: Malraux, A. - Salles, G. (Hrsg.): Universum der Kunst. München, 1967.
  • LASSUS, Jean. Raně křesťanské a byzantské umění. Praha: Artia, 1971, 196 s. URL info
  • REECE, Richard. The later Roman Empire : an archaeology AD 150-600. New edition. Stroud: Tempus, 2007, 192 stran. ISBN 9780752442051. info
  • RODLEY, Lyn. Byzantine art and architecture : an introduction. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, xiv, 380. ISBN 0521354404. info
    recommended 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
  • Wege nach Byzanz : diese Publikation erscheint anlässlich der Ausstellung Wege nach Byzanz im Landesmuseum Mainz, vom 6. November 2011 bis zum 5. Februar 2012. Edited by Benjamin Fourlans - Vasiliki Tsamakda. Mainz: Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, 2011, 355 s. ISBN 9783884671863. info
  • KALAS, Gregor. The restoration of the Roman Forum in late antiquity : transforming public space. First edition. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2015, xv, 228. ISBN 9780292760783. info
  • LANÇON, Bertrand. Rome in late antiquity : everyday life and urban change, AD 312-609. Translated by Antonia Nevill. New York: Routledge, 2001, xxii, 185. ISBN 041592975X. info
  • VOLBACH, Wolfgang Fritz, Jacqueline LAFONTAINE-DOSOGNE and Milko BIČEV. Byzanz und der christliche Osten. Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, 1990, 424 s. ISBN 354951034. 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
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
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, Autumn 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2022.
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