KLMgrB69 Greek and Roman silver plate. A precious iconographical medium

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Dr. Elisabetta Maria Gagetti, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc.
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course the students should be able to be acquainted with: • the techniques of fabrication of silver vessels • the relationships between pottery and silver plate shapes • the ways in which ancient silver plate came to us • the function of silver plate as support of iconographies • the diffusion of classical iconographies in the peripherical areas of the classical world • the different subjects of figured silver plate • the passage from pagan iconographies to christian iconographies
Syllabus
  • Subjects of the lessons (ten 2-hour lessons): 1. A glance backwards: Phoenician and Greek silver plate in Etruria, Thrace and Scythia 2. Roman silver plate before Roman empire: the development of Hellenistic shapes (phiale, skyphos); the cup from Alesia and the garland cups 3. Two great silver hoards buried by the Vesuvius eruption (79 AD): the Villa at Boscoreale and the House of the Menander in Pompeii 4. Roman silver plate beyond the limes: the cups from Hoby (DK); the treasure of Hildesheim (D); the Gosławice cup (PL); the silver plate from the royal tomb in Mušov (CZ) and something else. 5. Iconographical subjects: history. The silver patera from Aquileia; the “Rotschild cups” from Boscoreale; the “Africa phiale” from Boscoreale; the “Reconciliation cups” from Moregine; the lanx from Stráže 6. Iconographical subjects: myth. “Homeric” cups; Centaurs in silver (kantharoi from Pompeii, Casa dell’Argenteria; and from the hoard of Berthouville); the bell crater from Hildesheim 7. Three hoards: Marengo, Kaiseraugst, Seuso 8. Late antiquity: a “new” Achilles 9. Götterdämmerung: the last pagan silver plate. The patera from Parabiago; the Corbridge lanx; the amphora from Baratti 10. From the imperial court to the heavenly court: the silver casket of S. Nazaro and the theke of Manlia Daedalia
Literature
    required literature
  • • Argenterie romaine et byzantine, Actes de la table ronde (Paris, 1983), ed. F. Baratte, Paris 1988.
    recommended literature
  • • A. Alfoeldi, Redeunta Saturnia regna, 7. Frugifer-Triptolemos im ptolemaeisch-roemischen Herrscherkult, in “Chiron”, 9, 1979, pp. 553-606.
  • • K. Friis Johansen, New evidence about the Hoby silver cups, in “ActaArch”, 31, 1960, pp. 185-190.
    not specified
  • • F. Baratte, Le trésor d'orfèvrerie romaine de Boscoreale, Paris 1986.
  • CINISELLO, Balsamo. Il tesoro di San Nazaro. Antichi argenti liturgici della Basilica di San Nazaro al Museo Diocesano di Milano a cura di Gemma Sena Chiesa. Milano: Silvana, 2009, 215 pp. ISBN 978-88-366-1342-7. info
  • CHIESA, G Sena. Imago Caesaris argentea. Il busto di Lucio Vero del Tesoro di Marengo. Lanx. Milano, 2008, vol. 1, p. 1-25. ISSN 2035-4797. info
  • Argenti a Pompei, Catalogue of the exhibition. Milano, 2006. edited by P.G. Guzzo. info
  • JÍLEK, Jan. Supplementary notes to the cognition of silver vessels in the territory of the Czech and Slovak republics. Studia Hercynia. Praha, 2006, vol. 2006, X, p. 24-32. ISSN 1212-5865. info
  • Tesori della Bulgaria. Dal Neolitico al Medioevo, Catalogue of the exhibition. Roma, 2006. info
  • PEŠKA, Jaroslav and Jaroslav TEJRAL. Das germanische Königsgrab von Mušov in Mähren. Edited by Claus von Carnap-Bornheim. Mainz: Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, 2002, viii, 310. ISBN 388467076X. info
  • SIMON, E. Die Lanx von Stráže. Anodos. Studies of the Ancient World. Trnava: Trnavská univerzita, 2001, vol. 1, p. 197-208. ISSN 1338-5410. info
  • NICHOLSON, O. The Corbridge Lanx and the emperor Julian. Britannia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, vol. 26, p. 312-315. ISSN 0068-113X. info
  • MÜLLER, C W. Das Bildprogramm der Silberbecher von Hoby. Zur Rezeption frühgriechischer Literatur in der römischen Bildkunst der augusteischen Zeit. Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1994, vol. 109, p. 321-352. ISSN 0070-4415. info
  • MUNDELL MANGO, M and A BENNETT. The Sevso treasure 1. Journal of Roman Archaeology. Supplementary series. Rhode Island: J. H. Humphrey, 1994, vol. 12, No 1. info
  • PANNUTI, U. L'apoteosi d'Omero. Vaso argenteo del Museo Nazionale di Napoli. Monumenti Antichi. Roma: Academia nazionale der Lincei, 1990, vol. 3, p. 43-58. info
  • Argenterie romaine et byzantine. In F. Baratte. Actes de la table ronde. Paris, 1988. info
  • KAUFMANN-HEINIMANN, Annemarie and Herbert Adolph CAHN. Il tesoro nascosto. Le argenterie imperiali di Kaiseraugst. Roma: De Luca, 1987, 179 pp. Catalogue of the exhibition. info
  • GHEDINI, Francesca. La figura recumbente del piatto di Aquileia e l'eleusinismo alessandrino. Rivista di Archeologia. Roma, 1986, vol. 10, p. 31-42. ISSN 0392-0895. info
  • ARIAS, Paolo Enrico. L'anfora argentea di Porto Baratti. Roma: Istituto poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato, 1986, 113 pp. info
  • BARATTE, Francois. Le trésor d'orfèvrerie romaine de Boscoreale. Paris: Ministere de la culture et de la communication, Editions de la Reunion des musees nationaux, 1986, 96 pp. ISBN 978-2-7118-2048-1. info
  • LINFERT, A. Die Tochter, nicht die Mutter. In N. Bonacasa et A. Di Vita. Nochmals zur "Afrika"-Schale von Boscoreale, in Alessandria e il mondo ellenistico-romano. Roma, 1984, p. 351-358. info
  • VAN DE GRIFT, J. Tears and Revel. The Allegory of the Berthouville Centaur Scyphi. American Journal of Archaeology. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America, 1984, vol. 88, p. 377-388. ISSN 1939-828X. info
  • CRISTOFANI, M and M MARTELLI. L'oro degli Etruschi. Novara: Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1983. info
  • MUSSO, Luisa Trenta. Manifattura suntuaria e committenza pagana nellaRoma del IV secolo. Indagine sulla lanx di Parabiago. Roma: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1983, 196 pp. Studi e materiali del Museo della civilta romana. ISBN 88-7062-549-4. info
  • WIELOWIEJSKI, J. Römische Silbergefässe und ihre Nachahmungen in Polen. In Pavel Oliva, Alena Frolíková. Concilium Eirene XVI: Proceedings of the 16th International Eirene Conference, Prague 31.8. - 4.9.1982. Praha: Kabinet pro studia řecká, římsá a latinská ČSAV, 1983, p. 221-226, 368 pp. ISBN 1-02-493335-0. info
  • ALFOELDI, Andreas. Redeunta Saturnia regna, 7. Frugifer-Triptolemos im ptolemaeisch-roemischen Herrscherkult. Chiron. München: C. H. Beck, 1979, vol. 9, p. 553-606. ISSN 0069-3715. info
  • CHILDS, W.A.P. The Achilles silver plate in Paris. Gesta. New York: International Center of Medieval Art, 1979, vol. 18, p. 19-26. ISSN 0016-920X. info
  • JEPPESEN, K. An inside view of the Hoby cups. Acta Archaeologica. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1972, vol. 43, p. 1-18. ISSN 1600-0390. info
  • POULSEN, V. Die Silberbecher von Hoby. Antike Plastik. Berlin: Hirmer, 1968, vol. 8, p. 69-73. ISSN 0518-018X. info
  • JOHANSEN, K Friis. New Evidence about the Hoby Silver Cups. Acta Archaeologica. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1960, vol. 31, p. 185–190. ISSN 1600-0390. info
Teaching methods
Lessons with PowerPoint presentations (in English)
Assessment methods
Written examination: multiple choice test (in English; in particular cases only, after a previous written request to the teacher, a Czech version of the test can be supplied) • Ten questions about an image – already seen during the lessons – each one with three questions (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 in literature is suggested
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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