KLB_004 Roman Toreutics – metal vessels from the period of Late Roman Republic to Late Antiquity

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jan Jílek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 9:10–14:05 T218
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KLBcA26 Art of the Roman Principate || AEA_57 General knowledge of protohistorical material culture
Posluchači by měli absolvovat předměty: Úvod do studia klasické archeologie, Úvod do studia archeologie, případně Znalectví hmotné kultury rané doby dějinné, vítané je také úspěšné složení kursu Doba římská a doba stěhování národů střední Evropy.
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course will familiarise the students with development of Roman toreutics. The lectures will provide knowledge of metal vessels. Attention will be paid to find contexts in the Roman Empire and in the Barbaricum, stylistic analysis of ornaments, and function of vessels. After completion of the course, the students will be familiarised with basics of typology and significance of metal vessels in Roman and barbarian societies.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus 1. History of research and methodical pitfalls concerning the study of Roman metal vessels. 2. Find contexts in the Roman Empire. 3. Find contexts in the Barbaricum. 4. Bronze-brass vessels of the Late Republic and Early Principate (2nd half of 1st century BC to 1st half of 1st century AD) – typology, ornament, functions. 5. Silver vessels of the Late Republic and Early Principate – (2nd half of 1st century BC to 1st half of 1st century AD) – typology, ornament, functions. 6. Bronze-brass vessels of the 2nd half of 1st century AD to mid-2nd century – typology, ornament, functions. 7. Silver vessels of the 2nd half of 1st century AD to mid-2nd century – typology, ornament, functions. 8. Specific features of development in the Middle Roman Period – the royal tomb of Mušov. 9. The problem of hoards of metal vessels on the Limes. 10. Bronze-brass vessels of the 3rd and 4th centuries AD – typology, ornament, functions. 11. Silver vessels of the 3rd and 4th centuries AD – typology, ornament, functions. 12. The phenomenon of inheritance of metal vessels in barbarian regions. Roman manufacturing traditions in the Migration Period and Early Middle Ages.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • EGGERS, H.J. Der römische Import im freien Germanien. Hamburg: Museum für Völkerkunde und Vorgeschichte, 1951. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, class discussion
Assessment methods
colloquium, requirements for the colloquium: general knowledge, knowledge of presented facts and methods, capability of stylistic analysis, knowledge of ornaments and their iconographic interpretation
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
General note: Výuka probíhá ve čtyřech šestihodinových blocích v těchto termínech: 27. 10., 3. 11., 1. 12. a 8. 12.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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