DU2069 Seminar: Svaneti, Shining Images, and the Future of Art History

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ivan Foletti, MA, Docteur es Lettres, Docent in Church History
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 18. 11. to Thu 21. 11. each working day 13:00–15:00 Knihovna Hanse Beltinga
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 7 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 9/7, only registered: 1/7
Course objectives
Introduction to the study of the medieval region of Svanety (Georgia): history and historiography, Architecture and decoration, Aniconism. The course will be taught as a block lecture in situ from cc. 15.09 to 22.09.2024.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to: • - Identify and summarize important features of the major moments of the history of Svanety; • - undestand and critically analyze historiography and concepts related to this environment; • - produce an analytical study of selected artifacts;
Syllabus
  • Introduction: the Svans, the Georgians and their art - a historiography of a region built on the past. • Svanety through the eyes of 19th century travellers • Museum in Uzhguli • Museum in Mestia • Svanety in the 10th century • Svanety at the time of the greatest glory of the Georgian kingdom • Nakipari • Lagurka • Lamariam • Svanety in the period of the USSR
Literature
  • FOLETTI, Ivan, Michele BACCI, Manuela STUDER-KARLEN, Natalia CHITISHVILI, Irina ELIZBARASHVILI, Irene GIVIASHVILI, Salome MELADZE, Nina CHICHINADZE, Marine KENIA, Ekaterine GEDEVANISHVILI, Antony EASTMOND, Nana BURCHULADZE, Nutsa BATIASHVILI and Nikoloz ALEKSIDZE. Medieval Svaneti : Objects, Images, and Bodies in Dialogue with Built and Natural Spaces. Turnhout: Brepols, 2023, 232 pp. Convivium Suppelementum, 12. ISBN 978-80-280-0382-1. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1484/M.CONVISUP-EB.5.136524. URL info
  • FOLETTI, Ivan and Adrien PALLADINO. Dodatek. Stříbrné obrazy ze Svaneti (Appendix. Silver Paintings from Svaneti). In FOLETTI, Ivan, Karolina FOLETTI a Klára DOLEŽALOVÁ. Zápisky z cest 4: Jižní Kavkaz. Umění středověké Arménie a Gruzie. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2022, p. 391-399. ISBN 978-80-280-0196-4. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M280-0196-2022. info
  • FOLETTI, Ivan, Michele BACCI and Manuela STUDER KARLEN. The Interaction of Objects, Images, and Bodies with Built and Natural Spaces in Medieval Svaneti. 2022. URL info
Teaching methods
Interactive seminar, theoretical preparation.
Assessment methods
Output: in situ presentation, written paper.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
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