Teaching code

4S003888

Teacher

Fabio Coden

Coordinator

Fabio Coden

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-ART/01 - HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ART

Period

CuCi 1 B dal Nov 11, 2024 al Dec 21, 2024.

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The course in History of Byzantine Art (m) aims to prepare students: to analyze the main artistic expressions of the Byzantine civilization from the foundation of Constantinople to the fall of the Eastern Empire (330-1453); to evaluate the technical-artistic aspects of the main works of art in the Byzantine context; to evaluate Eastern and Western artistic phenomena using a comparative method; to identify the intrinsic and extrinsic characteristics of the works of art produced in the Byzantine koinè. At the end of the course, students will be able to: understand the aspects that distinguish the art of the Christian East, both in the capital and in the peripheral regions; recognize the main components of Byzantine works of art; distinguish the historical moments of the production of artefacts in the Eastern environment; draw connections between Eastern and Western art.

Prerequisites and basic notions

It is recommended that students complete at least one course on Medieval Art History during their bachelor’s or master’s degree course.
Reading the chapters on Byzantine art in the main high-school manuals is recommended.
Basic concepts of Byzantine aesthetics will, however, be discussed at the beginning of the course.

Program

>Topics
Artistic events in the Byzantine context will be investigated following a division into periods in which the inner characters of the languages make it possible to trace homogeneous areas. Particular emphasis is given to the artistic testimonies of the capital Constantinople.
The course is structured according to a temporal perspective:
- the early Byzantine era, from the Constantinian foundation of the capital of the East to the Justinian Renaissance;
- the so-called Golden Age of Justinian I;
- the age of iconoclasm;
- the Middle Byzantine era, from the Macedonian Renaissance to the Comnenian phase;
- the late Byzantine era, from the conquest of Constantinople to the Palaeologians.
For a correct understanding of Eastern artistic phenomena, the study considers works executed using the main artistic techniques, trying to identify peculiar characteristics from a material, iconographic, historical, and formal point of view.
>Bibliography
Course material (syllabus, lectures, bibliography, essential communications, etc.) will be adequately treated and publicised on the e-learning/moodle site. Therefore, all students, attending and non-attending, must register on the university's platform to access the course and take the examination.
The bibliography is divided into:
-general literature;
-essays on specific topics;
-essays on the major historical periods.
Bibliographic materials will be made available at:
30 e lode
via Timavo 16
Verona
(045-8007862; 30eoltre@gmail.com).

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The course mainly involves the presentation of teaching content during classroom lectures.
Any seminar excursions will be scheduled, preferably at the end of the course. The active participation of students is expected during the seminar sessions.

Learning assessment procedures

The final assessment of preparation takes the form of verbal examinations.
There is no distinction between attending and non-attending students concerning the examination programme; no additional bibliographical material is provided.
The exam session is directly proportional to the student's performance and, in any case, involves a minimum of 10 minutes and a maximum of 40/50 minutes of colloquy with the teacher.
Students must have the bibliographic materials and slides projected in the classroom and available on the course Moodle site.

Evaluation criteria

The examination covers the topics addressed in the lecture and those discussed in the course-specific bibliography.
In addition to the notional knowledge obtained from the textbooks, specific aspects will also be assessed, such as, for instance, how to establish relationships between the principal moments of Byzantine artistic production, how to organise the knowledge acquired on specific works, how to use appropriate vocabulary, how to compare episodes with similar chronology and techniques from the East and West, how to grasp the contents of Byzantine and Latin aesthetics influenced by the East.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The evaluation will be expressed in thirtieths.

Exam language

Italiano.