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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Students must have passed the exam in History of Medieval Art or must have attended the course
Objectives
Contents Introduction to Byzantine art (IV-XV century)
Extended Syllabus Knowledge of art and architecture during:
Early Christian Age
Age of Justinian
Iconoclasm
Macedonian dynasty
Komnenos dynasty
Age of the crusades
Palaeologan dynasty
Recommended Bibliography Entries: Bizantina Arte e Costantinopoli in Enciclopedia dell’Arte medievale (available free on the website: www.treccani.it )
two volumes chosen from the following:
Cyril Mango, Architettura bizantina, Electa.
Bissera Pentcheva, Icone e potere. La Madre di Dio a Bisanzio, Jaca Book.
Enrico Zanini, Introduzione all’archeologia bizantina, Carocci.
Ernst Kitzinger, Alle origini dell’arte bizantina. Correnti stilistiche nel mondo mediterraneo dal III al VII secolo, a cura di M. Andaloro e P. Cesaretti, Jaca Book.
Mauro Della Valle, Costantinopoli e il suo impero. Arte, architettura, urbanistica nel millennio bizantino, Jaca Book.
Livia Bevilacqua, Arte e aristocrazia a Bisanzio nell’età dei Macedoni. Costantinopoli, la Grecia e l’Asia Minore, Campisano Editore.
Tania Velmans, L'arte bizantina monumentale, Jaca Book
The two volumes can be replaced by the study of the monumental work of V. Lazarev, Storia della pittura bizantina, Einaudi.
Non-attending students must read entries: Comneni, Paleologhi in Enciclopedia dell’Arte medievale (available free on the website: www.treccani.it )
Teaching Methods Lectures with powerpoint
Attendance is highly recommended.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Oral exam with marks out of 30, aimed at verifying the ability to expose the topics presented during the course with clarity and autonomy of judgment.
Contacts/More Information Visits to monuments will be carried out