Course Description
The issue of the interdependence of mural painting and architectural space in Byzantine Art.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be expected to produce an extensive research paper on specific works or issues related to the field and the methodologies appropriate to the topic under consideration in the course. This paper will be a detailed, in-depth consideration of the student's chosen theme requiring not only a demonstration of advanced research skills (including the ability to read and use material presented in foreign languages), but also an articulation of the student's ability to understand and manipulate the critical apparatus of art history.
Athena Title
BYZ IMAGE IN SPACE
Prerequisite
Two ARHI 3000-level courses and permission of major
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To analyze works of art and architecture and to interpret their meaning by taking into account the original cultural context in which these monuments were created.
Topical Outline
Week 1: Introduction Week 2: Image in Context Week 3: Symbolism of Architecture Week 4: Ritual and Architectural Space Week 5: The Dome of Heaven Week 6: Nature, Time: Floor Mosaics Week 7: A Gate to Heaven: Altar Apses Week 8: Nave and West Facade Week 9: Iconoclasm Week 10: New Theory of the Holy Images Week 11: Post-Iconoclastic Art Week 12: A Model of the Universe: Cosmology, Political Ideology and Liturgy Week 13: Inscriptions in the Context of Architectural Space and Images Week 14: Seclusion and Prayer - Hermitages Week 15: Commemorative Space and Iconography Week 16: Consultation on the term papers
Syllabus