Storia e Critica d'Arte | BYZANTIUM: MATERIAL AND VISUAL CULTURE

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BYZANTIUM: MATERIAL AND VISUAL CULTURE

	0322400050
	DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
	EQF7
	ART HISTORY AND CRITICISM
	2022/2023

PERCORSO STUDY PATHWAY IN COMMON Cohort 2021/2022

	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	L-ART/01	6	30	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
APPELLO FEBBRAIO	24/02/2023 - 10:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
APPELLO MAGGIO	25/05/2023 - 10:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO GIUGNO	13/06/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO LUGLIO	11/07/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO SETTEMBRE	20/09/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
APPELLO DICEMBRE	13/12/2023 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	THE AIM OF THE MODULE IS TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO BYZANTIUM’S CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. AMONG THE SUBJECT MATTER THAT WILL BE PRESENTED, THERE WILL BE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, STILL-STANDING BUILDINGS AND THEIR DECORATION, AS WELL AS ARTEFACTS RELATED TO RELIGIOUS AND LAY PRACTICES AND DAILY LIFE. THE MODULE WILL COVER FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE CAPITAL CITY OF CONSTANTINOPLE IN AD 330 TO THE FALL OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE IN 1453. THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA INVOLVED STRETCHES BETWEEN ITALY, THE BALKANS, ANATOLIA, THE ISLANDS OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND NORTH AFRICA.

THE AIM OF THE MODULE IS TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO BYZANTIUM’S CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. AMONG THE SUBJECT MATTER THAT WILL BE PRESENTED, THERE WILL BE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, STILL-STANDING BUILDINGS AND THEIR DECORATION, AS WELL AS ARTEFACTS RELATED TO RELIGIOUS AND LAY PRACTICES AND DAILY LIFE. THE MODULE WILL COVER FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE CAPITAL CITY OF CONSTANTINOPLE IN AD 330 TO THE FALL OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE IN 1453. THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA INVOLVED STRETCHES BETWEEN ITALY, THE BALKANS, ANATOLIA, THE ISLANDS OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND NORTH AFRICA.

	Prerequisites
	THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (B2) IS ESSENTIAL.

	Contents
	THIS MODULE WILL INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO A SELECTION OF IMPORTANT TOPICS IN THE VISUAL AND MATERIAL CULTURE OF BYZANTIUM AS WELL AS TO FOCAL METHODOLOGICAL QUESTIONS.

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS

	Verification of learning
	THE ACQUISITION OF COMPETENCES INHERENT TO THE THEMES DEALT WITH OVER THE MODULE WILL BE VERIFIED THROUGH AN ORAL EXAMINATION, EITHER IN ENGLISH OR IN ITALIAN ACCORDING TO EACH STUDENT'S CHOICE.