The course aims to analyse the main artistic expressions of Byzantine civilization, from the foundation of Constantinople until the fall of the Eastern Empire (IV-XV century). The purpose is to identify the main aspects that distinguish the Byzantine art, developed into the Bosporus capital, but also the artistic languages present in the other regions of the empire.
>Topics
The works of art in Byzantine territories will be investigated by chronological order, in according to the evolution of language in the eastern area:
- the early byzantine era, from the founding of the capital to the revival of Justinian I;
- the golden age of byzantine art;
- the age of Iconoclasm;
- the Macedonian Renaissance and the Comnenian phase;
- the late byzantine era, from the reconquest of Constantinople to the Palaeologi.
To ensure a correct approach to the phenomena of Byzantine art, it will be taken into consideration works of art executed in the main techniques, trying to identify their material, iconographic and stylistic characteristics.
>Didactic methods
The course is based on lectures held by the teacher, in which are also planned discussions with the students on specific issue. There will be some visits to works of art related to the topics of the course.
The course material (program, lessons, important communications, etc.) will be uploaded to the university e-learning/moodle site at the end of a specific group of lessons. All the students, both attending and non-attending, will have to enroll in the university platform site to gain access to the course and to support the exam.
>Bibliography
The bibliography will be provided before the lessons begin.
Bibliographic material will be available at: 30 e lode, via Timavo 16, Verona (045-8007862; 30eoltre@gmail.com).
| Author | Title | Publisher | Year | ISBN | Note |
| C. Mango | Architettura bizantina | Electa | 1978 | cap. 7, pp. 106-138. | |
| R. Krautheimer | Architettura paleocristiana e bizantina | Electa | 1986 | cap. VIII-IX, pp. 238-264, 372-395 (Introduzione a Giustiniano; Santa Sofia e gli edifici annessi). | |
| M. Della Valle | Costantinopoli e il suo impero. Arte, architettura, urbanistica nel millennio bizantino | 2007 | Tutto il volume: pp. 13-148. | ||
| M. Kaplan | Costantinopoli e l’economia urbana, Il mondo bizantino, II, L’impero bizantino (641-1204), a cura di J.-C. Cheynet | 2008 | pp. 265-285. | ||
| C. Barsanti | Costantinopoli, in Costantino I. Enciclopedia costantiniana sulla figura e l’immagine dell’imperatore del cosiddetto editto di Milano 313-2013, | 2013 | pp. 471-491. | ||
| A. Laiou | Costantinopoli sotto i Paleologhi, in Il mondo bizantino, III, Bisanzio e i suoi vicini (1204-1453), a cura di A. Laiou e C. Morrisson | 2008 | pp. 130-143. | ||
| E. Zanini | Introduzione all’archeologia bizantina | 1994 | capp. III, IV, pp. 49-84, 85-115. | ||
| C. Morrisson | La capitale, in Il mondo bizantino, I, L’impero romano d’Oriente (330-641), a cura di C. Morrisson e T. Braccini | 2007 | pp. 197-206. | ||
| A. Grabar | L’arte bizantina nel medioevo tra l’VIII e il XV secolo | 1964 | Tutto il volume. | ||
| J.M. Spieser | L’arte imperiale e cristiana: unità e diversità, in Il mondo bizantino, I, L’impero romano d’Oriente (330-641), a cura di C. Morrisson e T. Braccini | 2007 | pp. 297-322. | ||
| J.M. Spieser | L’arte, in Il mondo bizantino, II, L’impero bizantino (641-1204), a cura di J.-C. Cheynet | 2008 | pp. 397-425. | ||
| I. Jevtic, J.M. Spieser | Monumenti e oggetti: l’arte nell’area cultura bizantina, in Il mondo bizantino, III, Bisanzio e i suoi vicini (1204-1453), a cura di A. Laiou e C. Morrisson | 2008 | pp. 232-255. | ||
| V. Lazarev | Storia della pittura bizantina | Electa | 1967 | capp. Prefazione, I, II: pp. 3-29 . | |
| Aavv | s.v. Bizantina, Arte, in Enciclopedia dell’Arte Medievale, III, | 1992 | pp. 517-536. | ||
| Aavv | s.v. Costantinopoli, in Enciclopedia dell’Arte Medievale, V | 1994 | pp. 381-436. | ||
| R. Cormack | The arts during the age of iconoclasm, in Iconoclasm, a cura di A. Bryer e J. Herrin | 1977 | pp. 35-44. |
The exam will be oral, without distinction between attending and non-attending students.
The exam will focus on the topics discussed in the classroom and on the notions acquired through a specific bibliography.
The evaluation will be expressed in thirtieths.
