History of Art: Late Antiquity
Objectives
a) To eliminate eventual prejudices and stereotypes on the Middle Ages and medieval art.
b) To problematize on the terminology used by diverse disciplines when approaching the study of the Middle Ages and medieval art
c) To analyse the main artistic productions created from the 4th to the 10th century, especially in Eurasia and Northern Africa
General characterization
Code
01100561
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Alicia Miguélez Cavero
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
None
Bibliography
ALBIN, A. et al. (ed.), Whose Middle Ages? Teachable Moments for an Ill-used Past, Fordham Series in Medieval Studies, 2019.
BANDINELLI, R.B. The Late Empire. Roman Art A.D. 200-400, Nova Iorque: 1977.
CASKEY, J., A. S. COHEN, L.SAFRAN (eds.), Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages. Exploring a Connected World, Cornell: University Press, 2023
DELIYANNIS, D. et al., Fifty Early Medieval Things. Materials of Culture in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2019.
GARCÍA MARCILLA, J. V. (dir.), Historia del Arte Medieval. Valencia: Publicacions Universitat de València, 2012.
McCLENDON, C. B., The Origins of Medieval Architecture. Building in Europe 600-900 AD, New Haven – London, 2005.
NEES, L., Early Medieval Art. Oxford: University Press, 2002.
NORMORE, CH. (ed.), Re-Assessing the Global Turn in Medieval Art History, Leeds: ARC Humanities Press, 2018
SPIER, J. (ed.). Picturing the Bible. The Earliest Christian Art. Forth Worths: Kimbell Art Museum, 2007.
WICKHAM, C., The inheritance of Rome: illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000, London: Penguin Books, 2009.
Teaching method
The teaching method is based on:
1) theoretical classes with the presentation of contents by the professor, based on a variety of teaching and virtual resources
2) practical classes, with the active participation of students, based on readings or research carried out previously. It is considered that the active and dynamic participation of the student will be central.
Evaluation method
Assessment method
1. Collective Essay - 50.0%
2. Test - 25.0%
3. Active participation in classes and in the virtual discussion forum on the InforEstudante platform - 25.0%
Subject matter
Introduction: Geographic and temporal contextualization. Objectives, methodology and sources
PART I: The territory of the Roman Empire in the 4th-5th centuries
PART II: The artistic mosaic in the 6th-8th centuries in Eurasia and North Africa
PART III: The artistic mosaic in the 9th-10th centuries in Eurasia and North Africa