The course consists of two modules.
Module A (Prof. Lucia Arcifa) aims to provide basic knowledge on Christian and
medieval archeology and the main themes of archaeological research; to reflect
on the methods of construction of the archaeological sources and on the
complexity of the processes of historical reconstruction starting from the use
of archaeological sources compared to documentary sources.
Module B (Prof. Giulia Arcidiacono)
aims to illustrate the genesis, historical development and different aspects of
the cult of sacred images from early Christianity to the Middle Ages.
Particular attention will be paid to the relationship between iconographic
themes, textual sources and historical context.
Among the specific objectives, the course aims
to make students acquire:
- basic knowledge on the main monumental
contexts, on the architectural heritage, on the themes of figurative culture in
relation to the development and organization of Christian communities and the
phenomena of transformation from late antiquity to the Middle Ages;
- the ability to analyze and comment
independently and critically on artworks, monuments and historical phenomena,
by using the appropriate vocabulary;
- the ability to highlight the close
relationship between figurative images, their material support, the sacred
place in which they are expressed and the textual and doctrinal sources that
are at their origin;
- the ability to place monuments and
figurative arts in the appropriate space-time frame and to identify their relationships
with social dynamics and religious needs.
MODULO B (prof.ssa
Giulia Arcidiacono)
1.
Iconography and Iconology
2.
The «sign-image»
3.
Narrative images
4.
The Cult of Images in the Age before
Iconoclasm
5.
Medieval iconography and
object-image
6.
The ritual place and its decoration
7.
Inventiveness and seriality of medieval images
8.
Medieval Syracuse: holy images
between East and West
MODULO B
(prof.ssa Giulia Arcidiacono)
Methodology
1. C. Frugoni, Iconografia e iconologia, in Enciclopedia dell’Arte Medievale, VII,
Roma, Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana, 1996, pp. 282-286.
Early Christian Iconography
2-3.
A. Grabar, Le vie dell’iconografia cristiana. Antichità e Medioevo,
a cura di M. Della Valle, 4 edizione, Milano, Jaca Book, 2018, pp. 11-58.
The
cult of images
4. E.
Kitzinger, Il culto delle immagini. L’arte
bizantina dal cristianesimo delle origini all’iconoclastia, Milano,
2018, pp. 27-127
Medieval
Iconography
5-7.
J. Baschet, L’iconografia medievale,
Jaca Book, Milano 2014, rist. Milano 2019, pp. 17-86, 143-191
Syracuse in the Middle Age: holy images between
East and West
8. G.
Arcidiacono, Immagini votive e narrative
nelle chiese rupestri del Siracusano. Tracce e percorsi tra Oriente e Occidente,
in Dalle chiese in grotta alle aree della
civiltà rupestre. Gli strumenti di pianificazione territoriale, atti
dell’VIII Convegno Internazionale sulla civiltà rupestre (Savelletri di Fasano,
29 novembre-1 dicembre 2018), a cura di E. Menestò, Spoleto, CISAM, 2019 (Atti
dei Convegni della Fondazione San Domenico, 8), pp. 287-315
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All
the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.