HISTORY OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN ART

The course is part of the similar or supplementary educational activities of the "Master's Degree Course in History of the Arts and Conservation of Artistic Heritage" ("Medieval and Byzantine" course). The course aims to deepen the knowledge of various forms of early Christian art (architecture, sculpture, mosaics, sumptuary art), through the analysis of a series of testimonies and sites from the early Christian age, in particular in the Veneto area.

Getting to know early Christian works and contexts of the Veneto area, placing them within a broader historical and problematic perspective.
Knowing how to describe and analyze the surviving architectures and decorations, reconstructing their phases, evaluating their quality, repertoire elements, types and solutions, using the specific terminology of the discipline; be able to express in a clear and grammatically correct way notions, reflections and concepts acquired during lessons and study.
Acquire autonomy in the study (through one or more readings agreed and guided by the teacher) to be presented in a final seminar.
Acquire communication skills in presenting the in-depth study in the seminar and in the oral exam.

No prerequisites are required.

Some early Christian contexts will be examined: the complexes of Aquileia and Concordia Sagittaria; the evidence of the early Christian phase of Vicenza (SS. Felice and Fortunato, Duomo), Verona (Duomo), Padua (Santa Giustina) and Trento (Duomo).
Attention will be paid to architectural typologies, floor mosaic decorations, funerary sculptures and connected to liturgical furnishings.

BIBLIOGRAPHY UNDER DEFINITION

Participation in the seminar exhibition: ability to expose and discuss the contents of the in-depth texts.
Oral exam on the contents of the lectures, of the seminars, of the literature indicated in the bibliography.

Frontal lessons with PowerPoint projection prepared by the teacher containing documentary and illustrative material.
All powerpoints (in pdf format) and some of the texts indicated in the bibliography will be made available on the Moodle platform.
Compatibly with the health situation, visits will be made in some places.
In-depth seminars on transversal issues and / or individual situations.

Italian

Attendance of the course is highly recommended.
Compatibly with the health situation, visits will be made in some places.
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