- Docente: Isabella Baldini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-ANT/08
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Archaeology and Cultures of the Ancient World (cod. 0965)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Visual Arts (cod. 0977)
Learning outcomes
Through the analysis of a specific theme regarding the architecture and the late antique and byzantine townplanning in relation to the society and the culture of that period, at the end of the course the students have got the methods and the contents of the discipline, in order to set up correctly a critical research. They are able to use different sources (archaeological, literary, epigraphic) and an adequate scientific bibliography.
Course contents
Program. The course deals with the analysis of the urbanism and the architecture of the Dodecanese between the IVth and the VIIth century through the archaeological, architectural and artistic documentation. Some general themes will be also examined in connection to the social and religious models.
Contents:Urbanism and architecture in the Dodecanese islands between the IVth and the VIIth century. Contexts and productions. The artistic culture. The reference models. Problems of method and interpretative tools; analysis of the archaeological, architectural and artistic documentation; widening of a some specific subjects.
Readings/Bibliography
H. Balducci,
Basiliche protocristiane e bizantine a Coo, Pavia 1936; E. Glykatzi, Patmos:
treasures of the Monastery, Athens 1988, pp. 25-35; S.
Kalopissi Verti,
Kos tardo antica e bizantina nelle scoperte archeologiche. Dal IV
secolo al 1314, in «Corsi di Cultura sull'Arte Ravennate
e Bizantina» (CARB) 38, 1991, pp. 233-251; L.M. De
Matteis,
La produzione musiva coa in eta tardo antica: indirizzi di
ricerca, in S. Isager-B. Poulsen (a cura
di),
Patron and Pavements in late antiquity, Odense 1997, pp. 51-64; O.
Feld,
Mileto e Kos: le isole microasiatiche e la
terraferma, in «CARB» 44, 1998 (2001), pp. 123-142;
J. Volanakis,
Edifici paleocristiani dell'isola di Rodi (IV-VI
sec.), in «CARB» 44, 1998, pp. 311-330; E.
Brouskari,
La citta di Coo nella tarda antichita, in
Polis. Studi interdisciplinari sul mondo antico, 2, Roma 2006, pp. 317-322; I. Baldini,
M. Livadiotti (a cura di), Archeologia protobizantina a Kos: la
basilica di S. Gabriele, Bologna 2011; I. Baldini, F. Giletti,
M. Livadiotti, G. Marsili, G. Mazzilli, D. Pellacchia, Il
quartiere episcopale nelle Terme Occidentali di Kos: relazione
preliminare, in «Ocnus», c.d.s.
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Dopo il corso, grazie ad un contributo della Facoltà di Lettere, sarà svolto un viaggio di studio a Rodi, Kos e Patmos destinato agli studenti delle lauree triennale e specialistica.
Teaching methods
Lessons in class with ppt presentation. A visit of Ravenna will be organized, as well as a study's journey to Rhodes, Kos and Patmos.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Teaching tools
Ppt, photocopies.
Links to further information
http://www.archeologia.unibo.it/Archeologia/
Office hours
See the website of Isabella Baldini