Universität Wien

080049 VO A Short Story of Islamic Art: Themes and Perspectives (2022W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 8 - Kunstgeschichte und Europäische Ethnologie
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Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 06.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Thursday 13.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Thursday 20.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Thursday 27.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Thursday 03.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Thursday 10.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Thursday 17.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Thursday 24.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Thursday 01.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Thursday 12.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Thursday 19.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Thursday 26.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Scope:
The course offers an introduction to major themes and contexts of Islamic art and to scholarly perspectives of studying them. It addresses the visuality and typology of the architecture of the mosque, the question of the image in Islam and of figural imagery in book painting, concepts of the princely palace and the royal palace city, the use and scope of ornament, the arts of writing and calligraphy, and connections with European and Chinese art.
Topics are discussed through exemplary artworks and in a chronological and regional framework, with a focus on arts of Western Asia and the Mediterranean in the medieval and early modern periods, c. 650 - 1800 CE.

Structure and Requirements:
The course is taught as an alternating sequence of lectures and discussions of assigned readings. The lecture sessions (weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11) are introducing and surveying the topic, the discussion sessions (weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12) delve deeper and look into scholarly perspectives. The lectures are delivered in the English language. The discussions require the active participation of students and will be mixed English and German. Students are asked to have read before the discussion session short texts of scholarly literature that will be provided online.
Students can choose to participate in the lectures only, or in both lecture and discussion sessions. For a successful exam, it is necessary to follow both the lectures and the reading and discussion sessions.

Assessment and permitted materials

T.b.a., probably multiple choice test.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

You qualify for a positive grade with 50% or more of all points.

Points and grades: 87% bis 100%: 1; 75% bis 86,99%: 2; 63% bis 74,99%: 3; 50% bis 62,99%: 4; 0% bis 49,99: 5.

Examination topics

Themes and visual material in the lectures, major aspects from the assigned readings.

Reading list

General Readings (more specific and assigned readings will be announced in the course):
Substantial scholarly survey: Richard Ettinghausen, Oleg Grabar and Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, Islamic Art and Architecture 6501250, New Haven 2001. Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom: Islamic Art and Architecture 12501800, New Haven 1994.
Brief popular introduction: Robert Irwin, Islamic Art, London 1997.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: We 15.02.2023 13:07