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080065 SE Seminar: Arts of the Book in the Medieval Arab Periods (2015W)

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 8 - Kunstgeschichte und Europäische Ethnologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 20 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 05.10. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Monday 12.10. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Monday 19.10. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Monday 09.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Monday 16.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Monday 23.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Monday 30.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Monday 07.12. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Monday 14.12. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Monday 11.01. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Monday 18.01. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Monday 25.01. 16:00 - 17:30 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Figural images in an Islamic cultural context are not used in a cultic function, but do have a place in the secular arts of princes and townspeople. These arts are only fragmentarily known in their early stages. The earliest known examples of book painting are found in scientific texts of Late Antique knowledge which were translated into Arabic. New forms are introduced with book illustration of Arab belles lettres-texts in the 12th to 13th centuries. They developed a pictorial language different from Late Antique and Byzantine traditions of painting. Earlier and contemporaneous surviving examples in other media include mural painting in architecture and images on luxury objects of handicrafts. The seminar will discuss selected examples of 8th to 14th-centuries painting in the Arab regions of Western Asia from the early Islamic to the Late Medieval periods with a particular focus on 12-14th centuries book illustration.

Assessment and permitted materials

Substantial participation in discussions. Presentation. Written assignment, focusing on a self-chosen theme from the presentation.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The course introduces questions of themes and functions and of formal development of painting in the context of Arab Islamic culture.

Examination topics

Object-related formal analysis and context-related interpretation on the basis of a critical use and evaluation of the relevant scholarly literature. Knowledge of Arabic is not necessary.

Reading list

See above, German section

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