ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN ART

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in CULTURAL HERITAGE SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

Christian and Mediaeval Archeology

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

SPANU Pier Giorgio Ignazio

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

No access requirements are required.

AF code:

A001362

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN ART (6 CFU)

Oral examination, in which the knowledge and skills acquired and the ability to connect with related disciplines, as well as the ability to communicate skills and knowledge are verified.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN ART (6 CFU)

The objective of the course is to provide the basic knowledge of written and archaeological sources (materials and monumental, including artistic manifestations) that refer to the first Christian communities and more generally to the Late Antiquity (III-VII century AD).
At the end of the course the student will have acquired:
the skills needed to analyse different sources (written and material) and to distinguish their reliability and potential use;
the ability to critically apply acquired knowledge, using it for the historical reconstruction of the first centuries of Christianity.

Contents

Brief introduction to the disciplinary sector; research sources; funerary rites and places; Martyr sanctuaries; catacombs; the Christian city; ritual buildings: rural areas convertion to Christianity.

Recommended Bibliography

ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN ART, archaeological curriculum (6 CFU)

In preparing the final examination students can study on the following volumes:
-TESTINI P., Archeologia Cristiana, Bari, Edipuglia, 1980 (seconda edizione), pp. 75-162, 547-602
- PERGOLA PH., Le catacombe romane. Storia e topografia, Roma, La Nuova Italia Scientifica, 1997 (riedito da Carocci, Roma), pp. 19-30, 49-105
- BISCONTI F., BRANDT O. (edited by), Lezioni di Archeologia Cristiana, Città del Vaticano, PIAC, 2014, pp. 273-360 (V. Fiocchi Nicolai); 361-443 (F. Guidobaldi)
- Selected items by Dizionario patristico e di Antichità cristiane, Casale Monferrato, Mariotti, 1983 (available in the copy shop)

ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN ART, historical-artistic curriculum (6 CFU)

-TESTINI P., Archeologia Cristiana, Bari, Edipuglia, 1980 (seconda edizione), pp. 75-162, 547-602
- Temi di Iconografia paleocristiana, cura e introduzione di F. BISCONTI, Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana, Città del Vaticano 2000, Introduzione pp. 13-86 + 10 voci a scelta
- BISCONTI F., BRANDT O. (edited by), Lezioni di Archeologia Cristiana, Città del Vaticano, PIAC, 2014, pp. 361-443 (F. Guidobaldi), 501-583 (Bisconti).
- Selected items by Dizionario patristico e di Antichità cristiane, Casale Monferrato, Mariotti, 1983 (available in the copy shop).

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS

In addition to the texts for attending:
- BISCONTI F., BRANDT O. (edited by), Lezioni di Archeologia Cristiana, Città del Vaticano, PIAC, 2014, pp. 51-135 (S. Heid, L. Dattrino)
- A. AUGENTI, Archeologia dell'Italia Medievale, Editori Laterza, Roma-Bari 2016 (chapters to be agreed with the teacher ).

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN ART (6 CFU)

Lectures, seminars, fieldwork training

Students will participate in workshops on the finds, in internship activities, in archaeological excavations and in territorial surveys, in Italy and abroad.

Contacts/More Information

Reception hours:
At the end of each lesson
By appointment:
Prof. Pier Giorgio Spanu
pgspanu@uniss.it
tel. 3487614702

Readiness to offer individual assistance also in a foreign language to incoming students:french
Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language: french, spanish

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