Unit ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF BYZANTINE ART

Course
Cultural heritage
Study-unit Code
A000125
Curriculum
Archeologia
Teacher
Donatella Scortecci
Teachers
  • Donatella Scortecci
Hours
  • 42 ore - Donatella Scortecci
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2022
Offered
2024/25
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
L-ANT/08
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
The course deepens the archaeological, architectural and historical
artistic issues of Byzantine culture, East and West, between the 5th and
11th centuries, with particular attention to the capitals of the Empire
(Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch , Jerusalem, Thessalonica, Nicaea)
and defensive settlements. Part of the course will be devoted to specific
technical and mosaic productions, with references to the school of
Madaba.
Reference texts
MANUALE:
E.Zanini, Introduzione all'archeologia Bizantina, Roma, Carocci, 2014
Tin-depth studies on the themes will be available to
ONLINE students on the e-learning platform
(www.unistudium)


Students with disabilities and/or with SLD who, having completed regular accreditation through SOL, have obtained access to University services, can apply for the compensatory tools ensured by law (e.g. textbooks in digital format; teaching materials in accessible formats: presentations, handouts, workbooks, provided if necessary in advance of the lessons), for which consult https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa.
For the request, students are invited to ask the teacher, who will put them in contact with the Disability and/or DSA Department Coordinator (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it)
Educational objectives
The course aims to achieve basic knowledge
of the discipline updated to the most current research trends
in both archeology and history of Byzantine art. The student
he will have to demonstrate that he has acquired the skills to elaborate
autonomously and with a developed critical and speculative sense
definition of a "cultural asset", specifically relating to the issues
of the course, according to the institutional criteria: from the concepts of integrity e
authenticity referring to the levels of conservation and truthfulness
information, descriptive capacity, analysis of the elements
constitutive, comparison between homogeneous, synchronic,
diachronic, cultural contribution.
Prerequisites
It is essential that the student has acquired skills
basic knowledge of historical disciplines and
archaeological of classical and medieval scope, with particular regard to
Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Teaching methods
In person teaching with audiovisuals, power point and dialectical discussion with the students
Students with disabilities and/or DSA may request, in consultation with the lecturer, any teaching materials in accessible formats (presentations, handouts, workbooks), provided if necessary in advance of the lectures, as well as the use of other technological tools to facilitate study. For general information, please consult the University Services at https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Departmental Contact Person (Prof. A. Di Pilla).
For the 2023/2024 academic year, the University of Perugia has admitted 11 categories of students to distance learning. Students who may be interested are invited to check the possibility of attending lectures in DAD on the website Procedura DAD - Università degli Studi di Perugia (unipg.it)
Other information
Students will be able to deepen their preparation through field experiences in archaeological excavations in Italy and abroad
Students with disabilities and/or DSA: for any information on the University's services, please visit https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Departmental Contact Person (Prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it).
Learning verification modality
The assessment provides a test whose objective is to make the learning
of fundamental issues of discipline and the ability to establish
comparisons, criteria diacronici and surveying
instruments.The student will demonstrate that it can process the matter
through a rigorous scientific methodology, which takes account of the
proper use of documentary sources and materials.The test consists of an
oral interview and the presentation of individual research by the students
on the course topics. The timing see a first stage of verification issues
and a second job verification individual. The duration is not more than 30
minutes, 15/20 reserved general verification and ten to the report of the research
.The type of test is represented by a stimulus with a reply. The
final measurement examination test gives two-thirds of the General test
score and a third working research.

Students with disabilities and/or DSA, who have been duly recognised by the SOL and have obtained access to the University's services, may, for the purpose of taking exams, make use of the compensatory aids, assistive devices and inclusive technologies provided for by the regulations, to be requested and agreed with the teacher well in advance of the exams. For further information, please visit https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Departmental Officer for Disability and DSA (Prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it).
Extended program
The course explores the main archaeological themes,
architectural and historical-artistic of Byzantine, Oriental and
western, between the fifth and eleventh centuries, with particular attention to the capitals
of the Empire (Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem,
Thessalonica, Ravenna, Nicaea) and to the defensive settlements. A part of the
course will be dedicated to the technique and mosaic productions, with specific
references to the Madaba school
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
One of the objectives of the course is to provide the tools for a conscious knowledge of the historical, anthropic and natural landscape, in order to activate strategies aimed at the sustainable development of cultural heritage in the field of conservation, valorisation, also in the tourism field
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