CHRISTIAN AND MEDIEVAL ICONOGRAPHY

The course aims to investigate the genesis and development of the Christian image between the classic iconographic schemes and other content related to the spread of the new faith from III to VIII century A.D.

The analysis of figurative themes most popular of late antique and early medieval Christian art will be addressed in a constant relationship with the contemporary theological literature and with the transformations of the society of the time. There will be seminars, guided tours in the catacombs of Syracuse and in the main buildings of Christian and Medieval Catania. In addition, a workshops will be held, regarding the corpus of Christian symbols in the epigraphical documentation.

Fundamentals of Christian and medieval iconography, history studies, figurative themes, pictorial cycles, art of Christian Catacombs, churches and other religious buildings, sarcophagi and sculptures, mosaics and frescoes, minor arts.

• F. Bisconti (a cura di), Introduzione, in Temi di iconografia paleocristiana, Città del Vaticano 2000.

• J. Dresken-Weiland, Immagine e parola. Alle origini dell’iconografia cristiana, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 2012 (da studiare per intero).

• M. Sgarlata, Parole e immagini nelle catacombe di Siracusa, in Incisioni figurate della Tarda Antichità. Atti del convegno di studi (Roma, Palazzo Massimo, 22-23 marzo 2012), a cura di F. Bisconti e M. Braconi, Città del Vaticano 2014, pp. 511-523.

• E. Kitzinger, Alle origini dell’arte bizantina. Correnti stilistiche nel mondo mediterraneo dal III al VII secolo, n. ed. a cura di M. Andaloro e P. Cesaretti, Jaca Book, Milano 2010 (da studiare per intero).

   

  Additional bibliography will be provided during the course.

   

  Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

  For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

  All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.