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080044 PS Fallstudie II/III: From the Arabian Peninsula to the World: (m./au.K.) (2015S)

Late Antiquity and the Rise of Islamic Art

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 8 - Kunstgeschichte und Europäische Ethnologie
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max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Mittwoch 04.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Mittwoch 11.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Mittwoch 18.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Mittwoch 25.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Mittwoch 15.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Mittwoch 22.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Mittwoch 29.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Mittwoch 06.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Mittwoch 13.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Mittwoch 20.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Mittwoch 27.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Mittwoch 03.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Mittwoch 10.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Mittwoch 17.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Mittwoch 24.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Content:
The course aims at illustrating the rise of Islamic art in the early centuries after the revelation of the Quran to the prophet Muhammad. Early Islamic art was articulated by reshuffling in a creative way elements coming from the Arabian Peninsula and by the lands Muslims conquered in the early stage of their history. Both late antique Byzantine and late antique Sasanian art offered forms, models and iconographies that were taken by Muslims in order to construct their own specific artistic culture. At the same time, the course places the rise of Islam within its historical context and especially highlights the material culture of the Arabian Peninsula before Islam. Students are introduced to the artistic and architectural endeavours of early Muslims as well as to some historiographical issues related to the rise of Islam. The course looks at how early Muslims organized their places of worship and places of pilgrimage as well as at the artistic production at the court of the early caliphs. Topics such as the attitude of early Muslims towards figurative art, the trade of luxury goods with China, and a glimpse on the artistic production of non-Muslims under the early Islamic rule are also included.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Participation, oral presentation and written paper.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Students are expected to gain a detailed knowledge of the main objects and monuments of the early Islamic period including the relative artistic techniques; to understand the mechanisms of the rise of a new artistic tradition by placing it into its original historical context; to be introduced to the main historiographical issues related to the rise of Islam.

Prüfungsstoff

Students will engage with both material and written evidence. During each seminar primary sources (in English) dealing with the subject of the seminar will be discussed. Presentations by students devoted to a specific object/building/theme will be followed by a collective discussion based on some readings assigned in advance

Literatur

- Oleg Grabar, The Formation of Islamic Art, Yale University Press, 1987.
- K.A.C. Creswell, A short account of early Muslim architecture, Aldershot, 1989.
- Robert Hillenbrand, Islamic architecture, Columbia University Press, 1994 (selected chapters).
- Roads of Arabia, Somogy Art Publishers, 2010.
- Byzantium and Islam: age of transition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Press, 2012 (selected chapters).

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:31