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07855 - Islamic Art and Archaeology

Academic Year 2020/2021

                
                        Docente:
                        Valentina Laviola
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        L-OR/11
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Ravenna
                        
                            Corso:
                            Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                            History, preservation and enhancement of artistic and archaeological heritage and landscape (cod. 9218)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Course contents

The course introduces to the rise and spread of Islam, providing an historical overview of the period from the 7^th to the 13^th century, through the analysis of the main archaeological sites and monuments. In order to highlight the different cultural traditions and influences that make up the rich Islamic mosaic, a diachronic approach will be adopted in following some thematic strands such as the plan and functions of civil architecture; models of religious architecture; materials, themes, and styles of architectural decoration; regional traditions and innovations in ceramic, metalwork, textile and glass productions.

Interested students can carry out practical workshop activities in connection with the course, consisting of exercises on Islamic epigraphic and numismatic materials.

Readings/Bibliography

Lectures notes.

Ettinghausen Richard, Grabar Oleg, Jenkins-Madina Marilyn, The Art and Architecture of Islam 650-1250, Mapin Publishing/Yale University Press. Ahmedabad/New Haven-London 2001, pp. 1-73, 78-79. From the same handbook pp. 83-98, 100-101 for those who focus on the Islamic West; pp. 105-128 for those who focus on the Eastern Iranian lands.

Further readings will be assigned on the basis of the theme agreed with the teacher.

Program for not-attending students:

Scerrato Umberto, Grandi monumenti. Islam. Milano 1972, pp. 8-55.

Ettinghausen Richard, Grabar Oleg, Jenkins-Madina Marilyn, The Art and Architecture of Islam 650-1250, Mapin Publishing/Yale University Press. Ahmedabad/New Haven-London 2001, pp. 1-91.

Monneret de Villard Ugo, Introduzione allo studio dell’archeologia islamica. Le origini e il periodo omayyade. Venezia-Roma 1968, pp. 1-298.

Teaching methods

Lectures and seminaral activities.

Educational support tools will be made available to students with disabilities.

Assessment methods

Individual interviews (in Italian or English).

Students will be asked to contextualise archaeological sites, monuments and productions of material culture from a geographical and chronological point of view. Students will also be asked to present an in-depth on a topic of their choice.

Teaching tools

Power point presentations, geographical maps, buildings' plans, and additional bibliography.

Office hours

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