Type of course: |
Compulsory |
Language of instruction: |
Romanian |
Erasmus Language of instruction: |
English |
Name of lecturer: |
Sorin Albu |
Seminar tutor: |
Sorin Albu |
Form of education |
Full-time |
Form of instruction: |
Class / Seminary |
Number of teaching hours per semester: |
28 |
Number of teaching hours per week: |
2 |
Semester: |
Autumn |
Form of receiving a credit for a course: |
Grade |
Number of ECTS credits allocated |
3 |
Course aims:
- Making monumental works of art in the mosaic technique in generally with a focus on the mosaic of Byzantine art.
-Analysis of some compositions of great iconographic, plastic and creative importance in ancient art.
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Course Entry Requirements:
N/A
Course contents:
Week 1, 2, 3:
Introduction. The history of mosaic art. The mosaic. Technique: materials and methodology of realization.
Week 4, 5, 6:
Mosaic in antiquity: Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome
Week 7, 8, 9:
The first Christian representations The mosaic in the Byzantine Empire
Week 13-14:
The mosaic in contemporary art
Teaching methods:
Lecture, debate, presentation.
Learning outcomes:
The monumental art course (mosaic) is carried out in close correlation with disciplines Study of composition for iconography, Christian art: Techniques and styles, Iconography, Study of drawing for iconography, Study of color
for iconography, Specialized site practice (mosaic), Anatomy artistic, indispensable elements for composing a visual image aesthetic, iconographic, of a certain formal and ideational complexity.
Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:
Oral exam 50%, implication in course debates 30%, practical activities 20%.
Recommended reading:
Sweetman J. Rebeca,
The mosaics of roman Crete, , University of St. Andrews, Cambridge
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, 2013
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Wootton Wil,
Ancient mosaic techniques and modern conservation: An archaeologist’s perspective, King’s College London
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Weyer A., Picazo P.P., Pop D., Cassar J., Aysun O., Vallet J-M., Ivan S.,
European illustrated glossary of conservation terms for wall paintings and architectural surfaces, Ed. Michael Imhof Verlag
, Germania
, 2015
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