Hermeneia of Byzantine Painting

Overview

Lecturer

Simona Teodora Roșca-Neacșu

Seminar tutor

Simona Teodora Roșca-Neacșu

Type of course

Compulsory

Language of instruction

Romanian

Erasmus language

English

Domain

Visual arts

Field of study

Sacred art

Form of education

Full-time

Form of instruction

Class / Seminary

Credit awarded by

Grade

Teaching methods

Lecture, debate, presentation.

Aims

The acquired knowledge will allow the understanding of other courses, from fields included in the study of sacred art

Identification of iconographic personalities and privileged moments with model status in the Byzantine space and in the Romanian

Identification of possible contemporary iconological models

Course contents

1. The relationship between architecture and the program
iconographic
2. Theology of the iconostasis in relation to the program
iconographic
3. Iconography of the Dome: Pantocrator, Great Instruction,
pendants
4. The typological relationship between the Old and New Testaments
within the iconographic program
5. The Easter chandelier and the theology of light
6. Iconography of the Holidays (I)
7. Iconography of the holidays (II)
8. Iconography and hagiography (I)
9. Iconography and hagiography (II)
10-11. Interior and exterior iconography
12-13. Theological sources of iconographic programs.
Theoesthetics of the liturgical space
14. Iconography of the proscomidiary and the altar

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the students will know the thematic evolution of the programs iconographic in the space of Byzantine and Romanian Orthodoxy

Assessment

Oral exam 40%, essay 40% and implication in course debates 20%

Overview

Aims

Course contents

Learning outcomes

Assessment

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