Course ARS 302 · Year III · Summer 2021-2022

Erminia of Byzantine painting - study of the iconographic program

Compulsory course in Sacred art, taught by Simona Teodora Roșca-Neacșu.

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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;

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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 50%, essay 40% and implication in course debates 10%

Recommended reading

Icon theology
USPENSKY, Leonid
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Guides in the world of icons
USPENSKY, Leonid; LOSSKY, Vladimir
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The icon of Christ
SCHOENBORN, Christoph
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The ermine of Byzantine painting
DIONISIE, din Furna
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