Course aims:

Interpretation of the church architecture and interior throughout theological concepts of creation and salvation;
Interpretation of the doctrine throughout sacred art.
Interpretation of the liturgical space and time throughout christian ontology

Course Entry Requirements:

N/A

Course contents:

1. Cycles in the Iconographic Programme: Lithurgical; Christological; Dogmatical – genesis and developement

2. Dogmatic cycle

3. The Entrance

4. The Icon of Christ in the niche over the Entrance of the Naos 

5. The closed and opened door of the Paradise

6. The Dome of the church

7. The Dome in the perspective of the Creator and Creation

8. The icon of Christ Pantocrator in the Dome (1)

9. The icon of Christ Pantocrator in the Dome (2

10. The icon of Christ Pantocrator in the Dome (3)

11. The icon of Theotokos in the apsida of the church (1)

12. The icon of Theorokos in the apsida of the church (2

13. The Dogmatic circle - conclussion

14. Iconology of the Dogma - conclussion

 

Teaching methods:

Lecture, debate, presentation.

Learning outcomes:

- Obtaining a basic knowledge about corelation between iconology and doctrine;
- Defining the concept of the sacred art as theological argument;
- Interpretation of the liturgical space and time throughout christian ontology

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Oral exam 80%, implication in seminar and course debates 20%

Recommended reading:

LOSSKY,Vladimir, LeonidOUSPENSKY, The Meaning of Icons, St Vladimir’s Seminary Pr, -, 1997, -.
OUSPENSKY, LeonidOUSPENSKY, Leonid, Theology of the Icon, St Vladimir’s SeminaryPr, -, 1992, -.
ROMANIDES, John, The Ancestral Sin, trans. George S. Gabriel, Ridgwood, New Jersey: Zephyr Publications, -, 2002, -.