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Ancient and Medieval Art

Course code

AIK6428.HT

old course code

AIK6428

Course title in Estonian

Vana- ja keskaja kunst

Course title in English

Ancient and Medieval Art

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The course aims to enable students to understand the development and roll of visual culture in the ancient and medieval society.

Brief description of the course

Attention will be given to analysing art in its context in Ancient Egypt, Greek and Rome, and to comparing the visual language of pagan and Christian culture. Special attention will be paid to the spatial features of church buildings, the role of the monasteries in the development of architectural environments and the working principles of the medieval master builders.
The lectures will be given in the form of a dialogue that allows students to test their skills.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
The student has a comprehensive overview of the history of art in Ancient societies, and is aware of its most characteristic features.
The student can put the different objects of ancient and medieval art history in their contemporary context and in some case even analyze their impact to the present art history.

Teacher

Prof. Kersti Markus, PhD

The course is a prerequisite

19-th-20-th Century Art (KUA6001.FK)
Art History. 15-th-18-th Century Art (AIK6429.HT)
Iconography of Christian Art (AIK6437.HT)
Marginal Images and Marginal Characters in Medieval Art (AIK7508.HT)
Scandinavian Art I (AIK6433.HT)

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