MUSLIM ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY ART

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

OBC005

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in CULTURAL HERITAGE

Disciplinary Sector:

Archeology and History of Muslim Art

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

LAVIOLA VALENTINA

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

162

Prerequisites:

None

Objectives

Ability to orient oneself chronologically about the birth of Islam, the Umayyad and Abbasid periods, and geographically in the areas of the Islamic world covered by the course

Contents

Introduction to Islamic art and archaeology from the raise of Islam to the early 13th century

Extended Syllabus

6 cfu:
Historical-geographical introduction to the Islamic world and notions of Islamic studies.
The architectural evolution of religious and civil buildings and their architectural decoration through the Umayyad and Abbasid periods, up to the regional dynasties by the beginning of the 13th century.

9 cfu:
It continues with an in-depth study of the main material productions (especially ceramics and metalwork) and iconographic themes of Islamic art, considering its presence in Italy as well.

Recommended Bibliography

6 cfu
S. Vernoit, “The Rise of Islamic Archaeology”, Muqarnas 14, 1997, pp. 1-10.
U. Scerrato, I grandi monumenti. Islam. Milano 1972, pp. 6-75.
R. Ettinghausen, O. Grabar, The Art and Architecture of Islam, 650-1250, Harmondsworth 1987, pp. 11-213.
Encyclopaedic entries (available online):
M.V. Fontana, “Isfahan”, in “L’Asia Islamica. Altopiano Iranico”, Enciclopedia Archeologica Treccani.
R. Giunta, “Bust”, “Ghazni”, “Lashkari Bazar”, in “L’Asia Islamica. Altopiano Iranico”, Enciclopedia Archeologica Treccani.
F. Noci, “Lashkari Bazar”, Enciclopedia dell’Arte Medievale Treccani.
M.A. Marino, “Nishapur”, in “L’Asia Islamica. Altopiano Iranico”, Enciclopedia Archeologica Treccani.

9 cfu - Add to the above-mentioned:
G. Fehervari, La ceramica islamica. Milano 1985, pp. 10-29, 33-41.
R. Ward, Islamic metalwork. London 1993, pp. 1-71.
V. Laviola, Islamic Metalwork from Afghanistan (9th-13th c.). The Documentation of the IsMEO Italian Archaeological Mission, Roma-Napoli 2020. http://www.fedoabooks.unina.it/index.php/fedoapress/catalog/book/183 (pages to be agreed).

Non-attending students - Add to the 6 cfu or 9 cfu program:
U. Monneret de Villard, Introduzione allo studio dell’archeologia islamica. Le origini e il periodo omayyade, Venezia-Roma 1968, pp. 1-232, 249-298.

Pdfs of the exam texts will be provided.

Reference texts:
C. Hillenbrand, Islam. Una nuova introduzione storica. Torino 2016.
M. Dimand, L'arte dell'Islam. Firenze 1972.
F. Gabrieli, U. Scerrato, Gli Arabi in Italia. Milano 1993.
Eredità dell'Islam. Arte islamica in Italia. Milano 1993.
M.V. Fontana, La pittura islamica dalle origini al Trecento. Sesto San Giovanni (MI) 2019.

Teaching Methods

Lectures with powerpoint.
Students are stimulated to participate in analysing plans, monuments as well as iconographic themes.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam graded in thirties. Starting with a topic of their choice, students must demonstrate an understanding of founding concepts of Islamic art and make critical connections between the topics

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"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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