Objectives and competences
- To introduce students with iconographic and iconological approach.
- To present basic terms (terminology) and literary sources that have influenced iconography of artworks..
- Getting students acquainted with iconographic handbooks, literature and collections, based on which own research is possible.
- Get students to know how to apply iconographic and iconological method.
- Introduce to students the basic iconographic themes ,the most frequent symbols and attributes used in art history.
- Present the meaning of interdisciplinary humanistic knowledge (connection of history of arts with other, mainly historic and literary sciences).
Content (Syllabus outline)
Basics of iconography.
History of iconography.
Iconography vs. iconology.
Basic Terms.
Literary and other sources.
Iconographic handbooks and databases.
Literature.
Iconographic collections.
Cases of iconographic analysis of pieces of fine arts.
Selected basic iconographic themes, symbols and attributes.
The subject is designed as introduction to iconography as important method of history of arts dealing with contents of pieces of fine arts.
Learning and teaching methods
- lectures with AV projections
- seminar work in lecture rooms and before originals
- writing a seminar work
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
- Students are able to differentiate between iconographic and iconological method and their historiography.
- They explain, understand and apply properly the basic iconographic terms (terminology).
- Students are acquainted and use properly iconographic resources such as literature, handbooks, lexica and databases which enable interpretation.
- Students identify, recall, and explain the meaning of basic iconographic themes, symbols and attributes.
- Students identify selected, most frequent iconographic themes, symbols and attributes.
Obtained knowledge will be applied by the students at other subjects of the study programme.
Recognition of contents of pieces of art is one of the keys of its understanding.
Handling of iconographic method and literature will enable the students to independent (research) work in this field.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Handling of iconographic method and literature will enable the students to basic research work in this field.
Readings
- Erwin Panofsky: Pomen v likovni umetnosti, Ljubljana 1994 (Studia humanitatis).
- Roelof van Straten: Uvod v ikonografijo. Teoretični in praktični napotki, Ljubljana 2006.
- Tine Germ: Podoba in pomen v likovni umetnosti: osnove ikonografije, Maribor 2006.
- Leto svetnikov (ur. Marjan Smolik et al), Ljubljana 1999-2001.
- Leksikon ikonografije, liturgike i simbolike zapadnog kršćanstva (ur. Anđelko Badurina), Zagreb 1979.
- Lev Menaše, Marija v slovenski umetnosti. Ikonologija slovenske marijanske umetnosti od začetkov do prve svetovne vojne, Celje 1994.
Dodatna literatura
-Jure Mikuž, Nema zgovornost podobe. Telo in slovenska umetnost, Ljubljana 1995.
James Hall, Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art, London 1974 (1996) [Rječnik tema i simbola u umjetnosti, Zagreb 1991]
- Lexikon der christlichen Ikonographie, Rom 1968-1976 (ponatis 2015).
- Uvod v umetnostno zgodovino, Ljubljana 1998 (Knjižna zbirka Temeljna dela).
- Gabriele Kopp-Schmidt: Ikonographie und Ikonologie. Eine Einführung, Köln 2004.
- Fran Büttner, Andrea Gottdang: Einführung in die Ikonographie. Wege zur Deutung von Bildinhalten, München 2006.
Podrobnejša navodila za študijsko literaturo dobijo študenti na predavanjih.
Prerequisits
No special prerequisites
Additional information on implementation and assessment - seminar work and its presentation
- oral exam
(Positive grade of seminar work is obligatory for access to oral exam.)
