OBC005 - MUSLIM ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY ART

courses
ID:
OBC005
Duration (hours):
63
CFU:
9
SSD:
ARCHEOLOGIA E STORIA DELLL'ARTE MUSULMANA
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
CULTURAL HERITAGE/Storia dell'arte Year: 3
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (01/03/2026 - 31/05/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


Ability to orient oneself chronologically and geographically in the areas of the Islamic world covered by the course.

Course Prerequisites


None

Teaching Methods


Lectures with powerpoint. Students will be stimulated to participate in the analysis of plans, monuments and iconographic themes.

Assessment Methods


Oral examination graded in thirtieths. Starting with a topic of their choice, students are required to demonstrate the understanding of the basic concepts of Islamic art, the ability to orientate themselves geographically and chronologically, and the ability to make critical connections between topics.

Texts


Islamic art and archaeology 6 cfu:
Vernoit S., “The Rise of Islamic Archaeology”, Muqarnas 14, 1997, pp. 1-10.
M. Hattstein, P. Delius (eds.), Islam. Arte e architettura, Köln, 2001, pp. 8-45, 60-109, 113-114, 130-134, 141-146, 208-227, 229-233, 330-338.
G. Fehervari, La ceramica islamica. Milano 1985, pp. 14-33.
Voce enciclopedica (disponibile online):
M.A. Marino, “Nishapur”, in “L’Asia Islamica. Altopiano Iranico”, Enciclopedia Archeologica Treccani.
9 cfu - Add to the texts above:
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.
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, pp. 25-40, 131-169, 374-393.
Not-attending students - add to the programme above:
U. Monneret de Villard, Introduzione allo studio dell’archeologia islamica. Le origini e il periodo omayyade, Venezia-Roma 1968, pp. 1-232, 249-298.
Consultation 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.

Contents


Introduction to Islamic art and archaeology, with particular reference to the period between the raise of Islam (7th century) and the early 13th century.

Course Language


Italian

More information


Students enrolled in 2023 will follow the programme in Muslim Archaeology and History of Art worth 6 credits (Archaeology specialisation) or 9 credits (Art History specialisation).

Students enrolled in 2024 will follow the programme in Islamic Archaeology and History of Art worth 6 credits for both the Archaeology and Art History specialisations.

Degrees

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People

People

LAVIOLA VALENTINA
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