LibGuides: ARTD 3014/ARTD 7015G: Across Byzantium: Arts and Architectures of Empire: Module 2

Module 2: From Rome to Constantinople and Back Again

Tuesday 9/21: Early Christian Architecture

Major assignments due:

Quiz 2 in class

Read/watch before class:

Art Institute of Chicago, "Ancient and Byzantine mosaic materials
Art Institute of Chicago, "Ancient and Byzantine mosaic materials," in Smarthistory, December 20, 2015, accessed July 25, 2021,
Allen Farber, "Early Christian Art and Architecture after Constantine"
Farber, Allen, "Early Christian Art and Architecture after Constantine," in Smarthistory, August 8, 2015. https://smarthistory.org/early-christian-art-and-architecture-after-constantine/

Thursday 9/23: Constantinople

Major assignments due: none

Read/watch before class:

"The Rise and Fall of the Byzantine Empire"
Leonora Neville, "The Rise and Fall of the Byzantine Empire," in Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okph9wt8I0A&t=318s
Byzantium1200, "Aerial views of the city"
Byzantium1200, "Aerial views of the city," in Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFXiLbnQhgQ.
Evan Freeman, "About the chronological periods of the Byzantine Empire"
Freeman, Evan, "About the chronological periods of the Byzantine Empire," in Smarthistory, September 20, 2020. https://smarthistory.org/periods-of-the-byzantine-empire/

Tuesday 9/28: Gods vs Emperors

Major assignments due: none

Read/watch before class

Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, "The Emperor Triumphant (Barberini Ivory)"
Harris, Beth and Steven Zucker, "The Emperor Triumphant (Barberini Ivory)," in Smarthistory, October 1, 2016. https://smarthistory.org/barberini-ivory/
Nancy Ross, "Medieval Manuscripts, an Introduction"
Ross, Nancy, "Medieval Manuscripts, and Introduction," in Smarthistory August 8, 2015. https://smarthistory.org/medieval-manuscripts/

Thursday 9/30: The Age of Justinian

Major assignments due:

Read/watch before class:

Sarah Brooks, "The Byzantine State under Justinian I (Justinian the Great)
Brooks, Sarah, "The Byzantine Statue Under Justinian I (Justinian the Great)," in Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, April 2009. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/just/hd_just.htm
William Allen, "Hagia Sophia, Istanbul"
Allen, William, "Hagia Sophia, Istanbul," in Smarthistory, August 8, 2015. https://smarthistory.org/hagia-sophia-istanbul/
Procopius, "On Buildings"
Procopius’ Buildings, page 11 (from “But the Emperor Justinian built not long afterwards…” -17 (up to “a structure of masonry”
Procopius, "On Buildings," in the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/procopius00proc_0/page/n7/mode/2up

Tuesday 10/5: The Age of Justinian and Theodora

Major assignments due: none

Read/watch before class

Anne Mcclanan, "Empress Theodora, rhetoric, and Byzantine primary sources"
Mcclanan, Anne, "Empress Theodora, rhetoric, and Byzantine primary sources," in Smarthistory, July 8, 2021. https://smarthistory.org/theodora-rhetoric/
Allen Farber, "San Vitale and the Justinian Mosaic"
Farber, Allen, "San Vitale and the Justinian Mosaic," in Smarthistory, August 8, 2015.

Thursday 10/7: Islam and the Arts of Byzantium Part 1

Major assignments due: none

Read/watch before class:

World Monuments Fund, "Qusayr 'Amra"
World Monuments Fund, "Qusayr 'Amra," https://www.wmf.org/project/qusayr-amra
Betsy Williams, "Qusayr 'Amra"
Williams, Betsy, "Qusayr 'Amra," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 12, 2012 https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/byzantium-and-islam/blog/where-in-the-world/posts/qusayr-amra

Tuesday 10/12: MIDTERM EXAM IN CLASS