Byzantine Archaeology I
YAR105 Byzantine Archaeology I
Professor: Ioannis THEOCHARIS (adjunct faculty for 2020-21) | Course outline [pdf file]
The course covers the basic thematics of Byzantine archeology and art with reference to the Christian cosmic, ecclesiastical and burial art, the development and spread of Christian iconography and the composition of the iconographic program of the churches in the ecclesiastical and secular architecture from the foundation of Constantinople to its Fall, the painting of icons, mosaics and illustrated manuscripts and the iconoclastic crisis, the precious objects of art and the topography of the Byzantine world.
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