Oriental languages and civilizations

MICHELINA DI CESARE
MICHELINA DI CESARE

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of ISLAMIC ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ART, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies.

The aim of the course is a basic knowledge of the origin and formation of Islamic material culture and artistic expression, deepening both the transition from late antiquity and the pre-Islamic Iranian civilization carried out during the first years of expansion from the Arabian Peninsula, and the resulting contributions of specific elements, from floor plans to iconography to symbols. The student will also be informed about the history of studies of the Islamic archaeology and the relations between the two Mediterranean cultures (Christian and Muslim) in the Middle Ages.