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MICHELINA DI CESARE

Consistent with the educational objectives of the Study Program in which it is inserted, the course aims to provide basic knowledge and understanding in the field of ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ISLAMIC ART I, with the support of advanced textbooks, and to enable the student to apply the acquired knowledge in a competent and reflective way, formulating judgments autonomously, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and thus developing the skills necessary to undertake any subsequent 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 accomplished during the first years of expansion from the Arabian Peninsula, and the consequent contributions of specific elements, from the plans to the iconography to the symbols. The student will also be informed about the history of Islamic archeology studies and the relationship between the two Mediterranean cultures (Christian and Islamic) in the Middle Ages.

After attending the course, students will have acquired: a knowledge of the main problems and research prospects concerning early Islamic urban planning, architecture and artistic forms; the ability to analyse sites, buildings and artefacts dating to the early Islamic period and to insert them into their specific chronological, geographical and cultural contexts; the capacity to pursue research in the field of Islamic Archaeology and History of Architecture, and communicate its results.

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The course will introduce to the architectural typologies and artistic forms developed in the dar al-Islam between the 7th and the 10th centuries through the analysis of relevant sites and monuments.

Umberto Scerrato, Grandi Civiltà. Islam, Milano, Mondadori, 1972, pp. 8-42 e 45-46 (ultimo paragrafo escluso);
Oleg Grabar, Arte islamica. La formazione di una civiltà, Milano, Electa, 1989, pp. 1-234;
Ugo Monneret de Villard, Introduzione allo studio dell’archeologia islamica, Venezia-Roma, Olschki, 1968, pp. 1-136 (testo aggiuntivo per i non frequentanti).
Lettura consigliata: Leonardo Capezzone, Medioevo arabo. Una storia dell’Islam medievale (VII-XV secolo), Milano 2016.

Umberto Scerrato, Grandi Civiltà. Islam, Milano, Mondadori, 1972
Oleg Grabar, Arte islamica. La formazione di una civiltà, Milano, Electa, 1989
Ugo Monneret de Villard, Introduzione allo studio dell’archeologia islamica, Venezia-Roma, Olschki, 1968
Leonardo Capezzone, Medioevo arabo. Una storia dell’Islam medievale (VII-XV secolo), Milano 2016.

Lectures and discussions.

Recommended.

Attending students: 40% attendance (75% of the course at least); 60 % oral exam.
Non-attending students: 100% oral exam.

Most recurring topics:
The Haram of Mecca and the Ka'ba; the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina; the foundation of Basra, Kufa, and Fustat; the Haram of Jerusalem and the Dome of the Rock.

• Introduction
  to Islam
  • Books: Notes taken in the classroom


• Historical
  and cultural setting 
  • Books: Capezzone; Notes taken in the classroom


• Art and architecture  at the time of the Prophet Muhammad
  • Books: Monneret de Villard; Notes taken in the classroom


• Early
  Islamic settlements 
  • Books: Monneret de Villard; Scerrato; Notes taken in the classroom


• Material
  culture in the Umayyad period 
  • Books: Monneret de Villard;  Scerrato; Grabar; Notes taken in the classroom


• Material
  culture in the Early Abbasid period 
  • Books: Scerrato; Grabar; Notes taken in the classroom