Biblical iconography

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Course ID:	WT-DTK-IB
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	Biblical iconography
Name in Polish:	Ikonografia biblijna
Organizational unit:	Institute of General Theology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	enter learning outcome code/codes
Short description:	Goal of subject: The student should get to know relations to the Bible broad spectrum of old and contemporary art – topics, figures, events, influence of inspirational text on artistic work of artists Preliminary requirements: knowledge of bases of history and the biblical culture
Full description:	1. The Bible about the art. Art in Old and New Testament. 2. Prohibition of making of images and attempts of breaking him (iconoclasm; apology of picture). 3. Esthetics in Old and New Testament. 4. Art of early Christianity - iconography 5. Iconography of the Old Testament (choice of elements). a. iconography of Genesis; b. David and Salomon; c. history of Israel and his heroes; d. sages and prophets. 6. Iconography of the New Testament (choice of elements). a. Christmas; b. public activity of Jesus; c. miracles and signs Jesus; d. wonders and signs of Jesus; e. The Resurrection; 7. Evangelists and their symbols. The symbolism and symbols in the Bible. 8. “Biblia pauperum” 9. Pictures of God. Iconography of the Holy Trinity. 10. After Easter pictures of Jesus; problem of Turin shroud and “mandylion”. 11. Pictures of Mary (Our Lady). 12. Pictures of angels.
Bibliography:	- P. J. Achtemeier, The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary, 1996 - H. de Borchgrave, A Journey into Christian Art, Oxford 1999 - J. B. Knipping, Iconography of the Counter Reformation in the Netherlands. Heaven on earth, t. II, Nieuwkoop-Leiden 1974. - J. J. Pilch, The Cultural Dictionary of the Bible, Minnesota 1999
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	Students learn a broad spectrum of references to the Bible in old and contemporary art (i.e. themes, characters, events etc.); the influence of the inspired text on artistic work; understand the form and content of a religious work.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Methods of estimation: 1/ Dissertation: Historical, artistic and theological description of religious art works which were chosen 2/ Test 3/ Frequency in lthe ectures

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