The iconography and anthropology of the image

Teacher(s)

Dekoninck Ralph;

Language

French

Prerequisites

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Main themes

The course adopts a transhistorical and intercultural perspective to consider the contribution of anthropology to the interpretation of the image and of art.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	Acquisition of in-depth knowledge of the anthropology of the image and of its application to the field of art history.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Content

The course begins with an overview of the origins of the anthropology of the image and of its relationship to art history.
Alongside these major historiographical landmarks, different methodological and theoretical perspectives are presented so as to reflect on the interchanges between iconology and anthropology.
The remainder of the course is structured around a number of key issues (iconoclasm, idolatry, ritual, magic...) in order to bring to light the different types of reaction aroused by images from a transhistorical and intercultural perspective.

Teaching methods

Lectures by the teacher and by guest speakers, personal reading by students.

Evaluation methods

Oral examination

Other information

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Online resources

http://icampus.uclouvain.be/

Bibliography

David Freedberg, Le pouvoir des images, Paris, 1996.
Hans Belting, Pour une anthropologie des images, Paris, 2004.
Alfred Gell, L'art et ses agents. Une théorie anthropologique, Paris, 2009.
Victor Stoichita, L'effet Pygmalion. Pour une anthropologie historique des simulacres, Genève, 2008.
 

Faculty or entity

ARKE