Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2019-2020
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 : | |
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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.
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
Moodle: PPT, bibliography, readers
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.
Horst Bredekamp, Théorie de l'acte d'image, Paris, 2015.
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.
Horst Bredekamp, Théorie de l'acte d'image, Paris, 2015.
Faculty or entity
ARKE
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology : General
Advanced Master in Visual Cultures
Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology : General
Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology
Master [120] in Philosophy
Master [120] in Anthropology