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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This unit briefly examines Christian, Byzantine, and post-Byzantine Archeology and Art as well as the Orthodox Musical Tradition in their various manifestations, from the first Christian centuries until the post-Byzantine period. Although the journey through the centuries was long and the historical and artistic changes were significant, Christian Art in all its manifestations nevertheless retained its character and purpose: that is, to serve the worship and theology of the Church and, at the same time, to express a sublime Aesthetic. The interpenetration of academic and empirical Theology.
Course Features
- Lectures 17
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 3 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
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The arts in the Orthodox Church
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Painting/Iconography
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Iconography as service to the Church, not merely a kind of painting
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What is an icon?
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What is an idol?
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What does veneration indicate?
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Since when have we had icons?
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The symbolism of portable icons
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Basic rules of iconography
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Presentation of the main techniques of executing portable icons and wall-paintings
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Modern visual trends in Iconography
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Music- the Psaltic Art (Byzantine Music)
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Byzantine Culture
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The Birth of Byzantine Music
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Byzantine Musicology
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Elements of Liturgics and Hymnology
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Becoming acquainted with Byzantine Music