The iconography and anthropology of the image

lhart2410  2024-2025  Louvain-la-Neuve

The iconography and anthropology of the image
5.00 credits
30.0 h
Q2

  This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2024-2025 !

Teacher(s)
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.
Learning outcomes

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.
 
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
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.

 
Faculty or entity


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Master [120] in Anthropology

Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology: Musicology

Advanced Master in Visual Cultures

Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology : General

Master [60] in History of Art and Archaeology : General