Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Institute of Art History
- Code
- MA-ERA-IAH-L-35
- Title
- Art in Hungary from the Beginnings until 1526
- Usual semester
- Spring
- Published semester
- 2025/26/2
- ECTS
- 8
- Language
- en
- Description
- An introduction to medieval art in Hungary, with special emphasis on how it’s linked to other European centres of art. Due to the length of this time period, instead of a deep analysis the course explores a chain of historical events that had substantial effect on Hungarian art, along with its most notable memories. This course aims to help foreign students to better orient themselves in the history and culture of Hungary, as well as the sources and development of the historical Hungarian identity.
- Learning outcomes
- The main goal of this course is to provide a broad understanding of the development of Hungarian art in the Middle Ages, with a focus on its relations to other centers of art and political power in Europe. In order to establish an understanding of the chain of events, the introduction of the different art styles and their development must be linked to a historical overview. The length of the time period the course covers implies that instead of an in-depth analysis, a select number of focuspoints would be presented along with a respective list of sources and studies, from which the students can gain a more in-depth insight. An emphasis on the international relations between the Kingdom of Hungary, the Holy Roman Empire, Byzantium, the Capetian Kingdom and the Italian Pennisula would allow students to rely on their preexisting knowledge of European medieval art by linking the Hungarian art production into a broader network, as well as gaining an overview of its special development.
- Course content
- The main goal of this course is to provide a broad understanding of the development of Hungarian art in the Middle Ages, with a focus on its relations to other centers of art and political power in Europe. In order to establish an understanding of the chain of events, the introduction of the different art styles and their development must be linked to a historical overview. The length of the time period the course covers implies that instead of an in-depth analysis, a select number of focuspoints would be presented along with a respective list of sources and studies, from which the students can gain a more in-depth insight. An emphasis on the international relations between the Kingdom of Hungary, the Holy Roman Empire, Byzantium, the Capetian Kingdom and the Italian Pennisula would allow students to rely on their preexisting knowledge of European medieval art by linking the Hungarian art production into a broader network, as well as gaining an overview of its special development.
- Assessment method
- oral exam
- Bibliography
- Barral di Altet, Xavier – Lővei Pál – Lucherini, Vinni – Takács Imre (eds.): The Art of Medieval Hungary. Rome, 2018.
- Recommended bibliography
- Fülep Ferenc: Sopianae. The history of Pécs during the Roman Era, and the problem of the continuity of the Late Roman Population. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1984. Ádám Bollók: The birds on the braid ornaments from Rakamaz: A view from the Mediterranean. In: Byzanz – das Römerreich im Mittelalter, teil 3. p. 331–368. Gyula Moravcsik: Byzantium and the Magyars. Budapest, 1970. L. Gerevich: Pilis Abbey a cultural center. Acta Archeaologica 29, 1977, p. 155–198. László Gerevich: The Art of Buda and Pest in the Middle Ages. Budapest, 1971, p. 57–80. Marosi Ernő: Matthias Corvinus, the Medieval Man. Gothic and Renaissance. In: Matthias Corvinus, the King. Tradition and Renewal in the Hungarian Royal Court 1458–1490 (ex.cat.) Budapest, 2008. Farbaky Péter: Florence and/or Rome? The Origins of Early Renaissance Architecture in Hungary. In: Farbaky Péter, Louis a. Waldman (eds.): Italy & Hungary: Humanism and Art in the early Renaissance, 2011, p. 345–368. Sarkadi-Nagy Emese: Local workshops – Foreign Connections. Late Medieval Altarpieces from Transylvania. Jan Thoerbecke Verlag, 2012, p. 15–31.