Эпизоды всемирной истории на полотнах

2025/2026

Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для Вашей будущей карьеры»

Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»

Лучший по критерию «Новизна полученных знаний»

Статус: Маго-лего

Кто читает: Школа иностранных языков

Где читается: Факультет гуманитарных наук

Когда читается: 4 модуль

Охват аудитории: для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ

Преподаватели: Жунич Ирина Ивановна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 40

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Abstract

This interdisciplinary course explores pivotal episodes of world history through the lens of visual art. Moving beyond Eurocentric narratives, the curriculum adopts a comparative approach, analyzing how diverse cultures have visualized universal human experiences: creation, catastrophe, urbanization, power, and progress. Students will examine the intersection of theology, archaeology, politics, and aesthetics, critically analyzing how "history" is constructed on the canvas. Special attention is paid to the function of art in memory of the world and cross-cultural dialogue.

Learning Objectives

Explore how paintings from different times and cultures depict key moments in world history
Learn to recognize and discuss common symbols, color meanings, and artistic techniques used by painters
Discover how artists from Europe, Russia, Asia, Africa, and Latin America portray the same historical episodes (Creation, Flood, city founding, revolutions)
Discuss how paintings shape historical memory, cultural identity, and societal values
Create a short presentation and a reflective essay based on course materials, focusing on personal observations and insights

Expected Learning Outcomes

Analyze visual artworks as primary historical sources within specific political, economic, and social contexts
Compare how different cultural traditions visualize universal episodes: creation, catastrophe, power, everyday life
Decode symbolic systems: color semantics (Pastoureau), archetypes (Jung), cultural codes (Hall/Hofstede)
Construct evidence-based arguments that integrate visual analysis, historical context
Interpret color as a changing social phenomenon.
Identify genres within the historical artistic hierarchy.

Course Contents

Introduction. General issues.
Prehistoric Art
Genres. Colors in History.
Creation of the world
Cities from myths and legends. Citiscapes and city life on canvases.
Moscow in history and on canvases
Catastrophes in human memory
Pandemics & Epidemics
From a portrait to a well-renowed dynasty
Scandals of the Baroque era and their consequences

Assessment Elements

Article
Quizzes
In-class participation
Presentation
Final Test

Interim Assessment

2025/2026 4th module
0.15 * Quizzes + 0.3 * Final Test + 0.25 * Article + 0.1 * In-class participation + 0.2 * Presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

9781317168911 - J.R. Mulryne, Maria Ines Aliverti, Anna-Maria Testaverde - Ceremonial Entries in Early Modern Europe : The Iconography of Power - 2015 - Routledge - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=841447 - nlebk - 841447
Arts Education Partnership, & National Art Education Association. (2019). Visual Arts Matter: How Visual Arts Education Helps Students Learn, Achieve and Thrive. Arts Education Partnership. Arts Education Partnership. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=ED596318
Ching, F. D. K., Jarzombek, M., & Prakash, V. (2017). A Global History of Architecture (Vol. Third edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1492721
Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present, Beckwith, C. I., 2009
Hofstede, G. (2001). Culture’s Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions, and Organizations Across Nations. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.A385DB9A
Kuiper, K. (2010). Ancient Greece : From the Archaic Period to the Death of Alexander the Great (Vol. 1st ed). New York: Britannica Educational Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=317112
Silk roads : peoples, cultures, landscapes, , 2019

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Black : the history of a color, Pastoureau, M., 2009
Blue : the history of a color, Pastoureau, M., 2018
Green : the history of a color, Pastoureau, M., 2014
Red : the history of a color, Pastoureau, M., 2017
Yellow : the history of a color, Pastoureau, M., 2019

Authors

Zhunich Irina Ivanovna

Course Syllabus