UniMelb UGHB96 : 104-241 Greek Art and Archaeology: An Introduction to the Archaic and Classical Periods 700 to 336BC

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104-241/341 Greek Art and Archaeology: an Introduction To the Archaic and Classical Periods 700-336BC

Availability: Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997.

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years

Coordinator: Associate Professor P J Connor.

Prerequisite: Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department.

Contact: Two lectures and a tutorial a week.

Objectives:

Students on completion of the subject are expected to have a close knowledge of the visual arts of Greece from their beginnings to their maturity in the Classical period. In combination with this overview, students should have achieved adequate training in visual perception in order to assess the full artistic context of individual works, and to understand the role of the visual arts in society. Students are also expected to comprehend the complex nature of stylistic development and be able to judge levels of quality.

Content:

This subject investigates the free-standing and relief sculpture of the Greek world from c.700 BC to the rise of Alexander the Great. It also studies the vase-painting of the sixth and fifth centuries BC from the beginning of black-figure to mature red-figure, focusing on subject-matter as well as style. The relationship of art and iconography to political life and the development of civic identity will be one of the topics to receive special attention, as also: the change from Archaic to Classical; the mythological and religious content and purpose of both sculpture and pottery. The role in society of minor arts such as coinage and figurines will also be considered.

Assessment:

3,000 words of written work (50 per cent) and a 2-hour examination (50 per cent).

Prescribed texts:

R M Cook Greek Art (Penguin) or G Richter A Handbook of Greek Art (Phaidon)

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Status:          Official 1996
Date created:    Oct  9 1995
Last modified:   Oct  9 1995
Authorised by:   Academic Registrar
Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au

Maintained by:   Dept. of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, Faculty of Arts.