HU Credits: 3

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: History of Art

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Prof. Rina Talgam

Coordinator Email: rina.talgam@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Monday 17.00-18.00

Teaching Staff:
Prof Rina Talgam,
Ms.

Course/Module description:
In this course we will review classical art, starting with its earliest appearances, in the Proto-Geometric period, and concluding with the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity, in the 4th century A. D.

Course/Module aims:
The aim of this class is to introduce the students to the major works of art and to provide them with methods for analyzing and interpreting them. At the center of our study are works of art, which are to be taught within their historical and cultural context.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
The course provides the students 1. Basic knowledge of works of art in various artistic media and contexts. 2. Familiarity with the various theoretical and practical approaches scholars use in the field of classical art.

Attendance requirements(%):
90%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lecture plus tutorial

Course/Module Content:
Lesson 1: Greece; The Dark Ages and the Geometric Period
and the Orientalizing Period

Lesson 2: The Greek Temple: Architecture and architectural decoration in the Archaic Period

Lesson 3: Vase painting in the Archaic and Early Classical periods

Lesson 4: Early Classical Architecture: The Temple of Zeus at Olympia

Lesson 5: High Classical and Late Classical architecture: The buildings on the Athenian acropolis

Lesson 6: High Classical and Late Classical sculpture and vase painting

Lesson 7: Greece; The Fourth Century .

Lesson 8: Hellenistic Art

Lesson 9: Hellenistic Art

Lesson 10: Roman Art; The Art of the Republic and the Age of Augustus
.

Lesson 11: Roman Art; The Flavian Dynasty, Trajan and Hadrian


Lesson 12: Roman Art; Antonine art, the Severan Dynasty, the Tetrarchy

Lesson 13: Roman Art; wall painting and mosaics

Required Reading:
Various ancient Greek and Roman Sources.

Additional Reading Material:
Greek and Hellenistic Art
General

מ. אבי-יונה, תולדות האמנות הקלאסית, ירושלים, 1969.
מ. עמית, תולדות יוון הקלאסית, ירושלים, תש"ן, עמ' 232-205. (מיושן, אך יתרונו בכך שהוא כתוב בעברית)
W. R. Biers, The Archaeology of Greece: An Introduction, Ithaca and London, 1987.
G. Campbell (ed.), The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture, Oxford (2 vols.)
R. Hampe and E. Simon, The Birth of Greek Art, From the Mycenaean to the Archaic
Period, London, 1981.
R. Osborne, Archaic and Classical Greek Art, Oxford, 1998.
J.J. Pollitt, Art and Experience in Classical Greece, Cambridge, 1989.
J.J. Pollitt, Art in the Hellenistic Age, Cambridge, 1986.
J.J. Pollitt, The Art of Ancient Greece: Sources and Documents, Cambridge, 1990.
J. G. Pedley, Greek Art and Archaeology, 5th edition, London, 2012
M. Robertson, A History of Greek Art, Cambridge, 1975 (2 Vols.)
A. Stewart, Classical Greece and the Birth of Western Art, Cambridge, 2008.
A. Stewart, Art in the Hellenistic World, Cambridge, 2014.
J. Whitley, The Archaeology of Ancient Greece, Cambridge, 2001.
S. Woodford, An Introduction to Greek Art, Ithaca, 1986.

Architecture
J. Boardman, The Parthenon and its Sculptures, Austin, 1985.
I. Jenkins, Greek Architecture and Its Sculpture, Cambridge MA, 2006.
I. Jenkins, The Parthenon Sculpture, Cambridge MA, 2007.
J. Pedley, Sanctuaries and the Sacred in the Ancient Greek World, 2005.

Sculpture
J. Boardman, Greek Sculpture. The Archaic Period, London, 1978.
J. Boardman, Greek Sculpture. The Classical Period, London, 1985.
J. Boardman, Greek Sculpture. The Late Classical Period, London, 1995.
R.R.R. Smith, Hellenistic Sculpture, London, 1991.
N. Spivey, Understanding Greek Sculpture. Ancient Meanings, Modern Readings,
London, 1997.
A. Stewart, Greek Sculpture, New Haven and London, 1990 (2 Vols.).


Painting, Vase Painting and Mosaic
M. Andronicos, Vergina. The Royal Tombs and the Ancient City, Athens, 1997.
J. Boardman, Early Greek Vase Painting, London, 1998.
J. Boardman, Athenian Black Figure Vases, London, 1980.
J. Boardman, Athenian Red Figure Vases. The Archaic Period, London, 1979.
J. Boardman, Athenian Red Figure Vases. The Classical Period, London, 1989.
K.M.D. Dunbabin, Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World, Cambridge, 1999.
F. Lissarrague, Greek Vases: The Athenians and their images, New York, 2001.
J.J. Pollitt (ed.), The Cambridge History of Painting in the Classical World, Cambridge, 2015.
C.M. Robertson, The Art of Vase Painting in Classical Athens, Cambridge, 1993.
T. Rasmussen and N. Spivey (eds.), Looking at Greek Vases, Cambridge, 1991.
A.D. Trendall, Red Figure Vases of South Italy and Sicily, London, 1989.


Roman Art
E. D’Ambra, Art &Identity in the Roman World, London, 1998.
J. Elsner, Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph, Oxford and New York, 1998.
J. Elsner, Art and the Roman Viewer: The Transformation of Art from the Pagan World to Christianity, Cambridge and New York, 1995.
M. Henig (ed.), A Handbook of Roman Art, Oxford, 1983.
N. Hannestad, Roman Art and Imperial Policy, Aarhus, 1988.
D.E.E. Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, New Haven & London, 1992.
F.S. Kleiner, A History of Roman Art, Boston, 2010.
R. Ling, Roman Painting, Cambridge, 1990.
A. Maiuri, Roman Painting, Geneva, 1953.
J.J. Pollitt, The Art of Rome c. 753B.C.-A.D. 337: Sources and Documents, Cambridge, 1983.
N.H. Ramage & A. Ramage, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Roman Art,
Cambridge, 1991.
N.H. Ramage & A. Ramage, Roman Art : Romulus to Constantine, New York, 1991
J.B Ward-Perkins, Roman Imperial Architecture, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1981.
P. Zanker, Roman Art, Los Angeles, 2010.
P. Zanker, Living with Myths: The Imagery of Roman Sarcophagi, Oxford, 2012.

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 80 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 5 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 15 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

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