Art 244: Greek Art
T-Th 9:30-10:45, Fine Arts 102
Spring 2012
Harry Titus
There will be two exams, a mid-term and a final. The final is not cumulative. There will be two other written products. The first will be a short (around 4 page) paper on a subject to be announced on February 2. The second paper will be longer (around 8 pages) on a subject to be announced on March 27.
| Date | Topic | Reading: John Griffiths Pedley, Greek Art and Archaeology, 5th edition. |
| Jan 19 |
The Third Millenium | Chapter 1 |
| Jan 24 |
The Middle Bronze Age | Chapter 2 |
| Jan 26 |
The Late Bronze Age | Chapter 3 |
| Jan 31 |
The Late Bronze Age | |
| Feb 2 |
Geometric Period | Chapter 4 |
| Feb 7 |
Orientalizing Period | Chapter 5 |
| Feb 9 |
Archaic Greece | Chapter 6 |
| Feb 14 |
Archaic Greece | |
| Feb 16 |
First Paper due | |
| Feb 21 |
Archaic Greece | |
| Feb 23 |
Transitional Period | Chapter 7 |
| Feb 28 |
Transitional period |
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| Mar 1 |
Transitional period |
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| Mar 6 | Mid-term exam | |
| Mar 8 |
Classical period |
| Mar 20 |
The High Classical Period |
Chapter 8 |
| Mar 22 |
High Classical |
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| Mar 27 |
High Classical |
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| Mar 29 |
High Classical |
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| Apr 3 |
High Classical |
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| Apr 5 |
High Claasical |
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| Apr 10 |
The Fourth Century |
Chapter 9 |
| Apr 12 |
The Fourth Century |
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| Apr 17 |
Second Paper due |
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| Apr 19 |
Hellenistic Period |
Chapter 10 |
| Apr 24 |
Hellenistic Period |
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| Apr 26 |
Hellenistic Paeriod | |
| May1 |
The Legacy of Greek Art |
| Final Exam | Wednesday, May 9, 2:00-5:00 PM | Fine Arts 102 |
Resources
You should familiarize yourself with the Perseus site, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Perseus contains all the primary textual material and images that you will need for this course. Click on the "Classics" rubric in the upper left corner of the top page.
On reserve in the ZSR library:
J.J. Pollitt, Art and Experience in Classical Greece,
Cambridge University Press, 1972.
John Camp, The Archaeology of Athens, Yale 2001.