Undergraduate Course: Greek and Roman Art & Architecture (LLLA07120)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | A survey of Greek art and architecture from its beginnings in the Bronze Age, through the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods, the impact on Etruscan and Roman and ongoing Classical influences. This illustrated course will make use of the main cast collections in Edinburgh to explore the development of the Ideal and reactions to it. |
| Course description |
Week 1 Bronze Age Greece (Kate)
Week 2 Geometric art and architecture (Kate)
Week 3 Archaic art and archaeology (Kate and Nicki)
Week 4 Archaic art and architecture (Nicki)
Week 5 Early Classical art and architecture (Nicki)
Week 6 'High Classical' art and architecture (Nicki)
Week 7 Late Classical art and architecture (Nicki)
Week 8 Hellenistic art and architecture - part 1 (Nicki)
Week 9 Hellenistic art and architecture - part 2 (Nicki)
Week 10 Greek influence - Rome to Edinburgh (Kate)
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- By the end of the course, students will have the ability to:
describe the key developments, both chronologically and stylistically, of classical art and architecture - interpret classical art and architecture in a critical manner
- integrate different forms of classical art and architecture to gain a coherent understanding of their social and political functions
- apply the principals of Greek & Roman architecture to an evaluation of Edinburgh¿s architectural heritage
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Reading List
Beard, M. and Henderson, J (2001) Classical Art: from Greece to Rome. Oxford, Oxford University Press
Boardman, J. (1964) Greek Art. London, Thames and Hudson.
Elsner, J. (1998) Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph. Oxford, Oxford University Press
Pedley, J. G. (1997) Greek Art and Archaeology. London, Cassell.
Ramage, N.H and Ramage, A (1991) Roman Art: Romulus to Constantine, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Critical thinking, synthesis of a broad range of types of material, class discussion, visual and cultural analysis |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Miss Loura Brooks
Tel: (0131 6)51 3200
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Course secretary | Mrs Diane Mcmillan
Tel: (0131 6)50 6912
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