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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of History, Classics and Archaeology : Postgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology)

Postgraduate Course: Early Greek Art (1000-500 BC) (PGHC11249)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course examines the development of Greek art and architecture during the Geometric and Archaic periods. Emphasis will be on interpreting materials in their political, historical, religious, and social context.
Course description Of special interest are Greek interactions with the Near East, the development of the polis, large-scale sanctuaries and architecture; the function and deployment of myth in vase painting and sculpture; new forms of government; class structure.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. research skills in classical studies
  2. in-depth knowledge of key monuments and sites in the Early Greek world
  3. a greater understanding of Greek religion and history
  4. the ability to collate and understand methodological difficulties in reading archaeological and written sources, both ancient and modern
  5. skills to analyze material and written sources for the ancient world and to craft and express arguments in written form
Reading List
Barletta, B. 2001. Origins of the Greek Architectural Orders. Cambridge.
Barringer, J. 2014. The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece. Cambridge.
Gunter, A. 2009. Greek Art and the Orient. Cambridge.
Hall, J. 2006. A History of the Archaic Greek World. Malden, MASS.
Mazarakis Ainian, A. 1997. From Rulers' Dwellings to Temples: Architecture, Religion and Society in Early Iron Age Greece (1100-700 B.C.). Jonsered.
Rystedt, E. and B. Wells, eds. 2006. Pictorial Pursuits: Figurative Painting on Mycenaean and Geometric Pottery. Stockholm.
Shapiro, H.A., ed. 2007. The Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece. Cambridge
Sparkes, B.A. 1996. The Red and the Black: Studies in Greek Pottery. London and New York.
Valavanis, P. 2004. Games and Sanctuaries in Ancient Greece. Athens.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsEarly Greek Art
Contacts
Course organiserProf Judith Barringer
Tel: (0131 6)50 3584
Email:
Course secretaryMr Gordon Littlejohn
Tel: (0131 6)50 3782
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