KLBcA17 Seminar in Classical Archaeology I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 12:30–14:05 K33
Prerequisites
Participation in the course Greek art I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives are to make students acquainted with the background of Early Greek art (Geometric and Archaic period), to show them the analytic methods of the main themes of the sculpture and depicting of Greek centres. The students have to elaborate an essay regarding selected theme and prove their abilities to study scientific literature. At the end of this course they should be able to understand the evolution of this period of Greek art and be acquainted with the principal archaeological material and analyse them using the knowledge of the principal contemporary achievements in this specialisation.
Syllabus
  • Main aim of the seminar is to practise and analyze the main issues of Early Greek art (sculpture, vase pictures of the geometric, orientalising, daedalic, archaic period - to recognize the local schools and main streams of continental, insular and Ionian Greece. The second main theme represents the analysis of the written evidence not only about Greek visual arts but also about cultural background of its particular areas (based upon the texts of Pausanias and Herodotos).
Literature
  • DEMARGNE, P. Die Geburt der griechischen Kunst. München, 1965. info
  • BOARDMAN, J. Řecké umění. Praha, 1973. info
  • BOARDMAN, J. Athenian Black-Figure Vases. 1974. info
  • Reclams Geschichte der antiken Kunst. Edited by John Boardman. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 1997, 411 s., [2. ISBN 3-15-010432-7. info
  • BOARDMAN, J. La sculpture grecque archaique. Paris, 1994. info
  • BOARDMAN, John. Early Greek vase painting : 11th-6th centuries BC : a handbook. London: Thames and Hudson, 1998, 287 s. ISBN 0500203091. info
Teaching methods
exercises, analysis of the selected archaeological materials, homework (acquaintance with the sources such as Pausanias description of Greek monuments)
Assessment methods
seminar, active participation 50 per cent, knowledge of the literature in foreign languages, ability to work with the bibliography and written essay are requested for granting the credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
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