KLB_108 Hellenistic small art

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Anna Krčmářová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
KLA_004 Greek Art I
Basic knowledge of the ancient Greek history.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 3/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
A survey of minor Hellenistic art. The main focus is given in development of pottery, terracottas (both figural and architectonic), transport amphorae and stamps on them. Surveys of development of bronze figurines, vessels and appliqués are given, besides the sand core, cast and blown glass, small decorative sculpture and paintings in tombs and on stelae.
Learning outcomes
After successfull passing the course, students will be able to:
- describe every discussed group of artefacts and classify them accordingly to their time period and location, explain the difference from the odler predecessors at the same time
- provided with the comprehensive overview of Hellenistic/Greek art and will be able to use the information within wider context
Syllabus
  • 1. Painted pottery
  • 2. Relief pottery, Megarian bowls
  • 3. Black-Glazed pottery and Early Sigillata
  • 4. Transport amphorae
  • 5. Figural terracottas
  • 6. Architectonic terracottas
  • 7. Bronze figurines and vessels
  • 8. Glass – cast, blown, sand core
  • 9. Stone vases, alabaster and marble
  • 10 Small sculpture of stone
  • 11. Decoration of tombs, panted stelae
  • 12. Architectonic decoration
Literature
  • BOUZEK, Jan and Jiří MUSIL. Czech excavations in Beirut. Praha: Nakl. AMU, 2008, 119 pp. Studia hercynia, 12. info
  • EIRING, Jonas and John LUND. Transport amphorae and trade in the Eastern Mediterranean: acts of the international colloquium at the Danish Institute at Athens, September 26-29, 2002. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2004, 539 pp. Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens, v. ISBN 978-87--7934118-0. info
  • GARLAN, Yvon. Amphores et timbres amphoriques grecs: entre erudition et ideologie. Paris: Diffusion de Boccard, 2000, 210 pp. Mem. de l'Acad. des insc. et belles-lettres, n. 21. ISBN 978-2-87754-111-4. info
  • LUDORF, Gundula. Die Lekane : Typologie und Chronologie einer Leitform der attischen Gebrauchskeramik des 6.-1. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Rahden: Leidorf, 2000, 199 pp. Internationale Archaologie, Bd. 61. ISBN 978-3-89646-333-3. info
  • GARLAN, Yvon. Les timbres amphoriques de Thasos. I, Timbres protothasiens et thasiens anciens. Athenes: Ecole francaise d'Athenes, 1999, 334 pp. Corpus international des timbres amphoriques, 6. ISBN 978-2-86958-190-6. info
  • ROTROFF, Susan. Hellenistic Pottery, Athenian and Imported Wheelmade Tableware and Related Material. Princeton: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1997. The Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations. ISBN 978-0-87661-229-3. info
  • WINTER, Nancy A. Proceedings of the International Conference on Greek Architectural Terracottas of the Classical and Hellenistic Periods : December 12-15, 1991. Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1994, 340 pp. Hesperia, Supplement 27. ISBN 978-0-87661-527-0. info
  • CHARBONNEAUX, Jean, Roland MARTIN and François VILLARD. Das Hellenistische Griechenland : 330-50 v.Chr. 2., durchgesehene Aufl. München: Verlag C. H. Beck, 1988, vii, 522. ISBN 3406317154. info
  • ROLLEY, Claude. Les Bronzes grecs. Fribourg: Office du livre, 1983, 270 pp. ISBN 978-2-7191-0185-8. info
  • BARR-SHARRAR, Beryl and Eugene N. BORZA. Macedonian metal vessels in perspective: some observations on context and tradition. In Macedonia and Greece in late classical and early Hellenistic times. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1982, p. 123-139, 268 pp. Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.). info
  • BOUZEK, Jan. Studies of Greek pottery in the Black Sea area. 2. vyd. Praha: Karlova univerzita, 1980, 199 pp. info
  • KOEHLER, Carolyn Grace. Corinthian A and B transport amphoras (dis.). Princeton University Press, 1979. info
  • BAILEY, D. M. A catalogue of the lamps in the British Museum. I, Greek, Hellenistic and early Roman pottery lamps. London: British Museum, 1975, 150 pp. info
  • CHARBONNEAUX, J., R. MARTIN and Villard, F. Hellenistic Art. London, 1973. info
  • RICHTER, Marie Gisela Augusta. Engraved gems of the Greeks and the Etruscans: a history of Greek art in miniature. London, 1968. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, with discussions on related topics.
Assessment methods
Presentation + written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
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