KLMgrB103 Architecture and Urbanization of the Aegean in Bronze Age

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Jirák (lecturer)
asistent (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 17:30–19:05 zrusena M25
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
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Course objectives
The aim of this course is to present development of Aegean Bronze Age architecture (with an overlap to earlier and later periods) in individual cultural areas - Cycladic Islands, Crete and Mainland Greece. At the end of this course students will know applied construction materials, development of Minoan and Mycenaean palaces, architecture of settlements and their division, tomb architecture and other aspects of Aegean Bronze Age architecture.
Syllabus
  • 1. Aegean Prehistory Architecture 2. Early Cycladic Architecture 3. Middle Cycladic Architecture 4. Late Cycladic Architecture 5. Early Minoan Architecture 6. Middle Minoan Architecture 7. Late Minoan Architecture 8. Early Helladic Architecture 9. Middle Helladic Architecture 10. Late Helladic Architecture
Literature
  • MCENROE, John C. Architecture of Minoan Crete: Constructing Identity in the Aegean Bronze Age. 1st. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010, 202 pp. ISBN 978-0-292-72193-7. info
  • MALACRINO, Carmelo G. Constructing the Ancient World: Architectual Techniques of the Greeks and Romans. 1st. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2010, 216 pp. ISBN 978-1-60606-016-2. info
  • The Oxford handbook of the Bronze age Aegean (ca. 3000-1000 BC). Edited by Eric H. Cline. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, xxxiii, 93. ISBN 9780195365504. info
  • The Cambridge companion to the Aegean Bronze Age. Edited by Cynthia W. Shelmerdine. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, xxxvi, 452. ISBN 9780521891271. info
  • BETANCOURT, Philip P. Introduction to Aegean art. Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press, 2007, xx, 212. ISBN 9781931534215. info
  • SIMPSON, R. Hope and D. K. HAGEL. Mycenaean Fortifications, Highways, Dams and Canals. Sävedalen: Paul Åströms Förlag, 2006, 254 pp. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology. ISBN 978-91--7081212-5. info
  • ALUŠÍK, Tomáš. Tower in the architecture of Minoan palaces and villas. Studia Hercynia. 2003, VII / 2003, p. 154 - 164. ISSN 1212586510. info
  • ALUŠÍK, Tomáš. Tripartite shrine in the Minoan architecture and iconography. Eirene. 2003, XXXIX/2003, p. 56 - 118. info
  • ALUŠÍK, Tomáš. Minoan tripartite shrines: the beginnings of its architectonic form and its relationship to the ancient cultures of the Near East. Studia Hercynia. Praha, 2002, VI / 2002, p. 111 - 122. ISSN 1212586510. info
  • HITCHCOCK, Louise. Minoan Architecture: A Contextual Analysis. Jonsered: Paul Åströms Förlag, 2000, 267 pp. ISBN 978-91--7081192-0. info
  • PREZIOSI, Donald and Louise HITCHCOCK. Aegean art and architecture. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, ix, 252. ISBN 9780192842084. info
  • LOADER, N Claire. Building in Cyclopean Masonry: With Special Reference to the Mycenean Fortifications on Mainland Greece. Jonsered: Paul Åströms Förlag, 1998, 235 pp. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology and Literature - Pocket-book 148. ISBN 91-7081-140-7. info
  • LAWRENCE, A. W. Greek architecture. Edited by R. A. Tomlinson. 5th ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, viii, 243. ISBN 0300064926. info
  • DICKINSON, Oliver. The Aegean Bronze Age. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1994, 342 pp. Cambridge World Archaeology. ISBN 0-521-45664-9. info
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2015, Spring 2019.
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