| Fall 2008 7:00-9:45 W East Hall 211 |
Mr Lehmann Office Hours: 11-12 TTh East Hall 210, 5573, clehmann@usd.edu |
This course treats the art and archaeology of ancient Greece from the prehistoric period into the time of the Roman Empire. Through illustrated lectures, readings, and research projects students will learn about ancient Greek culture, about its modern recovery, and about methods of archaeological and art-historical analysis.
Students must fulfill the following requirements: midterm and final examinations (50 points each) and two short (~5 pp) research papers on a topic (one archaeological, one art-historical) approved in discussion with the instructor (50 points each). Grading: of a total of 200 possible points, 180-200 = A, 160-79 = B, 140-59 = C, 120-39 = D. A student who expects to miss more than one meeting should consult the instructor in the first week. Students who miss class will either find themselves dropped from the class roster or they will receive a reduced final grade.
Graduate students must fulfill the above requirements, omitting the examinations and with the exception that the single term paper is to be a major research paper based on ancient sources and demonstrating familiarity with and a critical attitude toward modern interpretations.
Students must have the following books, which are available at the bookstore.
William R Biers. The Archaeology of Greece: An Introduction. 2d ed. Ithaca: Cornell Univ Press, 1996. 0801482801
Jerome Jordan Pollitt. Art and Experience in Classical Greece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972. 0521096626
Recommended: Kate L Turabian. A Manual for Writers. 7th ed. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, 2007. 0226823377
You are on a study-tour of Greece with a group of students from USD. None of you have been to Greece before. Each student presents two reports during the tour, one on an archaeological site about a particular feature (a building or complex or--for a small site--the entire site), and the other on an object in a museum. You have about fifteen minutes (about five double-spaced printed pages) to tell your fellow students why they have come all this way to see your site or object, how it fits into the larger context of Greek art and archaeology, and what scholarly controversies it has raised. The instructor may ask you to present your work to the class (time will not permit all students to present).
These reports may be illustrated and must include bibliography. Use Chicago style (Turabian). One is due at midterm, the other at the end of the semester. Consult with the instructor frequently as you prepare your reports and have him read the penultimate draft at least a week before the due date.
You can find the scholarly literature on your site or object through a number of important scholarly resources. Although many current expeditions publish preliminary results on their on-line Websites, scholarly books and articles and not Websites must dominate your bibliography.
| 3 Sept | Introduction; The Discovery of Ancient Greece |
| 10 Sept |
Problems and Methods of Greek Archaeology;
The Greek Stone
Age Biers ch 1 |
| 17 Sept |
Early and Middle Bronze Age;
Minoan Crete and Santorini Biers ch 2 |
| 24 Sept |
Mycenaean Greece Biers ch3 |
| 1 Oct |
Protogeometric Period;
The Greek Renaissance Biers ch 4 |
| 8 Oct |
Geometric and Orientalizing Art Biers chs 5-6 |
| 15 Oct |
Archaic Sculpture: Architectural and
Freestanding Biers ch 7 |
| 22 Oct |
Archaic Architecture;
The Athenian Acropolis in
the Sixth Century Biers ch 7 First Research Paper Due |
| 29 Oct | MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
| 5 Nov |
Black and Red Figure Pottery Biers 178-88, 236-42 |
| 12 Nov |
The Severe Style Biers ch 8; Pollitt chs 1-2 |
| 19 Nov |
The Fifth Century Pollitt chs 3-4; Biers ch 8 |
| 26 Nov | No Class; work on papers |
| 3 Dec |
Fourth-century Art and Architecture Biers ch 9; Pollitt ch 5 |
| 10 Dec |
Hellenistic Art Biers ch 10 Second Research Paper Due |
17 Dec FINAL EXAMINATION, 8-10 PM