Undergraduate Course: Classical World 2d: Art, History and Power (ANHI08008)
Course Outline
| School |
School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Ancient History |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
The course is an introduction to the material culture of the ancient world, specifically the use of art and architecture as an aspect of power, either of individuals, of rulers, of societies or of empires.
The course will concentrate on the propagandistic use of art and architecture in a wide variety of contexts and cultures, including the pre-Islamic Near East, ancient Greece, Republican and Imperial Rome and Late Antiquity. Students will be required to evaluate material sources as evidence for political and socio-cultural development. Other themes will include the representation of the individual in art, art in the provinces, women in ancient art, art and religion, art and text, monuments of power, and the reception of ancient art and power in later empires. The course will of necessity engage with both ancient textual and visual materials. Students will be asked to engage with theoretical approaches to art history, historiography and material culture.
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Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course the student will be able to demonstrate in written examination, course work and class dioscussion:
- an understanding of the complexity of this body of evidence;
- an understanding of ancient material culture and its importance for the historian;
- an understanding of social structures and their interrelatedness with the source material under investigation;
- the ability to use critically a variety of different methodologies and approaches to this disparate body of source materials;
- familiarity with real artefacts (in a museum context);
- bibliographical research skills to enable students to find independently additional information relating to the study of ancient material culture.
Transferable skills:-
- ability to deal independently with a highly complex body of material;
- ability to develop lateral thinking and to view things in a wider perspective;
- analytical skills;
- team work skills;
- ability to concentrate on important aspects, and to make use of these in a meaningful way;
- ability to communicate one's own findings and opinions clearly and lucidly;
- oral presentation skills;
- written communication skills.
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Assessment Information
| One essay (30%); one (2-hour) degree examination (70%). |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Lucy Grig
Tel: (0131 6)50 3579
Email: Lucy.Grig@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Elaine Hutchison
Tel: (0131 6)50 3582
Email: E.Hutchison@ed.ac.uk |
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