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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of History, Classics and Archaeology : Classical Art/Classical Archaeology

Undergraduate Course: The Art of Classical Greece: Myths, Meanings, and Patrons (CACA10010)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course offers study of a series of case studies of Classical Greek images read in their larger visual, social, and historical contexts.
Course description The course is comprised of a series of in-depth case studies of Greek images read in their larger visual, social, and historical contexts. While the emphasis is on sculpture, particularly mythological depictions in architectural sculpture, all material culture, read together with written sources, is used in an effort to grasp intentions of patrons and available meanings to viewers.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: The Greek World 1A: Greece in the Making (CLGE08001) OR The Greek World 1B: Greece's New Horizons (CLGE08002) AND Greek Art and Archaeology (CACA08012)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements or at the Course Organiser's discretion.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. demonstrate, in class discussion, coursework and examination as required, research skills in classical archaeology;
  2. demonstrate, in class discussion, coursework and examination as required, in-depth knowledge of key Classical Greek sites and problems concerning them;
  3. demonstrate, in class discussion, coursework and examination as required, a greater understanding of Greek religion and history;
  4. demonstrate, in class discussion, coursework and examination as required, the ability to collate and understand methodological difficulties in reading archaeological and written sources, both ancient and modern;
  5. demonstrate, in class discussion, coursework and examination as required, skills to analyze material and written sources for the ancient world and to craft and express arguments in written form.
Reading List
Barringer, J.M. 2005. 'The Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Heroes, and Athletes.' Hesperia 74: 211-241.
Barringer, J.M. 2008. Art, Myth, and Ritual in Classical Greece. Cambridge.
Camp, J., 1992 The Athenian Agora, rev. ed., New York.
Coulson, W. et al., 1994 The Archaeology of Athens and Attica Under the Democracy, Oxford.
Hurwit, J.M. 1999. The Athenian Acropolis. Cambridge.
Hurwit, J.M. 2004. The Acropolis in the Age of Pericles. Cambridge.
Keesling, C. 2003. Votive Statues of the Athenian Acropolis. Cambridge.
Pausanias
Pedley, J.G. 2005. Sanctuaries and the Sacred in the Ancient Greek World. Cambridge.
Smith R.R.R. 2007. 'Pindar, Athletes, and the Early Greek Statue Habit.' In Pindar's Poetry, Patrons, and Festivals: From Archaic Greece to the Roman Empire, edited by S. Hornblower and C. Morgan, 83-139. Oxford.
Stewart, A. 1990. Greek Sculpture, 2 vols. New Haven and London.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Judith Barringer
Tel: (0131 6)50 3584
Email: J.M.Barringer@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Elaine Hutchison
Tel: (0131 6)50 3582
Email: E.Hutchison@ed.ac.uk
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