Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Institute of Archaeological Sciences
- Code
- BA-ERA-IAS-L-220.A1
- Title
- Introduction to Greek and Etruscan art
- Usual semester
- Both
- ECTS
- 6
- Language
- en
- Learning outcomes
- This course is mainly for foreign and Erasmus students. The language of the course is English. The aim of the course is to offer a comprehensive overview of Greek and Etruscan art and archaeology from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period through selected thematic topics.
- Course content
- An introduction to Greek, Etruscan and early Roman art through selected topics. During the course we explore enigmatic artifacts, cults/rites, and archaeological sites from the early bronze age Cycladic region to Hellenistic and late Roman tomb paintings.
- Assessment method
- Oral or written exam.
- Bibliography
- There is no compulsory reading.
- Recommended bibliography
- Boardman, John. Greek Art. 2016. London, Thames & Hudson. Betancourt, Philip. Introduction to Aegean art. 2007. Philadelphia, INSTAP Academic Press. Burn, Lucilla. Hellenistic art: From Alexander the Great to Augustus. 2004. London, British Museum Press. Coldstream, John N. Geometric Greece: 900–700 BC. 2003. London: Routledge. Naso, Alessandro (ed.). Etruscology. 2017. De Gruyter. Pallottino, Massimo. The Etruscans. 1975. Indiana University Press. Pedley, John Griffiths. Greek art and archaeology. 2007. New Jersey, Pearson Education. Pollitt, Jerome J. Art and experience in Classical Greece. 1972. New York, Cambridge Univ. Press.