Acquisition of main skills to analyse critically Greek and Roman sculpture, and to establish their chronology through typological classification.
Class-rooms lessons will be implemented by small trips aimed to test and consolidate the skills acquired on stylistic analysis. The course is structured in 6 parts: the first is devoted to periodization and chronology; the second to the main building types of Greek and Roman art; the third is devoted to iconography; the last three sections are aimed to the acquisition to critical skills with particular regard to sculpture.
Main documents of Greek and Roman art, with a particular attention to iconographic motifs, analysed in relation to the historical and social context of every period. Analysis of main sculptural monuments of Greek art.
Module A:
- T. Hölsher, Archeologia Classica. Roma 2010, pp. 9-329
- Seminars on topics chosen by the teacher
-Materials placed in the course platform
Or the articles:
- Gottfried Gruben, Il tempio: tipi, funzioni, età protogeometrica e geometrica, età protoarcaica, da: I Greci. Storia Cultura Arte Società, VOL. II.1, pp. 381-434, Torino 1997
- Heinrich Borbein, La nascita di un’arte classica, da: I Greci. Storia Cultura Arte Società, VOL. II.2, pp. 1275-1303, Torino 1997
- H. von Hesberg, Riti e produzione artistica delle corti ellenistiche, da: I Greci. Storia Cultura Arte Società, VOL. II.3, pp. 178-214 , Torino 1997
Module B:
- J. Boardman, Greek Sculpture. The Archaic Period, Oxford University Press, 1978, pp. 10-150.
- J. Boardman, Greek Sculpture.The Classical Period, Thames and Hudson, 1985, 252.
- R.R.R. Smiths, Hellenistic Sculpture, 7-19, 51-99, 155-181.
Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).
All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.