KLA_006 Greek vase painting

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Primarily for students of classical archaeology. Appropriate also for all related study programs. Appropriate assignment of the course: Greek Art I KLA_004
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 18 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Understanding of the Greek vases classification; understanding of the Greek vases production; ability to classify the main types
Learning outcomes
Theoretical knowledge and understanding of Greek painted ancient pottery and practical ability to classify the main types.
Syllabus
  • 1. Painted pottery of Neolithic period and Bronze Age
  • 2. Painted pottery of Early Iron Age - Protogeometric period
  • 3. Geometric style
  • 4. Orientalising pottery I
  • 5. Orientalising pottery II
  • 6. Early Attic Black-figure pottery I
  • 7. Attic Black Figure pottery - I
  • 8. Attic Black Figure pottery - II
  • 9. Attic Red Figure pottery - I
  • 10. Attic red Figure pottery - II
  • 11. Red Figure pottery production in Italy and the Black Sea region
  • 12. Hellenistic pottery
Literature
    required literature
  • CLARK, Andrew J., Maya ELSTON and Mary Louise HART. Understanding Greek vases : a guide to terms, styles, and techniques. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002, ix, 157. ISBN 0892365994. info
  • BOARDMAN, John. Early Greek vase painting : 11th-6th centuries BC : a handbook. London: Thames and Hudson, 1998, 287 s. ISBN 0500203091. info
  • BOARDMAN, John. Athenian black figure vases : a handbook. Corrected edition. London: Thames & Hudson, 1991, 252 stran. ISBN 9780500201381. info
  • BOARDMAN, John. Athenian red figure vases : the archaic period : a handbook. Repr. London: Thames and Hudson, 1996, 252 s. ISBN 0500201439. info
  • BOARDMAN, John. Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Classical Period (World of Art). London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, 252 pp. ISBN 978-0-500-20244-9. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture, discussions, audio-visual sources, work with on-line databases etc.
Assessment methods
Tests and own presentation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf3/course/view.php?id=1522
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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