KLBcB67 A history of art in miniature. Greek glyptics, Mycenaean to Early Classical age

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Dr. Elisabetta Maria Gagetti, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KLBcA01 Introduction to Class. Arch.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course the students should be able to be acquainted with: • the materials of Greek glyptics • the engraving techniques • the purpose of engraved gems • the diffusion area of Greek engraved gems • the development of subjects and the conquests in human anatomy rendering, parallel to those in the sculpture in the round
Syllabus
  • Subjects of the lessons (ten 2-hour lessons): The miniaturist art of gem engraving is the least familiar of the major arts of ancient Greece, yet we know it to have been practiced by the greatest artists. The lessons present a comprehensive account of the art in Greek lands from the early Bronze Age down to the Early Classical period. The gems are related to history and to the artistic achievements in other media of their day, and the subject matter of the scenes engraved upon them is examined and found to hold much that will be new to students of Greek myth and iconography. 11. Materials 12. Techniques 13. Minoans seals 14. Mycenaens seals 15. The Geometric period 16. The Early Archaic period 17. Archaic gems and finger rings 18. Early Classical Gems and finger rings 19. Greeks and Persians 20. Artists
Literature
    required literature
  • • P. Zazoff, Handbuch der Archäologie. Die antiken Gemmen, München 1983.
  • • H.C.L., Wiegandt, Die griechischen Siegel der klassischen Zeit. Ikonographischer Vergleich, Frankfurt a.M. 2009.
    recommended literature
  • • W. Martini, Das siegelnde Individuum. Zur Ursache und Bedeutung des Beginns der griechisch-archaische Skarabäenglyptik, in “JdI”, 98, 1983, pp. 1-13.
  • • N.M. Nikoulina, La glyptique grecque orientale et gréco-perse, in “AntK”, 14, 1971, pp. 90-103.
  • • J. Boardman, Island gems. A study of Greek seals in the Geometric and early archaic periods, London 1963
  • • J. Boardman, Archaic Greek gems. Schools and artists in the sixth and early fifth centuries B.C., London 1968.
  • • J. Boardman, Greek Gems and Finger Rings: Early Bronze to Late Classical, London-New York, 2d revised edition
  • • J. Boardman, Greek gem engraving. Archaic into classical, in Greek art. Archaic into classical. A symposium held at the University of Cincinnati (1982), Leiden 1985, pp. 83-95.
Teaching methods
Lessons with PowerPoint presentations (in English)
Assessment methods
Assessment Written examination: multiple choice test (in English; in particular cases only, after a previous written request to the teacher, a Czech version of the test can be supplied) • Ten questions about an image – already seen during the lessons – each one with three questions (of which only one is correct), according to the subjects of the lessons Requirements for the test: • Knowledge of the contents of the lessons • The reading of some texts in literature is suggested
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: předmět je přednášen anglicky.
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