KLBcA38 The Archaology of Egeans Civilisations

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: PZk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Marie Pardyová, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 17:30–19:05 K23
Prerequisites
BA and MA
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 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
A survey of Minoan and Mycenaean art, of Bronze Age Troy and of the Cycladic cultures, with an introduction dealing with Greek Neolithic; supplemented by a survey of relations of the Aegean Bronze Age art and other monuments with civilizations of the Mediterranean, the Near East and Europe.
Syllabus
  • Archaeology of Greek Neolithic cultures, of Helladic and Cycladic arts, of Minoan and Mycenaean cultures,
  • A survey of Aegean art and architecture, its relations to the Near Eastern and European cultures of the Bronze Age and its relation to later Greek art of the Early Iron Age.
Literature
  • CULLEN, Tracey. Aegean prehistory: a review. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America, 2001, 506 pp. American journal of archaeology., Supplement 1. ISBN 978-0-9609042-4-2. info
  • HOOD, Sinclair. The arts in prehistoric Greece. New impression. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994, 311 s. ISBN 0300052871. info
  • BETANCOURT, Philip P. The history of Minoan pottery. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1985, 226 pp. ISBN 978-0-691-03579-6. info
  • BOUZEK, Jan. Dějiny předoasijského a asijského umění (jen egejské). 2. vyd. Praha, 1982. info
  • BOUZEK, Jan. Objevy ve Středomoří. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1979, 174 s. URL info
  • CHRISTOPOULOS, George A. Prehistory and protohistory. Athens: Ekdotike Athenon, 1974, 416 pp. History of the Hellenic world. ISBN 978-0-435-36600-1. info
  • HIGGINS, Reynold Alleyne. Minojské a mykénské umění. Praha: Odeon, 1973, 212 pp. info
  • FURUMARK, Arne. Mycenaean pottery. Stockholm: Svenska Institutet i Athen, 1972, xix, 690. ISBN 9185086045. info
  • BUCHHOLZ, Hans Gunter and Vasos KARAGIORGIS. Altagais und Altkypros. Tubingen: E. Wasmuth, 1971, 516 pp. ISBN 978-3-8030-1000-1. info
  • BARTONĚK, Antonín. Zlatá Egeis. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1969, 357 s. URL info
  • BOUZEK, Jan. Pravěk egejské oblasti. Praha: Československá Společnost Archeologická, 1967, 41 pp. Zprávy CSSA, Supplement. info
Teaching methods
Lecture with projection of pictures, practical dating and ascription of monuments, aimed to understanding the development of Aegean art from its beginning to the end of the Bronze Age; discussions on specific subjects.
Assessment methods
test aimed at identification and dating of important monuments, and answering general questions and terminology from the Egean archaeology
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019.
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