- Docente: Anna Maria Brizzolara
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-ANT/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Historical sciences (cod. 0978)
Learning outcomes
Aim of the course is to supply deep knowledge on different topics of the Greek society during the I millennium BC., providing the critical tools for a correct comprehension of the archaeological documentation.
Course contents
The Greeks in Italy. From the Myceneans contacts to the historical colonisation. Greek cities in Sicily and Magna Graecia. Outlines of colonial town planning and architecture. Figurative programmes of the temple decoration: art and communication.
The course will begin September 27, 2010. In this date will be
given directions to follow the course and prepare for the exam
.
It is recommended for students who have never passed a test of
Greek Archaeology reading the manual Bejor G., M. Castoldi, C.
Lambrugo, Greek Art, University of Milan, Mondadori 2008. The use
of another manual should be agreed with the teacher.
Readings/Bibliography
Readings for 6 CFU: -E.Greco, Archeologia della Magna Grecia, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1992 (or later editions), cap. IV; - le seguenti 3 letture dal catalogo della mostra "I Greci d'Occidente", Bompiani,Venezia 1996: D. Mertens-E.Greco, Urbanistuica della Magna Grecia, pp.243-262; A.Di Vita, Urbanistica della Sicilia greca, pp. 263-307; D. Mertens, L'architettura del mondo greco d'Occidente, pp.315-346
Readings for 12 CFU: reading a choise between a and b: a) D.Mertens, Città e monumenti dei Greci d'Occidente, Roma 2006, pp. 36-62; 90-155; 216-309; 381-395 (Architettura) b) D.Mertens, Città e monumenti dei Greci d'Occidente, Roma 2006, pp. 36-89; 156-215; 310-380 (Urbanistica)
- C.Marconi, Selinunte.Le metope dell'Heraion, Franco Cosimo Panini editore, Bologna 1994, pp. 137-150, 179-190,303-315 and figures p. 51-54, 58-75, 114-115, 132-133.
you can contact the teacher for alternative readings
Teaching methods
Teaching method consists of head-on lessons
Assessment methods
Final test consists of an oral examination in italian
Teaching tools
During the lessons visual aids will be widely used, especially projections from computer. All students will have the chance to supplement the lectures of the course with practice in laboratory among the didactic proposals of the Department of Archaeology.
Office hours
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