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GENERAL ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Required Readings:
W.R. Biers, The Archaeology of Greece (1996)
J.G. Pedley, Greek Art and Archaeology (1997)
J.J. Pollitt, Art and Experience in Classical Greece (1972)
_______, Art in the Hellenistic Age (1986)
Recommended Additional Readings:
R. Brilliant, Arts of the Ancient Greeks (1972)
J. Onians, Art and Thought in the Hellenistic Age: The Greek World View 350-50 BC (1979)
R. Osborne, Archaic and Classical Greek Art (1998)
J.J. Pollitt, The Art of Greece 1400-31 BC (1965)
M. Robertson, A Shorter History of Greek Art (1981)
S. Woodford, An Introduction to Greek Art (1986)General Archaeology:
Recommended Additional Readings:
W. Biers, Art, Artefacts and Chronology in Classical Archaeology (1992)
R. Osborne, Classical Landscape with Figures: The Ancient Greek City and its Countryside (1987)
A. Snodgrass, An Archaeology of Greece: The Present State and Future Scope of a Discipline (1987)
SPECIFIC MEDIA STUDIES
Students will be examined on two of the following three areas (you may pick which two you wish to study):I. Architecture:
Required Readings:
B. Ashmole, Architect and Sculptor in Classical Greece (1972)
J. Camp, The Athenian Agora (1986)
A.W. Lawrence and R.A. Tomlinson, Greek Architecture (1983)
R.E. Wycherley, How the Greeks Built Cities (1969)
Recommended Additional Readings:
H. Berve, Greek Temples, Theatres and Shrines (1963)
J.J. Coulton, Ancient Greek Architects at Work: Problems of Structure and Design (1977)
_______, The Architectural Development of the Greek Stoa (1976)
W.B. Dinsmoor, The Architecture of Ancient Greece (ed. 1975)
F. Winter, "The study of Greek architecture." AJA 88 (1984): 103-106.II. Sculpture:
Required Readings:
J. Boardman, Greek Sculpture: The Archaic Period (1978)
_______, Greek Sculpture: The Classical Period (1985)
R.R.R. Smith, Hellenistic Sculpture (1991)
A. Stewart, Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (1990)
Recommended Additional Readings:
I. Jenkins, The Parthenon Frieze (1994)
C.C. Mattusch, Greek Bronze Statuary from the Beginning through the 5th century BC (1988)
III. Painting & Pottery:
Required Readings:
J. Boardman, Athenian Black Figure Vases (1974)
_______, Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Archaic Period (1975)
_______, Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Classical Period (1989)
B. Sparkes, Greek Pottery: An Introduction (1991)
Recommended Additional Readings:
R.M. Cook, Greek Painted Pottery (1972)
M. Robertson, The Art of Vase Painting in Classical Athens (1992)
B. Sparkes, The Red and the Black: Studies in Greek Pottery (1996)
N. Spivey and T. Rasmussen, eds., Looking at Greek Vases (1991)
D. Williams, Greek Vases (1985)
RECOMMENDED SPECIALIZED STUDIES:
J. Boardman, "Herakles, Peisistratos and the unconvinced." JHS 109 (1989)
V. Brinkmann, "Die aufgemalten Namenbeischriften an Nord und Ostfries des Siphnierschatzhauses. " BCH 109 (1985): 78-130.
R.M. Cook, "The Francis-Vickers chronology." JHS 109 (1989): 164-70.
D. Gill and M. Vickers, "Reflected glory: pottery and precious metal." JDAI 105 (1990): 1-30.
S. Howard, "Laokoon re-restored." AJA 93 (1989): 417-22.
J.M. Hurwit, "The Kritios Boy: discovery, reconstruction and date." AJA 93 (1989): 41-80.
M. Robertson, "Beazley and Attic vase painting." In D. Kurtz, ed., Beazley and Oxford (1985): 19-30.
M.C. Root, "The Parthenon Frieze and the Apadana reliefs at Persepolis: reassessing a programmatic relationship." AJA 89 (1985): 103-20.