ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF GREEK AND ROMAN ART

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018/2019

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in CULTURAL HERITAGE SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

TEATINI Alessandro

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge of Roman history. It is therefore very useful to have passed the exam of Roman History or, alternatively, to have at least attendend the course.

AF code:

40003669

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

Basic knowledge of the artistic and archaeological record of Roman civilization, with particular regard to the analysis tools of urban structures, architectural contexts and figurative arts, from the monarchic age until late antiquity. Particular attention will be paid to the acquisition by the student of the scientific language and technical terms related to Roman archeology.

Contents

The development of the artistic culture from monarchic Rome until the late imperial age through the record of the figurative expressions and the monuments. The urban and architectural history of Rome from its origins to late antiquity. The places of art; public monuments, private spaces and their decorations: the high art and the plebeian art, the evolution of Roman portrait, the historical relief, the painting and the mosaic. The new dimension of late antiquity: the artistic ripercussions of the palaeochristian culture.
The course will consist of lectures and seminars accompanied by extensive illustrative material, which will be object of projections and will be left to students at the end of the course (set of power points on pen drive).

Recommended Bibliography

Attending students: the lecture notes with the illustrative material and the following text
M. TORELLI, M. MENICHETTI, G.L. GRASSIGLI, Arte e archeologia del mondo romano, ed. Longanesi, Milano, 2008.
It is strongly recommended the use of an historical atlas of the ancient world.
Non-attending students are kindly requested to contact the teacher in advance (also using the contact details given afterwords) to agree on an organic study path, which will however include also the above mentioned manual.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures and seminars.

Contacts/More Information

Reception hours: at the end of each lesson; the teacher is whatever always ready to receive by appointment established by e-mail (teatini@uniss.it) or telephone (3477583448).
Readiness to offer individual assistance also in English and German to incoming Erasmus students.
Readiness to accept examination also in English and German.
Archaeological excavations: the teacher directs the Italian archaeological mission in Romania for the investigation of the Roman town of Ibida (Tulcea County, in Dobrogea); students of Roman Archaeology and Art History will be invited to participate. Website of the excavation http://www.arheologie-ibida.eu/
An archaeological mission in Tunisia is also being organized for the investigation of the Roman town of Thignica (today Ain Tounga), with the codirection of Prof. Attilio Mastino.

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