ARCHAEOLOGY OF PRE-CLASSICAL AND CLASSICAL MEDITERRANEAN

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

BASA014

Academic Year of enrolment:

2021

Year of supply:

2021/2022

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in CULTURAL HERITAGE: ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ART

Disciplinary Sector:

CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

MENOZZI Oliva

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

162

Prerequisites:

none

Objectives

To contribute to a general view for the students concerning the ancient mediterranean context, specifically looking at the interactions among cultures and peoples in the pre-classical and classical Mediterranean.

Contents

General view on the Mediterranean context in the Bronze Age and of the Aegean cultures in relationship with Egyptian, Hittite and Oriental contexts.
Art and Archaeology between 'Dark Age and beginning of Greek Art. Specific aspects of the Greek art through examples and issues. Practical section: catalogue of Greek materials.
Roman Art: Hellenism, ibridation and relationship with the provinces. Specific aspects, topics and sites for analyzing the Roman culture. Practical section: catalogue of a specific archaeological roman find and organization of a review.

Extended Syllabus

- Introduction on the Mediterranean Cultures during the Bronze Age
- Relationships of the Aegean world with Egyptian, Hittite and Oriental cultures
- Cyprus as crossing point for the Mediterranean cultures between Bronze and Iron ages.
- Issues in the management of the sites in the Oriental Mediterranean basin.
- Dark Age and/or the birth of a 'new culture'?
- Greek Art and Archaeology between Archaic and Classical periods.
- The IV century between Classic and Hellenism
- Hellenistic schools and sites
- Rome among Hellenism, Greek influence, Roman new approach.
- Some specific examples of sites, contexts, chronologies and artistic productions

Recommended Bibliography

- Notes and slides, just for students attending to the lectures.
- C. Broodbank, IThe Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World, Thames & Hudson, London. For stuednts attending to the lectures just specific sections which will be indicated during the course, while those not attending will bring the whole text.
- T. Hoelscher, L'Archeologia Classica. Un'introduzione, Roma 2013, Erma di Bretschneider. It has been translated in esveral languages, including English.
A BOOK FOR READING AND A WRITTEN REVIEW, choice among:
- P. Mattiae, Dalla Terra alla Storia.Scoperte leggendarie di Archeologia orientale, Einaudi.
- R. Lane Fox, Eroi Viaggiatori, Einaudi, Torino, con varie edizioni.
- S. Hornblower & G. Biffis, The Returining Hero,Oxford University Press 2018.
- R. Lane Fox, Il Mondo Classico, Einaudi, Torino, con varie edizioni.
- A. Russo Tagliente e F. Guarnieri, Santuari Mediterranei tra Oriente e Occidente, Interazioni e contatti culturali, Scienze e Lettere edizioni, Roma 2016.
- C. W. Ceram, Civiltà sepolte. Il romanzo dell'Archeologia, Einaudi, Torino, con varie edizioni.
All these books have been published also in English and other main European languages.

Teaching Methods

lectures and practical work

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam with presentation also of the catalogue done and of the review of the book.

Contacts/More Information

Archaeological tours will be organised within the course

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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