CLSX 526/HA 526: Greek Art & Archaeology

CLSX 526 (78337) / HA 526 (78819)

Greek Art & Archaeology

(Spring 2010; TR 11:00-12:15 pm; Wescoe 4033)

Last update: 2 February 2011

"Kylix" (drinking cup) by the Boulogna Painter, Athens (ca. 450 BCE)

JOHN G. YOUNGER

Professor, Department of Classics

Chair, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

1013 Wescoe & 213E Bailey

email: jyounger@ku.edu

Office Hours

MW 12:30-3:30 (Bailey 213; please make an appointment by emailing Jan Emerson )

TR 12:30-3:30 (Wescoe 1013), no appointmnt necessary

If these office hours are impossible, email me to arrange for other times.

Course Description

This course presents an introduction to Greek archaeology and art, the major monuments of vase painting, architecture and sculpture from the 10th century BCE to the death of Alexander the Great (323 BCE).

Course Goals

Besides a familiarity with the details of Greek art, the student should also obtain an introductory understanding of the methods of archaeological and art historical analysis of artifacts and works of ancient Greek art, how they develop as media and how they reflect ancient society and culture.

Recommended Texts

G. Richter, A Handbook of Ancient Greek Art, 3000-323 BC (Phaidon) ISBN 0714824968 (paper). Available in the KU Bookstore and on-line (e.g., Amazon.com).

Additional course materials will be put online through Blackboard (courseware.ku.edu).

A Chronology of Greek Art

A Chronology of Greek History

Grading

Attendance & Class Participation. I expect full attendance at each class session; I shall take attendance 12-15 times during the semester (this may determine whether you take the Final or not; see below).

Of the 12-15 times I take attendance, if you are absent 6 or more times, I shall fail you, regardless of how well you are doing on the exams.
You should come to each class because almost ALL the material on the exams (slide illustrations, important points), will come from the lectures.
I expect some class participation (questions, discussion) from each student. This will result in my knowing your name; if I do not know your name by the Midterm, then you are not doing your job.
Taking the Final exam will be partly determined by your attendance.

2 Short Papers (1 due before the Midterm; the 2nd due on 10 May; hard-copy only -- you can turn in your paper any time before their due date).

A list of acceptable paper topics is posted at the end of this syllabus -- pick one of these or choose your own. Whatever topic you pick, it must concern the subject of the course.
Email me your choices so I can help you.
Each paper should be short (5 pages maximum) -- bibliography and illustrations are both necessary, but they are NOT to be included in your page count.
- Click here for a summary about bibliography and footnotes.
- Click here for a select bibliography on reserve in the Art & Architecture Library.
Organization of the paper
- Your text should be "sign-posted," with separate sections each with a heading (e.g., Introduction; A Problem; A Possible Solution).
- A generally successful way to organize your paper (a dialectic approach):
  - Take a class of objects and pick three examples (e.g., three 4th c. tombstones, or three amphoras, or three vases by a specific painter).
  - Pick your examples carefully so that two of them are very similar and one is distinctly different (e.g., two tombstones depicting mother and child and one depicting nurse with the child and mother).
  - Thesis: Write about what makes two of your examples similar and what this pattern implies about social values (e.g., the high death rate for 1st time mothers and children and the poignancy of this fact leading to the high numbers of such tombstones).
  - Antithesis: Then write about the third example and why it is different and what the difference says about social values (e.g., numerically such tombstones are fewer but they point up the desire to have surviving children [as heirs and to continue family lines] -- even at the expense of the death of the mother).
  - Synthesis: then write a conclusion (in this case, a summary of the social values expressed in these tombstones regarding mothers, children, and "heirs").
- On Blackboard/Documents, I have uploaded a "Sample Paper" of this dialectic type that gives a good idea how to organize the paper and how to argue a point.
Other bits of information about the papers
- Turn in your paper in hard-copy only so I can mark them and return to you.
  - I will give three grades: for format (how you compose the bibliography and footnotes and how the paper looks), style (how you write), and content (ideas), with a cumulative grade. At some point in the paper I will stop marking for style and I will indicate this stopping point by two red oblique lines.
- About citing me & my lectures: you may use any subject I bring up as a starting point for your paper, but not as proof or evidence. Just because I say something doesn't mean it's true. And please use illustrations that you yourself find -- do NOT use my PowerPoint slides for illustrating your paper. Do your own work and use your own thoughts.
- Treat these papers as research papers with a good and properly cited bibliography (at least 3 print sources -- these can come from on-line databases [use private web sources carefully!]); sources should be given in the text (in-text citations or footnotes or endnotes) for where you got your information, and there should be captions to your illustrations that say where you got those.

3 Quizzes and the Midterm

There will be 3 short quizzes (15 minutes each), a midterm, and a possible final (see below).
Quizzes: 24 Feb, 14 Apr, 12 May.
Midterm exam: 17 R March, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm, WES 4033.
possible Final exam: 18 W May, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm, WES 4033.
For the Quizzes, the Midterm, and Final Exam, a "template" will be posted on Blackboard one week before the exam.
The templates will give information of the following sort: "From the following 5 discussion points, the quiz will select 3, on 1 of which you will write a one-page essay."
The quizzes will be very short: identification of art work and architecture, terms & names, short essays on major discussion points.
Both Midterm & Final will have approximately the same format: slide identifications; identifications of technical terms, archaeological sites, and archaeologists; and a couple of short essays and one longer essay.
In addition, the midterm will have a map-identification section, locating archaeological sites on a map of the Aegean basin.

Final Exam and Course Grade

Your course grade will be based fairly equally on the Midterm, the 3 quizzes, the 2 short papers, and your in-class participation and attendance, as well as the Final Exam, if taken (see below).
After I grade your second short paper and quiz 3, I shall post on Blackboard/Gradebook your "Grade So Far" (no later than Sat, 7 May).
IF you attended 12 of the 15 sessions when I took attendance, you will NOT have to take the Final Exam. You may, instead, take the "Grade So Far" as your Course Grade and skip the Final Exam.
IF you did not attend these 12 times when I took attendance, then I will post on Blackboard/Gradebook the following notice: "take exam." Those for whom I have posted this message MUST take the Final Exam to receive credit for the course.
IF you did not attend 6 times when I took attendance, I will fail you in the Course.
The Final Exam will be based mostly on the lectures after the Midterm.
If you are NOT satisfied with your "Grade So Far," you may take the Final Exam (18 W May, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm, WES 4033). Taking the Final Exam will NOT result in a grade lower than your "Grade So Far."

Makeup Exams (Midterm/quizzes/Final Exam) will be given ONLY if your absence is legitimate (serious health problems, a death in the immediate family) at least one week in advance by e-mail.

extra credit for attending the Rehak Symposium

Classics is sponsoring a symposium on ancient art:

Annual Paul Rehak Memorial Symposium

Hall Center Auditorium

March 3, 2-5 pm

Three speakers will be giving 45 minute talks on gender and art (specifics: http://www2.ku.edu/~classics/calendar.shtml).

If you attend and SIGN IN with me, I will excuse a class absence for each talk you attend OR bump up your final grade one notch (e.g., a B -> B+):

if you have a total of 3 absences and attend 3 talks, the absences will be excused

if you have 2 absences and attend 3 talks, the absences will be excused AND your final grade will bump up one notch

if you have 1 absence and attend 3 talks, the absence will be excused AND your final grade will bump up two notches (e.g., B -> A-)

if you have 0 absences and attend 3 talks, your final grade will bump up a full letter grade

extra credit for attending the following archaeological lecture

The Department of Classics and the Archaeological Institute of America presents a lecture

Helen Nagy

Professor Emerita, University of Puget Sound

"Paris, Menelaos, and Helen: Reflections of the Saga in Etruscan Mirrors"

Thursday, March 17, 7:30 pm, Malott Room

attendance = excused absence or 1 grade notch up (if you have no absences)

How to get a good grade in this class

Do the readings!
Come to every class - you will not be able to pass this course with a satisfactory grade if you do not see the images presented in class and participate in discussing the major points.
Ask questions in class; tell me your name until I have memorized it.
Do your own work!
Complaints: If you have a complaint, please discuss it first with me. If you feel that you cannot discuss it with me, you may take your complaint to the Chair of the Classics Department, Professor Pamela Gordon (pgordon@ku.edu). If you do not receive a satisfactory solution, you may submit a written complaint to the Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College office in Strong Hall, room 109.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is turning in someone else's work (this includes material found in on-line websites!) as your work; quoting another person's work or statement without proper citation or acknowledgement. If you do not know what plagiarism is, read the following guide from the KU Writing Center: "Avoiding Plagiarism".

Plagiarism is presenting someone else's words or work as your own. Plagiarism applies to material taken from another person without properly citing your sources. Paraphrasing another writer, substituting words, or rearranging sentences from the work of another also constitutes plagiarism. Plagiarism is easily detected with databases and search engines.

Plagiarism is academic misconduct and is a violation of rules and regulations of the University of Kansas. Penalties for academic misconduct range from an automatic failure of the assignment, failure in the course, academic suspension with a flag on your Arts Form, to expulsion from the University.
Cheating: getting answers on exams from someone else or from some help that is not in your own brain (e.g., iPods, cell phones).
Academic Misconduct: "Academic misconduct by a student shall include, but not be limited to, disruption of classes; threatening an instructor or fellow student in an academic setting; giving or receiving of unauthorized aid on examinations or in the preparation of notebooks, themes, reports or other assignments [= cheating]; knowingly misrepresenting the source of any academic work [= ; violation of regulations or ethical codes for the treatment of human and animal subjects; or otherwise acting dishonestly in research." (section II.6.2.6.1 of the Rules and Regulations of the Kansas University Senate)
The University regards plagiarism and cheating as very serious offenses. All attempts to take credit for work that is not your own or to assist others in doing so will be dealt with according to the policies of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
At the very least, I shall FAIL the cheating student in that assignment AND I shall file an academic misconduct charge against the student with the Office of Academic Services (the student will then have the opportunity to contest the charge, and to accept or appeal the punishment). If the student has committed prior offences or if I judge the academic misconduct severe enough, I may propose a harsher punishment than failure of the assignment (e.g., failure of the course, or suspension or expulsion from the University).

Special Accommodations: Anyone who has a disability which may require some modification of seating, testing, or other class requirements should contact the Office of Student Disabilities to acquire the proper form that will allow me to make appropriate arrangements.
25 (T) Jan -- Orientation Class: syllabus, requirements, geography, terminology, chronology
27 (R) Jan -- Meet in the Wilcox Classical Museum (Lippincott)
1 (T) Feb (CANCELLED because of SNOW), 3 (R) Feb -- Geometric Pottery: Proto-Geometric, Early - Late Geometric: pottery of the 10th-8th c.
8 (T) Feb -- Orientalizing Pottery: pottery of the 7th c.
10 (R) Feb -- Daidalic Sculpture: sculpture of the 7th c.
15, 17 (T, R) Feb -- Kouroi & Korai: Archaic sculpture of the 6th c.
22 (T) Feb -- Architecture: Introduction
24 (R) Feb -- Quiz 1
24 (R) Feb -- Archaic Architecture
1 (T) Mar -- Black-Figure Pottery
3 (R) Mar -- Early Red-Figure Pottery: ca. 525-480
8 (T) Feb -- Severe Sculpture: Early 5th c.
10, 15 (R, T) Mar -- Temple of Zeus, Olympia: 568-556
17 (R) Mar -- Paper 1 due
17 (R) Mar -- Midterm
19-28 (Sa-Su) Mar -- Spring Break
29, 31 (T, R) Mar -- Parthenon: 449-432
5 (T) Apr -- Hephaisteion, Polykleitos: mid 5th c. architecture and sculpture
7 (T) Apr -- Classical Vase-Painting: mid to late 5th c.
12 (T) Apr -- Temple of Apollo at Bassae: ca. 430-420
14 (R) Apr -- Quiz 2
14, 19 (R, T) Apr -- Erechtheion & Temple of Athena Nike: 420-400
21, 26 (R, T) Apr -- Athenian Stelai: late 5th c. - 4th. c.
28 (R) Apr -- South Italian Red-Figure Pottery: 4th c.
3, 5 (T, R) Apr -- Praxiteles & Scopas; the Mausolleion of Halicarnessos: ca. 450
10 (T) May -- Paper 2 due
10, 12 (T, R) May -- Lysippos: end 4th c.
12 (R) May -- Quiz 3
18 (W) May, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm: Final Exam; see Blackboard/Documents for the template
Reserve Books in the Art & Architecture library. Adam The Technique of Greek Sculpture NB90 .A27 Andronicos Vergina DF221.V4 A7 Arias & Hirmer, M History of Greek Vase Painting folio NK4645 .A69 1962 Ashmole Olympia folio NB91.O6 A78 Ault & Nevett Ancient Greek Houses Watson DF99 .A53 2005 Berve, Gruben & Hirmer, M Greek Temples, Theatres, and Shrines folio NA275 .B413 Bieber History of the Greek & Roman Theater Watson PA3201.1 .B52 Bluemel Greek Sculptors at Work NB90 .B552 Boardman & Finn The Parthenon and its Sculptures folio NB91.A7 B63 Boardman Athenian Black Figure Vases NK4648 .B62 1974 Boardman Athenian Red Figure Vases, both volumes (Archaic, Classical) NK4649 .B62 & NK4649 .B624 1989 Boardman Greek Art & Architecture N5630 .G713 Boardman Greek Gems and Finger Rings folio NK5565 .B62 2001 Brommer Der Parthenonfries, vols. 1 & 2 folio NB91.A7 B87 Brommer Die Metopen des Parthenon folio NA281 .B7 Brommer Die Skulpturen der Parthenon Giebel folio NB91.A7 B87 Brommer Sculptures of the Parthenon folio NB91.A7 B8513 Bruno Form & Color in Greek Painting ND110 .B78 1977 Burford Greek Temple Builders at Epidaurus Watson DF261.E6 B8 1969 Camp Athenian Agora DF287.A23 C36 1986 Carrey Drawings of the Parthenon Sculptures Watson oversize DF918 .O5 Coldstream Greek Geometric Pottery NK3840 .C6 Cooper, F. Temple of Apollo Bassitas, all vols. oversize NA285.B3 C67 1992 Coulton Ancient Greek Architects at Work NA270 .C65 1977 Dinsmoor Architecture of Ancient Greece NA270 .D5 1950 Doumato The Temple of Athena Nike Annex Z5941 .A74 no. A-178 - A-211 Finn Greek Monumental Bronze Sculpture folio NB140 .F5 1983 Hammond History of Greece Watson DF214 .H28 Higgins Greek Terracottas NB155 .H5 Houser, C Greek Monumental Bronze Sculpture NB140 .H68 1987 Hurwit, Jeffrey M. The art and culture of early Greece, 1100-480 B.C. Watson NX551.A1 H87 1985 Hurwitt, J. Acropolis of Athens Watson DF287.A2 H87 1999 Krauss Die Tempel von Paestum folio NA285.P3 K74 Langlotz & Hirmer, M Ancient Greek sculpture of South Italy and Sicily folio NB91.I8 L33 Ling, R. Ancient Mosaics NA3760 .L46 1998 Louvre Euphronios ND115.E8 E94 Lullies & Hirmer, M Greek Sculpture folio NB90 .L813 1957b Madigan, Brian C. The sculptured metopes from the Temple of Apollo at Bassai see Cooper, vol. 4 Mattusch Greek Bronze Statuary NB140 .M38 Neils The Parthenon Frieze NA2965 .N45 2001 Noble Techniques of Painted Attic Pottery folio NK4645 .N6 Payne Archaic Marble Sculpture from the Acropolis olio NB87.A8 P3 Pollitt Ancient View of Greek Art N7476 .P64 Pollitt Art and Experience N5630 .P54 Richter Archaic Gravestones of Attica folio NB1370 .R5 1961 Richter Archaic Greek Art N5630 .R48 Richter Attic Red Figured Vases NK4649 .R5 Richter Craft of Athenian Pottery NK4645 .R6 Richter Handbook of Greek Art N5630 .R49 Richter Korai folio NB94 .R52 Richter Kouroi NB94 .R53 Richter Portraits of the Greeks, vols 1-3 & Suppl. NB90 .R53 Richter Shapes & Names of Athenian Vases NK4645 .R63 Rider The Greek House DF99 .R5 Ridgway Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture NB90 .R56 Ridgway Fifth Century Styles NB90 .R564 Ridgway Fourth Century Styles NB90 .R565 Ridgway Severe Style in Greek Sculpture NB90 .R57 Robertson & Frantz Parthenon Frieze NB91.A7 R62 Robertson Greek Painting ND110 .R6 Robertson History of Greek Art, vols 1 & 2 N5630 .R63 Schreiber Athenian Vase Construction NK4645 .S365 1999 Stewart Art, desire, and the body in ancient Greece N5633 .S74 Stewart Greek Sculpture NB90 .S74 Travlos Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Athens NA280 .T68 Trendall Early South Italian Vase-Painting NK4645 .T7313 von Bothmer, D. The Amasis Painter and His World ND115.A55 A4 1985 Yalouris Olympic Games Watson folio GV721.5 .H413
Sample List of Acceptable Topics for Papers. Remember: the subject must concern ancient Greek art! Remembr to email me your choice of topic so I can help you with bibliography and a starting point. Any work of original Greek art in the Watson Classical Museum (not the plaster casts) Bassai frieze dogs (e.g., house dog vs. hound) children depiction of choruses on Athenian pottery theaters houses house pets (e.g., cranes) erotic scenes in Athenian vase-painting erotic scenes in sculpture terracotta figurines inscribed dedicatory sculptures & the individual the kouroi from Mt Ptoon the korai from the Acropolis, Athens the healing sanctuary on the island of Kos the temple of Athena, Assos political imagery on coins females in Athenian vase-painting a mythological figure in Athenian vase-painting (e.g., Amazons, Trojan War heroes, Herakles ...) engraved gems decorated weapons & armor political statements at Delphi women's vases (e.g., hydriai, pyxides, alabastra) men's vases (e.g., sympotic service [kylixes, amphorai, kraters], aryballoi) pedimental groups (limitations) Athena Nike frieze vase paintings that imitate sculpture To return to the top of this document John Younger

Adam	The Technique of Greek Sculpture	NB90 .A27
Andronicos	Vergina	DF221.V4 A7
Arias & Hirmer, M	History of Greek Vase Painting	folio NK4645 .A69 1962
Ashmole	Olympia	folio NB91.O6 A78
Ault & Nevett	Ancient Greek Houses	Watson DF99 .A53 2005
Berve, Gruben & Hirmer, M	Greek Temples, Theatres, and Shrines	folio NA275 .B413
Bieber	History of the Greek & Roman Theater	Watson PA3201.1 .B52
Bluemel	Greek Sculptors at Work	NB90 .B552
Boardman & Finn	The Parthenon and its Sculptures	folio NB91.A7 B63
Boardman	Athenian Black Figure Vases	NK4648 .B62 1974
Boardman	Athenian Red Figure Vases, both volumes (Archaic, Classical)	NK4649 .B62 & NK4649 .B624 1989
Boardman	Greek Art & Architecture	N5630 .G713
Boardman	Greek Gems and Finger Rings	folio NK5565 .B62 2001
Brommer	Der Parthenonfries, vols. 1 & 2	folio NB91.A7 B87
Brommer	Die Metopen des Parthenon	folio NA281 .B7
Brommer	Die Skulpturen der Parthenon Giebel	folio NB91.A7 B87
Brommer	Sculptures of the Parthenon	folio NB91.A7 B8513
Bruno	Form & Color in Greek Painting	ND110 .B78 1977
Burford	Greek Temple Builders at Epidaurus	Watson DF261.E6 B8 1969
Camp	Athenian Agora	DF287.A23 C36 1986
Carrey	Drawings of the Parthenon Sculptures	Watson oversize DF918 .O5
Coldstream	Greek Geometric Pottery	NK3840 .C6
Cooper, F.	Temple of Apollo Bassitas, all vols.	oversize NA285.B3 C67 1992
Coulton	Ancient Greek Architects at Work	NA270 .C65 1977
Dinsmoor	Architecture of Ancient Greece	NA270 .D5 1950
Doumato	The Temple of Athena Nike	Annex Z5941 .A74 no. A-178 - A-211
Finn	Greek Monumental Bronze Sculpture	folio NB140 .F5 1983
Hammond	History of Greece	Watson DF214 .H28
Higgins	Greek Terracottas	NB155 .H5
Houser, C	Greek Monumental Bronze Sculpture	NB140 .H68 1987
Hurwit, Jeffrey M.	The art and culture of early Greece, 1100-480 B.C.	Watson NX551.A1 H87 1985
Hurwitt, J.	Acropolis of Athens	Watson DF287.A2 H87 1999
Krauss	Die Tempel von Paestum	folio NA285.P3 K74
Langlotz & Hirmer, M	Ancient Greek sculpture of South Italy and Sicily	folio NB91.I8 L33
Ling, R.	Ancient Mosaics	NA3760 .L46 1998
Louvre	Euphronios	ND115.E8 E94
Lullies & Hirmer, M	Greek Sculpture	folio NB90 .L813 1957b
Madigan, Brian C.	The sculptured metopes from the Temple of Apollo at Bassai	see Cooper, vol. 4
Mattusch	Greek Bronze Statuary	NB140 .M38
Neils	The Parthenon Frieze	NA2965 .N45 2001
Noble	Techniques of Painted Attic Pottery	folio NK4645 .N6
Payne	Archaic Marble Sculpture from the Acropolis	olio NB87.A8 P3
Pollitt	Ancient View of Greek Art	N7476 .P64
Pollitt	Art and Experience	N5630 .P54
Richter	Archaic Gravestones of Attica	folio NB1370 .R5 1961
Richter	Archaic Greek Art	N5630 .R48
Richter	Attic Red Figured Vases	NK4649 .R5
Richter	Craft of Athenian Pottery	NK4645 .R6
Richter	Handbook of Greek Art	N5630 .R49
Richter	Korai	folio NB94 .R52
Richter	Kouroi	NB94 .R53
Richter	Portraits of the Greeks, vols 1-3 & Suppl.	NB90 .R53
Richter	Shapes & Names of Athenian Vases	NK4645 .R63
Rider	The Greek House	DF99 .R5
Ridgway	Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture	NB90 .R56
Ridgway	Fifth Century Styles	NB90 .R564
Ridgway	Fourth Century Styles	NB90 .R565
Ridgway	Severe Style in Greek Sculpture	NB90 .R57
Robertson & Frantz	Parthenon Frieze	NB91.A7 R62
Robertson	Greek Painting	ND110 .R6
Robertson	History of Greek Art, vols 1 & 2	N5630 .R63
Schreiber	Athenian Vase Construction	NK4645 .S365 1999
Stewart	Art, desire, and the body in ancient Greece	N5633 .S74
Stewart	Greek Sculpture	NB90 .S74
Travlos	Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Athens	NA280 .T68
Trendall	Early South Italian Vase-Painting	NK4645 .T7313
von Bothmer, D.	The Amasis Painter and His World	ND115.A55 A4 1985
Yalouris	Olympic Games	Watson folio GV721.5 .H413

CLSX 526 (78337) / HA 526 (78819)

Greek Art & Archaeology

(Spring 2010; TR 11:00-12:15 pm; Wescoe 4033)

JOHN G. YOUNGER

How to get a good grade in this class

Plagiarism, Cheating, and Academic Misconduct