Instructor: Nicholas Hudson Office: CAB, 2046 Email: hudsonn (at) uncw.edu

Fall Semesters UNCW Department of Art and Art History

Course Description:

The Ancient Greek world is credited with providing the foundations of democracy, philosophy, sciences, and above all canons of art and architecture. This class will present the origins of Greek culture from the Bronze Age to the ultimate Mediterranean-wide spread of Greek cultural and artistic ideals in the Hellenistic Period. We will explore the role of archaeological investigation in our understanding of WHAT was Greek civilization. We will also discover the uses of artistic expressions and architectural developments to express different concepts of Greek life and politics over the course of 1,500 years.

Goals:

The purpose of ARH 301, Greek Art and Archaeology, is to introduce to you the major cultural and artistic themes that define the study of the ancient Greek landscape. As students, you will be responsible for reading all the assigned texts and to be prepared to participate in class discussions. By the end of the semester we will have explored in detail key cultural, historical, architectural, and artistic elements that make up Ancient Greek Civilization. You, the students, will be able to outline the fundamental issues current in the study of Greek art and archaeology, as well as identify important artistic and architectural elements, specific and generic, that define Ancient Greece.