GREA ARAN 312 Greek Architectural Sculpture Credits: 4 Prerequisites: None Course Description A careful examination of ancient Greek architectural sculpture, with discussions of the rise of monumental architecture, the origins of architectural sculpture, and the iconography and meaning of its subjects. Students are assessed through written and oral assignments, exams, and class participation. Included are visits to the Acropolis, Agora, National Museum, and the sanctuary at Delphi. Learning Outcomes Each student will master a variety of skills during this course, through a various assignment types and classroom approaches. Learning the material of the course’s subject is only the first step. Through a combination of lecture and discussion in the classroom, which be based on required readings, a plurality of perspectives will emerge. Each student will have the opportunity to evaluate readings as well as lecture material, both in oral discussion and in written response papers. Through individual classroom reports on mythological figures and on-site reports of particular monuments, each student takes responsibility for presenting material to the other students. Each type of presentation also requires each student to moderate discussion and to respond to questions from the rest of the class. Emphasis is placed on improving writing skills and practicing to read critically, as well as building confidence during oral presentations. Course Requirements: Participation (10%) Reading response papers (2 =15%) Myth or Legend Report in the classroom (15%) On-Site Report, with Annotated Bibliography (15%) Mid-term (15%) Final exam (15%) Sculpture project (15%) Primary Texts: Boardman, J. (1978) Greek Sculpture. The Archaic Period. London: Thames and Hudson. Boardman, J. (1985) Greek Sculpture. The Classical Period. London: Thames and Hudson. Ridgway, B. (1993) The Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture. Chicago: Ares Publishers. Ridgway, B. (1999) Prayers in Stone: Greek Architectural Sculpture, c. 600-100 B.C. Berkeley: University of California Press. Stewart, A. (1990) Greek Sculpture. An Exploration. 2 volumes. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.

Course Outline: Week 1: Introduction 1. Introduction to course. 2. The rise of monumental architecture, and the introduction of the Doric order; Architectural sculpture antecedents from Prinias and Thermon. Week 2: Archaic I 1. The Temple of Artemis at Corfu; The Early Acropolis I 2. The Early Acropolis II (Class meets on the Acropolis) Week 3: Archaic II 1. Temple of Apollo at Delphi; Temple of Aphaia at Aegina 2. Western Greece (Temple C, Selinus Heraion at Foce del Sele); Eastern Greece (Temple of Athena at Assos; Ephesos, Kyzikos) Week 4: Archaic III 1. Sikyonian, Athenian, and Siphnian treasuries at Delphi 2. Archaic Sculpture in the National Museum (Class meets at Museum) Week 5: Early Classical I 1. Temple of Zeus at Olympia (Reading Response 1 on pediments) 2. Temple of Zeus at Olympia con’t; Temple E, Selinus; other Olympia sculpture Week 6: Early Classical II 1. Midterm 2. Parthenon sculpture-metopes, pediments, cult statue Week 7: Classical I 1. Parthenon frieze (Reading Response 2) 2. Erechtheion, Temple of Athena Nike, Bassai Week 8: Classical II 1. Class meets at the Agora (Hephaisteion; tour of Agora excavations) 2. Delphi Trip Week 9: Classical III 1. Acropolis Week 10: 1. Classical Sculpture in the National Museum (Class meets at Museum) 2. Sculpted Funerary Monuments (Class meets at the Kerameikos) Week 11: 4th Century I 1. Acropolis South Slope and Street of the Tripods (Lysikrates monument); Class meets at South Slope 2. Painted architecture; Vergina and Lefkadia; Epidauros; Xanthos Monument Week 12: 4th Century II, Hellenistic 1. Mausoleum at Halikarnassos; Altar at Pergamon; Samothrace 2. 4th century and Hellenistic sculpture in the National Museum (Class meets at Museum) Week 13: Conclusions 1. Final Select Bibliography (sources in Arcadia Center library):

Boardman, J (1978) Greek Sculpture. The Archaic Period. London: Thames and Hudson.

Boardman, J. (1985) Greek Sculpture. The Classical Period. London: Thames and Hudson.

Buitron-Oliver, D., ed. (1991) New Perspectives in Early Greek Art. Washington: National Gallery of Art.

Buitron-Oliver, D., ed. (1997) The Interpretation of Architectural Sculpture in Greece and Rome. Washington: National Gallery of Art.

Castriota, D. (1992) Myth, Ethos, and Actuality: Official Art in 5th century B.C. Athens. Madison: University of Wisconsion Press.

Fullerton, M. (2000) Greek Art. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hurwit, J. (1985) The Art and Culture of Early Greece, 1100-4800 B.C. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Hurwit, J. (1999) The Athenian Acropolis. History, Mythology, and Archaeology from the Neolithic Era to the Present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hurwit, J. (2004) The Acropolis in the Age of Perikles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Neils, J. (2005) The Parthenon: From Antiquity to the Present. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Pedley, J. (2005) Sanctuaries and the Sacred in the Ancient Greek World. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Pollitt, J.J. (1986) Art in the Hellenistic Age. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Pollitt, J.J. (1972) Art and Experience in Classical Greece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Pollitt, J.J. (1990) The Art of Ancient Greece: Sources and Documents. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Pollitt, J.J. (1974) The Ancient View of Greek Art: Criticism, History and Terminology. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Rhodes, R. (1995) Architecture and Meaning on the Athenian Acropolis. Cambridge: University Press.

Ridgway, B. (1981) Fifth Century Styles in Greek Sculpture. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Ridgway, B. (1997) Fourth Century Styles in Greek Sculpture. Madison: University of Wisconson Press.

Ridgway, B. (1993) The Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture. Chicago: Ares Publishers.

Ridgway, B. (1970) The Severe Style in Greek Sculpture. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Ridgway, B. (1990) Hellenistic Sculpture I. The Styles of ca. 331-200 B.C. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

Ridgway, B. (2000) Hellenistic Sculpture II. The Styles of ca. 200 -100 B.C. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

Ridgway, B. (1999) Prayers in Stone: Greek Architectural Sculpture c. 600-100 B.C. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Stewart, A. (19XX) Greek Sculpture. An Exploration. 2 volumes. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.

Tomlinson, R.A. (1976) Greek Sanctuaries. London: Paul Elek.

Travlos, J. (1971) Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Athens. New York: Praeger Publishers.

Webb, P. (1996) Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture: Figural Motifs in Western Anatolia and the Aegean Islands. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.