ART & ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD
(AS) {AAMW}
401. (CLST275) Introduction to
Greek Archaeology. (M) Distribution
Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior
only. Staff.
An introduction to the art and archaeology of ancient Greece
from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Period. Topics
to be considered include Minoan Crete, Mycenae, the Greek
Dark Ages, Geometric Greece, the Archaic Period, Classical
Athens, and the world of Alexander the Great.
Emphasis on the consideration of the archaeological evidence,
e.g., sculpture, painting, pottery, architecture and numismatics.
405. (CLST274) Art &
Archaeology of Rome & Pompeii. (M) Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009
& prior only. Staff.
Two key Roman cities will serve as the focus for an introduction
to the archaeology and art history of the ancient Romans.
Among the topics to be considered will be the development of
Roman archaeology since the Renaissance, the topographical
growth of the two cities, and the outlines of Roman painting,
sculpture and architecture.
413. (CLST270) Ancient Athletics.
(M) Distribution
Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior
only. Romano.
The art, archaeology and history of athletics in ancient Greece. Among
the topics to be included are: famous Greek athletetes, female
athletes, the ancient Olympic Games and other athletic festivals,
ancient athletic facilities and equipment, the excavation
of ancient athletic sites and practical athletics.
414. (CLST260) Ancient Cities.
(M) Romano.
The historical and archaeological study of the ancient Greek
city as evidenced through literature and archaeological excavation.
As the term project of the course, each student is assigned
a specific city to study and draw by means of a computer
and an architectural drafting program.
415. (CLST416) Survey of Greek
Sculpture. (M) Distribution
Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior
only. Staff.
An examination of key phases in the development of Greek sculpture
from the later Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period.
422. (ARTH422) The Art of the Ancient
Near East. (C) Distribution
Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior
only. Pittman.
A survey of the art of Mesopotamian and Egyptian cultures
from 4000 B.C. through the conquest of Alexander the Great.
SM 423. (ARTH424, CLST424) Greek Vase
Painting. Brownlee,
A.
Painted vases constitute the most important and comprehensive
collection of visual evidence that survives from ancient
Greece. In this course, we will examine the development
of Greek vase-painting from the 10th to the 4th century BC,
with particular emphasis on the pottery of the archaic and
Classical periods of produced in the cities of Athens and
Corinth. We will look at the vases as objects--and
the extensive collection of Greek vases in the University
of Pennsylvania Museum will be an important resource for
this course--but we will also consider them as they relate
to broader cultural issues. Some background in art
history or classical studies is helpful but not required.
SM 424. (ARTH624) Art &
Archaeology of Mesopotamia. (C) Pittman.
Emphasis on monumental art work of the Ancient Near East as
the product of cultural and historical factors. Major
focus will be on Mesopotamia from the late Neolithic to the
Neo-Assyrian Period, with occasional attention to related
surrounding areas such as western Iran, Anatolia, and Syria.
425. (ARTH425) Art of Ancient Iran.
(C) Pittman.
This course offers a survey of ancient Iranian art and culture
from the painted pottery cultures of the Neolithic era to
the monuments of the Persian Empire. The format is
slide illustrated lecture.
427. (ARTH427, CLST427) Roman Sculpture.
(M) Distribution
Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior
only. Kuttner.
Survey of the Republican origins and Imperial development
of Roman sculpture--free--standing, relief, and architectural--from
ca. 150 BC to 350 AD. We concentrate on sculpture
in the capital city and on court and state arts, emphasizing
commemorative public sculpture and Roman habits of decorative
display. Key themes are the depiction of time and space,
programmatic decoration, and the vocabulary of political
art.
431. (ARTH431) Early Christian
and Byzantine Architecture. (C) Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009
& prior only. Staff.
A survey of major architectural monuments from Early Christian
times in East and West until the 6th century A.D., and in
the Byzantine lands until the Turkish Conquest.
SM 477. (ANTH477, HSPV577) Archaeological Chemistry. (M) McGovern.
SM 504. (ARTH504) Structural Archaeology.
(C) Staff.
A proseminar designed to acquaint the participants with the
physical evidence of buildings. It treats the properties
of pre-modern building materials, their static and dynamic
behavior, their contexts and reasons for their use, and the
means for their procurement and working.
It considers the methodologies for the historical interpretation
of physical evidence, including the recording, analysis and
presentation of evidence, determining the date and original
form of buildings, their sequence of construction, and their
subsequent modifications. Each participant carries out
a small-scale field exercise.
SM 505. (CLST505) Archaeology of the
Greek Iron Age. (M) Distribution
Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior
only. Staff.
Examination of the "Dark Age" between the fall of
the Mycenaean kingdoms and the emergence of the Archaic Greek
culture.
SM 506. (CLST506) Greek Vase Painting.
(M) Distribution
Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior
only. Staff.
A study of Greek vase painting utilizing the artifacts of
the University Museum.
SM 508. Greeks and Persians. (M) Zettler.
An examination of the cultures of the Achaemenid Empire and
the contemporary Greek world from the perspectives of Classical
and Near Eastern texts and archaeology.
SM 510. (CLST510) Topography of Athens.
(C) Distribution
Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior
only. Staff.
Layout and monuments of Athens from the Bronze Age into the
time of Roman Empire.
SM 515. (CLST515) Geographical Information
Systems (GIS) Applications in Archaeology. (M) Romano.
An introduction to the procedures and uses of GIS in modern
archaeological field and laboratory work. The course
will introduce the student to computerized GIS, discuss the
philosophy and theory of its use, as well as the analytical
potential of its utilization. Archaeological case studies
will be presented. Open to graduate students.
Undergraduates with permission.
SM 516. (ARTH516) Islamic Epigraphy.
(M) Holod.
Topic varies.
SM 517. (ARTH517) The Islamic City.
(C) Holod.
Approaches to the study of the city in the Islamic World.
SM 518. (ARTH518, NELC617) The Art
of Iran. (M) Holod.
Iranian art and architecture of the Parthian, Sassanian and
Islamic periods, with particular emphasis on regional characteristics
in the period. Different themes are explored each time
the course is offered. In the past, these have been
Ilkhanid and Timurid painting, the city of Isfahan, and metropolitan
and provincial architecture in the fourteenth century.
SM 519. (ARTH519) Art of Andalusia.
(M) Holod.
A discussion of the arts of the Islamic period in the countries
of the western Mediterranean. The particular focus
is the art of Muslim Spain (Andalusia), dealing with the
importance of its architectural and artistic achievements
for the art of the western Mediterranean.
SM 520. (CLST520) The East Greeks.
(M) Distribution
Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior
only. Staff.
An examination of the culture of the East Aegean Greeks and
the neighboring Anatolian peoples from the eighth to the
fourth centuries B.C.
SM 521. (ARTH514, ARTH521, CLST521)
Proseminar in Classical Art. (C) Kuttner.
Topic varies.
SM 522. (ARTH522) Pro-seminar of the
Art of the Ancient Near East. (C) Pittman.
Topic varies: Art of the Late Uruk and Jemdet Nasr period;
The Royal City of Susa; Assyrian reliefs; Art of Early Bronze
Age of the Near East.
SM 525. (ARTH525, CLST525) Aegean
Bronze Age. (C) Betancourt.
An examination of a selected problem in the Greek Bronze Age,
focusing on the Minoan, Mycenaean, and Cycladic cultures. Lectures
by the instructor and reports by the students will examine
a series of interrelated topics.
SM 527. (ARTH527) Proseminar in Classical
Architecture. (C) Haselberger.
Topic Varies
SM 528. (ARTH528, CLST528) Proseminar
in Greek and Roman Architecture. (C) Haselberger.
Topic Varies
SM 529. (ARTH529) Vitruvian Studies.
(C) Haselberger.
Research on Vitruvius's Ten Books on Architecture, Art and
Construction: Structure, sources, intended readers; analysis
of theories and their relation to practice; formation of
art theory; statics and aesthetics; discrepancy eith the
ideals of the "Augustan Revolution." Working knowledge
of Latin recommended.
SM 530. (ARTH530) Chapters in Classical
Architecture. (M) Haselberger.
Topic varies.
535. (ANTH535) Archaeology of the
Mediterranean World. (M) Staff.
This course provides an analytical introduction to the archaeology
of the area from Mesopotamia to north-west Europe, from the
beginnings of farming to the Middle Ages.
SM 542. (ARTH542) Early Medieval Architecture.
(C) Maxwell.
A proseminar stressing familiarity with the materials and
methods of research. Topic varies. Recent courses have
treated North Italy, Carolingian, and Ottonian architecture. Reading
knowledge of German, French and/or Italian desirable.
SM 556. (ANTH556) Practicum: Archaeological
Field Methods. (C) Staff.
The course examines and analyzes the process of excavation
as a problem of research design and method, from both intellectural
and organizational aspects. Archaeological research
design is stressed, from excavation planning through data
retrieval, storage, processing, integration and interpretation,
to presentation. Guest lecturers, who present critical
evaluations of "case studies" are a regular feature.
Prerequisite: excavation experience.
SM 557. (ANTH557, LALS557) Seminar
in Archaeological Theory and Method. (M) Staff.
Topic varies.
SM 601. (ANCH601, CLST601) Archaeology
and Greek History. (M) Staff.
An examination of archaeological evidence relevant to selected
problems in Greek history.
SM 603. (CLST603) Archaeology &
The Greek Theater. (M) Staff.
This course will examine the written and especially the archaeological
evidence for the production of Greek drama. Topics
will include the theater buildings themselves, stage machinery,
scene painting, and costumes. The main chronological
focus will be on the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., but
some attention will be paid to later developments.
SM 608. Anatolian Archaeology. (M) Staff.
SM 611. (GREK611) Greek Epigraphy.
(C) Graham.
An introduction to the principles and practices of Greek Epigraphy. Study
of selected Greek inscriptions.
SM 616. (ARTH617) Islamic Civilization & Visual
Culture. (C) Holod.
A one-semester survey of Islamic art and architecture which
will examine visual culture as it functions within the larger
sphere of Islamic culture in general. Particular attention
will be given to relationships between visual culture and
literature, using specific case studies, sites or objects
which may be related to various branches of Islamic literature,
including historical, didactic, philosophical writings, poetry
and religious texts. All primary sources will be available
in English translation.
SM 620. (ARTH620) Greek Art and Architecture.
(A) Haselberger/Kuttner.
An intensive introduction to the art and architecture of the
Greek World from Geometric to Hellenistic times, utilizing
artifacts of the University Museum. Variable emphasis on
topics ranging from stylistic innovation and persistence,
commemorative genres, narrative, artistic program, patronage
to tectonic structure, concepts of order and decoration,
proportion, space, urbanism, and Vitruvian theories. Regularly
taught in fall term.
SM 621. (ARTH621) Roman Art and Architecture.
(B) Haselberger/Kuttner.
An intensive introduction to the art and architecture of Rome
and her empire from Republican and later Hellenistic to Constantinian
times.
Variable emphasis on topics ranging from major genres, styles,
and programs of commemorative and decorative art, historical
narrative, and political iconography to building types and
functions and the specific Etrusco-Roman notion of space, land
division, and city planning. Regularly taught in spring
term.
SM 623. (ARTH623) Art and Culture
of Ancient Egypt. (M) Pittman.
Survey of the art of Ancient Egypt from the Predynastic Period
through the New Kingdom. Emphasis on major monuments
of architecture, sculpture, relief and painting; questions
of stylistic change and historical context.
SM 625. (CLST625) City &
Landscape Planning in Roman Corinth. (M) Romano.
This seminar considers the procedures and the results of the
Roman *agrimensors Founded on the site of the former Greek
city of Julius Caesar, Roman Corinth was to become one of
the great cities of the roman world. Considerable attention
will be paid to the modern methods employed by the Corinth
Computer Project, 1988-1997, as well as the resulting new
information about the history of Roman Corinth.
SM 626. (ARTH626) Hellenistic Art.
(C) Kuttner.
A survey of the principal Hellenistic arts and styles and
their private and public display contexts, from the 4th c. BC
rise to power of Macedon and the conquests of Alexander,
through the 1st C. AD consolidation of the Roman imperial
system. We will look at artifacts, architectural planning
and designed landscapes for cities, sanctuaries, houses and
palaces, from Italy to the Middle East; media include sculpture,
painting, mosaic, and the luxury and mass-produced arts of
ceramics, gems, and metalwork. Viewing art in its social
and design contexts, the course will emphasize; reconstructing
Hellenistic aesthetics and ideas about art history; patronage
and display habits; the thematic arrangements of images and
structures for political and social expression; and cultural
competition and synthesis in a multi-ethnic world of Greek, "Eastern" and
Roman peoples and states. Lecture format.
SM 635. (ANCH635, ARTH534, CLST635) Iron Age Greece &
Anatolia. (M) Staff.
645. (ANTH645) Economy of Ancient
Trade. (M) Staff.
This course will examine theoretical and impirical frameworks
for pre-moder forms of exchange. We will focus on substantist
and formalist economic theories and will consider the archaeological
evidence for such phenomena a barter, gift exchange, administered
economies, markets, local exchange, and long distance overland
and maritime trade. Our goal is to develop mid-rang
models for reconstructing ancient economies. The course
will emphasize but not be limited to complex societies of
the New and Old World.
SM 702. (ANCH702, CLST702) Greek Sanctuaries.
(M) Staff.
The formation and development of key religious sites, including
Olympia, Delphi, Cyrene, Selinus, Cos and Lindos.
SM 715. (CLST715) Archaeology of Troy. (M) Staff.
SM 716. (ARTH716) Seminar in Islamic
Art. (M) Holod.
Topic varies.
SM 717. (ARTH717) Islamic. (C) Holod.
Topic varies.
SM 718. (ARTH718) Seminar in Islamic
Architecture. (M) Holod.
Topic varies.
SM 719. (ARTH719) Islamic Archaeology.
(M) Holod.
Topic varies.
SM 720. (ARTH729, CLST729) Seminar
in Classical Art. (C) Kuttner.
Topic varies.
SM 721. (ANCH721, ARTH721) Seminar
in Greek Architecture. (C) Haselberger.
Topic varies.
SM 722. (CLST730) Topography of Rome.
(C) Staff.
The topographical development of ancient Rome from its prehistoric
beginnings to the late Imperial times with emphasos on the
city's key historical and architectural monuments.
SM 723. (ARTH720, CLST614) Seminar in Aegean Art. (M) Pittman/Betancourt.
SM 724. (ARTH724) Seminar in the Art
of the Ancient Near East. (M) Pittman.
Topic varies: Proto-Elamite glyptic art; The art of Akkad;
Old Assyrian period; Neo-Sumerian period; Middle Assyrian
period; Assyrian reliefs.
SM 725. (ARTH725) Seminar in Neo-Assyrian
Art. (C) Pittman.
Topic varies.
SM 728. (ARTH728, CLST728) Seminar
in Roman Architecture. (C) Haselberger.
Topic varies.
SM 729. The Age of Augustus. (M) Kuttner.
Investigation of significant monuments and modes of artistic
display at Rome in the "Age of Augustus", ca. 50
BC - 20 AD.
SM 730. (ARTH730) Seminar in Early
Christian and Byzantine Architecture. (M) Staff.
Prerequisite: reading knowledge of German, French, or Italian. Topic
varies. Recent seminars have treated aspects of architecture
of Ravenna,Rome, and Constantinople. Participants undertake
research on a specific issue which they present orally to
the seminar and submit in written form.
SM 736. (CLST736) The Archaeology
of Coastal Northeast Africa: Cyrenaeca and Marmarica. (M) Staff.
Prerequisite(s). Exposure to introductory courses. An
examination of selected aspects of the Bronze Age to Late
Roman period archaeology of the northeastern African coast
between Alexandria and Syrtic gulf.
SM 749. Seminar in Field Archaeology.
(M) Staff.
Topic Varies.
SM 750. Supervised Reading and Research. (D) Staff.
751. Participation in Archaeological
Excavations. (L) Staff.
Opportunities for qualified students to join in current expeditions.
Credit allowed will depend on the length of time spent in
the field.
999.
Independent Study. (C) May
be repeated for credit
