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COURSES SPRING 2009

Histart 141C

HELLENISTICS (4 units) Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-11 101 Moffitt, CCN: 05490 Andrew Stewart

“Hellenistic” means “late Greek,” and this class is about Greek art after the classical period.  It covers Greek architecture, sculpture, painting, and luxury crafts from the reign of Alexander the Great (336-323 B.C.) to the fall of the last of the Hellenistic kingdoms, Ptolemaic Egypt, to Rome in 30 B.C.  It spans three centuries, three continents, and five kingdoms, and includes some of the most thoughtful and stunning products of the ancient world.  In addition to close study of the major works, we will be paying particular regard to their cultural context and to key issues such as the arts of power; portraiture and personality; court art and the luxury crafts; art in the Hellenized east; and the position of the creative artist.  Wherever possible we will include newly discovered work and will give it special attention. (An)

 

 

 

 

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