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Semester 1

Classical Greek Sculpture (CACA10053)

Subject

Classical Art/Classical Archaeology

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

3

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Visiting students must have completed 3 Classics courses at grade B or above. This must include at least one course in Classical Art and Archaeology. We will only consider University/College level courses. **Please see Additional Restrictions below**

Course Summary

In-depth examination of the key monuments and themes of Greek sculpture, free-standing and relief, from ca.480 to 323 BC, with a special emphasis on styles, iconography, materials, and functions of Greek sculpture in their original contexts.

Course Description

Statues and reliefs in marble and bronze were a pervasive presence in the landscape of ancient Greek cities. They stood in private and public spaces alike and are among the most enduring legacies of ancient Greece. Free-standing statues dotted civic centres; architectural sculpture decorated major monuments; and sculpted stone slabs were erected on top of burials, therefore shaping interactions with the gods, the living, and the dead. The aim of this course is to explore the styles, iconography, materials, and functions of Greek sculpture in their original contexts covering topics such as the development of bronze as a large-scale medium, the revolution in seeing and representing known as the 'classical style', Greek funerary sculpture and portraiture, the 'statuescape' of the main Greek sanctuaries and the uses of Greek sculptural motives by non-Greek Eastern dynasts in the fourth century BC. Questions to explore include: What purpose did sculpture serve in ancient cities? How were these works, small and large, bronze and marble, produced? How were they seen and understood in their original contexts? How does their form, material and iconography reflect their function? Which themes got represented in sculptural form? What can we learn about the classical world from the study of Greek sculpture?

Assessment Information

Written Exam 50%, Coursework 50%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

Unless you are nominated on a Classics or HCA exchange agreement, visiting students are only permitted to enrol in two 3rd year Classics courses each, per semester, before the start of the relevant semester’s welcome period – and spaces on each course are limited so cannot be guaranteed for any student. Enrolment in a third course from this group will depend on whether there are still spaces available in the September Welcome Period, and cannot be guaranteed. It is NOT appropriate for students to contact staff within this subject area to ask for an exception to be made; all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. This is due to the extremely limited number of spaces available in this very popular subject area.

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