Teaching Workshop: Luxury Arts At Hellenistic Courts (4th-1st cent. BCE)
A.Y. 2020/2021
Learning objectives
The workshop presents students with different kinds of sumptuary arts (glyptics, luxury fabrics, lavish displays, gold and silver ware) known archaeologically or from literary sources, and, when possible, their impact on Mediaeval and modern courts.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge of main materials and their processing techniques; ability to differentiate—in the field of figural artefacts—iconographic and iconological levels; basic chronological orientation.
Lesson period: First semester
Single course
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Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Lectures will be delivered remotely, in synchronous format, through Microsoft Teams. Lessons will be recorded and left available to students on the same platform until the 30th of November 2020.
On the lab page on Ariel website, students will be able to find all the information about lectures, possible changes to the programme and the related documents (bibliography, etc.).
On the lab page on Ariel website, students will be able to find all the information about lectures, possible changes to the programme and the related documents (bibliography, etc.).
Course syllabus
1. The model to Hellenistic regality: The Achaemenid court; 2. The "first Hellenistic kingdom": Materials from the royal Macedonian tombs; 3. Ephemeral luxury (Hephaistion's pyre; Alexander the Great's funeral chariot; Ptolemy II's pavilion); 4. Materials and techniques in Hellenistic glyptics; 5. Main Hellenistic "state cameos" and their reuse and revival in post-antique periods; 6. Hard-stone tableware and its relation to vase shapes in gold and silver; 7. Cameo-vases in hard-stones. The Tazza Farnese; 8. Cameo-vases in glass: the Portland Vase.
Prerequisites for admission
No prerequisites for admission.
Teaching methods
The constant and active participation of the student is verified.
Teaching Resources
A basic literature is suggested to those students who ask for it, in relation to specific themes.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The constant and active participation of the student is verified.
Professor(s)