Classical Vase Painting
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher:
ELVIA MARIA LETIZIA GIUDICE
Expected Learning Outcomes
Painted vases give the fullest visual account of life and mythology in ancient
Greece and provide important archaeological data for refining and adding to
knowledge of various aspects of ancient Greek culture.
Based on the Dublin descriptors the objectives of the
course are:
1) Knowledge and understanding:
the chronological study
of the main pictorial techniques will be accompanied by iconographic analysis
of a selection of the most important attic vases..
2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: the
student will be to enable to date and describe potteries produced in Athens between 600 and 400 B.C.
3) Autonomy of judgment: the student will develop a
critical approach to Greek Iconography.
4) Communication skills. Provide students with
specialized vocabulary to enable them to communicate adequately to the scientific
community.
5)
Learning skills. Develop autonomy in the ability to identify the most
representative scientific texts and understand them adequately.Course Structure
The course will be structured in three parts, a first part in which we
will discuss problems of periodization and explain how it is possible to date
the Greek vases; a second one, in which the main pottery types will be
distinguished, and, finally, a third in which the main iconographic schemes
will be shown.
Required Prerequisites
No prerequisites required
Attendance of Lessons
Attendance is not compulsory.
Detailed Course Content
Study of the
main documents of Greek
pottery with particular focus on the iconographic content, analyzed in
relation to the historical and social context of each era; specific attention will be devoted to
the study of the main techniques and styles of attic pottery.
Textbook Information
A.
General aspects of the discipline and periodization of Greek Vases (4 CFU)
Books:
- J. Boardman, The History of Greek Vases, Oxford 2006, pp.
11-244
- I. Scheibler, Il vaso in Grecia,
Longanesi, Milano 2004, pp. 18-66, 81-151.
B. Seminars on topics chosen by the teacher (2CFU)
- E.
Giudice, G. Giudice, La ceramica attica dal Persephoneion di Locri fra mito e rito,
in Studi miscellanei di ceramografia greca III,
Catania 2017, Ediarch, pp. 11-48
- Materials placed in the course platform or M. Torelli, Le strategie
di Kleitias, Electa, Milano 2007, pp. 9-116.
Please remember that in compliance with art 171
L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or
journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations
concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee
Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione
Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian
Association on Copyright).
All
the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.
