The students have to  strengthen their knowledge and competencies in arguments and methodological approaches of the Classical Archaeology. On the basis of the case study offered by the ancient painting, the students have to become able in analyzing and interpreting the ancient contexts and monuments with the consciousness of the articulated productive processes of them, of their uses and transmissions through  the different historical-cultural phases. They have also to acquire a critical capacity to judge the problematic role covered by the Greek and Latin authors in relationship to the archaeological evidences.

In such perspective , the course offers diachronically  a general view of the ancient painting (Greek, Etruscan, Italic, Roman etc.) and it examines the most significant contexts and monuments knew until now, which will be also discussed in relationship with the literary tradition.

The course is annual. In the first semester (November-December) it’ll introduce to the arguments on the basis of Pliny the Elder (nat. Hist. 35) and it’ll examine the pictorial contexts and monuments from the 8th to 1rst century BC. In the second semester (February-April) the course’ll focused on the pictorial contexts and monuments from the 1rst century BC to the beginning of the 4th century AD and on the ekprastic literary tradition.

Detailed programme of the individual arguments (syllabus) will be disposable through  the Moodle platform at the beginning of the lessons.

It’s opportune, even if not obligatory, that the student has sustained a first level exam regarding the ‘Greek and Roman Archaeology and History of Art’.

In order to access to additional training levels, the student will be able:

-  to acquire a personal knowledge and understanding of the themes and methodological approaces of the discipline;

-  to analyze and to contextualize the archaeological case-study critically and correctly;

- to rework personal knowledge, to make also autonomous judgments;

- to master the scientific terminology of the discipline.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Educational journeys in Italy (Paestum, November 2018; Ancona, April 2019) and Europe (Greece, October 2019), planned with the students.

In each semester, the students have to do an intermediate written exercise (text and/or schedule based on photos or drawings regarding an ancient monument) for auto-evaluating their own knowledge and competencies in analyzing and  interpreting a monument. Texts/schedules will be corrected in classroom all together with the professor.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises) and specific communications from the lecturer can be found, together with other supporting activities, inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Lessons, in Italian language, will be supported by PowerPoints created by the professor appositely.

In the second semester (April), lessons on the critic of arts in the ancient world will be offered by Agnés Rouveret, Emerita of Classical Archaeology and History of Art at the University of Paris Ouest – Nanterre La Défence.

Attendance

Students must attend lessons regularly (at least 2/3 of the 72 hours in programme).

Course books

A. Corso, R. Mugellesi, G. Rosati ( a cura di), Plinio. Storia naturale V. Libro 35, I colori minerali, a cura di Torino: Einaudi, pp. 286-509.

S. Maffei (ed.), Luciano di Samosata. Descrizione di opere d’arte, Torino: Utet 1994, pp. xv-lxxiv, 18-31, 56-79.

J.J. Pollitt (ed.), The Cambridge History of Painting in the Classical World, Cambridge: CUP 2014 (saggi di: S. Steingräber, Etruscan and Greek Tomb Painting in Italy, c. 700-400 BC, pp. 94-142; S.G. Miller, Hellenistic Painting in the Eastern Mediterranean, Mid-Fourth to Mid-First Century BC, pp. 170-237; A. Rouveret, Etruscan and Italic Tomb Painting, c. 400-200 BC, pp. 238-287).

I. Baldassarre, A. Pontrandolfo, A. Rouveret, M. Salvadori, La pittura romana. Dall’ellenismo al tardo-antico, Milano: Motta 2002.

Such texts will be available in the archaeological library of the UniUrb (Albani Palace, entrance from via del Balestriere 2).

Assessment

Oral exam. The attending student is expected to demonstrate the knowledge and comprehension of themes treated during the classes and of the above mentioned texts. He must demonstrate to have acquired an autonomous knowledge of the matter, a capacity of recognizing and adequately analyzing the monuments on the base of the images of them; a capacity of contextualizing correctly them in reference to the geographical, historical, and cultural ambit of relevance; a capacity of exposing the matter with an appropriate language and the scientific terminology of the discipline.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Student unable to attend lessons are invited to contact the professor at least three months before the exam, in order to make the most opportune arrangements.

Attendance

Student unable to attend lessons are invited to contact the professor at least three months before the exam, in order to make the most opportune arrangements.

Course books

A. Corso, R. Mugellesi, G. Rosati ( a cura di), Plinio. Storia naturale V. Libro 35, I colori minerali, a cura di Torino: Einaudi, pp. 286-509.

S. Maffei (ed.), Luciano di Samosata. Descrizione di opere d’arte, Torino: Utet 1994, pp. xv-lxxiv, 18-31, 56-79.

J.J. Pollitt (ed.), The Cambridge History of Painting in the Classical World, Cambridge: CUP 2014 (saggi di: S. Steingräber, Etruscan and Greek Tomb Painting in Italy, c. 700-400 BC, pp. 94-142; S.G. Miller, Hellenistic Painting in the Eastern Mediterranean, Mid-Fourth to Mid-First Century BC, pp. 170-237; A. Rouveret, Etruscan and Italic Tomb Painting, c. 400-200 BC, pp. 238-287).

I. Baldassarre, A. Pontrandolfo, A. Rouveret, M. Salvadori, La pittura romana. Dall’ellenismo al tardo-antico, Milano: Motta 2002.

Further lectures have to be integrated in accordance withe the professor.

Such texts will be available in the archaeological library of the UniUrb (Albani Palace, entrance from via del Balestriere 2).

Assessment

Oral exam. The attending student is expected to demonstrate the knowledge and comprehension of themes treated during the classes and of the above mentioned texts. He must demonstrate to have acquired an autonomous knowledge of the matter, a capacity of recognizing and adequately analyzing the monuments on the base of the images of them; a capacity of contextualizing correctly them in reference to the geographical, historical, and cultural ambit of relevance; a capacity of exposing the matter with an appropriate language and the scientific terminology of the discipline.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Professor meets the students in her office, situated in Albani Palace (entrance from Via del Balestriere, 2; reception ph. 0722.303760)

For further details and information, please visit the website of the School and Department.

Possible changes in the lesson calendar will be immediately communicated on the School website and throught the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it