In this seminar attention will be paid to recent books on topics like visual narratives (cyclic, continuous, pendants (Gegenst?)), iconographical programs, art and text, polis and myth, Roman propaganda and myth, problems about models, transmission of models, serial, diachronical approaches of mythological and non-mythological representations, gender and the choice of myths, the so-called Roman reliefs, the genesis of personifications, symbolism and the transition of pagan to Christian representations. After an introduction in theories and methods each student deals with a problematic monument, artefact or series of representations.
After an introduction in theories and methods each student deals with a problematic monument, artefact or series of representations.
Admission requirements
BA degree (or equivalent) in Archaeology or a relevant discipline.
SAP and exchange students: admission after approval by the Graduate School of Archaeology.
Learning objectives
*Is able to critically view iconology and its different aspects in a multidisciplinary approach; *Is able to critically use and apply theoretical approaches of iconology on a case study; *Is able to critically analyze recent literature with respect to iconology and the different aspects of iconology like visual narratives, propaganda, etc. (see above); *Is able to voice the pro’s and contra’s of the different theoretical approaches; *Is able to voice one’s own well argumented opinion on iconology, the role and use of iconology and other aspects as treated in the course, in discussion with colleagues, in a presentation and in a essay; *Is able to critically assess the different presentations; *Is able to write analytical essays on this subject.
Examination
1 PowerPoint presentation and 1 paper.
Required reading
*C. Bérard et alii (eds.),_ A City of Images. Iconography and Society in Ancient Greece_. Princeton 1989 (La cité des images, Paris 1985) *R. Brilliant, Visual Narratives. Ithaca and London 1984. *Castriota, Myth, Ethos, and Actuality. Official Art in Fifth-Century B.C. Athens. Madison 1992. *J. Elsner, Art and Text in Roman culture. Cambridge 1996. *S. Goldhill and R. Osborne (eds.), Art and Text in Ancient Greek Culture. Cambridge 1994. *P.J. Holliday (ed.), Narrative and Event in Ancient Art. Cambridge 1993. *H.A. Shapiro, Art and Cult under the Tyrants in Athens, Mainz am Rhein 1989. *H.A. Shapiro, _Personifications in Greek Art. _The Representation of Abstract Concepts 600-400 B.C. Kilchberg/Zürich 1993. *H.A. Shapiro, Poet and Painter in Classical Greece. London/New York 1994. *J.P. Small, The parallel worlds of classical art and text. Cambridge 2003. *A.M. Snodgrass, Narration and Allusion in Archaic Greek Art (Eleventh J.L.Myres Memorial Lecture). Oxford 1982. *M.D. Stansbury-O\‘Donnel, Pictorial Narrative in Ancient Art. Cambridge 1999.