Universität Wien

090108 SE Greeks and Barbarians: Race in Ancient Greek Art (2020W)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

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Details

max. 15 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

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Update am 15.11.2020: Aufgrund der allgemeinen COVID19-Beschränkungen ist es bis zum Ende des Semesters leider nicht mehr möglich, den Seminarraum als Aufenthaltsort während des Seminars zu nutzen.

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Freitag 09.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Digital
Freitag 16.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Digital
Freitag 23.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Digital
Freitag 30.10. 09:30 - 11:00 Digital
Freitag 06.11. 09:30 - 11:00 Digital
Freitag 13.11. 09:30 - 11:00 Digital
Freitag 20.11. 09:30 - 11:00 Digital
Freitag 27.11. 09:30 - 11:00 Digital
Freitag 04.12. 09:30 - 11:00 Digital
Freitag 11.12. 09:30 - 11:00 Digital
Freitag 18.12. 09:30 - 11:00 Digital
Freitag 08.01. 09:30 - 11:00 Digital
Freitag 15.01. 09:30 - 11:00 Digital
Freitag 22.01. 09:30 - 11:00 Digital
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Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Aims:
This seminar examines the portrayal of race and ethnicity in Greek visual art.

Contents:
This seminar will examine how Greeks and non-Greeks were portrayed in ancient Greek visual art between the Archaic and the early Hellenistic periods (c.700-200 BCE). During this period, Greek ideas about ethnicity and race changed dramatically, as did conventions for the visual representations of both Greeks and non-Greeks. Engaging critically with both modern and ancient theories of race and ethnicity, we will explore Greek depictions of Africans including Egyptians and Ethiopians; Asians including Persians and Indians; and northern barbarians including Gauls and Scythians. To do this, we will focus primarily on painted pottery, but will also consider depictions in a range of other media including decorative arts, relief sculpture, and freestanding sculpture.

Method:
This seminar will be taught entirely online, each week comprising an information video and guided activity (asynchronous), and one discussion seminar (synchronous).

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

.) Oral presentation for 30 minutes in German or English followed by discussion (30%)
.) Active participation in weekly exercises (20%)
.) Written seminar paper 15 to 20 pages without illustrations in German or English (50%)

In addition the following will be considered: submission of the written work on time; presentation on the selected topic with PowerPoint presentation and written comment; written work on the selected topic.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Presentation - discussion - regular and active participation. Attendance is compulsory. A maximum of two absences is permitted, unless in the case of illness.

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Bindman, D. and H.L. Gates (eds). 2010. The Image of the Black in Western Art. Volume I: From the Pharaohs to the Fall of Rome. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.
Brinkmann, V. et al. 2017. Gods in Colour: Polychromy in the Ancient World. Prestel.
Cohen, B. (ed.) 2000. Not the Classical Ideal: Athens and the Construction of the Other in Greek Art. Leiden: Brill.
Lowenstam, S. 2008. As Witnessed by Images: The Trojan War Tradition in Greek and Etruscan Art. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.
Miller, M. 2020. ‘Persians in the Greek Imagination’, Mediterranean Archaeology 19/20: 109-123.
Osborne, R. 2019. The Transformation of Athens: Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pollitt, J.J. 1986. Art in the Hellenistic Age. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Snowden, F.M. 1971. Blacks in Antiquity: Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.

Further reading will be recommended during the course of the module.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Anrechenbar: im Fachbereich Griechische Archäologie;
im BA 2019: M14;
im BA 2011 - auslaufend: APM griech, gr. Vert., BM;
im MA 2019: PM1, PM3, PM4, PM5;
im MA 2008 - auslaufend: PM Gr-röm, SM A, SM B;

Letzte Änderung: Fr 12.05.2023 00:14