The Acropolis of Athens

Harvard FAS

This course offers an introduction to the monuments of the Acropolis of Athens and their various afterlives. We will begin with the rock itself and the ancient structures built upon it. Focusing especially on the major monuments of Periclean Athens – including the Propylaia, the Erechtheion, and above all the Parthenon – we will study their architecture and sculptural decoration, situating them in the artistic, religious, and political contexts in which they gained meaning. We will follow the…