The Archaeology of Greece

(4 Credits)

This survey of Greek landscapes, sites, monuments, and images, presents the art and archaeology of the Greek world from the Neolithic to the late antique period. Architecture, painting, sculpture, and decorative arts are studied within their full social, cultural, and religious contexts. Special focus is placed on landscape, myth, memory, materials, and ritual in shaping the visual culture of ancient Greece. The development and history of classical archaeology as a discipline are reviewed, along with issues of reception, connoisseurship, critical theory, and methods.