SCHEDULE OF LECTURES

Please note that this schedule is somewhat tentative; however, we will cover the material required. To best enjoy and participate in the classes students should come to class having done the appropriate readings. Check this site for any alterations or substitions in this list of works you are required to know.

On the Web sites: With each week's lecture listed below, you will find a link to one or more Web sites. These are here for your edification and enjoyment; you are not required to visit these, but I hope that you will look at a few of them. Note that Web sites vary significantly in quality; a good source for links to the better sites is Chris Witcombe's Art Resources on the Web.

Please note that using the Web sites is not a substitute for coming to class OR for doing the reading.

Week One : Sept 26 & Sept 28

• Introduction to the Course; Art of the Stone Age
• The Cave of Lascaux
• On the Chauvet Cave
• Stonehenge
• Reading: Gardner: xxxiii-xlvii; 2-15.

Week Two: Oct 3 & Oct 5

• The Ancient Near East
• Web site: Ancient Near Eastern Art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• The dying lion from Nineveh Now in the British Museum, London.
• Reading: Gardner: 18-41

Week Three: Oct 10 & Oct 12

• Quiz I
• Art of Egypt
• Egyptian Art A course from the U of Pennsylvania. Lots of photos, maps, text. Note: this is a big site and you may wish to access this from one of Lane's computers.
• Egyptian Art at the MMA. The Met has its very own Egyptian temple: the Temple of Dendur.
• Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology From the University of Memphis. Includes: mummies, a virtual tour of Egypt, and, of course, the 4,000 year old loaf of bread.
• News on Egyptian Art
• Reading: Gardner: 44-75

Week Four: Oct 17 & Oct 19

• Minoan and Mycenaean Art
• Web site: The Palace of King Minos at Knossos with links to related sites.
• Atlantis: On Plato's descriptions of this mythical place, which some have linked with Thera.
• Reading: Gardner: 78-95

Week Five: Oct 24 & Oct 26

• Midterm
• Greek Art: Geometric; Archaic
• Web site: The Perseus Project The world of Ancient Greece: photos, texts, related material.
• The Temple of Hera I at Paestum ca. 550 B.C.
• Reading: Gardner: 98-108 (ca.)

Week Six: Oct 31 & Nov 2

• Greek Art: Archaic; Classical
• Reading: Gardner: 109-121 (ca.)

Week Seven: Nov 7 & Nov 9
QUIZ 2

• Greek Art: Classical
• A good site for Greek Art and Architecture From SUNY.
• Gardner: 122-148

Week Eight: Nov 14 & Nov 16

• Greek Art: Hellenistic
• Etruscan Art
• Web site: Etruscan Princes an online exhibition of Etruscan art from the collections in Bologna, Italy.
• Reading: Gardner: 148-159; 232-243

Week Nine: Nov 21

• QUIZ 3
• Roman Art: Republican
• Roman Art and Architecture
• All About Domes From the PBS series, "Building Big."
• Reading: Gardner: 246-264 (ca.)

Nov 23 (Thursday) THANKSGIVING DAY HOLIDAY !!!

Week Ten : Nov 28 & Nov 30

• Roman Art: Imperial
• All About Pompeii
• Anglo-American Project in Pompeii They want you.
• Vesuvius and Pompeii
• Reading: Gardner: 264-299

Week Eleven: Dec 5 & Dec. 7

• Late Antique; Early Christian and Byzantine Art
• The Christian Catacombs of Rome
• Early Byzantine History Small sculpture, some painting, and a nice collection of textiles.
• Byzantine Architecture and Decorative Arts
• Reading: Gardner, TBA

FINAL EXAM: Tuesday December 12, 8:00 a.m.

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