Learning Outcomes
The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with the most prominent works of monumental sculpture, their technical and stylistic features as well as their differences in terms of chronology and form.
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course aims to present the creation and evolution of monumental sculpture from the geometric period until the end of the 5th century B.C. In this frame the most significant works of sculpture in the round as well as representative examples of free-standing reliefs and architectural sculptures will be discussed according to their chronological order and the workshop they belong to.
Week #1Introduction
Week #2GeometricPeriod I
Week #3GeometricPeriod II
Week #4 7th Century: The Dedalic Style
Week #5 The birth of Sulpture in marble
Week#6 Archaic Sculpture I : Naxos - Paros
Week #7 Archaic Sculpture II : Samos - Ionia
Week #8 Archaic Sculpture III: The Athenian workshop (610 - 550)
Week #9 Archaic Sculpture IV: The Athenian workshop (550 - 500)
Week #10Τhe end of the Archaich period - The Severe style
Week #11ClassicalSculpture I
Week #12ClassicalSculpture II
Week #13ClassicalSculpture III
Additional bibliography for study
J. Boardman, Eλληνική πλαστική. Η αρχαϊκή περίοδος (ελλ. μετ. 1982)
J. Boardman, Eλληνική πλαστική. Κλασσική περίοδος (ελλ. μετ. 1989)
J. Boardman, Eλληνική πλαστική. Ύστερη κλασική περίοδος (ελλ. μετ. 1999)
Cl. Rolley, Η ελληνική γλυπτική. Από τις αρχές έως το μέσο του 5ου αι. (ελλ. μετ. 2006)