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Art of Antiquity 1

Class at Catholic Theological Faculty |
KDKU073

Syllabus

Development of Greek Vase painting

Hellenistic sculptures

Art of the Kingdom of Pergamos

Art of Etruscans

Art of the Republic

Art in the period of the reign Caesar and Augustus

Art in the First century AD

Art in the period of the reign of the Flavian dynasty

Art in the period of the reign of Marc Aurelius

Annotation

The course acquaints students with the development of architecture, sculpture and painting in ancient Greece and Rome. The basis is an analysis of architectural orders, acquaintance with the preserved and preserved extant buildings, sculptures and paintings realized from the Hellenic period to the Late antiquity.

The aim is to present the essence of ancient art, which formed the basis for the European artistic tradition in the following periods. Students will be acquainted with the form and function of architectural orders, the problems of the emergence of cities, urban planning, the basic types of private and public buildings; they will be presented with sculptures from the Hellenistic style to the sculptures of the Late Antiquity.

In addition to the votive sculpture, the emphasis will also be on sculpture related to architecture. Attention will also be paid for the production of ceramics and your painting, which is irreplaceable in terms of the study of the cultural history of antiquity and also in terms of iconography; the development of wall painting will also be introduced.