CL4603 Greek Painted Pottery

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

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Availability restrictions

Available to General Degree students with the permission of the Honours Adviser

Planned timetable

To be arranged

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Module coordinator

Dr S Lewis

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Module Staff

Dr S Lewis

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Module description

Greek Painted Pottery offers students the chance to study the ceramic art of archaic and classical Greece, and to examine modern interpretations of this material. The first part of the module provides a survey of the major styles of painted pottery in Greece and their development from Geometric to the late red-figure period (750-300 BC). This includes the history of the scholarship of Greek pottery, and study of the main themes depicted in the iconography. The second half of the module uses this knowledge to explore the differing modern approaches to pottery (art historical, archaeological, structuralist) and the debates between their practitioners. Case studies of particular themes are used to demonstrate the assumptions which underlie scholars’ use of the evidence of pottery, and to suggest ways in which the images and their context can usefully comment on Greek society.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

AS STATED IN THE SCHOOL OF CLASSICS UNDERGRADUATE HANDBOOK

Assessment pattern

3-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%

Re-assessment

3-hour Written Examination = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 x 2-hour seminar.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Identify and discuss the styles and development of painted pottery from the Geometric period to the end of the red-figure period.
  • Evaluate and critique current scholarly debates on the use of iconographic evidence
  • Apply appropriate methods for the critical analysis of images and their meaning in varying cultural contexts.
  • Formulate sophisticated arguments about the manufacture, reception and use of Greek pottery, supported by detailed case-studies.
  • Construct and articulate a coherent oral argument, presented with critical use of evidence.