CLAS 248
Greek Art and the Gods
Spring 2013
Division I
Cross-listed
ARTH 238 / REL 216
This is not the current course catalog
Class Details
In the Iliad, when the god Apollo is visualized, it is as a man, angry in his heart, coming down from the peaks of Olympos, bow and quiver on his shoulders, the arrows clanging as the god moves, “like the coming of night,” to bring dogs, horses, and men to their deaths. By the end of the Classical period, one statue of the archer god depicted him as a boy teasing a lizard. In this course, we will examine the development of the images the Greek gods and goddesses, from their superhuman engagement in the heroic world of epic, to their sometimes sublime artistic presence, complex religious function, and transformation into metaphors in aesthetic and philosophical thought. The course will cover the basic stylistic, iconographical, narrative, and ritual aspects of the gods and goddesses in ancient Greek culture. The course will address in detail influential artistic monuments, literary forms, and social phenomena, including the sculptures of Olympia and the Parthenon; divine corporeality in poetry; the theology of mortal-immortal relations; the cultural functions of visual representations of gods, and the continued interest in the gods long after the end of antiquity. Readings assignments will include selections from Homer, Hesiod, Sappho, Aischylos, Euripides, Plato, Walter Burkert, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Nikolaus Himmelmann, Erika Simon, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
The Class:
Format: lecture and discussion
Limit: 30
Expected: 30
Class#: 3353
Grading: OPG
Limit: 30
Expected: 30
Class#: 3353
Grading: OPG
Requirements/Evaluation:
midterm exam, final exam, final paper
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
preference will be given to pre-registered art-history majors needing to fulfill the pre-1400 requirement; otherwise, the course is open to any interested student
Unit Notes:
satisfies the pre-1400 requirement
Distributions:
Division I
Notes:
meets Division 1 requirement if registration is under ARTH and CLAS; meets Division 2 requirement if registration is under REL
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ARTH 238 Division I REL 216 Division II CLAS 248 Division I
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ARTH 238 Division I REL 216 Division II CLAS 248 Division I
Attributes:
ARTH pre-1400 Courses
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CLAS 248 - 01 (S) LEC Greek Art and the Gods
CLAS 248 - 01 (S) LEC Greek Art and the GodsDivision ITR 9:55 am - 11:10 am
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