ARCL0162 Make/Mean Gk – handbook 2018/19 1 UCL, INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY ARCL0162 MAKING AND MEANING IN ANCIENT GREEK ART COURSE-HANDBOOK 2018/19 15 credit optional module - MA [ARCL0163, 20 Credit version – KCL etc] Turnitin Class id: 3885651 Turnitin password: IoA1819 Module coordinator: Professor Jeremy Tanner [email protected] Office: Room 105. Tel: 0207 679 1525 Office hours: Tuesday, Wednesday 11am-12pm 1. Overview of course: This module is designed to develop in students the skills of careful looking, and detailed visual analysis, grounded in a strong awareness of the major theoretical issues, which are central to research in classical art history. It will take the form of a series of seminars addressing key themes in the historiography of classical art through detailed consideration of specific works of art in the British Museum and other London museums, where most classes will be held. Alongside traditional concerns with issues of style and iconography, a particular emphasis will be laid on questions of ‘facture’, ‘materiality’ and ‘agency’ which have been at the centre of recent discussions in archaeology, the anthropology of art and art history. Particular themes and classes may vary from year to year to reflect students’ own research interests, new publications and special exhibitions. Module schedule: Classes will be held in the British Museum, 2-4pm every Tuesday. We will meet in the Great Court at the Entrance to the Egyptian Galleries. 3/10/17: 1. Introduction to the course: some key concepts and approaches 10/10/17: 2. Geometric Greek art and the world of Homer 17/10/17: 3. Orient and orientalising: what is early ‘Greek’ art? 24/10/17: 4. Archaic art and the archaic aesthetic 31/10/17: 5. The artist: role, agency, individuality [7/11/17: Reading Week – No Class] 14/11/17: 6. Periodisation and period styles: classical and late fifth century. 21/11/17: 7. Death and commemoration in fourth century art 28/11/17: 8. The body and naturalism: gender and sexuality in Greek art 5/12/17: 9. Portraits and identities in the Hellenistic world. 12/12/17: 10. Art and materialism in Hellenistic Greece. Essay submission deadlines: The draft for your essay must be submitted to me (as word document, via email attachment) by 10pm on Wednesday 12th December. I plan to return the draft to you, with comments by Thursday 13th 10pm, so that we can meet to discuss on Friday 14th in the morning. Your revised essay for assessment (hard copy and turnitin) must be submitted by 10pm Friday 11th January (first Friday of term 2). Methods of assessment: The module will be assessed by one 3800-4200 word essay. ARCL0162 Make/Mean Gk – handbook 2018/19 2 Teaching methods: All classes will be taught as seminars in the British Museum. Students will be required to give two presentations in order to complete the course. Students must complete the required readings for each class before the class, and will be expected on this basis to be able to participate actively in class discussion. Workload: There will be 20 hours of seminars for this course. Students will be expected to undertake 100 hours of reading for the course, and 30 hours preparing for and producing the assessed module work. This adds up to a total workload of 150 hours for the course. Prerequisites: Students should normally have a good background in classical (Greco-Roman) art. Other students may take the course, subject to consultation with the module coordinator, but would normally be advised to sit in on the undergraduate option ARCL2007 Greek Art and Architecture. 2. AIMS, OBJECTIVES AND ASSESSMENT Aims To provide a proseminar for the study of Greek art at an advanced level, preparing students to develop dissertation research at MA level and beyond. To provide an advanced level exploration of classic and contemporary theoretical frameworks and methodologies for the understanding of Greek art. To provide a basis in skills of problem definition and visual analysis prerequisite to developing innovative research in Greek art. To offer the possibility studying at first hand some of the major monuments of Greek art through the collections of the British Museum To address a range of key problems in the history of Greek art through close engagement with collections of museums in London. Objectives Students will develop and advanced critical understanding of a range of key issues in the history and historiography of Greek Art. They will develop an active mastery of key theoretical frameworks and methods of analysis in contemporary approaches to the history of Greek art. They will develop key skills of close looking and detailed visual analysis through first hand engagement with objects from the collections of London museums. They will acquire the ability to identify significant research problems in the history of Greek art, as a preparation for developing their own independent research projects. Outcomes Students will: 1) Be able to demonstrate a good understanding of the key principles which inform the systematic and critical visual analysis of works of art 2) Be able to demonstrate a good understanding of key classical and contemporary theoretical and methodological frameworks for the understanding of Greek art 3) Be able critically to evaluate existing research in Greek art, and identify ways in which a range of research programmes might be taken forward 4) Be familiar with the range of visual, textual and archaeological sources relevant to the understanding of Greek art 5) Be able to understand and appreciate the range of problems involved in the interpretation of complex, ambiguous and often incomplete data. ARCL0162 Make/Mean Gk – handbook 2018/19 3 Assessment Students are required to write one essay of 3800-4200 words. Penalties will only be imposed if you exceed the upper figure in the range. There is no penalty for using fewer words than the lower figure in the range: the lower figure is simply for your guidance and to indicate the sort of length that is expected. Bibliography and captions do not count towards the total word count. Essay questions are listed at the end of each weekly seminar topic. Students are required to submit a draft of their essay, on which they will receive detailed written comment, which should inform the final revised essay which they submit for formal assessment. The draft for your essay must be submitted to me (as word document, via email attachment) by 10pm on Wednesday 12th December. I plan to return the draft to you, with comments by Thursday 13th 10pm, so that we can meet to discuss on Friday 14th December in the morning. Your revised essay for assessment (and turnitin) must be submitted by 10pm Friday 11th January. Students (e.g. from KCL, MA Reception etc) taking this module as a 20 credit option will be required to write, in addition to their standard essay, a (max) 1000 word written version of one of their presentation topics (cannot be topic from the same class as they chose for their essay). This should be submitted directly to JJT by the same date as the revised version of the standard essay. It will be marked on a pass/fail basis. Mark for the module as a whole will be that received for the standard essay, but the module cannot be completed without a pass for the short presentation report. Word-length Your essay should be between 3800 and 4200 words in length. The lower limit is a guideline for expected length; the upper limit is strict, and the standard draconian UCL penalities apply for overlength essays. The following should not be included in the word-count: bibliography, appendices, and tables, graphs and illustrations and their captions. Do feel free, within reason, to write detailed captions (not more than 100 words or so), pointing up specific features of images that play a role in the argument of your essay: quite a useful skill for an art historian, and allows a little wiggle room around the word limit. In the 2018-19 session penalties for over-length work will be as follows: For work that exceeds the specified maximum length by less than 10% the mark will be reduced by five percentage marks, but the penalised mark will not be reduced below the pass mark, assuming the work merited a Pass. For work that exceeds the specified maximum length by 10% or more the mark will be reduced by ten percentage marks, but the penalised mark will not be reduced below the pass mark, assuming the work merited a Pass. Coursework submission procedures All coursework must normally be submitted both as hard copy and electronically. (The only exceptions are bulky portfolios and lab books which are normally submitted as hard copy only.) You should staple the appropriate colour-coded IoA coversheet (available in the IoA library and outside room 411a) to the front of each piece of work and submit it to the red box at the Reception Desk (or room 411a in the case of Year 1 undergraduate work) All coursework should be uploaded to Turnitin by midnight on the day of the deadline. This will date-stamp your work. It is essential to upload all parts of your work as this is sometimes the version that will be marked. Instructions are given below. Note that Turnitin uses the term ‘class’ for what we normally call a ‘course’. 1. Ensure that your essay or other item of coursework has been saved as a Word doc., docx. or PDF document, and that you have the Class ID for the module (available from the module handbook) and enrolment password (this is IoA1819 for all courses ARCL0162 Make/Mean Gk – handbook 2018/19 4 this session - note that this is capital letter I, lower case letter o, upper case A, followed by the current academic year) 2.