ClassInfo - Spring 2018 Art History Classes

Spring 2018 | ARTH 8190 Section 001: Seminar: Issues in Ancient Art and Archaeology -- Archaeologies of Power, Time, Memory and the Body (67475)

Instructor(s): Matthew Canepa
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: Instructor Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: Topics Course
Meets With:: CNES 8190 Section 002
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018

Tue 04:30PM - 07:00PM

UMTC, West Bank

Walter W Heller Hall 445
Enrollment Status:: Open (5 of 10 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Selected topics, with special attention to current scholarly disputes. Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
Class Description:: Archaeologies of Power, Time, Memory and the Body in Ancient Iran. This course is a research seminar in ancient Iranian art and archaeology. The seminar will examine central problems in the art and archaeology of the great empires of Persia and the ancient Iranian world (Achaemenid, Seleucid, Arsacid and Sasanian empires) as well as certain breakaway regions or the interstices (Anatolia, the Caucasus, Central Asia) and the impact of ancient Iran on the wider ancient-early Medieval world. We will consider sites of major transdynastic importance and their development (e.g. Persepolis, Susa, Seleucia-Ctesiphon); 'institutions' (e.g. palace, paradise, city, sacred spaces; dynastic sanctuaries); media (rock reliefs/inscriptions, painting, coinage, seals and sealings etc.). The seminar will put the ancient material into dialog with select theoretical readings on such themes as power, time, memory, the body, although the focus will be on the ancient material/problems.
Class Format:: Seminar
Workload:: class participation, seminar paper and presentation.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67475/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 10 November 2017

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