Constellations: HAA 2111 Greek Art
Greek culture was the filter through which the cultural and artistic achievements of the older, urban civilizations of the Near East (Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Levant) were absorbed into the Mediterranean and redefined in terms which we now call ?western?. The course will examine the development of Greek cultural and artistic relationships with the East from the Bronze Age (ca. 3000-1000 B.C.) to the Hellenistic Age (which began with the conquests of Alexander the Great, ca. 330 B.C.), with special emphasis on famous Greek archaeological sites like Mycenae, Delphi, Athens, Olympia and some attention paid to the Greek colonies of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and Magna Graecia (modern Italy).
