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AH 219, Classical Art and Its Legacy (Jill Bain)

Introduction

This guide is designed to accompany AH 219, Classical Art and Its Legacy, as taught by Jill Bain. UFV Librarians are available to help you with your research project. Contact us by email or by Askaway chat.

Required Readings

A Companion to Greek Architecture by Margaret M. Miles (Editor)
Call Number: E-book
The Art of the Body : Antiquity and its legacy by Michael Squire
Call Number: E-book
A Companion to Greek Art by Tyler Jo Smith (Editor)
Call Number: E-book
Comprehensive account of the development of Greek art through the 1st millennium BC. Looks at the basic forms, materials, and types, to colonization, iconography, and finally the reception of Greek art in post-classical periods.
The Routledge Handbook on the Reception of Classical Architecture by Nicholas Temple (Editor)
Call Number: E-book
Examines the reception of the classical tradition in architecture in different regions of the world. Exploring the impact of colonialism, the authors show how classical principles were disseminated across the globe, highlighting both similarities and differences.
Classical Art : A Life History from Antiquity to the Present by Caroline Vout
Call Number: E-book
A History of Roman Art by Steven L. Tuck
Call Number: Ebook

Overview Works

The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Art and Architecture by Clemente Marconi (Editor)
Call Number: N 5630 O94 2015 Abbotsford
Ancient Greece and Rome : An encyclopedia for students
Call Number: E-book
Covers an extensive array of topics on ancient Greece and Rome including daily life, art and architecture, philosophy, science, religion, statesmen, military leaders, emperors, and more.
Classical Mythology: a Very Short Introduction by Helen Morales
Call Number: E-book

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece by Thomas R. Martin
Call Number: E-book
In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B.C.
Art in Greece by A.De Ridder
Call Number: E-book
The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture by Richard T. Neer
Call Number: E-book
Greek Art by Mark D. Fullerton
Call Number: N 5630 F85 2000 Abbotsford
Image and Myth : A History of Pictorial Narration in Greek Art by Luca Giuliani
Call Number: E-book
Covering the range of Greek style and its growth between the early Archaic and Hellenistic periods, Giuliani describes the intellectual, social, and artistic contexts in which the images were created.
Monumental Tombs of the Hellenistic Age : A Study of Selected Tombs From the Pre-classical to the Early Imperial Era by Janos Fedak
Call Number: E-book
Most of the grandiose and often ostentatious Hellenistic monumental tombs were powerfully expressive and symbolic structures, built to glorify and display the wealth and power of kings, queens, nobles, and other persons of influence or to serve as shrines for the worship of the heroized dead.
Shaping Ceremony : Monumental Steps and Greek Architecture by Mary B. Hollinshead
Call Number: E-book
Organized by century, the book tracks the development of built pathways and grandstands for crowds of worshippers as evidence of the Greeks'increasing awareness of the power of architecture to shape behavior and concentrate social energy.
Trophies of Victory : Public Building in Periklean Athens by T. Leslie Shear Jr.
Call Number: E-book
Public works--Greece--Athens
Monuments--Greece--Athens
Architecture--Greece--Athens

Ancient Rome

Art in the Roman Empire by Michael Grant
Call Number: E-book
The Genesis of Roman Architecture by John North Hopkins
Call Number: E-book
This groundbreaking study traces the development of Roman architecture and its sculpture from the earliest days to the middle of the 5th century BCE
A History of Roman Art by Fred S. Kleiner
Call Number: N 5760 K54 2007 Abbotsford
Roman Art by Paul Zanker
Call Number: N 5760 Z3313 2010 Abbotsford
Statues in Roman Society : Representation and response by Peter Stewart
Call Number: E-book
By analysing ancient texts and images, Statues in Roman Society unravels the web of associations which surrounded Roman statues.

Writing and Citing

Writing about Visual Art / David Carrier
Writing about Art / Marjorie Munsterberg
"Explains the different approaches college students encounter in undergraduate art history classes. Each chapter outlines the characteristics of one type of visual or historical analysis..."

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