CLAS326

Concepts of Art and Literature from Homer to Aristotle

30 points

Not offered 2018, offered in 2013, 2017

For further information see Humanities

Description

This course is an intellectual history of Greek views of visual artworks in ancient texts and how these relate to ideas about poetry and rhetoric in the Archaic and Classical Greek world. The course aims to demonstrate the importance and richness of ideas from this period (c. 750-320 BC) to show that visual art was closely linked to a number of major concerns: psychology, politics, ethics, ontology, and erotics among them.

Prerequisites

Either 15 points of CLAS at 200 level with a B pass; or 44/30 points of CLAS at 200 level; or any 66/45 points at 200 level from the Arts Schedule. RP: One or more of the following: CLAS206 Greek Art; CLAS224/324 Greek Philosophy; CLAS220 Troy and Ancient Epic; CLAS 210 Theatre and Performance in the Ancient World

Restrictions

CLAS315, CLAS454

Recommended Preparation

One or more of the following: CLAS206 Greek Art; CLAS224/324 Greek Philosophy; CLAS220 Troy and Ancient Epic; CLAS 210 Theatre and Performance in the Ancient World