This course introduces students to art of the Ancient world (chiefly Egypt, Greece, and Rome, with a look at art of the Jews), examining it in its spiritual and intellectual context relative to key developments in the cultural life of the West.
This is done in a steady effort to answer three primary questions: What is an image? (a question also central to the Bible) and What is art for? and What art is good?
Questions the student will be able to answer by the end of the course include:
How much of Ancient art is religious art? How, in the Ancient world, do you ‘read art’? Is a work of art a message communicated to the viewer by the artist? How important to the art of this period was the artist’s self-expression? What is the attitude of ancient Judaism toward images?
Edward Tingley
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Approximately 14 hours of lectures in 15 organized parts
Downloadable outline for each lecture
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Approximately 14 hours of lectures in 15 organized parts
Downloadable outline for each lecture
INTRODUCTION
Lesson 1 of 3 within section INTRODUCTION.
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The idea of the ‘right view of art’
Lesson 2 of 3 within section INTRODUCTION.
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Lesson 3 of 3 within section INTRODUCTION.
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EGYPTIAN ART
Time & place, kingdoms & dynasties
Lesson 1 of 4 within section EGYPTIAN ART.
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Hieroglyphs, images, & representation
Lesson 2 of 4 within section EGYPTIAN ART.
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Representation & the meaning of things
Lesson 3 of 4 within section EGYPTIAN ART.
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The interpretation of symbols
Lesson 4 of 4 within section EGYPTIAN ART.
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ART OF THE OLD TESTAMENT JEWS
The question of Jewish art
Lesson 1 of 3 within section ART OF THE OLD TESTAMENT JEWS.
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A Jewish conception of art | coming soon
Lesson 3 of 3 within section ART OF THE OLD TESTAMENT JEWS.
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ART OF ANCIENT GREECE
Preliminaries | coming in 2024
Lesson 1 of 5 within section ART OF ANCIENT GREECE.
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The Archaic period, 850–480 BC | coming in 2024
Lesson 2 of 5 within section ART OF ANCIENT GREECE.
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The Classical period, 480–323 BC | coming
Lesson 3 of 5 within section ART OF ANCIENT GREECE.
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The Classical period, ctd | coming
Lesson 4 of 5 within section ART OF ANCIENT GREECE.
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The Hellenistic period, from 323 BC | coming
Lesson 5 of 5 within section ART OF ANCIENT GREECE.
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ART OF ANCIENT ROME
The founding of Rome (753 BC) to the Republic | coming
Lesson 1 of 3 within section ART OF ANCIENT ROME.
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The Republic (509 BC) to the Empire | coming
Lesson 2 of 3 within section ART OF ANCIENT ROME.
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The Roman Empire, 27 BC–313 AD | coming
Lesson 3 of 3 within section ART OF ANCIENT ROME.
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