ARTH 407(S) Etruscan Art and Archaeology (Same as Classics 407)
This seminar explores the art forms and material culture of the Etruscans from their roots in Iron Age Italy through their conquest and assimilation by the Romans in the early first century B.C.E. Topics include the problem of Etruscan origins; contact with other Mediterranean cultures, including the Greek colonies of southern Italy; urban development; funerary architecture and wall painting; sculptural traditions in bronze and terracotta; Rome as an Etruscan city; and the post-antique legacy of the Etruscans in Western art.
Format: seminar. Requirements: two oral reports based on readings; seminar presentation; 20-page research paper .
Prerequisites: ArtH 101-102 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limit:12 (expected: 10). Preference given to Art majors. This course satisfies the pre-1400, pre-1800 and seminar requirements.
Hour: THOMPSON