Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convener
Malcolm Choat
Contact via Email
AHH 2.657
By Appointment
Tutor
Lisa Agaiby
Contact via Email
Elizabeth Agaiby
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MAncHist or GradCertAncHist or MA in (Ancient History or Coptic Studies)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit will provide a comprehensive overview of the art and architecture of Egypt after the Pharaohs, and will study the most important archaeological sites from the Roman, Late Antique, and early Islamic periods of Egypt. Topics studied will include church architecture, the archaeology of towns, villages, monasteries and cemeteries, painting, sculpture and objects of daily life. This study of Coptic Art and Archaeology will give students a comprehensive overview of the history of Coptic art and architecture and the most important archaeological sites from this period of Egyptian History.
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*"100" is to be understood as 100% of the marks for that task, not the entire unit.
In order to complete this unit satisfactorily students must gain a mark of 50% or more, and attempt all assessment tasks.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Artefact study | 20% | No | 05/04/2019 |
Short Paper | 30% | No | 10/05/2019 |
Major Essay | 40% | No | 07/06/2019 |
Participation | 10% | No | Weekly |
Due: 05/04/2019
Weighting: 20%
Students must choose a single ancient artefact associated with monasticism and write an 800 word analysis of it. The choice of artefact is up to students, but it must be a single moveable artefact, i.e., it cannot be a monument or building, or a text written on an immoveable object such as a wall). It may be a pot, papyrus, codex, ostracon, icon, wooden tablet, or any object of daily life, such as a pen, inkwell, toy, or piece clothing. The artefact must have been excavated in monastery, or be certainly from one if it was purchased via the antiquities trade. Students may select any artefact mentioned in the sources placed on iLearn, or may source an artefact from elsewhere. Choose carefully, as an inappropriate choice will effect your mark.
Your artefact study should address the following points.
You must be able to say where the artefact is now and cite a source (either reprint or online) for it. Provide a bibliography of sources consulted at the end of your study.
Due: 10/05/2019
Weighting: 30%
Please choose one of the following archaeological project websites for evaluation (1000 words ±100):
(1) Excavations at Amheida: http://www.amheida.org/
or:
(2) Beni Hassan in Late Antiquity: https://www.monasticarchaeology.org/beni-hassan
or:
(3) Yale Monastic Archaeology Project South (Sohag): http://egyptology.yale.edu/expeditions/current-expeditions/yale-monastic-archaeology-project-south-sohag
Whichever website you choose, please discuss – briefly – most of the following points:
Background of the website
Goals and methods
Technical side
Evaluation
Do not simply summarise the contents of the information on the website, briefly mentioning what the topic and the sub-topics are. Specific details should be discussed in order to make a comment or criticism.
Due: 07/06/2019
Weighting: 40%
Students will write an essay of 2000 words (± 200) on a particular aspect of Coptic art and archaeology, choosing from the questions below. The goal of this essay is to produce an analysis of a single topic directly connected to Coptic art and archaeology. As more archaeological sites have been excavated than other late antique sites in Egypt, questions related to monasteries are more common; but we have tried to incorporate material from other types of sites too.
How to proceed:
Then, select the appropriate bibliographical references from the bibliography provided on the iLearn page. Start your essay by a short historical overview concerning the subject chosen. Describe the sites, monuments or objects that you selected, trying to stick to the main thread. Finish the essay by a short conclusion. Give in a few words the general features of the sites, monuments or objects that you have chosen to study. If relevant, include images of the sites, monuments or objects that you described in the essay. Provide short captions for the pictures.
Please do not exceed the word limit. It is a virtue to be concise – and a much requested skill these days. Please note that there will be no reward for exceeding the limit. Note that footnotes and bibliography do not count in the word limit.
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 10%
Ten percent (10%) of your mark will be based on the your participation in the online discussion forum on the iLearn site. The standard, length, of content of your weekly posts to the site are not assessed: all that is required is your participation, to develop your communication skills and ability to discuss historical problems and issues about the sources with your peers.
Recorded lectures may be found in the Echo system on the iLearn page, which students should listen to before participating in the online discussion forum for that week.
The unit has an iLearn page which can be accessed at https://ilearn.mq.edu.au. PC and internet access are therefore required. Basic computer skills (e.g., internet browsing) and skills in word processing are also a requirement. Content and discussions for this unit will be delivered via the unit iLearn page.
There is no textbook for this unit. Readings will be available via the library and the unit iLearn site, where other digital resources will also be placed.
Week 1
Topic
Introduction and overview
Week 2
Topic
Architecture: Construction materials and elements
Week 3
Topic
Church architecture
Week 4
Topic
Monastic architecture
Week 5
Topic
The Architecture of Pilgrimage
Week 6
Topic
Domestic and Funerary architecture
Week 7
Topic
Sculpture
Week 8
Topic
Funerary stelae
Week 9
Topic
Painting
Week 10
Topic
Book art, woodwork and ivory
Week 11
Topic
Ceramics, metalwork and glass
Week 12
Topic
Textiles
Week 13
Topic
Summary and general discussion
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