Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
ASSOC./PROF. JAVIER ÁLVAREZ-MON
Javier Alvarez-Mon
Contact via email
TBA
TBA
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MRes
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Students undertake advanced study to provide a disciplinary basis for future research activity in Ancient History, examining methodology and interpretative issues related to the discipline.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
LATE PENALTY: Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
FINAL MARKS. The department has moved to include the following statement concerning all of its courses with respect to the marks you receive for work during the session: 'that the marks given are indicative only; final marks will be determined after moderation'.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Draft Essay Outline | 5% | No | Week 4 Friday @ 23:59 |
Class Presentation (10-15 minu | 10% | No | Week 11 Sunday @ 23:59 |
Class Portfolio | 25% | No | Week 13 Sunday @ 23:59 |
Essay (3500 words long) 5 | 50% | No | Week 13 Sunday @ 23:59 |
Class Participation | 10% | No | Weekly |
Due: Week 4 Friday @ 23:59
Weighting: 5%
Please submit 250 words as your Draft Essay Outline for feedback.
Due: Week 11 Sunday @ 23:59
Weighting: 10%
Power point presentation must be submitted by Week 11, Sunday @ 23:59 to the class presentation.
The student will make a 10 - 15 minutes long presentation to the class introducing ONE object from their MAHCA essay paper.
The presentation should include:
Due: Week 13 Sunday @ 23:59
Weighting: 25%
The Portfolio is a personal record of the student's work in this unit of study. It should be handed out as a pdf at the end of the term. The class portfolio should include:
1. Summary of weekly reading (250 words max)
2. The Person, Object or Idea (POI ) of the week (about 200 words total). NOTE. Select only ONE (not all three)
2a. Person of the week. Select a person (dead or alive) that has been discussed in the lectures or readings; or you have come across in other circumstances (tv, internet, etc) and comment on who this person is (place on time and space) and what is this person’s involvement with art or the Near East.
2b. Object of the week. Select your favorite object from the week’s lectures and comment on why you like it.
2c. Idea of the week. Briefly comment on an idea (or word) discussed by the lecturer or in the readings that you found particularly insightful and why.
3. The “Auction House” valuation form (see Auction House below)
4. A copy of the Essay.
Due: Week 13 Sunday @ 23:59
Weighting: 50%
Essay: Comparative Artistic Analysis
This research essay is about practicing the methodology of artistic analysis. You are asked to select two artefacts belonging to related categories such as bronze vessels, jewelry, glyptic, monumental architecture (palaces, temples, etc), sculptural reliefs, frescoes, pottery, etc. and make a comparative analysis following the Methodology of Art Historical Comparative Analysis (MAHCA see below). The purpose of this exercise is to apply the methods of analysis studied in class, explore the meanings, correspondences and interpretations between these artifacts and place their characteristics in an art historical context.
NOTE on style and referencing:
MAHCA (Methodology of Art Historical Comparative Analysis)
I. INTRODUCTION
DESCRIPTIVE AND CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS
OBJECT A
1. Artistic Analysis
1a. Stylistic Description
1b. Iconographic Description
2. Place in Historical Context
OBJECT B
1. Artistic Analysis
1a. Stylistic Description
1b. Iconographic Description
2. Place in Historical Context
III. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Compare and contrast object A and B
IV. CONCLUSIONS
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 10%
Discussion of Readings
2 hours lecture per week
1 hour Discussion of Readings and Student Presentations per week
NOTE. A class reader “Advanced Ancient History Studies 2: Theory and Practice of Ancient Art” will be made available to the student in pdf form in the first week of class.
Week |
Date
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Lecture [content] |
Tutorial Weekly Reading |
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30 Jul. |
General Introduction |
Weekly Reading: 3.The Notion of Art Through the Ages (pp. 1-4) |
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6 August |
Lecture II. Art History Definitions and Methodology
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Weekly Readings: (select 2 out of 3) 3.Art Through the Ages I. Pp. 40-44 6. L.S.A. Formalism and Style: 16-35 7. Dissanayake: what is art: 34-60 9. Belting: 6-16 Complementary Reading: 6. L.S.A. The Artistic Impulse: 5-13
12. Arnheim: Visual Thinking Discussion Readings |
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13 August |
Lecture II. The Invention of Art I
ESSAY TOPICS DUE FOR APROVAL
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Weekly Readings: (Select two out of three) 3. Art Through the Ages I. Pp. 40-44 6. L.S.A. Iconography: 36-57 8. Anderson: Art in Small Scale Societies 9. Belting: 126-147 Complementary Readings: 4.Influential Art Historians: Warburg, Henry and Henriette Frankfort 26. Panofsky: Iconology 27. Schapiro: on Style Discussion Reading |
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20 August |
Lecture I. The Art of the First Farmers Lecture II. The Invention of Art II
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Weekly Readings: (Select 2 including 13) 3.Art Through the Ages I. Pp. 45-52 13. Nelson: Descartes Cow 14. Freud and Leonardo Complementary Readings: 4.Influential Art Historians: Vasari, Winkelman and Wölffling 15. Tueker: On Women of Algiers Discussion Reading |
5 |
27 August |
Lecture I. Mesopotamian Art Lecture II. Case Study I |
Weekly Readings: 3.Art Through the Ages I. Pp. 53-55 16. Scott: Art and the Archaeologist Complementary Reading: 4.Influential Art Historians: Morelli Discussion Readings “Auction House” Presentation 1 |
6 |
3 Sept |
Lecture I. Elamite Art Lecture II. Case Study II |
Discussion of Reading Weekly Readings: 17. Winter: Aesthetics Complementary Reading: 4.Influential Art Historians: Buckard Discussion Readings “Auction House” Presentation 2 |
7 |
10 Sept |
Lecture I. Egyptian Art Lecture II. Case Study III |
Discussion of Reading Weekly Readings: 18. Winter: Opening the Eyes Complementary Reading: 4.Influential Art Historians: Porada and Berger Discussion Reading 1 “Auction House” Presentation 3 |
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17-24 Sept |
SESSION BREAK - RECESS |
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8 |
1 Oct |
Labour Day Monday 1 October |
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9 |
8 Oct |
Lecture I. The International Age Lecture II. Case Study IV |
Discussion of Reading Weekly Readings: 20. Muscarella: The Antiquities Trade Complementary Reading: 31. Neolithic to Nebuchadnezzar 32. Sotheby’s New York Discussion Reading 1 “Auction House” Presentation 4 |
10 |
15 Oct |
Lecture I. Imperial art I Lecture II. Case Study V
DRAFT OF ESSAY TOPIC DUE |
Discussion of Reading Weekly Readings: 33. Eakin: Treasure Hunt 3.Art Through the Ages I. Pp. 56-60 Complementary Reading: 4.Influential Art Historians: Discussion Reading 1 “Auction House” Presentation 5 |
11 |
22 Oct |
Lecture I. Imperial Art II Lecture II. Case Study V |
Discussion of Reading Weekly Readings: (select one) 19. Le Palais Imaginaire 21. Bohrer: Inventing Assyria Discussion Reading 1 “Auction House” Presentation 6 |
12 |
29 Oct |
Lecture I. Imperial Art and the Periphery Lecture II. Case Study VI |
Discussion of Reading Weekly Readings: (select 2) 3.Art Through the Ages I. Pp. 62-63 22. Garrison: The Seal of… 23. Alvarez-Mon: The Golden Griffin Discussion Reading “Auction House” Presentation 7 |
13 |
5 Nov |
Lecture I. TBA Lecture II. Case Study VII |
Weekly Readings: (select one) 9. Belting:192-200 20. M.C.Root: From the Heart Complementary Reading: 3.Art Through the Ages I. Pp. 64-69 4.Sculpture-Architecture Art Pp. 117-9 Discussion of Reading “Auction House” Presentation 8 |
Week 14 |
5-26 Nov |
CLASS PORTFOLIO AND ESSAY AND PAPER DUE |
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06/08/2018 | Update to the Assessments. |