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Jerusalem, her history, art, architecture, archaeology and literature will be examined in this multi-disciplinary team-taught course. Readings and discussions will be geared toward helping students understand the multifaceted meanings of Jerusalem for all the people it has touched over the millennia; Amorites, Canaanites, Egyptians, Jews, Muslims and Christians; inhabitants, conquerors, leaders, and visitors. Students will explore the city and learn how the dynamics of its urban development have been determined by its role as a center of spiritual longing and political conflicts. 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course takes a look at the assumptions about the nature and function of men and women that informed the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome, as revealed through their mythology, law, politics, religion, literature, art, and daily life. From this investigation emerge both a clearer sense of what the Greek and Roman civilizations were like and an understanding of the ways in which our own society incorporates or diverges from their principles. 1.00 units, Lecture
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A study of life, literature, and art in the time of Augustus Caesar (63 B.C.-A.D. 14), who, from the disintegration of the Roman Republic, created the imperial system that was to shape Western Europe. His rule was an epoch that bequeathed 300 years of peace and political stability and by its brilliant restatement of the classic became the standard of reference for later neo-classicism. 1.00 units, Lecture
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A study of the achievement of Athens in the period of Pericles' ascendancy (450s-429 B.C.) and beyond. Texts (in translation) will be selected to illustrate literary, artistic, philosophical, and political movements of the time, with close attention directed towards contemporary democratic and anti-democratic theories. 1.00 units, Lecture
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The Etruscan civilization emerged in Italy in the eighth century B.C.E. This course examines the sculpture, architecture, painting, pottery, bronzes, and jewelry through which we study the lives of this people. We will trace the rise and fall of the Etruscans, learning what archaeological evidence and the many works of art they produced reveal about their religion, economy, government, society, and daily lives. 1.00 units, Lecture
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An examination of building materials and methods used in the construction of domestic, civic, and religious buildings of the Greek and Roman worlds. The way in which the functions of these buildings influenced their forms is also examined. Further topics of discussion include comparative studies of the works of individual architects, architectural adaptations to local topography, and the use of building programs for propaganda purposes. 1.00 units, Lecture
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The paintings of the ancient Greeks are primary sources for the rise of Western drawing and also for our understanding of many aspects of the public and private lives of the Greeks themselves, e.g. their mythology, funerary practices, athletics, religion, and even dinner parties. The course will examine the subjects, styles, and techniques of ancient Greek painting, and its contribution to the development of Western art and culture. Comparative material from other cultures will be studied as well. 1.00 units, Lecture
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An introduction to interdisciplinary archaeological enquiry, drawing on material selected from American studies, anthropology, art history, classics, geology, history, Middle Eastern studies, religion, and women's studies. Students will consider archaeological methods, techniques, and specific applications to various disciplines. Central to the discussion will be the uses of archaeology in reconstructing aspects of pre-historic, historical, and more contemporary human life. The course has a strong hands-on component. 1.00 units, Lecture
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A study of the sculpture and sculptors of classical antiquity. Topics include the origin and stylistic development of ancient sculpture, the methods and techniques of the artists, art criticism and connoisseurship in antiquity, and the function of sculpture in the Greek and Roman worlds. Comparative material from other cultures will also be examined. 1.00 units, Lecture
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