2019/2020

2019/2020

DM270

L-ANT/06 (ETRUSCOLOGIA E ANTICHITÀ ITALICHE)

DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI UMANISTICI

THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN WORLD. HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

Secondo Semestre (24/02/2020 - 27/05/2020)

6

36 ore di attività frontale

English

ORALE

HARARI MAURIZIO (titolare) - 4 CFU
D'ANGELO TIZIANA - 2 CFU

A basic knowledge of Greek and Roman history

This course aims to explore the history, archaeology and art of the Etruscans and other populations of pre-Roman Italy by focusing on a selection of key issues, questions and evidence. It also addresses the reception of Etruscan antiquities in modern Europe and assesses their historical and cultural impact. The main objective of the course is to provide students with a consolidated knowledge of Etruscan and Italic civilisations and a clear understanding of modern theories and methodologies that will allow them to approach the evidence independently and will encourage further research.

7 lectures by Prof Harari: Etruscans. A Cultural History (The Etruscans between Europe and Asia – The Etruscans between Bible and Christianity – Etruscan Taste in Modernity – Etruscan Art or Art of the Etruscans? – Etruria and Greece 700-200 BC – A Case Study: Thefarie Velianas and the Goddess Ishtar – A Case Study: The Painted Tombs of Tarquinia)
3 supplementary seminars by Dr Zanoni: The Dawn of the Etruscans (Italy
between Final Bronze Age and Early Iron Age – An Old Dilemma: Where did the Etruscans come from? – Etruscan Identity: Territory and Religion at the Origin of the so-called Proto-Urban Settlements)
6 lectures by Prof D’Angelo: The Others (Who were the ‘Others’?
Mapping People in Ancient Italy – From Objects to Identity in Iron Age Veneto – The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Apulia: The Other Side of Greek Colonisation – The Oscans in Colour: Funerary Painting in Lucania and Campania – Ancient Sicily between Natives and Migrants – Early Rome as a Land of ‘Others’)
2 classes: Essay Presentations

Lectures and seminar, with PowerPoint presentations. The lectures may be complemented by guided excursions to visit Etruscan sites and museum collections. Moreover, students will be encouraged to attend lectures and seminars by guest scholars on topics related to the course.

Recommended bibliography:
1) Etruscans
- for beginners
C. Smith, The Etruscans. A very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2014 [compulsory reading]
and
N.J. Spivey, Etruscan Art, London, Thames & Hudson, 1997 [compulsory]
- for advanced students
J. MacIntosh Turfa (ed.), The Etruscan World, London-New York, Routledge, 2013 [compulsory the parts VI, VII, VIII]
or
A. Naso (ed.), Etruscology, Boston-Berlin, De Gruyter, 2017 [compulsory Part 1, I.5 and Part 2, IV. 40, 45, 46, 51, 52, 57, 58, 63, 64]
or
O.J. Brendel, Etruscan Art, ed. F.R. Serra Ridgway, New Haven, Yale University Press, rev. 1995

2) The ‘Others’
- general introduction [compulsory]
G. Bradley, E. Isayev, C. Riva (eds), Ancient Italy. Regions without Boundaries, University of Exeter Press, 2007

This course is assessed as follows: an oral exam (50%) and a 2,500-word essay (50%). The essay should focus on a topic chosen by each student among those discussed in class or in a guest lecture. In the last two sessions, students are expected to give a (non-assessed) 15-minute presentation on the topic of their essay, using PowerPoint slides and/or a handout. The essay, which is compulsory, is due at least one week before the oral exam and should be submitted via email to Professor Harari. The oral exam will test students on their knowledge and mastery of the subject and content of the course. The questions will be related to the topics covered in lectures and seminars, as well as the assigned readings.

Attendance at lectures and seminars is mandatory and students missing ≥ 25% of the lectures must inform promptly the Course Director Prof Harari. In order to make up for the missed lectures and/or seminars students will have to discuss a revised version of exam programme with the Course Director Prof Harari.