Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Greek Arch & Urbanism
Term
2020A
Syllabus URL
Subject area
AAMW
Section number only
401
Section ID
AAMW628401
Course number integer
628
Registration notes
Objects-Based Learning Course
Meeting times
TR 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Meeting location
JAFF 113
Level
graduate
Instructors
Mantha Zarmakoupi
Description
Introduction to the art of building and city planning in the ancient Greek world, 7th-1st c. BC. Emphasis on concepts of organizing space, on issues of structure, materials, decoration, proportion, and the Mycenean and eastern heritage as well as on theory and practice of urbanism as reflected in ancient cities (Athens, Pergamon, Alexandria) and writings (Plato, Artistotle, and others). Excursions to the Penn Museum and Philadelphia. No prerequisites.
Course number only
628
Cross listings
ARTH228401, ARTH628401, CLST245401
Use local description
No