Università Roma Tre

The course is intended to provide the knowledge about the history of Greek painting. We will try to analyze the forms and contents of painting in the context of the social and political use of painting - painting, theatrical painting, funerary painting. Some relevant topics will be considered in the light of ancient sources and modern studies.

Main reference texts:

S. Miller Grobel, Hellenistic Painting in the Eastern Mediterranean, Mid-Fourth to Mid-First Century B.C.in The Cambridge history of painting in the classical world, edited by J.J. Pollitt, History of painting in the classical world, New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. . 170-237
Riferimenti bibliografici:
M. Stansbury-O’Donnell, Reflections of Monumental Painting in Greek Vase Painting in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C., The Cambridge history of painting in the classical world, edited by J.J. Pollitt, History of painting in the classical world, New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 143-169.
J.J. Pollitt, J. J., Painting in Greek and Graeco-Roman Art Criticism, in The Cambridge history of painting in the classical world, edited by J.J. Pollitt, History of painting in the classical world, New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 288-301
J. Hurwit, The Lost Art : Early Greek Wall and Panel. Painting, 760-480 B.C., The Cambridge history of painting in the classical world, edited by J.J. Pollitt, History of painting in the classical world, New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 66-93
E. M. Moormann, Divine interiors: mural paintings in Greek and Roman sanctuaries, Amsterdem : Amsterdam University Press, 2011, pp. 7-16, 27-29, 39-46.
R. Posamentir, Richard, The polychrome grave stelai from the early Hellenistic necropolis, Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2011.

Additional material, provided during the course, will be available at the students
Students not attending should contact the lecturer during the consultation times or by e-mail.