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| The Travel Seminar is a highlight
of the undergraduate major in art history. It features a one-week
trip during spring break to study first hand the subject of
the seminar. The course combines the rigors of a traditional
seminar with the excitement and intensity of nearly round-the-clock
learning and comraderie on a trip led by a Columbia professor.
The trip is a required part of the course, and major expenses
(airfare and hotel) will be covered by the department. The
Travel Seminar will be offered once a year, during spring semester,
for five years. A gift from Philip Aarons to enhance the undergraduate
major in art history has enabled us to offer this extraordinary
educational opportunity. |
 This
seminar offers an introduction to Greek Art and Architecture
in Sicily from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. It
begins with the foundation of the Greek colonies in the
second half of the 8th century BCE and ends with the transformation
of Sicily into a Roman province at the end of the 3rd century
BCE. The focus of this seminar will be on the one hand
the urbanism and the monumental architecture of the Greek
colonies, including the temples of Syracuse, Akragas, and
Selinus. And on the other hand the visual arts—especially
sculptures and painted vases—used for public and private
display, including both the local products (such as the
figural decoration of temples) and the imports (such as
Corinthian and Athenian vases). This class is interested
in the social and political background of the architecture
and of the visual arts of the island, and in their function
in shaping the cultural identity of the colonial communities.
But it is also interested in the general development of
style in Greek architecture, sculpture, and vase painting
from the Archaic to the Late Classical period, for which
Sicily offers some of the most remarkable examples.
The class
will have the opportunity to have a first hand experience
of the materials covered in the seminar. Seminar students are
in fact required to participate in the trip to Sicily over
spring break. The department will cover major expenses (airfare
and hotel) of the study trip. Enrollment priority will be given
to Columbia Art History majors. The class is limited to 12
students.
This course requires all students
submit an application by November 19, 2004. Download application
as a PDF or
as a RTF.
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