Studies in Art History

This course aims to bring together a critical evaluation, the history of the archaeological thought, and comprises a strong inter-disciplinary element; including strong links to the history of science, art and museum collections, social and cultural history, architecture and tourism. It also provides a valuable route for public access to archaeology, enhancing the quality of archaeology’s impact on the public. It will be also considered the historiography of scholarly attention to the artistic production in the ancient world, citing the treatises written by craftsmen and artists themselves, and Pliny the Elder’s encyclopedic Natural History. It then turns to a discussion of the three principal types of evidence obtained from literature, art history, and archaeology, along with some of their drawbacks and advantages.