Classics 24, Section 1
How Were They Built? Creative Technology in Ancient Greece (P/NP)
Professor Crawford Greenewalt
Wednesday 4:00-5:00, 263 Dwinelle Hall, CCN: 14727Ancient Greek artists and artisans were masters of line, balance, and rhythm. The success of their creations also depended on mastery of complex procedures and techniques. The seminar will consider procedures and techniques used in working stone, metal, clay, and other materials for the creation of architecture and art, from colossal buildings to postage-stamp-size carvings and paintings.
Professor Greenewalt is field director of the Sardis Expedition (jointly sponsored by Harvard and Cornell universities); has excavated in Turkey for thirty-five seasons; and for seven years was involved with the claim and eventual recovery by the Turkish government of gold and silver treasure looted in western Turkey between 1965 and 1968 and partly acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
