FAH101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Protogeometric Style, Geometric Art, Roman Empire
Document Summary
Roman objects (vases etc. ) found throughout mediterranean due to trading (ex. Myth starts being depicted during the later 8th century. Chronology of greece (see also on syllabus): oral poetry) Geometric period (formation of greek city states begins, myth rst codi ed in epics/ Roman myth = equivalents for greek gods + local existing gods. Most material will be from late republican period, 1st c bce and early imperial period (including pompeii, which was preserved better than later paintings incidentally) Representation of myth doesn"t stop with introduction of christianity (constantine duh) Main 2 periods: republican (early, middle, late) and imperial (other subsections) Stepping back this covers a period of 1000 years, and its remarkable that visual culture hardly really changed. The meaning of myths changed, but they are all linked in that they continue using this same visual language. De nition of myth (for full explanation, see slide that will be posted in fadis by this weekend)
