This course studies aspects of the art of the ancient Greek world from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period, and of the Italian peninsula, including Etruscan art, to the end of the Roman Republic. Topics will include the design, function and decoration of buildings in cities and sanctuaries; developments in sculpture, painting, ceramics, metalwork and coinage in relation to the society. There will be a focus on works which have influenced later art and on ancient theories about art. Use will be made of the antiquities in the Classics Museum in the ANU and there will be a visit to the Nicholson Museum in the University of Sydney.

* Pedley, J G, Greek Art and Archaeology, Cassell Antiquities: A Description of the Classics Department Museum in the ANU, ANU
* Spivey, N J, Greek Art, Phaidon