Unit ETRUSCAN STUDIES AND ITALIC ANTIQUITIES
- Course
- Archaeology and history of art
- Study-unit Code
- GP003434
- Curriculum
- Generico
- Teacher
- Lucio Fiorini
- Teachers
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- Lucio Fiorini
- Hours
- 36 ore - Lucio Fiorini
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Archeologia e antichità classiche e medievali
- Academic discipline
- L-ANT/06
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The City represents the most evident expression of the creative genius of the Etruscan people. Its importance, from the historical and artistic point of view, is well reflected by the archaeological evidence of the ancient settlements. The course aims to retrace the fundamental stages of this history from its settlement genesis, until the Roman conquest of Etruria, focusing on the most significant monuments of the city of the living and the dead.
- Reference texts
- Mario Torelli, Storia degli etruschi, Bari, Edizioni Laterza (varie edizioni).
Mario Torelli, Il rango, il rito l'immagine, Milano 1997.
G. Bartoloni (ed.), Introduzione all'etruscologia, Milano 2012.
Further bibliographical references will be provided in lesson. - Educational objectives
- The lessons are intended to provide students with the necessary tools to analyze the different Etruscan contexts
- Prerequisites
- No
- Teaching methods
- The course is organized as follows:- Lectures will deal with all the issues and problems regarding the Etruscology - Educational trip, that will allow students to verify on the spot what is illustrated during the lessons (optional)
- Other information
- Since the topics are of great importance, the student follows with great interest and usually reaches optimal votes if not excellent. The attendance is strongly recommended as listening to the lessons can be extremely suitable for better and more thorough knowledge of the themes that will be covered by the test exam
- Learning verification modality
- The exam includes only the final oral test consisting of a discussion-interview on the topics discussed during the course and examined in-depth through recommended texts.The test aims at assuring the level of knowledge and understanding, as well as synthesis, achieved by the student. Moreover, this interview will verify that the student is able to communicate, with method, propriety of language and of exposure, what he has acquired. The duration of the test varies depending on the performance of the test itself
For information on support services for students with disabilities and/or DSA visit the page http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa - Extended program
- The Etruscan cities contain monuments among the most precious in the history of humanity, a collection of archaeological, urban and environmental, architectural and artistic, often perceived by local communities as a fundamental part of a cultural heritage fully integrated in the course of its history. The course will focus on the study of these testimonies