The course covers stone sources, tools and materials as used from the Bronze Age through the Greek Archaic and into the Classical and Hellenistic periods. It includes the technology involved in preparing a column base for the Parthenon and its installation as well as some of the principles underlying the continuing restoration project. It also reviews the various uses made of the Parthenon through the ages.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

COURSE OUTLINE

• Stone, Stone qualities and uses, Stone tools
• Cycladic stone carving
• The Archaic Kouros and Kourai
• The influences of Egypt and the Near East
• The Pentelicon Quarries
• The making of a capital for the Parthenon
• The Parthenon through the Ages and the continuing restoration project

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Recount the processes involved in stone carving and how marble has been used for the Parthenon