Images and Image Making in the Ancient Middle East (HIST0836)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
Teaching department: History
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: N/A
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

This course examines art historical approaches to studying the ancient Middle East in the Iron Age. These approaches foreground visual culture as a body of evidence in its own right for reconstructing social, political, and cultural developments across a broad temporal and regional span during the 1st millennium B.C. Weekly topics address historical issues such as continuity and change, imperial strategies, or cultural emulation, focusing on region-specific themes such as the 鈥淪yro-Hittite Kingdoms,鈥� 鈥淎ssyrian Palace Reliefs,鈥� 鈥淯rartian Imperial Art,鈥� or 鈥淛udaean Pillar Figurines鈥� among others. Reception of ancient images by the modern world are discussed in relations to the broader influence on art and scholarship. The penultimate session is a visit to the British Museum for a close examination of objects relevant to the time periods, regions, and themes under discussion, before concluding with an essay workshop in which students introduce their topics and relevant sources to the rest of the group for an informal feedback session to test approaches and swap ideas.

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 2 听听听 Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 100% Coursework
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 0
Module leader: Dr Yagmur Heffron
Who to contact for more information: history.programmes@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.

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