Ireland

This course is team-taught by lecturers in the School of Art History & Cultural Policy. Dublin is home to a rich variety of museums; its collections survey the entire history of Irish art but also include outstanding examples of European and non-Western art. The city and its environs is itself renowned for its architecture and sculpture. Over the course of two lectures per week, this course fosters an enhanced appreciation of, and a direct engagement with, local art works and monuments among students who are not majoring in art history. Although short readings are assigned, the principal demand made upon students outside of class hours is to visit local sites/collections relevant to material discussed in class. This course is introductory in nature, and aimed at students with no previous experience of art history.

This course provides an introductory survey of the history of the Greek world from the Archaic age to the death of Alexander the Great. The main trends and issues of this period are explored such as colonization, imperialism, war, political developments, such as the Athenian invention of democracy, and the rise of Alexander. 

This course provides knowledge of the fundamentals of Old Irish gramma and of the relationship of Old Irish to later stages of the language. It enables students to translate and analyze straightforward Old Irish text, and to locate and use beginners’ aids to reading and understanding Old Irish.