CLASS 1552

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CLASS 1552
FWS: Image and Text in Antiquity

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Can we translate works of art into words? Can letters on the page be visually captivating even before we decipher their meaning? This course examines how ancient authors and artists conceived of the relationship between texts and images. Class assignments concern the descriptions of finely crafted objects in Greek and Latin literature and their rhetorical effects. Artifacts include the cosmic shield of Achilles in Homer's Iliad, the radiant gems of Posidippus's epigrams, and the divine tapestries of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Likewise, ancient artists' experimentation with images and texts in their works will contextualize our exploration. The study of Greco-Roman rhetorical devices will be a guide as we develop strategies for crafting persuasive arguments in our writing practices.


Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP

When Offered Spring.

Satisfies Requirement First-Year Writing Seminar.

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19646 CLASS 1552   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Danisi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.