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The Modern Scholar
- The Glory That Was Greece: Greek Art & Architecture
- Narrated by: Jennifer Tobin
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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- Tara Ratliff
- 11-23-18
Very Engaging!
Very organized, cohesive, and informative. It really gave a detailed yet broad understanding of the complicated wars and leadership during this time.
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- Paul
- 10-29-12
You feel as though you're there
I am blind, so I can't Google the artefacts under discussion in order to view them. But I got a lot out of this course. The lecturer describes the salient features of the buildings, paintings and sculptures well, so I was able to picture them in my mind's eye. She gives an overview of the historical background which influenced the direction that the art took. The change in emphasis from the community to the individual, and the changes in the way humans were portrayed, was interesting. I've already downloaded the companion lectures on Roman art and archaeology.
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