Program Overview

Program Overview

The Scuola Normale Superiore offers a PhD program in Archeologia e storia dell'arte greca - Architettura sacra: teoria e prassi.

Program Details

Program Description

The program focuses on the main expressions of ancient architecture, with a greater emphasis on sacred architecture and the temple within a sanctuary.

Program Structure

• The program includes 40 hours of lectures.
• The program runs from March 2026 to May 2026.

Examination Method

The examination method includes a seminar report or written essay, to be agreed upon with the instructor.

Notes on Examination Method

During the teaching module, there will be opportunities for in-depth study of some aspects of the discipline through readings and discussions of some essays or articles. Students will be invited to contribute according to their level of preparation. Educational visits and exercises in museums and archaeological sites will allow for the evaluation of the learning of notions and basic knowledge.

Prerequisites

The course is primarily intended for students of the doctoral course.

Teaching Program

The course focuses on the main expressions of ancient architecture, with a greater emphasis on sacred architecture and the temple within a sanctuary. The reading of some passages from Marco Vitruvio Pollione's De Architectura will allow students to familiarize themselves with some theoretical questions, technical lexicon, and aesthetic discussions.

Bibliographic References

• Alcock S.E., Osborne R. (eds.), Placing the gods: sanctuaries and sacred space in ancient Greece, Oxford 1996
• Gruben G., Die inselionische Ordnung, in Des Courtils J., Moretti J.-Ch. (eds.), Les grands ateliers d'architecture dans le monde égéen du VIe siècle av. J.C., Actes du colloque d'Istanbul, 23-25 mai 1991, Paris 1993, pp. 97-109
• Gruben G., Griechische Tempel und Heiligtümer, München 2001
• Hollinshead M.B., Adyton, opisthodomos, and the inner room of the Greek temple, in Hesperia 68, 1999, pp. 189-218
• Mazarakis Ainian A.J., Early Greek Temples: their Origin and Function, in Hägg R., Marinatos N., Nordquist G.C. (eds.), Early Greek Cult Practice. Proceedings of the fifth International symposium at the Swedish Institute in Athens, 26-29 June 1986, Stockholm 1988, pp. 104-119
• Hägg R., Marinatos N. (eds.), Sanctuaries and cults in the Aegean Bronze Age, Proceedings of the first International symposium at the Swedish Institute in Athens, 12-13 May 1980, Stockholm-Lund 1981
• Lippolis E., Mysteria. Archeologia e culto del santuario di Demetra a Eleusi, Milano 2006
• Marinatos N., Hagg R. (eds.), Greek Sanctuaries: New Approaches, London 1993
• Romano E., La capanna e il tempio: Vitruvio o dell'architettura, Palermo 1987

Academic Classes

• Classe di Lettere e Filosofia
• Classe di Scienze
• Classe di Scienze politico-sociali

Research

• IRIS - Archivio della ricerca

Teaching

• Offerta didattica

Utilities

• Servizi informatici di ateneo
• Modulistica
• Protocollo

Community

• Cerca persone

Transparency

• Amministrazione trasparente
• Bandi di gara
• Bandi di concorso
• Normativa disciplinare
• Sicurezza nei luoghi di lavoro
• Albo ufficiale online
• Diritto di accesso