AHIS V3248

Midterm, Final, and a 10-page research paper. Generous grader on the papers, but no curve on the exams, which makes the class a bit of a challenge to get a great grade in. I think 5 people got A's on the midterm out of about 100. But the weight of the paper should balance the exams.

1 8-10pg paper due at the end of the semester, 1 in class midterm, 1 in class final (very manageable)

midterm and final with lots of slides to memorize, 8-12 page paper

no workload during the semester but midterms and finals are insanely long and too much information

8-10 page paper, midterm and final are tests and weekly readings which you don't really have to do....I didn't.

I didn't realize it until I was doing research for his paper, but Marconi is one of the preeminent scholars in his field, and the amount of material that the guy has published is ridiculous. Needless to say, he knows everything that there is to know about Greek Art. I found the class very interesting for the most part, except that the nature of Greek Art causes its study to sound a little bit repetitive sometimes -- subject matter and medium experience only subtle changes throughout hundreds of years. However, Marconi does a decent job at keeping your interest -- he has a quirky personality and, though his accent takes some ear training to understand, he's fun to listen to. He constantly makes jokes about himself which will entertain and sometimes shock the class. Marconi is very thorough with his explanations and with visual and contextual analysis. He is also very organized in his presentation of material -- his slides are always labeled, and he'll show you the location on a map of the region before talking about its context, etc. He's also very good about making a balance between the different art forms of the time -- vase painting, urban plan, architecture, etc. In general, a very good professor, though the material might get a bit redundant at times.

This class was incredible - being Greek myself and being taught by a Greek professor while learning about Greek art and archi was a real pleasure. His lectures are engaging, I went to all of them, and he only calls on you if you raise your hand. Participation is encouraged though as he will ask your name when he calls on you and the more the answer, the more memorable you are, and the more he will like you. He corrects the papers himself, so recognizing your name will definitely help. I never did any of the readings but the lectures prepare you perfectly for the exam and midterm - he tells you what he wants you to know. A LOT of memorization is involved though. this is an intensive art hist course in the sense that he will ask you the exact date of the berlin painter`s vase and in what decade this particular minoan house was created. every date, name and artist has to be remembered, he doesnt create a list of 40 pieces to study for the exam for example, KNOW EVERYTHING.

Prof. de Angelis is great. I wasn't super excited to take an ancient art class, because I didn't like studying antique art in high school. However, de Angelis made the subject material really interesting. I really enjoyed the course, and even liked writing my term paper for it.

Greek Art and Architecture is a survey course that I did not have a fun time in. The class is an insane amount of information that you have to know for the exams and its essentially impossible to study for. Classes are dull and exhausting. You end up memorizing stuff for the exam and I haven't found this to be helpful in learning about Greek culture at all. This is not what a college course at Columbia should be like, memorization based classes are an example of the professor being lazy in his ability to teach and inspire. Boring, too much information, and didn't show me how inspirational Greek art is when I know how critical it is to the humanities.

Professor Mylonopoulos was a great professor. One of my favorites from last semester, if not my favorite. I had taken Professor Di Angelis's Roman Art class before and had gotten used to that sort of Art History class and it was great but when I went to Professor Mylonopoulos's class, I was pleasantly surprised. The midterm and final was an actual test with short answer questions. The Professor actually invests time and energy into this class and two museum visits are mandatory in which as a small group, students have to speak about pieces that we mostly have never seen before. He truly wants to see that you understand and cares about how much you have learned. His lectures are always interesting and they are very enlightening. You can tell that he enjoys teaching, not just teaching because he has to. He teaches so well sometimes you don't even know it. Even if you don't think that you are learning anything, when you start studying for his tests, just by going to his lectures, you'll see that you know more than you thought you did just by listening to him speak. He has one paper due in the class and he is always willing to become involved in the writing, from the topic you pick to the actual writing process. He even makes it a point to announce in class the fact that you SHOULD go and ask him about your paper and that he wants you to talk to him about it. I found him to be ver…