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Presentations

Technical Information for Presentations

By using a presentation, the properties of the material in the used image are supposed to be made more accessible to the participants of seminars/exercises more intensively. The intellectual requirements thus remain the same. It does not mean that the requirements become invalid by using a presentation software such as PowerPoint, if they are not mentioned in this document again. Please also read the Information for the Drafting of Student Papers.

The Purpose of Figures within the Archaeological Discourse

Figures contain monuments, ranging from an overview to details, and should reinforce the argumentative train of thought. Since Classical Archaeology does not draw from Metaphysics, objects that are not visible or blurry, will not be discussed. No or even bad images are detrimental to the discourse and the listeners and pose no help at all.

Display within the Presentation

single or double projection (comparisons)
clarity
recognizability

Animations

remain in the same style
consider fade-in time
plainness means comprehensibility
logical structure of events

Typography

one font within the main text, at the most one other font from the same font family may be used
Sans Serif is easier to read in large fonts
Serif for longer texts

Color

parts of the text can be highlighted with colors
too many colors disturb the readability
the background should be unicolored, white is preferred
colored font on colored background should be avoided

Clipart

categorically embarrassing
if one has to use it at all costs, SPARSELY!
only exception: graphical elements such as arrows

Online Image Research for Presentations

Arachne

Image database of the German Archaeological Institute and the Research Archive for Ancient Sculpture, Cologne.
Access: User: DigiDiathek / Password: DigiDiathek
(If you found a matching object in Arachne but not photo is shown, please contact the student assistants of the Digital Library (Diathek))

Beazley-Archive, Oxford

Authoritative database on pottery of Classical Antiquity.
Access: free, sign-up required.

CVA-Online

Digital version of many CVA volumes, important for images of ancient pottery.

Digital Library (Diathek) of the Institute of Classical Archaeology of the FU Berlin, access from the university's network only:

connection with "Cuerno-Verde.archaeologie.uni-koeln.de" (under Mac: Finder > Go to > Connect to Server), Sign in with guest account (Gast), activate folder "public".
open FileMakerPro > open existing file > Hosts > Path: fmnet:/134.95.113.209/StartupProudMary > sign in with guest account (Gast) > Button "FU Berlin DigiDiathek"

known problem: some thumbnails are not displayed, the original images can be opened with a double click.

University of Cologne

Faculty of Arts and HumanitiesInstitute of Archaeology