Course Syllabus

JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY

COURSE CODE: "AH 291"
COURSE NAME: "Medieval Rome and Its Monuments"
SEMESTER & YEAR: Spring 2017

SYLLABUS

INSTRUCTOR: Lila Yawn
EMAIL: [email protected]
HOURS: TH9:15 AM 12:00 PM
TOTAL NO. OF CONTACT HOURS: 45
CREDITS:
PREREQUISITES:
OFFICE HOURS:

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Rome City Series - An on-site survey of Roman urbanism, as well as developments in figural media and architecture, from the 4th to the 14th century. While the course will naturally emphasize the abundant religious art remaining in the city, it will also examine such secular achievements as towers, housing, defenses, and roads.

SUMMARY OF COURSE CONTENT:

Students in this course obtain direct knowledge of stunning and remarkable but little-known monuments of art and architecture surviving in Rome from the thousand-year ‘Age in the Middle’ between Classical Antiquity and the Early Modernity--that is, from Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, circa 312-1400. The medieval era has inspired many great works of modern fantasy, from the Lord of the Rings to Game of Thrones; this course examines the genuine material-visual evidence for that period in Rome. The class meets entirely on location in the city, allowing for first-hand study of buildings, paintings, mosaics, sculpture, and other objects. Class meetings involve lectures, independent visual study, group problem solving, and discussions.

IMPORTANT: You may not be registered for a class that immediately precedes or follows this one, given the time required for travel to and from the monuments.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
In this course, you will learn to:

° Analyze the symbolic and aesthetic content of works of late ancient and medieval art and architecture with respect to their intended uses and purposes and in light of the modes of thought and taste to which they responded;

° Describe the transformations of the ancient Roman cityscape and of individual monuments within it in response to the cultural, social, and demographic realities of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages;

° Describe the socio-political-stylistic changes through which Roman art and architecture passed between A.D. 300 and 1300 with reference to specific, exemplary monuments.

TEXTBOOK:

Book Title	Author	Publisher	ISBN number	Library Call Number	Comments	Format	Local Bookstore	Online Purchase
Rome:Profile of a City 312-1308	Krautheimer, Richard	Princeton University Press	9780691049618

REQUIRED RESERVED READING:

NONE

RECOMMENDED RESERVED READING:

Book Title	Author	Publisher	ISBN number	Library Call Number	Comments
n/a	A reserve list is provided during the first class meeting.	n/a	n/a

GRADING POLICY
-ASSESSMENT METHODS:

Assignment	Guidelines	Weight
Midterm essay	Take-home, open-book essay	10
Final examination	Written, in-classroom, closed-book exam, consisting of monument identifications and essays	30
Weekly quizzes (12 total)	A brief quiz on factual material will be administered at the start of each class meeting covering study material posted to the class folder and required readings. Although the format of the quizzes will vary, two constants will be: (a) major events in Roman history and their dates; (b) image identifications. For each image posted to the class folder, come prepared to specify the work’s title, location, date, medium, period, and author (if the name has survived). Term definitions, or definitions in need of a term (spelled correctly) may also appear. Weight: 2% each for top ten scores; lowest two scores dropped.	20
Research project	Over the course of the term, you will be responsible for researching and producing a multi-media research project, either individually or in a group, focusing on a major monumental area of Rome as it appeared and functioned at the time of a significant event (e.g. sack, council, coronation) during Late Antiquity or the Middle Ages. The project will consist of a preliminary bibliography (citations only); a final bibliography with summaries of content; an outline; an image database; documentation of first-hand visits to pertinent monuments and museums (any required museum or site entrances are at the student’s expense); and a substantial final paper or other form of presentation, to be decided upon in consultation with the professor, group, and class. Further information about the project and its requirements will be distributed during the second week of the term.	30
Professionalism	Class participation, obvious preparation, outside reading, attendance, collegiality, facilitation of positive class dynamic	10

-ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
AWork of this quality directly addresses the question or problem raised and provides a coherent argument displaying an extensive knowledge of relevant information or content. This type of work demonstrates the ability to critically evaluate concepts and theory and has an element of novelty and originality. There is clear evidence of a significant amount of reading beyond that required for the course
BThis is highly competent level of performance and directly addresses the question or problem raised.There is a demonstration of some ability to critically evaluatetheory and concepts and relate them to practice. Discussions reflect the student’s own arguments and are not simply a repetition of standard lecture andreference material. The work does not suffer from any major errors or omissions and provides evidence of reading beyond the required assignments.
CThis is an acceptable level of performance and provides answers that are clear but limited, reflecting the information offered in the lectures and reference readings.
DThis level of performances demonstrates that the student lacks a coherent grasp of the material.Important information is omitted and irrelevant points included.In effect, the student has barely done enough to persuade the instructor that s/he should not fail.
FThis work fails to show any knowledge or understanding of the issues raised in the question. Most of the material in the answer is irrelevant.

-ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Attendance and punctuality (i.e. ready to start 9:15 am for all on-site meetings) are mandatory and will count heavily in your participation/professionalism grade. So will your obvious level of active intellectual engagement in the course content throughout each class meeting. Meeting points for classes are indicated in the schedule below. Please plan to arrive well before the departure time given in the schedule, as classes depart at precisely 9:15. If you arrive at the meeting point and the group has already left, then it is your responsibility to try to find the group—generally not an easy task, given that the order of our visits to the monument, depending on reservations and other factors, may not be precisely the order listed in the syllabus. In short: plan carefully so that you arrive well before the meeting time indicated in the schedule.

The professor reserves the right to modify meeting times, places, and the monuments visited as necessary for the educational benefit of the class or due to constraints imposed by unforeseen circumstances, such as strikes. Communication about such changes will be effected either by announcement in class or by postings to our class webpage in MyJCU. For that reason YOU MUST CHECK our page in MYJCU BEFORE EACH CLASS MEETING, preferably late the previous evening or in the morning before you depart.

ACADEMIC HONESTY
As stated in the university catalog, any student who commits an act of academic dishonesty will receive a failing grade on the work in which the dishonesty occurred. In addition, acts of academic dishonesty, irrespective of the weight of the assignment, may result in the student receiving a failing grade in the course. Instances of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Dean of Academic Affairs. A student who is reported twice for academic dishonesty is subject to summary dismissal from the University. In such a case, the Academic Council will then make a recommendation to the President, who will make the final decision.

STUDENTS WITH LEARNING OR OTHER DISABILITIES
John Cabot University does not discriminate on the basis of disability or handicap. Students with approved accommodations must inform their professors at the beginning of the term. Please see the website for the complete policy.

SCHEDULE

No.

Mo.

Day

Meeting Point

Urban area

Theme

Monuments & museums (principal)

Preparatory readings

Quizzes, exams, assignments due

Primary (period) sources

Secondary (modern scholarly) sources

JCU Guarini Campus- G.K..1.2

Trastevere

Introduction to the course; Roman topography over time

Aurelian Wall; Museo della Crypta Balbi (time allowing)

Capitoline Hill (Piazza del Campidoglio), at the base of the statue of Marcus Aurelius

Capitoline Hill

The Ancient Roman State Religion & its visual codes

Capitoline Museums

J. Shelton, As the Romans Did (JCU Library reserves HN10.R7 S45), pp. 359-391.

Study Course Syllabus!

Quiz 1

Front entrance of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Piazza della Repubblica

Viminal & Esquiline Hills

Mystery religions and the earliest Christian art; Urban Change, 100-1300

Capitoline Museums + Roman Forum (from above); Museo della Crypta Balbi

J. Shelton, As the Romans Did (JCU Library reserves HN10.R7 S45), pp. 391- 420. Bible: Genesis, Ch. 5-9 (Noah story); Gospel of John, Ch. 10: 1-21 (Parable of the Good Shepherd): http://www.drbo.org

J. Snyder, Medieval Art, 1989 (JCU Library Reserves N5975 .S58): Ch. 1 (pp. 14-26); OR M. Stokstad, Medieval Art (JCU Library Reserves N5970 .S75): Ch. 1 (pp. 1-17); OR L. Nees, Early Medieval Art (JCU Library Reserves N5970 .N44): Ch. 2 (pp. 31-45).

Quiz 2

Egyptian obelisk in Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano. Near metro line A and routes of bus 3 from Trastevere or 87 from Torre Argentina.

Lateran

Imperial Christian architecture & art

Lateran Baptistery & Basilica

Eusebius on the Conversion of Constantine: <http://www .fordham.edu /halsall/source/conv- const.asp>; Bible, 1 Kings 7 (on Solomon's projects) and Psalm 42 (on deer and waters): http://www.drbo.org

Krautheimer, Rome: Profile of a City (JCU Library Reserves DG811 .K7): Ch. 1; OR Stokstad, Medieval Art, Ch. 2, pp. 18-36; OR Nees, Early Medieval Art , Ch. 3 (pp. 47-61) AND Snyder, Medieval Art , Ch. 2 (pp. 28-39).

Quiz 3; Projects: Email topic choices/ groups, with email addresses, to professor by 5 pm, Thursday, February 9th

JCU Guarini Campus - Library

JCU Guarini Campus

Library lesson

JCU Library lab

Work on bibliographies for research projects - primary sources

Work on bibliographies for research projects - secondary sources

21 (eve ning cass)

JCU Campus - room TBA

JCU Guarini Campus

Old St. Peter's Basilica

Davis-Weyer, Early Medieval Art (JCU Library Reserves N5975 .D3), pp. 11-15, 17-23, 25- 33.

Kessler & Zacharias, Rome 1300: On the Path of the Pilgrim (JCU Library Reserves N7952.R6 K48), Ch. 6, pp. 182-218.

Quiz 4

Via Nomentana, 349.

We will meet early (8:30) at the head of the line of Tram at Piazza di Venezia and take a bus together. Class will end as usual at 12:00 on site.

Via Nomentana

Early Christian funerary and martyrial architecture

Via Nomentana funerary complex: catacomb; Mausoleum of Constantia; coemeterium subteglatum; and martyrial church of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura

Krautheimer, Rome: Profile , Ch. 2; OR Snyder, Medieval Art , Ch. 3 (pp. 40-65); OR Stokstad, Medieval Art, Ch. 2, pp. 36-48).

Quiz 5; Project: bibliography (citations) due in dropbox by Friday, February 24th, 5 pm

Piazza dell'Esquilino, at the Egyptian obelisk. Note: this piazza is directly behind the apse of Santa Maria Maggiore.

Viminal & Esquiline Hills

Churches & mosaics in the age of the Visigothic Sack

Santa Pudenziana; Santa Maria Maggiore

Bible: Ezekiel Ch. 1, and Revelation (entire), esp. Ch. 4: http://www.drbo.org; Procopius on the Visigothic Sack of Rome in 410:

http://www .fordham.edu/ halsall/ancient/410alaric.as p

T. Mathews, The Clash of Gods (JCU Library Reserves N7832 .M36), Ch. 4, pp. 92-114.

Quiz 6

Entrance of S. Sabina, Pzza.Pietro d'Illiria, in Via di S. Sabina on the Aventine. Leave ample travel time, and study your map (!).

Aventine Hill & EUR

Churches & mosaics in the age of the Visigothic Sack; the Migrations

Santa Sabina; Museo dell'Alto Medioevo, EUR, Please visit on your own: Museo della Crypta Balbi

Bible: Luke Chs. 21-24; Acts Chs. 11 & 15: http://www.drbo.org

Krautheimer, Rome: Profile , Chs. 2-3

Quiz 7; Project: Bibliography with sources summaries & outline due in dropbox, Thursday March 12th, 5 pm

Arch of Constantine (next to the Colosseum, facing into Via di San Gregorio)

Via Sacra, Imperial Fora, Campus Martius

The Gothic War and the Byzantine period

Santi Cosma e Damiano; Santa Prassede

Procopius on the Plague of 542: http://legacy.fordham.edu /halsall/source/542procop ius-plague.asp; Donation of Constantine: http://www .fordham.edu/ Halsall/source/donatconst. asp

Krautheimer, Rome: Profile , Chs. 3-5. Optional but highly reccomended: H. Belting, Likeness and Presence (JCU Library Reserves N7850 .B4513), pp. 49- 73.

Midterm take- home essay due at start of class

Caffé S. Clemente, Via S. Giovanni in Laterano 124. An easy walk from the Colosseum; take use your map.

Caelian Hill

Papal-Imperial Conflict and the Schism of 1080- 1100

San Clemente

Letter of King Henry IV of Germany to Pope Gregory VII (1076): http://legacy.fordham.edu /halsall/source/henry4-to- g7a.asp

Yawn, "Clement's New Clothes" in MyJCU

Quiz 8; Project: image databank (PowerPoint) due in dropbox by Thursday, March 26th, 5pm

Porch of San Crisogono (near Piazza Sonnino, at intersection of Via della Lungaretta and Viale di Trastevere, near 8 tram stop closest to Tiber. Look for the big belltower.)

Trastevere

The Anacletine Schism (1130- 1138); Pietro Cavallini (circa 1290)

San Crisogono; San Benedetto in Piscinula; Santa Maria in Trastevere

Gregory the Great, Dialgoues, on St. Benedict (esp. Proloque & Chs. 1 & 26:

http://www .fordham.edu/ halsall/basis/g1- benedict1.asp; Bible - Canticles (entire); Luke, Ch. 2, and Matthew, Chs. 1-2: www.drbo.org.

Krautheimer, Rome: Profile , Ch. 7

Quiz 9

Caffé S. Clemente, Via S. Giovanni in Laterano 124. An easy walk from the Colosseum; take use your map.

Caelian Hill

The Early Ducento

Santi Quattro Coronati; Trinitarian Mosaic; Santi Giovanni e Paolo. Flashbacks: Santo Stefano Rotondo; Santa Maria in Domnica

Bible: Acts 7:54-60

http://www.drbo.org ; Review Donation of Constantine: http://www .fordham.edu/ Halsall/source/donatconst. asp; Recommended: Thomas of Celano, First Life of St. Francis of Assisi (c. 1228): http://www .fordham.edu/ halsall/source/stfran- lives.html

Krautheimer, Rome: Profile , Ch. 8

Quiz 10

Egyptian obelisk in Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano. Near metro line A and routes of bus 3 from Trastevere or 87 from Torre Argentina.

Lateran

The Lateran Palace in the Duecento

Sancta Sanctorum Chapel; Lateran apse & cloister

Jacobus de Voragine (1275), The Golden Legend, Life of St. Nicholas: http://legacy.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/goldenlegen d/GL-vol2-nicholas.asp; Bible: Exodus, Chs. 36-49 (on the Tabernacle in the Desert); and 1 Kings 6 (on Solomon's Temple): http://www.drbo.org

Kessler & Zacharias, Rome 1300 (JCU Library Reserves N7952 .R6 K48), Ch. 2 (pp. 38-64). Optional but highly recommended: Kessler & Zacharias, Rome 1300 , Chs. 3-5.

Quiz 11; Research paper due in dropbox by Thursday, April 23rd, 5pm

Atrium of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere

Trastevere, Forum Holitorium, Capitoline

The Late Duecento and the Avignon Papacy

Santa Cecilia in Trastevere: Cavallini frescoes; Synagogue of Vicolo dell'Atleta; Casa dei Crescentii; Santa Maria in Aracoeli

Benedict the Canon, Mirabilia urbis Romae (The Marvels of Rome) (JCU Library Reserves DG805 .M57), pp. 17-23, 28-30, 38-39

L. Yawn, "Fields of Dreams" (in MyJCU). Optional: Krautheimer, Ch. 14; Optional but fascinating: R. Musto, Apocalypse in Rome, pp. 1-4, 104-129

Quiz 12

FINAL EXAM WEEK: EXAM PERIOD TBA by the JCU ADMINISTRATION