January 19 Course introduction: Rome in the era of the Catholic Reformation
Meeting Place Classroom Tiber Campus T 1.3
Itinerary Classroom course introduction followed by walk: Palazzo Farnese, Jewish
Ghetto, Campidoglio, Il Gesù
January 26 The transformation of painting at the turn of the 17th century
Meeting Place Galleria Doria Pamphili, via del Corso (see directions)
Itinerary Galleria Doria Pamphili; Church of S. Luigi dei Francesi
Reading Assignment •Vernon Hyde Minor, Baroque & Rococo: Art and Culture, Chapter 1 and pp.
41-56 of Ch. 2. Library Reserves N6410 .M56
•Robert Enggass and Jonathan Brown, eds. Italy and Spain, 1600-1750:
Sources and Documents, pp. 16-20 (Letter from art patron Vincenzo
Giustiniani) N6916 .E5
February 2 Art collecting and entertainments in the Baroque villa
Meeting Place In front of the Galleria Borghese, 8:45 a.m.
Itinerary Galleria Borghese and S. Maria del Popolo
Reading Assignment •Hyde Minor, Baroque & Rococo, pp. 157-177 of Ch. 5
•Francis Haskell, Patrons and Painters: Art and Society in Baroque Italy,
Chapter 1. N6916 .H37
February 9 Religious orders and their churches
Special Topic: The art of Artemisia Gentileschi
Meeting Place Classroom T 1.3 at 9:00 a.m.
Itinerary TEST 1 IN CLASS
Church of Andrea della Valle; Museo di Roma for Gentileschi exhibit,
Chiesa Nuova
Reading Assignment •Haskell, Patrons and Painters, pp. 62-72 of Ch. 3
•Keith Christiansen and Judith W. Mann, eds. Orazio and Artemisia
Gentileschi, pp. 263-281 (essays by Elizabeth Cropper). ND623 .G36 A4
Thursday, Feb 16 The completion and decoration of St. Peter’s, 1590-1644
Meeting Place Piazza S. Pietro, center of the piazza near the obelisk
Itinerary Exterior and Interior of St. Peter’s
Reading Assignment •Vernon Hyde Minor, Baroque & Rococo, pp. 75-83 of Ch. 3 and pp. 119-124
of Ch. 4
•Haskell, Patrons and Painters, pp. 24-40 of Ch. 2
February 23 Iconographies of faith and power: Guercino, Reni, Pietro da Cortona
Meeting Place Piazza del Campidoglio near the entrance of the museum
Itinerary The Capitoline Museums: Pinacoteca; The Conservators’ Apartment, and
Collection of ancient sculpture
Reading Assignment •Haskell, Patrons and Painters, pp. 40-62
•Sources and Documents, on Reni, pp. 86-91, and Guercino, pp. 96-98
March 2 Midterm Examination
Meeting Place Classroom T 1.3
Itinerary Written examination followed by seminar on doing art historical research
March 9 The architecture of self-promotion: Palazzo Barberini
Meeting Place Piazza Barberini in front of the Triton Fountain
Itinerary Palazzo Barberini
Reading Assignment •Patricia Waddy, Seventeenth-Century Roman Palaces: Use and Art of
the Plan, Chapter 1 (pp. 3-13), Chapters 6 & 7 (pp. 54-66). DG797.9 .W33
•Sources and Documents, on Pietro da Cortona, pp. 104-108
March 16 Mystical experience and the art of the reformed religious orders
Meeting Place Piazza Barberini, in front of the Triton Fountain
Itinerary Churches of S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, S. Andrea al Quirinale, and S.
Maria della Vittoria
Reading Assignment •Haskell, Patrons and Painters, pp. 73-93 of Ch. 3
•Howard Hibbard, Bernini, Ch. 3 “Disaster and Triumph”
March 23 Innocent X and the Imperial Church
Meeting Place Piazza Navona, at the center near the Four Rivers Fountain
Itinerary Piazza Navona, Oratory of S. Filippo Neri, Carceri Nuove (New Prisons)
Reading Assignment •Vernon Hyde Minor, Baroque & Rococo, pp. 84-93 of Ch. 3
• Jennifer Montagu, Roman Baroque Sculpture, Ch. II “From the Quarry to
the Church”
March 30 Papal ceremony and ritual in art and architecture
Meeting Place Classroom T 1.3 at 9:00 a.m.
Itinerary Test 2 in Class
St Peter’s: Piazza and Scala Regia, Cathedra Petri, Altars and Tombs
Reading Assignment •Richard Krautheimer, The Rome of Alexander VII, 1655-1667, Ch. 1 and
Ch. 4
April 3 – 7 SPRING BREAK
April 13 New faces of the urban church
Meeting Place In front of the Church of S. Andrea della Valle, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
Itinerary S. Maria della Pace, S. Andrea della Valle (façade); il Gesù interior; S.
Maria in Via Lata, S. Marcello al Corso, S. Ignazio.
Reading Assignment •Krautheimer, The Rome of Alexander VII, Ch. 6
•Jennifer Montagu, Roman Baroque Sculpture, Ch. VIII “Festivals and
Feasts"
April 20 Picturesque Rome: between architecture and image
-->Writing Assignment DUE IN CLASS
Meeting Place Piazza del Popolo, at the center near the obelisk
Itinerary Piazza del Popolo, Spanish Steps, Palazzo Chigi, Trevi Fountain
Reading Assignment •Krautheimer, The Rome of Alexander VII, Ch. 8
April 27 Restoration, social and spiritual: works of the early 18th century
Meeting Place Entrance of JCU Guarini Campus
Itinerary Galleria Corsini; Churches of S. Maria in Trastevere, S. Cecilia, S. Francesco
a Ripa; Ospedale di S. Gallicano and Apostolic Hospice of St. Michael
Reading Assignment •Christopher Johns, Papal Art and Cultural Politics: Rome in the Age of
Clement XI, Ch. 6 (pp. 132-158) and Ch. 8 (pp. 171-194). N6920.J63 1993
Final Examination Date, Time and Location To Be Announced