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Lecture Theme
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Meeting Place
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Reading assignments
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Exams, due dates, messages
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Sept 3
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Course overview and introductory lecture
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Classroom G.K.G. 1
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Sept 10
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The Forum as a Political Center from Republic to Empire
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Entrance to Roman Forum on via dei Fori Imperiali
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John E. Stambaugh, The Ancient Roman City, Chs. 4 “The Augustan City” & 13 “The City and the Gods”. On Permanent Reserve in the library, HT114 .S7
Amanda Claridge, Rome (Oxford Archeological Guide), entries on the Roman Forum (pp. 62-68); Senate House (71-75); Basilica Julia (92-93); Forum of Julius Caesar (163-169); and Forum of Augustus (177-180).
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Sept 17
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Representing Empire in the Era of Trajan and Hadrian
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Via dei Fori Imperiali, near the Column of Trajan
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John E. Stambaugh, The Ancient Roman City, Ch. 5 “Rome under the Emperors”. On Permanent Reserve in the library, HT114 .S7
Amanda Claridge, Rome (Oxford Archaeological Guide), 2010 ed.,entries on: Forum of Trajan (180-196), Temple of the Deified Hadrian (223-226) and the Pantheon (227-232). On Permanent Reserve in the library, DG62 .C53 2010
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CHURCH DRESS CODE (for Pantheon)
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Sept 24
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Negotiating Rule and Religion under
Constantine
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In front of the Arch of Constantine near the Colosseum
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Richard Krautheimer, Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308, Ch. 1 “Rome and Constantine”. On Permanent Reserves in the library, DG811 .K7
Amanda Claridge, Rome (Oxford Archaeological Guide), 2010 ed., entries on: Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine (115-117); the Arch of Constantine (308-311), and the Lateran: Baptistery and Church (373-377).
On Permanent Reserve in the library, DG62 .C53 2010
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Oct 2
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The Rise of Papal Power and Uses of the Basilica
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In front of Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore
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Richard Krautheimer, Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308, Ch. 2 “The Christianization of Rome and the Romanization of Christianity” and Ch. 5
“Renewal and Renascence: The Carolingian Age”. On Permanent Reserves in the library, DG811 .K7
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CHURCH DRESS CODE
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Oct 9
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Popes, Antipopes, Barons and Fiefdoms in Medieval Trastevere
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JCU Guarini Campus Entrance
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Richard Krautheimer, Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308, Chs. 7 “The New Rebirth of Rome: The Twelfth Century” (pp. 161-176 only) and Ch. 13
“Houses, Towers and Mansions”. On Permanent Reserves in the library, DG811 .K7
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CHURCH DRESS CODE
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Oct 16
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Midterm Exam, followed by site walk: The Removal of the Papacy and Its Triumphal Return, 1308-1470
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Classroom
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Review readings and class materials for the exam
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MIDTERM EXAM
CHURCH DRESS CODE
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Oct 23
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Reimagining Rome from Sixtus IV to Julius II, 1471-1513
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JCU Guarini Campus Entrance
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George L. Hersey, High Renaissance Art in St. Peter’s and the Vatican: An
Interpretive Guide, Ch. 1, pp. 1-17 (On Pope Julius II). On Permanent Reserves in the library, N6920.H45.
David Coffin, The Villa in the Life of Renaissance Rome, Pt. 2 on the Villa Farnesina. On Frohring Reserve NA7755.C6
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Oct 30
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St. Peter’s and the Vatican
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Piazza S. Pietro, near obelisk at center
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George Hersey, High Renaissance Art in St. Peter’s and the Vatican: An Interpretive Guide, Ch. 3 “The New St. Peter’s”
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CHURCH DRESS CODE
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Nov 6
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Conflicting Powers in the Counter Reformation
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Piazza Farnese
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James Ackerman, The Architecture of Michelangelo, Ch. 7 “The Farnese Palace”. and Ch. 6 “The Capitoline Hill”. On permanent reserves in the library, NA1123.B9A63
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Nov 13
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Architecture and Self-Promotion in Baroque Rome
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Piazza Barberini, near the Triton Fountain
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Vernon Hyde Minor, Baroque & Rococo, Ch. 3 “The Baroque Church: Setting for Mystery, Propaganda, & Worship”, pp. 75-87 only. On Course Reserves, N6410 .M56.
Patricia Waddy, Seventeenth-Century Roman Palaces: Use and Art of the Plan, pp. 3-13. On Course Reserves, DG797.9.W33.
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Nov 20
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Foreigners and the Power of the Picturesque from Alexander VII to Napoleon
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Piazza del Popolo, near the obelisk at center
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Vernon Hyde Minor, Baroque & Rococo, Ch. 7 “Landscapes & Views: Depictions of the Natural and Manmade World”, pp. 289-294 only. On Course Reserves, N6410 .M56.
Terry Kirk, The Architecture of Modern Italy, Vol. 1, Selections from Ch. 2 “Napoleon in Italy, 1800-1815” pp. 87-91 and 112-22 only. On Course Reserves, NA1114 .K574 Vol 1.
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Nov 27
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Representing a Unified Italy, 1870-1921
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Piazza della Repubblica, in front of Basilica S. Maria degli Angeli
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Terry Kirk, The Architecture of Modern Italy, Vol. 1, Selections from Ch. 4 “Unification and the Nation’s Capitals, 1860-1900”, p. 185 and pp. 222-259.
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Dec 4
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Mussolini’s New Empire and Lessons for Architecture in the Contemporary City
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At the exit of the Metro B Magliana stop
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Terry Kirk, The Architecture of Modern Italy, Vol. 2, Selection from Ch. 6 “Architecture During the Fascist Regime”, pp. 120-132. On Course Reserves NA1114 .K574 Vol 2.
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