Week 1, Tuesday
Lecture: Course Introduction
Meeting Place: JCU, Classroom
Reading for the Week: M. M. Miles Article, "Greek and Roman Art and the Debate About Cultural Property" (Moodle)
Chasing Aphrodite, Prologue and Chapters 1 - 4
New York Times Article (Moodle)
M. E. Mayo, "Collecting Ancient Art: An Historical Perspective" Article (Moodle)
Week 1, Thursday
Lecture: Antiquities: The Love Affair
Week 2, Tuesday
Lecture: The History of Collecting: Forgers, Looters and the Black Market
Reading for the Week: Chasing Aphrodite, Chapters 5, 6 and 7
C. C. Coggins, "Archaeology and the Art Market" Article (Moodle)
N. Charney's Articles on Fakes and Forgeries (Moodle)
Week 2, Thursday
FILM: “Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery"
Week 3, Tuesday
Collecting Antiquities: The Role of Museums, Auction Houses and Private Collectors
Reading for the Week: Chasing Aphrodite, Chapters 8 - 13
A. Kozloff, "The Antiquities Market" Article (Moodle)
S. White, "Building American Museums" Article (Moodle)
P. Marks, "Dealers Speak" Article (Moodle)
Week 3, Thursday
GROUP U.S. MUSEUM PRESENTATIONS today
Week 4, Tuesday
Lecture: John Beazley and Attribution Studies/Connoisseurship
Reading for the Week: T. Flynn's Geneva Talk on the Parthenon Marbles
British Committee for the Reunification of Parthenon Marbles' Refutation of the BM’s Statements (Moodle)
Text of the 1963 British Museum Act (Moodle Link)
K. F. Gibbon, "The Elgin Marbles: A Summary" Article (Moodle)
A. Solomon, "Art in Jeopardy" Article (Moodle)
Week 4, Thursday
Early Collections and Repatriation Issues: The Oriental Institute's Persian Collection and the Elgin Marbles
Week 5, Tuesday
Lecture: What's to Love?: A Lesson on Greek Pottery and Sculpture I
Reading for the Week: Chasing Aphrodite, Chapters 14 – 19
ARCA Blog Post on Getty Bronze (Moodle)
Week 5, Thursday
Case Study: The Getty Bronze
Week 6, Tuesday
Lecture: Provenance: What is it, and is it important?
Reading for the Week: Chasing Aphrodite, Chapters 20 - 22 and Epilogue
Article on the Trial of Marion True (Moodle)
D. Chappell, "Unraveling the 'Cordata'" Article (Moodle)
ARCA Blog Entry on Robin Symes (Moodle)
RAND Article, Medici Case (Moodle)
Week 6, Thursday
Tombaroli & Giacomo Medici, Robin Symes, and Robert Hecht: The "Organigram"
Week 7, Tuesday (or site visit, if possible)
The Banditaccia Necropolis and Museum at Cerveteri
Reading for the Week:
"My Life as a Tombarolo" Article (Moodle)
Case Note: Euphronios Krater (Moodle)
Optional Reading: D. H. Lawrence, Etruscan Places, Chapter 1 (Moodle)
Week 7, Thursday (or site visit, if possible)
Villa Giulia Museum
Choose object for Object Description Project
Week 8, Tuesday
Review for Midterm Exam
Week 8, Thursday
MIDTERM EXAM
Week 9, Tuesday
Lecture: Looting and the Black Market
Guest Lecturer: CEO of the Association for Research into Crimes Against Art
Week 9, Thursday
GROUP PROVENANCE REPORTS presented in class today
Week 10, Tuesday
Lecture: International Conventions and Treaties: The Hague, UNESCO, and UNIDROIT
Reading for the Week: Shaky Ground, Introduction and Chapters 1 and 2
K. F. Gibbon, "Chronology of Cultural Property Legislation" Article (Moodle)
Texts of All Conventions and Treaties:
http://www.eui.eu/projects/internationalArtHeritageLaw/internationallegislation.aspx
UNESCO Handbook of Legal and Practical Measures Against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001461/146118e.pdf
Week 10, Thursday
GROUP CONVENTION REPORTS presented in class today
Week 11, Tuesday
Lecture: Internal National Laws and Bilateral Agreements: Italy and the U.S.; Italian Property Laws
Reading for the Week: Shaky Ground, Chapters 3, 4, 5 and Conclusion
Text of Metropolitan Museum/Italy Repatriation Agreement (Moodle)
M. Papa Sokal, "The U.S. Legal Response to the Protection of the World Cultural Heritage" Article (Moodle)
W. G. Pearlstein, "Cultural Property, Congress, the Courts, and Customs" Article (Moodle)
Week 11, Thursday
Guest Lecture: Italian Legal Advisor to the Ministry of Culture
Week 12, Tuesday
FILM: “The Rape of Europa” – Part I
Week 12, Thursday
FILM: “The Rape of Europa” – Part II
Week 13, Tuesday
Lecture: Italy's Cultural Entities and Art and Antiquities Squads, and the Repatriation of Objects
Reading for the Week: F. Isman, "Artworks in Exile" Article (Moodle)
To Look Over (Moodle Links):
MiBACT, Roma Capitale, and Carabinieri TPC websites
Week 13, Thursday
Guest Lecture: Carabinieri's TPC Squad
Week 14, Tuesday
OBJECT DESCRIPTION PROJECT DUE TODAY
Lecture: The American Response: AAM and the Reaction of Museums, Museum Personnel and Archaeologists
Reading for the Week: "The Rise of the University Museum" Boston Review Article (Moodle)
"Finders, Keepers" Museums Speak Out About Repatriation Article (Moodle)
K. Singh, "The Universal Museums: The View From Below" Article (Moodle)
T. Flynn's Universal Museum Article (Moodle)
J. Boardman, "'National' Heritage and Scholarship" Article (Moodle)
T. Flynn, "Fear of Cultural Objects" Article (Moodle)
AAM Article 2016 (Moodle)
How are we doing? 2005 UNIDROIT ARTICLE
Week 14, Thursday
The Universal/Encyclopedic Museum: Does it Truly Exist? Should It?; James Cuno and the Getty: A Last Look; State of Affairs: Cleveland Museum of Art (Read ARCA Blog article together on Moodle)
Review for Final Exam
Reading In Review for Final Exam: G. Lobay, "Looting and the Antiquities Trade" (Moodle)
FINAL EXAM: T.B.A.
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