Week 1
Lecture: Course Introduction
Meeting Place: JCU, Classroom
Reading: M. M. Miles Article, "Greek and Roman Art and the Debate About Cultural Property" (Moodle)
Week 2
Lecture: Antiquities: The Love Affair
Reading: Chasing Aphrodite, Prologue and Chapters 1 - 4
New York Times Article (Moodle)
M. E. Mayo, "Collecting Ancient Art: An Historical Perspective" Article (Moodle)
Week 3
Lecture: The History of Collecting: Forgers, Looters and the Black Market
FILM: “Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery”
Reading: 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 4
Collecting Antiquities: The Role of Museums, Auction Houses and Private Collectors
GROUP U.S. MUSEUM PRESENTATIONS today
Reading: 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 5
Lecture: John Beazley and Attribution Studies/Connoisseurship; Early Collections and Repatriation Issues: The Oriental Institute's Persian Collection and the Elgin Marbles
Reading: 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 6
Lecture: What's to Love?: A Lesson on Greek Pottery and Sculpture I
Case Study: The Getty Bronze
Reading: Chasing Aphrodite, Chapters 14 – 19
ARCA Blog Post on Getty Bronze (Moodle)
Week 7
Lecture: Provenance: What is it, and is it important?; Tombaroli & Giacomo Medici, Robin Symes, and Robert Hecht: The "Organigram"
Review for Final Exam
Reading: 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)
SPECIAL Weekend Visits
The Banditaccia Necropolis and Museum at Cerveteri (Bus Leaves from P. Trilussa at 8:30 AM; Return to Rome by 2:00 PM)
Reading:
"My Life as a Tombarolo" Article (Moodle)
Case Note: Euphronios Krater (Moodle)
Optional Reading: D. H. Lawrence, Etruscan Places, Chapter 1 (Moodle)
Villa Giulia Museum (Meet in front of the Museum at 10:00 AM)
**Choose object for Object Description Project
Week 8
MIDTERM EXAM
Week 9
GROUP PROVENANCE REPORTS presented in class today
Lecture: Looting and the Black Market
Guest Lecturer: CEO of the Association for Research into Crimes Against Art
Week10
OBJECT DESCRIPTION PROJECT DRAFT DUE TODAY
Lecture: International Conventions and Treaties: The Hague, UNESCO, and UNIDROIT
Reading: 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 11
GROUP CONVENTION REPORTS presented in class today
Guest Lecture: Italian Legal Advisor to the Ministry of Culture
Week 12
Lecture: Internal National Laws and Bilateral Agreements: Italy and the U.S.; Italian Property Laws
FILM: “The Rape of Europa”
Reading: 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 13
Lecture: Italy's Cultural Entities and Art and Antiquities Squads, and the Repatriation of Objects
Guest Lecture: Carabinieri's TPC Squad
Reading: F. Isman, "Artworks in Exile" Article (Moodle)
To Look Over (Moodle Links):
MiBACT, Roma Capitale, and Carabinieri TPC websites
Week 14
FINAL OBJECT DESCRIPTION PROJECT DUE TODAY
Lecture: The American Response: AAM and the Reaction of Museums, Museum Personnel and Archaeologists; 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)
Review for Final Exam
Reading: "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
In Review for Final Exam: G. Lobay, "Looting and the Antiquities Trade" (Moodle)
FINAL EXAM: T.B.A.
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