Week One
Tuesday Jan 20 Overview of syllabus and course material. Lecture: The foreign origins of Rome’s architecture
Meeting Place Classroom TBA
Itinerary Classroom, followed by walk to Republican-era Temples and Capitoline Hill
Week Two
Tuesday Jan 27 Ancient Rome I: Augustus Invents a World Capital
Meeting place Outside of entrance to Foro Romano, via dei Fori Imperiali
Itinerary Roman Forum and Palatine Hill; In-class exercise in architectural design
Reading Complete before the class session
Assignments John E. Stambaugh, The Ancient Roman City, Ch. 4 and Ch. 5 to p. 75. On Permanent Reserve in the library, HT114 .S7
Amanda Claridge, Rome (Oxford Archaeological Guide), 2010 ed., entries on: The Roman Forum (pp. 62-68), Senate
House (71-75), Arch of Titus (121-123) and the Palace of Domitian (145-154) On Permanent Reserve in the library,
DG62 .C53 2010
Week Three
Tuesday Feb 3 Ancient Rome II: Materials and Monumentality in the Imperial Period
Meeting Place Via dei Fori Imperiali, near the Column of Trajan
Itinerary Forum of Augustus, Forum of Trajan, Markets of Trajan, and Pantheon
Reading John E. Stambaugh, The Ancient Roman City, Ch. 5 (pp. 75-85) and Ch. 11. On Permanent Reserve in the library,
Assignments HT114 .S7
Amanda Claridge, Rome (Oxford Archaeological Guide), 2010 ed., Entries on: Forum of Augustus and Trajan (177-196)
and the Pantheon (227-232)
Week Four
Tuesday Feb 10 Ancient Rome III/Early Christianity: The Embattled City and Christian Triumph
Meeting Place In front of Basilica of S. Giovanni in Laterano
Itinerary Aurelian Walls, Basilica of S. Giovanni in Laterano, Baptistery, Church of S. Stefano Rotondo; In-class exercise in
architectural design 2
Reading Richard Krautheimer, Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308, Ch. 1 (pp. 3-31, but
Assignments particularly from p.17); start Ch. 2. On Permanent Reserves in the library, DG811 .K7
Amanda Claridge, Rome (Oxford Archaeological Guide), 2010 ed., entries on: The Lateran: Baptistery and Church
(373-377); S. Stefano Rotondo (345-347)
Week Five
Tuesday Feb 17 Medieval Era I: The Making of Papal Rome
Meeting Place In front of Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore
Itinerary Basilicas of S. Maria Maggiore, S. Prassede, and S. Clemente; In-class exercise 3
Reading Richard Krautheimer, Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308, complete Ch. 2
Assignment and Ch. 5 (pp. 109-142). On Permanent Reserves in the library, DG811 .K7
Week Six
Tuesday Feb 24 Medieval Era II: Power and Urban Process in the later Middle Ages
Meeting Place JCU Guarini Campus Entrance
Itinerary Walk through Trastevere neighborhood; S. Maria in Trastevere, S. Maria in Cosmedin
Reading Richard Krautheimer, Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308, Ch. 7 (pp. 161-176
Assignment only) and Ch. 13. On Permanent Reserves in the library, DG811 .K7
Week Seven
Tuesday Mar 3 Midterm Examination, 9:15-10:30, followed by site walk
Meeting Place Classroom G.K.G. 1
Itinerary Churches of S. Maria sopra Minerva and S. Agostino, Palazzo Capranica
Week Eight
Tuesday Mar 10 Renaissance I: Restoring Rome in the 15th and 16th Centuries
Meeting Place In front of Castel S. Angelo at the beginning of the bridge
Itinerary via dei Banchi Vecchi and via del Governo Vecchio, Palazzo della Cancelleria, Palazzo Farnese, Ponte Sisto, Villa
Farnesina
Reading James Ackerman, The Architecture of Michelangelo, Ch. 7 (pp. 171-
Assignments 192). On permanent reserves in the library, NA1123.B9A63
Peter Partner, Renaissance Rome, 1500-1559, Introduction (pp. 3-23) and Ch. 5 "The Noble Life". On course reserves,
DG812.P37
Week Nine
Tuesday Mar 17 Renaissance II: Urban Planning and Urban Surveillance
Meeting Place Piazza Trilussa, near the fountain
Itinerary Hospice of S. Sisto, Jewish Ghetto, Campidoglio, Church of il Gesù
Reading James Ackerman, The Architecture of Michelangelo, Ch. 6 (pp. 139-
Assignment 174). On permanent reserves in the library, NA1123.B9A63
Week Ten
Tuesday Mar 24 Renaissance III/Baroque I: St. Peter’s and the Borgo
Meeting Place: Piazza S. Pietro, near obelisk
Itinerary: St. Peter’s Basilica and Borgo neighborhood
Reading George L. Hersey, High Renaissance Art in St. Peter’s and the Vatican: An
Assignment Interpretive Guide, pp. 65-96. On Permanent Reserves in the library, N6920.H45.
Week Eleven
Tuesday Mar 31 Baroque II: Competition and Notoriety Among Architects and Their Patrons
Meeting Place Piazza Barberini, near fountain
Itinerary Palazzo Barberini, S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, S. Andrea al Quirinale, Quirinal Palace
Reading Vernon Hyde Minor, Baroque & Rococo, pp. 75-93 (“The Baroque
Assignments Church”). On reserve for class, N6410 .M56.
Patricia Waddy, Seventeenth-Century Roman Palaces: Use and Art of the Plan, pp. 3-13.
On course reserves, DG797.9.W33.
SPRING BREAK APRIL 5 – 10
Week Twelve
Tuesday Apr 14 Baroque III: The Urban Theater
Meeting Place Piazza Navona
Itinerary Piazza Navona, Church of S. Ivo, Church of S. Ignazio, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps
Reading John Pinto, “Architecture and Urbanism,” in Art in Rome in the Eighteenth
Assignment Century, eds. Edgar Peters Bowron and Joseph J. Rishel, pp. 113-121. Photocopy of the chapter will be distributed in class.
Week Thirteen
Tuesday Apr 21 Modern Rome I: Reshaping the city from the Napoleonic era to Italian Unification, 18th – 20th centuries
Meeting Place Piazza del Popolo, at obelisk
Itinerary Piazza del Popolo, Palazzo di Montecitorio, Galleria Sciarra, Monument to King Vittorio Emanuele II
Reading Terry Kirk, The Architecture of Modern Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 222-259. On reserve for AH293 in library, NA1114 .K574 Vol 1.
Assignment
Week Fourteen
Tuesday Apr 28 Modern Rome II: The Form of a New Empire under Fascism and Lessons for Architecture in Contemporary Rome
Meeting Place Piazza L. De Bosis/Ponte Duca D’Aosta
Itinerary Foro Italico (once Foro Mussolini), Villaggio Olimpico and Palazzetto dello Sport, Auditorium della Musica, MAXXI
Reading Terry Kirk, The Architecture of Modern Italy, Vol. 2, pp. 120-132. On reserve for AH293 in the library,
Assignment NA1114 .K574 Vol 2
*Final paper due in class