Week One
Monday Jan 19 Introductory lecture and site walk: Rome around 1870
Meeting place Classroom G.K.1.1
Assignment Homework assignment to be discussed in class (see also handout)
Week Two
Monday, Jan 26 19th C. National Capitals and the Legacy of Ancient Rome / Italy’s Risorgimento and the Remaking of Rome
Meeting place Classroom G.K.1.1 – 9:00 instead of 9:15 AM
Assigned Reading Readings must be completed before the class meeting
Barry Bergdoll, European Architecture, 1750-1890, Chapters 2 & 8
Week Three
Monday, Feb 2 The Making of la Terza Roma in the Historic Center
Meeting Place Piazza del Popolo
Itinerary Piazza del Popolo, Galleria Colonna, Palazzo di Montecitorio, the Pantheon,
Galleria Sciarra, Monument to Vittorio Emanuele; In-class Writing Exercise
Assigned Reading Terry Kirk, The Architecture of Modern Italy: Vol. 1 The Challenge of Tradition, 1750-1900, pp. 87-89; 112-122; 219-240.
On reserve in Frohring Library, NA1114.K574 Vol. 1
Week Four
Monday, Feb 9 Roma Alta: Urban Expansion on the Esquiline and Quirinal Hills
Meeting Place Piazza della Repubblica
Itinerary Piazza della Repubblica; Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, Acquario, via Nazionale (St. Paul’s Inside-the-Walls, Palazzo delle
Esposizioni)
Assigned Reading Bergdoll, European Architecture, Chapters 5 & 7
Kirk, The Architecture of Modern Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 241-245
Week Five
Monday Feb 16 The Italian Government and the Papacy: The Political Meaning of Prati and Palazzo della Giustizia.
Meeting Place Piazza Risorgimento
Itinerary Piazza Risorgimento, Borgo, residential buildings along via Crescenzio, Piazza Cavour, Palazzo della Giustizia;
In-class Writing Exercise
Assigned Reading Terry Kirk, The Architecture of Modern Italy. Vol. 1, pp. 246-259
Week Six
Monday Feb 23 Stile Liberty and Rome of the Belle Époque: Quartiere Coppedè, Villa Torlonia and the Villas of the Nomentana
neighborhood
Meeting Place Piazza Buenos Aires
Itinerary Quartiere Coppedè, Villa Torlonia, via Nomentana
Assigned Reading Terry Kirk, The Architecture of Modern Italy: Vol. 2 Visions of Utopia, 1900-Present, Ch. 5 pp. 15-34
Week Seven
Monday, Mar 2 MIDTERM EXAMINATION (1 hr 30 mins) / Lecture: The Origins of Fascism and the Use of Rome
Meeting Place Classroom GK.1.1 9:00 instead of 9:15 A.M.
Assigned Reading Terry Kirk, The Architecture of Modern Italy: Vol. 2, Ch. 5, pp. 43-61
Week Eight
Monday Mar 9 From Garden City to Suburban Exile: The Development of Quartiere Garbatella
Meeting Place At the exit of Metro B Garbatella stop
Itinerary Garbatella neighborhood from Piazza Benedetto Brin to Piazza Eugenio Biffi
Assigned Reading Richard A. Etlin, Modernism in Italian Architecture, 1890-1940, Ch. 5 (all). On Permanent Reserves, NA1118.E86
Week Nine
Monday Mar 16 Disembowelment and Purification: Archeological Excavation and Urban Displacement
Meeting Place Piazza di Torre Argentina
Itinerary Piazza di Torre Argentina, via delle Botteghe Oscure, Piazza Venezia and Palazzo Venezia, via dei Fori Imperiali;
In-Class Writing Exercise
Assigned Readings Etlin, Modernism in Italian Architecture, Ch. 11 pp. 391-403
Spiro Kostof, “His Majesty the Pick: The Aesthetics of Demolition,” in Streets: Critical Perspectives on Public Space, pp.
9-22. On course reserves, NA9053.S7S82
Week Ten
Monday Mar 23 Foro Italico & Ministero degli Esteri
Meeting Place In front of obelisk at Foro Italico
Itinerary Academy of Physical Education and Marble Stadium; Obelisk and Foro Mussolini, Swimming Pools, Fencing Academy;
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Assigned Readings Terry Kirk, The Architecture of Modern Italy: Vol. 2, Ch. 6 pp. 128-132.
Etlin, Modernism in Italian Architecture, Ch. 11, pp. 426-434
Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi, Fascist Spectacle, Ch. 3. On course reserves, DG571.F2
Week Eleven
Monday Mar 30 Architectural Competitions and the Entrance of Modern Architecture to Rome: Post Offices, University Campus,
and Termini Train Station
Meeting Place Piazza Bologna
Itinerary Post Office at Piazza Bologna; Rome “La Sapienza” campus tour; Termini
Assigned Reading Richard A. Etlin, Modernism in Italian Architecture, 1890-1940, Ch. 11, pp. 403-426. On permanent reserve in Frohring
library, NA1118.E86.
SPRING BREAK APRIL 5 - 10
Week Twelve
Monday Apr 13 Tensions between Modernism and Classicism: Casa GIL, Testaccio neighborhood, Ostiense Post Office, Stazione Ostiense
Meeting Place viale Trastevere in front of the Ministry for Public Instruction
Itinerary Casa GIL, walk through Testaccio, Ostiense Post Office, Stazione Ostiense;
In-Class Writing Exercise
Assigned Reading Terry Kirk, The Architecture of Modern Italy: Vol. 2, Ch. 6 pp. 95-108.
Week Thirteen
Monday Apr 20 Fascism as permanent exhibition: E42 (the EUR district)
Meeting Place At the exit of Metro B Magliana stop
Itinerary “Square Colosseum”, Restaurant Building, Expo Building, Palazzo dei Congressi, Piazza Marconi
Assigned Readings Terry Kirk, The Architecture of Modern Italy: Vol. 2, Ch. 6 pp. 133-141
Etlin, Modernism in Italian Architecture, Ch. 13 (all)
Week Fourteen
Thursday Apr 27 Death and the Regime: Piazza Augusto Imperatore and the Ara Pacis Museum
Meeting Place Via Portico d’Ottavia, in front of the ancient monument
Itinerary Jewish Ghetto, then Piazza d’Augusto Imperatore
Assigned Readings Etlin, Modernism in Italian Architecture, Ch. 15 (all)
**Term Paper Due In Class**
DATE, TIME AND LOCATION OF FINAL EXAM TO BE ANNOUNCED.