Week One
Thursday Jan 21 Overview of syllabus and course material. Lecture: The Foreign Origins of Rome’s Architecture
Meeting Place G.K.G. 3
Itinerary Classroom, followed by walk to Republican-era Temples and Capitoline Hill
Week Two
Tuesday Jan 28 Ancient Rome I: Augustus and the Making of a Capital
Meeting place Outside of entrance to Foro Romano, via dei Fori Imperiali
Itinerary Roman Forum, Forum of Julius Caesar and Forum of Augustus
Reading Always complete readings before the class session
Assignments 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 Archaeological Guide), 2010 ed., 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). On Permanent Reserve
in Frohring library, Guarini Campus, DG62 .C53 2010
Week Three
Thursday Feb 4 Ancient Rome II: Representing Empire in the Age of Trajan and Hadrian
Meeting Place Via dei Fori Imperiali, near the Column of Trajan
Itinerary Markets of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, Temple of the Divine Hadrian and Pantheon
Reading John E. Stambaugh, The Ancient Roman City, Ch. 5 “Rome under the
Assignments 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
Week Four
Thursday Feb 11 Ancient Rome III/Early Christianity: Negotiating Rule and Religion under Constantine
*Quiz 1*
Meeting Place In front of the Arch of Constantine near the Colosseum
Itinerary Arch of Constantine, Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, Basilica of S. Giovanni in Laterano and Baptistery
Reading Richard Krautheimer, Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308, Ch. 1 “Rome and
Assignments 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
Week Five
Thursday Feb 18 Medieval Era I: The Rise in Papal Power and Uses of the Basilica
Meeting Place In front of Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore
Itinerary Basilicas of S. Maria Maggiore, S. Prassede, and S. Clemente
Reading Richard Krautheimer, Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308, Ch. 2 “The
Assignment 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
Week Six
Thursday Feb 25 Medieval Era II: Popes, Antipopes, Barons and Fiefdoms in Late Medieval Trastevere
Meeting Place JCU Guarini Campus Entrance
Itinerary Walk through Trastevere neighborhood; S. Maria in Trastevere,
Reading Richard Krautheimer, Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308, Chs. 7 “The New
Assignment 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
Week Seven
Thursday Mar 3 Midterm Examination, 9:15-10:30
10:45-12:00 Site walk: The Removal of the Papacy and Its Triumphant Return, 1308-1417
Meeting Place Classroom
Itinerary Churches of S. Maria sopra Minerva and S. Agostino
Week Eight
Thursday Mar 10 Renaissance I: Pope Julius II and Reimagining Imperial Rome
Meeting Place In front of the JCU Guarini Campus entrance
Itinerary il Tempietto, Villa Farnesina, via Giulia
Reading George L. Hersey, High Renaissance Art in St. Peter’s and the Vatican: An
Assignment 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
Week Nine
Thursday Mar 17 Renaissance II: The Construction and Uses of St. Peter’s, 1502-1644
Meeting Place: Piazza S. Pietro, near obelisk
Itinerary: St. Peter’s Basilica
Reading George L. Hersey, High Renaissance Art in St. Peter’s and the Vatican: An
Assignment Interpretive Guide, Ch. 3 “The New St. Peter’s”. On Permanent Reserves in the library, N6920.H45.
Week 10
Thursday Mar 24 Renaissance III/Baroque I: Patronage and Conflicting Powers in Counter Reformation Rome
*Quiz 2*
Meeting Place Piazza Farnese (near Campo de’Fiori)
Itinerary Palazzo Farnese, il Ghetto, Campidoglio, Church of il Gesù
Reading James Ackerman, The Architecture of Michelangelo, Ch. 7 “The Farnese
Assignment Palace”. ALSO RECOMMENDED: Ch. 6 “The Capitoline Hill”. On permanent reserves in the library, NA1123.B9A63
Peter Partner, Renaissance Rome, 1500-1559, Ch. 1. On Course Reserves in the library, DG812.P37
Kenneth Stow, Theater of Acculturation: The Roman Ghetto in the 16th Century, Ch. 1 “The Jew in a Traumatized Society”.
On Course Reserves DS135 .I85
Spring Break Mar 28 - Apr 1
Week Eleven
Thursday Apr 7 Baroque II: Architecture and Self-Promotion in Counter-Reformation Rome
Meeting Place Exit of Metro A Barberini stop
Itinerary Palazzo Barberini, S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, S. Andrea al Quirinale, Quirinal Palace
Reading Vernon Hyde Minor, Baroque & Rococo, Ch. 3 “The Baroque Church: Setting
Assignments 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.
Week Twelve
Thursday Apr 14 Baroque III: Foreigners and the Power of Picturesque Rome from Alexander VII to Napoleon
*Quiz 3*
Meeting Place Piazza del Popolo
Itinerary Piazza del Popolo, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain; the Pantheon and Column of Trajan revisited
Reading Vernon Hyde Minor, Baroque & Rococo, Ch. 7 “Landscapes & Views:
Assignments Depictions of the Natural and Manmade World”, pp. 289-294 only. On Course Reserves, N6410 .M56.
Richard Krautheimer, The Rome of Alexander VII, 1655-1667, Ch. 1 “The Man and His Time” and Ch. 8 “Piazza del Popolo:
City Planning and Stage Design”. On Course Reserves, NA9204 .R7K7
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.
Week Thirteen
Thursday Apr 21 Modern Rome I: Representing a Unified Italy in Rome’s Architecture, 1870-1921
*Paper due in class*
Meeting Place Piazza della Repubblica
Itinerary Piazza della Repubblica, via Nazionale, Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II
Reading Terry Kirk, The Architecture of Modern Italy, Vol. 1, Selections from Ch. 4
Assignment “Unification and the Nation’s Capitals, 1860-1900”, p. 185 and pp. 222-259. On Course Reserves, NA1114 .K574 Vol 1.
Week Fourteen
Thursday 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, Selection from Ch. 6
Assignment “Architecture During the Fascist Regime”, pp. 120-132. On Course Reserves NA1114 .K574 Vol 2.
FINAL EXAMINATION TIME AND LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED