2021 Spring Overview
Art of Rome
Wednesday - 8:30 to 12:00 with TBA
"Join me for an extraordinary journey and walk with me through more than 2,000 years of history—literally and figuratively—from Rome's start to present day. There is no greater glory for a student studying abroad than to learn about the art of Rome while standing in front of it. The coffee breaks and gelato stops are pretty good too.—Prof. Allen"
Learn more about Prof. Allen
Video, left: a typical day in life of an 'Art of Romer'
Photo, below: a class photo from atop Trajan's Market looking toward Piazza Venezia
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Ancient to Baroque with Prof. Claudia La Malfa
Tuesday - 9:00 to 12:00
"We start in antiquity and arrive at the seventeenth century looking at the ways in which classical art and architecture had a lasting influence on Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque artists. We explore the greatest theatre of antiquity, the Colosseum, the centre of ancient market life, the Market of Trajan, as well as the most incredible of the temples dating from 2000 years ago, the Pantheon. We visit the earliest churches built in the 4th century by Emperor Constantine and the first basilica dedicated by a pope to the Virgin Mary. We look at the masterpieces of Renaissance artists Raphael and Michelangelo in the Vatican Museum and in the Roman palaces and piazze, and we study the most dramatic paintings by the great genius of Caravaggio." —Prof. La Malfa
Learn more about Prof. La Malfa
Photo, left: Van Heemskerck self-portait with the Colosseum, Raphael's 'School of Athens', Caravaggio's 'Martyrdom of St. Matthews'
How to sign up?
Course name: Ancient to Baroque
Course code: AH 200
New Perspectives: New Technology in Renaissance and Baroqe Art with Prof. Jason Cardone
Mon/Wed - 2:05 to 3:30
"Studying how Renaissance artists created their works and the techniques they used, gives us the chance, you could say, to enter practically into their minds and get closer to the world they inhabited. This aspect of Art History has always fascinated me." —Prof. Cardone
Learn more about Prof. Cardone
Video, left: a course introduction by Prof. Cardone
Photo, below: example from the Renaissance of explorations in proportion and perspective
How to sign up?
Course name: New Perspectives: New Technology in Renaissance and Baroqe Art
Course code: AH 214
The Lure of Naples with Prof. Daria Borghese
1-Credit Field Trip
How to sign up?
Course name: The Lure of Naples
Course code: AH 260
Methods and Theory of Art History: Seminar on Methodology with Prof. Paul Gwynne
Tuesday/Thursday - 2:05 to 3:30
How to sign up?
Course name: Methods and Theory of Art History: Seminar on Methodology
Course code: AH 299
Baroque Rome and Italy with Prof. Daria Borghese
Monday - 9:00 to 12:00
How to sign up?
Course name: Baroque Rome and Italy
Course code: AH 301
Villa, Palaces and Gardens in the Renaissance and Baroque with Prof. Paul Gwynne
Thursday - 9:00 to 12:00
How to sign up?
Course name: Villa, Palaces and Gardens in the Renaissance and Baroque
Course code: AH 312
Art of Gallery Management with Prof. Cecilia Canziani
Monday/Wednesday - 5:15 to 6:40
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Sacred Space: Religious Architecture of Rome with Prof. Lauren Golden
Thursday - 8:30 to 12:00
"The course explores the concepts, structure, function, aesthetics and the relationship between secular and sacred space, with an emphasis on Rome, Pagan to Christian. Most of the teaching is on-site at locations in Rome providing students with the opportunity to personally experience the power and beauty of sacred space in Ancient Roman Temples, Catacombs and Early Christian Basilicas and Renaissance and Baroque church art and architecture." —Prof. Golden
Learn more about Prof. Golden
Video, left: Saint’Ignazio Chapel, Altar & Tomb, Il Gesù, 1695
Photo, below: a look inside St. Peter's basilica and the Pantheon
How to sign up?
Course name: Art, Power & Propaganda
Course code: AHRE 410
