ClSt 395 / RoSt 395 - Topography of Ancient Rome
Fall / Spring
On-Site
Instructor: Prof.ssa Sharon Salvadori
Meeting Day: Wednesday
Meeting Times: 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Note: Students should anticipate needing about €60.00 to cover entrance fees to museums and monuments during this course.
Course Description.
This is an upper level survey course focusing on the city of Rome from its origins (c. 753 B.C.) to the reign of Constantine (312-337 AD). The class is taught entirely at archeological sites and in museums. The topography of the city and its neighborhoods and its surviving monuments and artworks are the “primary sources” for an examination of the media, typology, function, aesthetics, and political, religious and social meaning of visual culture in Ancient Rome. The primary aim is to provide an in-depth familiarity and appreciation of the multifaceted nature of Roman art and architecture in its original historical context. Students become familiar with different methods of art historical analysis and acquire the skills for the critical analysis of visual culture. The nature of the exams, the visual analysis, and term paper, as well as class discussion, are designed accordingly.
Course Texts
Available to be purchased at JFRC
Claridge, A. (1988) The Oxford Archeological Guide to Rome (chapters, entries or page numbers specified in the course schedule)
Required Reading on Reserve (chapters, entries or page numbers specified in the course schedule)
Stambaugh, J. (1988) The Ancient Roman City (copies usually available at the Anglo-American Bookstore, Via della Vite 102, street perpendicular to Piazza di Spagna/ Via del Corso)
Kleiner, D.E.E. (1992) Roman Sculpture
Suggested Reading on Reserve (**Please also see the section "Additional Reading and Looking" and the list of books on reserve)
Coulston, J. and Dodge, H. eds. (2000), Ancient Rome: The Archaeology of the Eternal City
Davies, P. (2000) Death and the Emperor
Elsner, J. (1998) Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph
Ling, R. (1991) Roman Painting
Stamper, J. (2005) The Architecture of Roman Temples. The Republic to the Middle Empire.
Strong, D. (1988) Roman Art, 2nd ed.
Ward-Perkins, J.B. (1981) Roman Imperial Architecture
Course Requirements/Grading Policy
Final grades are based on attendance and participation, two exams, and one term paper, as follows:
Attendance and Participation 10%
Mid-term 30%
Final Exam: 30%
Term Paper: 30%
****Please also see the section "Additional Reading and Looking" below.
Attendance and Participation
All scheduled classes are mandatory and attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class. Please obtain a written note from a doctor or the Dean for justified absences (only unforeseen events such illnesses or accidents). Because this is an on-site course that entails moving from monument to monument, you must also always be punctual. You should calculate around 60 minutes travel time from the JFRC campus to our meeting places (specified below in the class schedule.) It is your responsibility to find out where the meeting places are. You may ask me in advance, but no later than during the class the week before. I will not respond to last minute emails or phone calls. The Oxford Archeological Guide to Rome (your textbook!) has many useful maps to locate sites. In addition to timely presence, active participation is expected of all students. You must come to class having read the week’s assignment (listed in the schedule below) and prepared to answer and make thoughtful questions and to share your own observations.
N.B. on reading assignments: Page numbers and chapters listed in the course schedule are occasionally repeated. This is because we proceed chronologically, topographically and thematically and focus on both art and architecture in the city of Rome, while the organization of the various books in the required and suggested reading varies.
N.B. on note taking: Because we will be often standing during class you should consider taking notes with a liquid ink pen or pencil in hard-back note book or equipping yourself with a clipboard (the latter may also be a good idea because you will be given handouts on which you may want to take notes)
Exams
The exams are structured to assess students’ knowledge of essential facts about monuments and their cultural/historical significance. The exams are based on lectures and reading assignments.
The Mid-term exam covers the course material studied through class 7 (Romulus to Augustus). The final exam covers material from class 7 to class 13 (Vespasian to Constantine).
Both exams will consist in:
-6 slide identifications 3 minutes each, worth 30% of your exam grade. Name, typology, date, media, (original) location, function, and patronage must be specified as known or relevant. E.g. the Colosseum does not, strictly speaking, have a subject, but a mythological sarcophagus does; a portrait statue of Augustus is just that, but the emperor may be dressed in priestly or military garb and this should be mentioned. In other words use your brains!
-4 slide comparisons 10 minutes each, worth 40% of the exam grade. One or more images of two sites or monuments will be shown to you. You must identify them (again name, typology, date, media, (original) location, function, and patronage must be specified as known or relevant) and consider them in relation to one another, i.e. discuss significant similarities and differences (often structural or formal components, location, function, meaning and patronage).
-1 essay 30 minutes, worth 30% of the exam grade. Essay questions accompanied by images of sites and/or monuments will be provided. Pick one and answer it. Assigned readings will help determine the essay questions. I.e. you must do the assigned reading to answer appropriately.
Term Paper
8 double-spaced pages exclusive of bibliography, sketches and other supporting images
Due date: Wednesday _______ No late papers accepted. Early papers welcome.
The paper should be a combination of visual analysis (including your own sketches), iconographic and historical research and contextual interpretation, a formal essay that demonstrates the skills that you have honed during the semester. The choice of topics is specified in the "Term paper guideline". Outlines or drafts are optional but must be turned in at least two weeks prior to the due date. Similarly, if you have questions on content or bibliography set up an appointment with me at least two weeks prior to the due date. If you have questions about paraphrasing, quoting primary and secondary sources or methods of citation consult the JCU library website or refer to a writer’s manual (e.g. The Chicago Manual of Style )
****Please refer to the "Term paper guidelines" for topics and extra specifications.
Additional Reading and Looking:
Additional reading is also assigned (in the course schedule and occasionally during the course of the semester). This is not mandatory, but it is strongly recommended. Usually students that achieve top grades (B+, A- and A) are those who consistently do a significant amount of the recommended reading. All recommended reading assignments are from books on the reserve shelf in the library. (***See the list of books on reserve). You may check out reserve materials for 2 hrs. to read in the library or to xerox. You are also strongly encouraged to look at as many Roman monuments as possible (both in person and reproduced in books; this is par for the course for anyone taking art history); and of course to read even more!
Academic Honesty is assumed of all students. All forms of academic dishonesty (cheating on exams, plagiarizing papers, etc) will result automatically in an F for the assignment and may result in the student receiving a failing grade for the course (irrespective of the weight of the assignment). All instances of academic dishonesty will be reported to the LUC JFRC Administration. Please consult the LCU undergraduate catalog for a full description of the University’s academic integrity policy.
CLASS SCHEDULE
|
1. Wed. Sept. 10
Meeting place: |
Introduction to course: requirements, extra reading, logistics, etc. Chronological, topographic and thematic overview; architecture and sculpture: materials/media, typology and function
JFRC
|
|
2. Wed. Sept. 17
Meeting place:
Required reading:
Suggested Reading:
|
Rome's foundation: topography and mythology Tiber, Tiber Island, Forum Holitorium, Forum Boarium, Circus Maximus, Palatine, Aventine, (Roman Forum and Capitoline Hill situated); architectural typologies and building materials
Ponte Garibaldi (on left side of bridge, facing Trastevere)
Claridge (1988): 3-9 (history Kings to the 2nd cent. B.C.), 37-58 (building materials and techniques, architectural orders and dimensions, building types), 226-28 (Tiber Island), and 264-65 (Circus Maximus), Stambaugh (1988): Introduction and Ch. 1 (Earliest Rome)
Smith "Early and Archaic Rome" (esp. 24-35) in Coulston and Dodge (2000); Strong (1988): Preface to the First edition; Elsner (1998): Ch. 2
|
|
3. Wed. Sept. 24
Meeting place:
Required reading:
Suggested Reading: |
Architecture, art and self-representation from the Kings to the early Republic: the Roman Forum and the Capitoline Hill/ architectural typologies and building materials cont.
Roman Forum Entrance on Via dei Fori Imperiali
Claridge (1988): 3-9 (history Kings to the 2nd cent. B.C.), 61-65 (Forum overview), 229-24168 (Shrine of Cloacina), 72-73 (Comitium and Black stone), 77-78 (Temple of Concordia), 80-81 (Temple of Saturn), 85-88 (Forum pavement), 91-92 (Temple of Castor), 95-97 (Spring and Pool of Juturna), 101-106, (Temple of Vesta, House of Vestal Virgins and Regia), 229-241 (Capitoline Hill); Strong (1988): Ch. 1; Stambaugh (1988): Ch. 13 (The City and the Gods); Stambaugh (1988): Ch. 1 (Earliest Rome), Ch. 2 (Expansion under the Republic) and Ch. 7, pp. 101-114 (City Government - Kings to Republic)
Kleiner (1992): Introduction; Strong (1988): Preface to the First edition; Stamper (2005): 6-15, 32, 33 (Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus), and 34-41 (early Republican Roman Forum and Archaic phase of the Temple of Mater Matuta)
|
|
4. Wed. Oct. 1
Meeting place:
Required reading:
Suggested Reading: |
Transitions from the Republic to the early Empire I: Temples, Theatres and Military Triumphs: Area Sacra of Largo Argentina, Theatre of Pompey, Republican porticos and temples in the S. Campus Matrius, San Nicola in Carcere Temples, Republican S.Omobono temples, Temple of Portunus, Round temple
Largo Argentina by benches facing Area Sacra temples
Claridge (1988): 7-14 (history), 177-80 (Campus Martius overview), 214-19 (Theatre of Pompey and Largo Argentina temples), 207 (Saepta Julia) 222-226 (Porticus of Octavia), 243-255 (Theatre of Marcellus, Temple of Apollo Medicus Sosianus, temple of Bellona, victory temples in the Forum Holitorium, arcades along the triumphal way, S. Omobono temples, Temple of Portunus, Round temple); Stambaugh (1988): Chs. 2 (Expansion under the Republic), 3 (The Late Republic); Kleiner (1992): 44- 47 (intro Pompey, J.C. and M.A.)
Stambaugh (1988): Ch. 13 (The City and the Gods) and Ch. 14 (Roman Holidays); Cornell "The City of Rome in the Mid-Republic" in Coulston and Dodge (2000); Stamper (2005): 41-48 (Republican phase of Temples of Mater Matuta and Fortuna and Temples in Largo Argentina), 49-50 and 53-56 (temples in southern Campus Martius), 59-68 (Temples in Forum Holitorium and Temple of Portunus), 68-81 (Round Temple and Temples in Largo Argentina), and 84-90 (Theatre of Pompey)
|
|
5. Fri. Oct. 3 (MAKE UP)
Meeting place:
Required reading:
Suggested Reading: |
Transitions from the Republic to the Empire II: Caesar and Augustus, dynasty and architectural patronage. The Roman Forum from Julius Caesar to Augustus, the forum of Julius Caesar, the forum of Augustus.
Roman Forum entrance on Via dei Fori Imperiali
Claridge (1988): 9-14 (history), 61-65 (Roman Forum overview), 66-68 (Porticus of Gaius and Lucius and Basilica Aemilia), 70-72 (Curia), 77-78 (Temple of Concordia), 81-84 (Rostra), 89-90 (Basilica Julia), 91-92 (Temple of Castor), 97-99 (Temple of the deified Julius C. and Arch of Augustus), 148-53 (Forum of Caesar), 158-161 (Forum of Augustus); Kleiner (1992): 44- 47 (intro Pompey, J.C. and M.A.), 59-61 (intro to Augustus), 86-88 (Parthian Arch), 99-102 (Forum of Augustus), Stambaugh (1988): Ch. 4 (The Augustan City)
Strong (1988): 75-80 (intro. to Augustus, Basilica Aemilia reliefs, etc.); Walker "The Moral Museum: Augustus and the City of Rome" in Coulston and Dodge (2000); Stamper (2005): 90-104 (Forum of Julius Caesar and Caesarian Roman Forum), 105-115 (Augustus and Augustan Roman Forum), Ch. 8 (Forum of Augustus and Augustan-Julio-Claudian Roman Forum)
|
|
6. Wed. Oct. 08
Meeting Place:
Required reading:
Suggested reading: |
Augustus and Rome: the Campus Martius. Mausoleum of Augustus, Ara Pacis, Horologium, Pantheon (Agrippan phase), Baths and Stagnum of Agrippa, Basilica of Neptune
Mausoleum of Augustus (at top of stairs leading into the mausoleum entrance)
Claridge (1988): 11-14 (history), 181-192 (Mausoleum of Augustus, Ara Pacis, Horologium), Kleiner (1992): 59-61 (intro to Augustus), 90-99 (Ara Pacis and Mausoleum); Stambaugh (1988): Ch. 4 (The Augustan City)
Strong (1988): 80-84 (Ara Pacis), Davies (2000): 13-19 and 137-42 (Mausoleum of A. ), Walker "The Moral Museum: Augustus and the City of Rome" in Coulston and Dodge (2000); Stamper (2005): 105-108 (Augustus), 126-129 (Augustan Campus Martius)
|
|
Oct. 9-Oct. 16 |
*******************FALL BREAK******************
|
|
7. Wed. Oct. 22
Place:
Required Reading:
Suggested reading: |
Portraiture and painting from the late Republic to the Flavian dynasty Hellenistic and Veristic Portraiture of the late Republic/ Portraiture from Augusts to Domitian
*****Mid-term review: Romulus to Augustus (bring review sheet)***
Palazzo Massimo entrance (Museo Nazionale Romano, Piazza dei Cinquecento, across the street from Stazione Termini)
Claridge (1988): 11-19 (history) and 399-400 (Palazzo Massimo); Kleiner (1992): 23-42 (intro to Republican sculpture and portraiture), 42-47 (intro/portraits of Pompey, J.C. and M.A.), 59-69 (intro to Augustan art/Portraits of Augustus), 75-80 (Augustan female portraiture), 113-117 (legacy of Augustan art), 172-179 (Flavian portraiture)
Ling (1991): Ch. 2 (The Second Style); Kleiner: Introduction and123-141 (Julio Claudian portraiture); Strong (1988): 44-47 (late Republican sculpture), 63-71 (late Republican wall painting), 75-80 and 84-88 (Augustan sculpture and portraiture), 94-101 (Augustan and 1st AD wall painting), 110-114 (Julio-Claudian portraiture), 135-137 (Flavian portraiture)
|
|
8. Wed. Oct. 29
Meeting Place: |
********************MID-TERM EXAM*********************
JFRC
|
|
9. Wed. Nov. 5
Meeting Place:
Required Reading:
Suggested reading: |
The Palatine Hill from Romulus to Domitian: Temple of Magna Mater, Victory Temples, Archaic huts (hut of Romulus), House of Augustus and House of Livia, Temple of Apollo Palatinus, Domus Transistoria, Flavian Palace
Palatine Hill entrance on Via Gregoriana
Claridge (1988): 4-17 (history), 119-145 (Palatine); Stambaugh (1988) 71-75 (Flavians); Kleiner (1992): 82-84 (Temple of Apollo Palatinus), 135-139
Strong (1988): 94-101 (Augustan and 1st AD wall painting), 127-28 and 132-133 (Flavian interior decoration); Stamper (2005): 115-119 (Temple of Apollo Palatinus)
|
|
10. Fri. Nov. 7 (Make up)
Meeting Place:
Required Reading:
Suggested reading: |
Imperial Patronage from Nero to Domitian The Colosseum Valley, the Temple of Peace and the Forum Transistorium, the Temple of the Deified Vespasian and Titus, the Roman Forum, the Arch of Titus
Metro stop Colosseo entrance (B line)
Claridge (1988): 15-17 (history), 290-292 (Domus Aurea), 276-284 (Colosseum and Ludus Magnus), 116-118, (Arch of Titus), 79-80 (Temple of the deified Vespasian), and 153-157 (Temple-Forum of Peace and Forum of Nerva); Kleiner (1992): 179-81 (display in the Templum Pacis), 183-190 (Arch of Titus) and 192-194 (Forum Transistorium); Stambaugh (1988): 75-81 (history);
Strong (1988): 122-125 (Domus Aurea) and 127-132 (esp. Arch of Titus); Stamper (2005): Ch. 9 (Temples and Fora of the Flavian Emperors), Elsner Ch. 3 (Art and Imperial Power)
|
|
11. Wed. Nov. 12
Meeting Place:
Required Reading:
Suggested reading: |
Trajan's Forum Complex/ Imperial portraiture and state reliefs in the 2nd century AD Overview imperial Fora/ Trajan's Forum Square, Basilica Ulpia, Column of Trajan and Markets of Trajan/ imperial portraiture from Trajan to Marcus Aurelius and state reliefs from Hadrian to Marcus Aurelius in the Capitoline Museums
Metro stop Colosseo entrance (B line)
Claridge (1988): 17-20 (history), 161-172, (Forum of Trajan, Basilica Ulpia, Column of Trajan, Trajan’s markets), Kleiner (1992): 207-223 (Trajanic portraiture and Forum of Trajan), 238-244 (Hadrianic portraiture), 253-56 (Hadrianic reliefs in the Capitoline Museums), 267-80 (Antonine portraiture) and 288-294 (Antonine reliefs in the Capitoline Museums)
Davies (2000): 127-135 (Column of Trajan); Stamper (2005): Ch. 10 (The Forum Traiani); Stambaugh (1988): Ch. 9 (The Commercial City); Strong (1988): 141-153 (Trajanic complex), 171-182 (Hadrianic portraiture and state reliefs), 197-202 and 211-214 (Antonine portraiture and reliefs), Elsner Ch. 3 (Art and Imperial Power)
|
|
12. Wed. Nov. 19
Meeting Place:
Required Reading:
Suggested reading:
|
The Campus Martius from Domitian to Commodus: The Stadium and Odeon of Domitian, the Pantheon, the Hadrianeum, the Columns of A. Pius and M. Aurelius / Imperial portraiture from the Antonines to Constantine in the Capitoline Museums
Piazza Navona: central fountain
Claridge (1988): 16-20 (history) and 193-214 (Column of Marcus Aurelius, Temple of the Deified Hadrian, Pantheon, Stadium of Domitian); Kleiner 283-88 (Hadrianeum, column of A. Pius) and 295-301 (column of M. Aurelius), 267-95 (Antonine portraiture and reliefs), 318-329 (Severan portraiture), and 433-444 (Constantinian portraiture)
Davies (2000): 34-48, 79-83 and 158-171 (Mausoleum of Hadrian, Pantheon, columns of A. Pius and M. Aurelius); Stamper (2005): Ch. 1 (Hadrian's Pantheon) and 212-14 (Hadrianeum); Ward-Perkins (1981): 111-18 (Pantheon); Elsner (1998): Ch. 3 (Art and Imperial Power); Strong (1988): 197-198 (base of the column of Antoninus Pius), 206-211 (Column of Marcus Aurelius), 228 (Severan portraiture), 250-255 and 264-5 (third century portraiture), and 278-280 (Constantinian portraiture)
********TERM PAPER DUE*******
|
|
13. Wed. Nov. 26
Meeting Place:
Required Reading:
Suggested reading: |
Imperial Patronage from Hadrian to Constantine in and around the Roman Forum: Temple of Venus and Roma, Temple of Antoninus Pius and Fasutina, Temple of Vesta, Arch of Septimius Severus, Curia, decennalia base, Temple of Divus Romulus, Basilica Nova, Arch of Constantine
Base of the Colossus of Nero by the Colosseum
Claridge (1988): 17-27 (history), 64- 65 (late antique Forum), 113-115 (Temple of Venus and Roma), 107-108 (Temple of A. Pius and Faustina), 101-102 (temple of Vesta), 75-76 (Arch of Septimius Severus), 70-72 (Curia), 88-89 (honorary columns), 109-111 (Temple of Divus Romulus'), 115-116 (Basilica Nova), 272-76 (Arch of Constantine); Kleiner (1992): 329-32 (Arch of S. Severus), 413-17 (Decennalia monument), 445-55 (Arch of Constantine; see also 251-53 and 288-95) )
Ward-Perkins (1981): 426-430 (Basilica Nova, Temple of Divus Romulus, Arch of Constantine); Strong (1988): 218-222 (Severan reliefs), 264-266 (Tetrarchs), 276-278 (Arch of Constantine); Stambaugh (1988): 81-85 (history); Elsner (1998): Ch. 3 (Art and Imperial Power) |
|
14. Wed. Dec. 3
Meeting Place:
|
*******************Review Session********************
JFRC |
|
|
********************Final week********************** |