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Academic Year 2001/2002

Raphael, Michelangelo, and the Remaking of Ancient Rome in Italy (1450-1550)
ARHA 223 FA

The concept of a "re-birth" of the past is a common metaphor in many societies self-conceptions, but has become a wearisome paradigm in historical and art historical analyses of Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This course will open new avenues of discussion by examining the ways in which classical antiquity was mined in the visual arts and in other cultural spheres by individuals and by diverse social groups. How were various pasts used to reshape and redefine various presents, through techniques such as restoration, spoliation, collecting, archaeology, and poetic fantasy? The course will focus particularly on Rome, but also Pisa, Florence, and Venice, and will examine works such as the architecture of Bramante, the painting of Raphael, and the sculpture of Michelangelo. Emphasis will be placed on writing about the visual arts.

MAJOR READINGS

Readings include: Leonard Barkan, UNEARTHING THE PAST: ARCHAEOLOGY AND AESTHETICS IN THE MAKING OF RENAISSANCE CULTURE (Yale University Press, 1999).
Ingrid Rowland, THE CULTURE OF THE HIGH RENAISSANCE: ANCIENTS AND MODERNS IN 16TH CENTURY ROME (Cambridge University Press, 1998).
Patricia Brown, VENICE AND ANTIQUITY: THE VENETIAN SENSE OF THE PAST (Yale University Press, 1996)
Francis Haskell, TASTE AND THE ANTIQUE (Yale University Press, 1981)

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

To be announced

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ART    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Christian,Kathleen Wren   
Times: ..T.... 01:10PM-04:00PM;     Location: DAC100
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 12)
SR. major: X   Jr. major: X
SR. non-major: X   Jr. non-major: X   SO: X   FR: 12

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts
FYI:    First Year Initiative:Seminar
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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