The handouts on this blog and the links to the various resources are for your benefit, to help you write in your journals throughout the trip and to complete your essays at the end of this trip. They are not intended to be a substitute for, but a supplement to your reading and to help navigate you through some of the material that you will encounter in this course. Note that the handouts cover only about half to two-thirds of the lecture days we will have and do not relfect all of the material the course will cover.
In addition to those links, here aree some others to help you towards a deeper appreciation of what you will be seeing:
For Greek vases click HERE.
For Greek and Roman Temple Architecture click HERE.
Please check back here periodically for any new links or announcements.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
The Palatine, Colosseum, and Imperial Fora (for Rome)
I. The Palatine.
A. The Palatine pre-Republic.
a. Prehistoric inhabitation.
b. The Monarchy; the hut of Romulus.
B. Palatine in Republic.
a. The Political Neighborhood.
b. Sacred Sites.
C. The Palatine in the Empire.
a. The House of Augustus.
b. The Domus Tiberiana.
c. The Domus Transitoria.
d. The Domus Aurea.
e. The Domus Flavia.
II. The Colosseum.
A. Construction under Vespsian.
B. Construction under Titus.
C. Construction under Domitian.
D. Architecture and Statistics.
E. Gladiation.
a. Some general remarks.
b. Types of fighters.
c. some fun facts.
III. The Ludus Magnus.
IV. The Imperial Fora.
A. Caesar’s Forum.
B. Augustus’ Forum.
C. The Forum Transitorium.
D. The Forum of Peace.
E. Trajan’s Forum and Market.
Key Terms, Names, and Concepts.
Romulus
The hut of Romulus
Hercules and Cacus
Evander
The Temple of the Magna Mater
Clodia Quinta
The House of Hortensius
The House of Augustus
The Temple of Apollo
The Daughters of Danaus
The Domus Tiberiana
* Tiberius
The Domus Transitoria
The Domus Aurea
*Nero
The Domus Flaviana
*Domitian
Amphitheatrum Flavianum
Thraex
murmillo
bestiarius
retriarius
Venus Genetrix
Mars Ultor
Battle of Philippi
Minerva
Arachne
Nerva
Basilica Ulpia
Trajan’s Column
Apollodorus of Damascus
Dacians
Temple of Peace
THE ROMAN EMPIRE: 14-180 AD (for Rome OR Capri)
I. Our Sources.
II. The Julio-Claudians.
A. Tiberius 14-37 AD.
1. The reluctant princeps.
2. Sejanus.
B. Gaius Caligula 37-41 AD.
C. Claudius 41-54 AD.
1. The revolt of Camillus.
2. The fall of Messalina.
D. Nero 54-68 AD.
1. The Quinquennium Neronis.
2. The murder of Agrippina the Younger.
3. The alleged reign of terror.
IV. The Year of the Four Emperors 68-69 AD.
A. Galba.
B. Otho.
C. Vitellius.
V. The Flavians.
A. Vespasian 69-79 AD.
B. Titus 79-81 AD.
C. Domitian 81-96 AD.
1. Reputation.
2. Reality.
VI. The Five Good Emperors.
A. Nerva 96-98 AD.
B. Trajan 98-117 AD.
1. The Dacian Wars.
2. Eastern conquests.
C. Hadrian 117-138 AD.
D. Antoninus Pius 138-160 AD.
E. Marcus Aurelius 160-180 AD.
VII. Aftermath and Assessment.
A. Marcus’ Successor: the beginning of the end.
B. An Assessment of the Pax Romana.
Key Terms, Names, and Concepts:
Tacitus
Suetonius
Tiberius
Germanicus
Livia
Agrippina the Elder
Sejanus
Caligula
Claudius
Messalina
Agrippina the Younger
Nero
Seneca
Vindex
Galba
Otho
Vitellius
Vespsian
Titus
Domitian
Nerva
Trajan
Hadrian
Antoninus Pius
Marcus Aurelius
Commodus
imperial crisis
II. The Julio-Claudians.
A. Tiberius 14-37 AD.
1. The reluctant princeps.
2. Sejanus.
B. Gaius Caligula 37-41 AD.
C. Claudius 41-54 AD.
1. The revolt of Camillus.
2. The fall of Messalina.
D. Nero 54-68 AD.
1. The Quinquennium Neronis.
2. The murder of Agrippina the Younger.
3. The alleged reign of terror.
IV. The Year of the Four Emperors 68-69 AD.
A. Galba.
B. Otho.
C. Vitellius.
V. The Flavians.
A. Vespasian 69-79 AD.
B. Titus 79-81 AD.
C. Domitian 81-96 AD.
1. Reputation.
2. Reality.
VI. The Five Good Emperors.
A. Nerva 96-98 AD.
B. Trajan 98-117 AD.
1. The Dacian Wars.
2. Eastern conquests.
C. Hadrian 117-138 AD.
D. Antoninus Pius 138-160 AD.
E. Marcus Aurelius 160-180 AD.
VII. Aftermath and Assessment.
A. Marcus’ Successor: the beginning of the end.
B. An Assessment of the Pax Romana.
Key Terms, Names, and Concepts:
Tacitus
Suetonius
Tiberius
Germanicus
Livia
Agrippina the Elder
Sejanus
Caligula
Claudius
Messalina
Agrippina the Younger
Nero
Seneca
Vindex
Galba
Otho
Vitellius
Vespsian
Titus
Domitian
Nerva
Trajan
Hadrian
Antoninus Pius
Marcus Aurelius
Commodus
imperial crisis
The Campus Martius (for Rome)
I. The Pre-Republican Campus Martius.
II. The Campus Martius in the Late Republic.
A. Area Sacra di Largo Argentina.
B. The Villa Publica.
C. The Theater of Pompey.
D. The Via Flaminia (via Lata).
III. The Imperial Campus Martius.
i. The Northern Campus.
A. The Saepta Iulia.
B. Iseum.
C. Baths of Agrippa and Nero.
D. The Pantheon.
E. The Mausoleum of Augustus.
F. The Ara Pacis and Horologium.
G. The Column of M. Aurelius.
H. The Temple of the Divine Hadrian.
I. The Stadium of Domitian.
ii. The Southern Campus Martius and Forum Boiarium and Holitorium.
A. The Theater of Marcellus.
B. The Portico of Octavia.
C. The Temple of Apollo Sosibius.
D. The Round Temple.
E. The Temple of Portuna.
Key Terms, Names, and Concepts.
Sulla
Area Sacra di Largo Argentina
Circus Flaminius
Villa Publica
Theater of Pompey
Iseum
The Pantheon
The Mausoleum of Augustus
The Ara Pacis and Horologium.
The Column of M. Aurelius
The Temple of the Divine Hadrian
The Stadium of Domitian
Forum Boiarium and Holitorium.
The Theater of Marcellus
The Portico of Octavia
The Temple of Apollo Sosibius
The Round Temple
The Temple of Portuna
II. The Campus Martius in the Late Republic.
A. Area Sacra di Largo Argentina.
B. The Villa Publica.
C. The Theater of Pompey.
D. The Via Flaminia (via Lata).
III. The Imperial Campus Martius.
i. The Northern Campus.
A. The Saepta Iulia.
B. Iseum.
C. Baths of Agrippa and Nero.
D. The Pantheon.
E. The Mausoleum of Augustus.
F. The Ara Pacis and Horologium.
G. The Column of M. Aurelius.
H. The Temple of the Divine Hadrian.
I. The Stadium of Domitian.
ii. The Southern Campus Martius and Forum Boiarium and Holitorium.
A. The Theater of Marcellus.
B. The Portico of Octavia.
C. The Temple of Apollo Sosibius.
D. The Round Temple.
E. The Temple of Portuna.
Key Terms, Names, and Concepts.
Sulla
Area Sacra di Largo Argentina
Circus Flaminius
Villa Publica
Theater of Pompey
Iseum
The Pantheon
The Mausoleum of Augustus
The Ara Pacis and Horologium.
The Column of M. Aurelius
The Temple of the Divine Hadrian
The Stadium of Domitian
Forum Boiarium and Holitorium.
The Theater of Marcellus
The Portico of Octavia
The Temple of Apollo Sosibius
The Round Temple
The Temple of Portuna
The Forum Romanum (for Rome)
I. Early History.
A. Cemetery.
B. Grazing and Market Area.
II. Shape.
A. Via Sacra and Via Nova.
B. Vicus Tuscus and Argiletum.
C. Cloaca.
D. Clivus Argentarius, Capitolinus, and Palatinus.
III. The Monarchy.
A. Curia Hostilia.
B. Vestal Virgin Complex.
C. Tavernae.
D. Regia.
IV. Republic.
A. Curia.
B. Temple of Castor and Pollux.
C. Temple of Saturn.
D. Basilica Aemilia.
E. Comitium and Rostra.
F. Temple of Concordia.
G. Tabularium.
V. Empire.
A. Temple of Divus Iulius.
B. Temple of Vespasian.
C. Basilica Iulia.
D. Portico of Gaius and Lucius.
E. Arches: Augustus, Tiberius, Septemius Severus, Titus.
F. Curia Iulia.
G. Pillars to Diocletian’s General’s
H. Basilica of Maxentius.
J. The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina.
K. The Augustan Rostrum.
VI. Religious Monuments.
A. Golden Milestone.
B. Tomb of Romulus.
C. Lacus Curtius.
D. Lacus Iuturnae.
E. The Olive, Vine, and Fig.
Important Names, Terms, and Concepts (in addition to those in the above outline):
Romulus
Numa
Caesar
Augustus
aerarium
Battle of Antium (338BC)
Fasti Capitolini
Gallic War
Vestal Virgins
P. Clodius Pulcher
The Jewish War
The Capitoline (for Rome)
I. A Brief Modern History of the Site.
II. The Ancient Structures.
A. Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus.
B. Temple of Juno Moneta.
C. Temple of Vei Iovis.
D. Tarpeian Rock.
Key Terms, Names, and Concepts:
Michelangelo
Campodoglio
Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
Temple of Vei Iovis
Temple of Juno Moneta
Tarpeian Rock
Manlius
Tarpeia
triumph
Tarquin
Sulla
Vespasian
II. The Ancient Structures.
A. Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus.
B. Temple of Juno Moneta.
C. Temple of Vei Iovis.
D. Tarpeian Rock.
Key Terms, Names, and Concepts:
Michelangelo
Campodoglio
Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
Temple of Vei Iovis
Temple of Juno Moneta
Tarpeian Rock
Manlius
Tarpeia
triumph
Tarquin
Sulla
Vespasian
Ancient Religion (for Paestum)
I. Religio: A Definition.
II. Sources.
A. Greek.
B. Roman.
D. Archaeological.
III. The Greek and Roman Pantheon: Some Differences.
IV. Religious Ceremonies.
A. Animal Sacrifice.
B. Augury.
C. Other Forms of Sacrifice.
D. Occasions for Worship.
V. Religion and the State.
A. Greece.
B. Rome.
VI. Greek and Roman Holidays.
A. Greek.
B. Roman.
VII. Foreign Cults and Other Beliefs.
Some Important Terms to Remember:
Homer
Ovid
- Fasti
Virgil
- Aeneid
Livy
Cicero
Hesiod
Mars
Venus
Lares
Penates
Vestals
Prometheus
haruspex
augury
Athena
eusebia/asebia
Ionian Revolt
tisis
Herodotus
pietas
pax deorum
Augustine
Olympia
Delphi
pan-Hellenic
Anthesteria
City Dionysia
Panatheneia
Eleusinion Mysteries
dies fas/nefas
ludi
Lupecalia
Parilia
Lemuria
Saturnalia
Magna Mater
Bacchic Conspiracy
Mithras
Asclepius
Petronius
Pliny
Tacitus
- Annals
Apuleius
- Golden Ass/Metamorphoses
Lucretius
- On the Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura)
Constantine
Theodosius the Great
II. Sources.
A. Greek.
B. Roman.
D. Archaeological.
III. The Greek and Roman Pantheon: Some Differences.
IV. Religious Ceremonies.
A. Animal Sacrifice.
B. Augury.
C. Other Forms of Sacrifice.
D. Occasions for Worship.
V. Religion and the State.
A. Greece.
B. Rome.
VI. Greek and Roman Holidays.
A. Greek.
B. Roman.
VII. Foreign Cults and Other Beliefs.
Some Important Terms to Remember:
Homer
Ovid
- Fasti
Virgil
- Aeneid
Livy
Cicero
Hesiod
Mars
Venus
Lares
Penates
Vestals
Prometheus
haruspex
augury
Athena
eusebia/asebia
Ionian Revolt
tisis
Herodotus
pietas
pax deorum
Augustine
Olympia
Delphi
pan-Hellenic
Anthesteria
City Dionysia
Panatheneia
Eleusinion Mysteries
dies fas/nefas
ludi
Lupecalia
Parilia
Lemuria
Saturnalia
Magna Mater
Bacchic Conspiracy
Mithras
Asclepius
Petronius
Pliny
Tacitus
- Annals
Apuleius
- Golden Ass/Metamorphoses
Lucretius
- On the Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura)
Constantine
Theodosius the Great
Modern Archaeology: Recovery and Restoration (for Herculaneum or Stabia)
I. The Origins of Archaeology.
A. Renaissance Humanism.
B. The Enlightenment.
C. Surviving by threads: artists’ drawings.
II. The First Necessity: Money.
III. Methods of Excavation.
IV. Surveying site.
A. “Sherding”.
B. Aerial photography.
C. Marine Archaeology.
V. Digging: Methods.
A. Stratigraphy
B. Problems of stratigraphy.
C. Dating a Site.
VI. The Various Sciences of Archaeology.
A. Carpology.
B. Paleobotany.
C. Physical Anthropology.
D. Geology.
VII. Archaeologists: Some Areas of Specialization.
A. Pottery.
B. Loom weights.
C. Brick Stamps.
D. Sculpture.
E. Painting.
F. Numismatics.
G. Epigraphy.
H. Architecture.
i. Fibulae.
j. Votive offerings.
k. Oil lamps.
VIII. Making Sense of Material Remains: Reconstructing Buildings.
IX. The Task of the Archeologist.
Important Terms Names and Concepts:
UNESCO
stratigraphy
sherding
carpology
paleobotany
dendrochronology
loom weights
amphorae
brick stamps
numismatics
epigraphy
fibulae
votive offerings
oil lamps
A. Renaissance Humanism.
B. The Enlightenment.
C. Surviving by threads: artists’ drawings.
II. The First Necessity: Money.
III. Methods of Excavation.
IV. Surveying site.
A. “Sherding”.
B. Aerial photography.
C. Marine Archaeology.
V. Digging: Methods.
A. Stratigraphy
B. Problems of stratigraphy.
C. Dating a Site.
VI. The Various Sciences of Archaeology.
A. Carpology.
B. Paleobotany.
C. Physical Anthropology.
D. Geology.
VII. Archaeologists: Some Areas of Specialization.
A. Pottery.
B. Loom weights.
C. Brick Stamps.
D. Sculpture.
E. Painting.
F. Numismatics.
G. Epigraphy.
H. Architecture.
i. Fibulae.
j. Votive offerings.
k. Oil lamps.
VIII. Making Sense of Material Remains: Reconstructing Buildings.
IX. The Task of the Archeologist.
Important Terms Names and Concepts:
UNESCO
stratigraphy
sherding
carpology
paleobotany
dendrochronology
loom weights
amphorae
brick stamps
numismatics
epigraphy
fibulae
votive offerings
oil lamps
Pompeii's Houses (for Pompeii)
Roman Domestic Architecture.
I. General Remarks.
A. The Roman House according to Vitruvius.
B. The Infrastructure of a Roman House.
C. Construction Materials.
II. The Components of a Roman House.
A. The Exterior.
B. Fauces.
C. Atrium.
D. Tablinum.
E. Peristyle.
F. Triclinium.
G. Cubicula.
III. Decor & Amenities.
A. Pompeian Wall Painting.
a. first style.
b. second style.
c. third style.
d. fourth style.
B. Mosaics.
C. Nymphaea.
IV. Houses for the Dead: Roman Necropoleis.
Key Terms, Names, and Concepts.
Vitruvius
ergastula
stucco
terra cotta
fauces
atrium
lararium
conpluvium
impluvium
tablinum
peristylum
horti
triclinium
cubiculum
Pompeian 1st style
*2nd style
*3rd style
*4th style
House of the Vettii
House of the Faun
House of the Moralist
Villa of Diomedes
Villa of the Mysteries
necropolis
cremation
inhumation
libitinarius
cena novendialis
Manes
Lemuria
I. General Remarks.
A. The Roman House according to Vitruvius.
B. The Infrastructure of a Roman House.
C. Construction Materials.
II. The Components of a Roman House.
A. The Exterior.
B. Fauces.
C. Atrium.
D. Tablinum.
E. Peristyle.
F. Triclinium.
G. Cubicula.
III. Decor & Amenities.
A. Pompeian Wall Painting.
a. first style.
b. second style.
c. third style.
d. fourth style.
B. Mosaics.
C. Nymphaea.
IV. Houses for the Dead: Roman Necropoleis.
Key Terms, Names, and Concepts.
Vitruvius
ergastula
stucco
terra cotta
fauces
atrium
lararium
conpluvium
impluvium
tablinum
peristylum
horti
triclinium
cubiculum
Pompeian 1st style
*2nd style
*3rd style
*4th style
House of the Vettii
House of the Faun
House of the Moralist
Villa of Diomedes
Villa of the Mysteries
necropolis
cremation
inhumation
libitinarius
cena novendialis
Manes
Lemuria
Public Pompeii (for Pompeii)
NOTE: The "Key Terms" section of most handouts will be in no particular order as a result of formatting difficulties with eblogger.
I. Destruction.
II. History and Region.
III. Infrastructure: Laying Out a Roman Town
A. Roman Colonization and Military Encampments.
B. Infrastructure and Construction.
IV. The Major Regions of the City.
A. The Forum.
B. The Theater District.
C. The Amphitheater
Important Terms to Remember:
Vesuvius
Asclepius
Samnites
Epidauros
Sulla
Pergamum
cardo maximus
orchestra
via decumana
paradoi
groma
scenae frons
Hippodomaean plan
balteus/zona
Forum
cavea
Temple of Apollo
odeon
Temple of Venus
Temple of Hercules
Eumachia
Palaestra
Temple of Vespasian
bestiarius
Temple of the Lares
venationes
Stabian Baths
retiarius
Apodyterium
thraex
Tepidarium
murmillo
Caldarium
lanista
Frigidarium
meretrix
Hypocast
Temple of Isis
Apuleius
Temple of Jupiter Milichus
I. Destruction.
II. History and Region.
III. Infrastructure: Laying Out a Roman Town
A. Roman Colonization and Military Encampments.
B. Infrastructure and Construction.
IV. The Major Regions of the City.
A. The Forum.
B. The Theater District.
C. The Amphitheater
Important Terms to Remember:
Vesuvius
Asclepius
Samnites
Epidauros
Sulla
Pergamum
cardo maximus
orchestra
via decumana
paradoi
groma
scenae frons
Hippodomaean plan
balteus/zona
Forum
cavea
Temple of Apollo
odeon
Temple of Venus
Temple of Hercules
Eumachia
Palaestra
Temple of Vespasian
bestiarius
Temple of the Lares
venationes
Stabian Baths
retiarius
Apodyterium
thraex
Tepidarium
murmillo
Caldarium
lanista
Frigidarium
meretrix
Hypocast
Temple of Isis
Apuleius
Temple of Jupiter Milichus
The Syllabus
CLAS308I
ITALY: GREEK AND ROMAN CULTURE IN CONTEXT.
WINTER TERM 2007
January 3-22, 2007
Professor Steven H. Rutledge
Phone: 301-405-2360
Email: shr@deans.umd.edu
Professor Ian Sutherland
Phone
Email: ian.sutherland@gallaudet.edu
*This is a three credit CORE HL (humanities/literature) course.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed for students to examine in depth classical (i.e. Greek and Roman) society and the continuity of that society in the Renaissance. Students will be expected to read primary texts that will be focused on the culture and history of the sites visited, as well as do the essential background readings for the course and attend lectures. In addition, there is a heavy archaeological element to the course designed to give the students a deeper appreciation of the daily lives and physical environment of the ancients. Mornings and sometimes afternoons will consist of outings to various sites; most evenings will be free (for reading or going out), though there will be one evening in which you will be taken out for a group dinner.
LECTURES:
Most lectures will be on site. Students will be taken through a site and given the pertinent historical, archaeological, and cultural background needed to make sense out of the remains of the antiquities they will be seeing. Subjects touched on in individual site lectures will include a wide range of cultural material, from Roman houses, to gladiators, to Roman mosaics. There will be ample time, after each lecture, for further exploration.
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Mary Beard and John Henderson, Classical Art from Greece to Rome, (Oxford University Press 2001). ISBN: 0192842374
Mary Beard and John Henderson, Classics. A Very Short Introduction, (Oxford 1995). ISBN: 0192853856
Amanda Claridge, Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide, (Oxford University Press 1998). ISBN: 0192880039
Alison Cooley, Pompeii. A Sourcebook, (Routledge 2004). ISBN 0415262127
A brief course packet that will contain a number of maps and readings (to be handed out at orientation).
For Italian (recommended):
Shirley Baldwin and Sarah Boas, Conversational Italian in Seven Days (McGraw-Hill
NTC, 1991).
A RECOMMENDED READING.
The Blue Guide to Rome will also serve you very well in this course and can be picked up at most book stores.
COURSE EXPECTATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
Students are required to attend all lectures. Grading will be based on 1. your travel journals (which should show interest and engagement in the materials and subject matter), 2. a final essay (which should bring together a substantial swathe of material covered in the course and show that you have done the reading), 3. and participation and citizenship (are you a good traveler, are you attentive, do you participate in the class).
JOURNALS:
We will ask that you keep a daily log of our activities. Each day in which there is a scheduled activity we will ask that you enter into your journal what you found most interesting about a specific site and why. In addition, we ask that you enter one thing, outside of the site, that you would not see in this country and to comment on it. At some point in your journal we will ask that you comment on the two books by Beard and North; we would like to know what you found most interesting about the books and how they helped you to better appreciate the sites visited. We ask in addition that you do the same with the Cooley at some point for your entry on Pompeii. One specific task we will ask each of you to complete in either the museum in Naples or in Paestum is to pick a figure from either a Roman painting or on a Greek vase and to sketch it. You will need to tell from what museum it comes and from what type of artifact as well. Once you sketch it, we would like you to tell us what you learned about the level of skill it takes to competently complete such a work. Journals are to be handed in at the end of the course.
ESSAY:
You will be required to hand in a 10 page essay on ONE from the following THREE topics, to be based on your readings and lecture notes. It is to be double-spaced, with 12 point times font. It will be due January 24th, though there should be computer access and you can also work on your rough copies during the course of the trip.
1. The Greek community had a powerful influence on life in ancient Italy. How was that influence manifested in Roman art, architecture, civic life and culture? What are some of the divergences we see between the Greeks and Romans in these areas? That is, how do the Romans create an original and dynamic society based, in part, on Greek models? What are some of the problems we face in reconstructing our understanding of Greek influence on Roman visual culture in particular (according to Beard and Henderson)?
2. What does Roman domestic architecture and the contents of a Roman house tell us about Roman life and culture?
3. What universals do we see in terms of urban architecture and planning throughout antiquity in Italy? That is, what similarities do we see in places such as Rome, Pompeii, Paestum, or Herculaneum, that alert us instantly that they are Roman cities or cities colonized by the Romans? What political, cultural, and economic factors contribute to making them appear as they do?
DO NOT GET INFORMATION OFF THE WEB FOR THESE ESSAYS. THE WEB, WHILE OCCASIONALLY A GREAT TOOL, HAS INFO THAT IS FREQUENTLY WRONG AND MISLEADING AND HAS RESULTED IN STUDENTS WITH LOWER GRADES AS A RESULT.
Please note that there are links for sites where you can do a bit of reading and find maps and images of the places we will visit. In addition, there are links for the Hotel Mimosa and for the city of Stabia, as well as to hotels in Florence and the Italian National Rail system.
SYLLABUS:
College Park
Tues. Jan. 2
Depart
Wed. Jan. 3:
Arrive at Stabiae.
AT STABIAE:
Thurs. Jan. 4:
Day Trip: Ancient Stabiae.
Fri. Jan. 5:
Herculanaeum.
Site Lecture: The Science of Archaeology.
Oplontis.
Site Lecture: Nero.
Sat. Jan. 6:
Naples, The National Museum.
Site Lecture: Ancient Art, a Brief Overview.
Reading Due: Finish Beard and Henderson.
Sun. Jan. 7:
Pompeii:
Site Lecture: Roman Architecture and Public Life.
Reading Due: Read the Cooley by today.
Mon. Jan. 8:
Pompeii:
Roman Houses and Villas.
Site Lecture: Roman Domestic Architecture and Life.
Tues. Jan. 9:
Free Day
Wed. Jan. 10:
Free Day
Thurs. Jan. 11:
Free Day.
Fri. Jan. 12:
Day Trip: Paestum.
Site Lecture: The Greeks in Italy.
Sat. Jan. 13:
Day Trip: The Northern Region of the Bay of Naples (Cumae, Pozzuoli, etc.)
Sun. Jan. 14:
Day Trip: Capri.
ROME:
Mon. Jan. 15:
Transfer to Rome.
The Villa Adriana.
Tues. Jan. 16:
Day Trip: The Forum, The Palatine, Imperial Fora, and Colosseum.
Site Lecture: The History of the Forum.
Reading Due: Claridge pp. 60-173; 266-304.
Wed. Jan. 17:
Day Trip: The Vatican Collection and St. Peters.
Thurs. Jan. 18:
Day Trip: The Capitoline and Museum.
Site Lecture: The History of the Capitoline; tour of the Capitoline Museum collection.
Reading Due: Claridge pp. 229-41.
Fri. Jan. 19:
Day Trip: The Palazzo Massimo(this link is not in English); walking tour of the Campus Martius.
Reading Due: Claridge pp. 174-228; 242-63.
Sat. Jan. 20:
Optional trip: Ostia Antica.
Sun. Jan. 21:
Free Day.
Fri. Jan. 22:
Depart for U.S.
ADDRESSES AND CONTACTS:
Istituto Salesiano “San Michele”
Via Salario 12
Castellammare di Stabia (Napoli)
Tel. +39-081-871-7114
Fax: +39-081-8715260
Emai: cmareime@libero.it
HOTEL MIMOSA
Via di Santa Chiara 61
00186 Roma, Italy
Tel.0668801753 - Fax 066833557
Email: hotelmimosa@tin.it
DAY TRIPS
If you intend to take day trips, then you will need to make arrangements yourself for overnight lodging, and bear in mind that you will have already paid for lodging in Stabiae and Rome. Below is the web address for the Italian state rail system – you can punch in a city and find out schedules from it.
http://www.fs-on-line.com/
If you want to go to Florence, I have stayed at the Hotel Eden (click the link). It is near the train station and run by a nice family. The link should bring up other cheap but clean hotels as well.
ITALY: GREEK AND ROMAN CULTURE IN CONTEXT.
WINTER TERM 2007
January 3-22, 2007
Professor Steven H. Rutledge
Phone: 301-405-2360
Email: shr@deans.umd.edu
Professor Ian Sutherland
Phone
Email: ian.sutherland@gallaudet.edu
*This is a three credit CORE HL (humanities/literature) course.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed for students to examine in depth classical (i.e. Greek and Roman) society and the continuity of that society in the Renaissance. Students will be expected to read primary texts that will be focused on the culture and history of the sites visited, as well as do the essential background readings for the course and attend lectures. In addition, there is a heavy archaeological element to the course designed to give the students a deeper appreciation of the daily lives and physical environment of the ancients. Mornings and sometimes afternoons will consist of outings to various sites; most evenings will be free (for reading or going out), though there will be one evening in which you will be taken out for a group dinner.
LECTURES:
Most lectures will be on site. Students will be taken through a site and given the pertinent historical, archaeological, and cultural background needed to make sense out of the remains of the antiquities they will be seeing. Subjects touched on in individual site lectures will include a wide range of cultural material, from Roman houses, to gladiators, to Roman mosaics. There will be ample time, after each lecture, for further exploration.
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Mary Beard and John Henderson, Classical Art from Greece to Rome, (Oxford University Press 2001). ISBN: 0192842374
Mary Beard and John Henderson, Classics. A Very Short Introduction, (Oxford 1995). ISBN: 0192853856
Amanda Claridge, Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide, (Oxford University Press 1998). ISBN: 0192880039
Alison Cooley, Pompeii. A Sourcebook, (Routledge 2004). ISBN 0415262127
A brief course packet that will contain a number of maps and readings (to be handed out at orientation).
For Italian (recommended):
Shirley Baldwin and Sarah Boas, Conversational Italian in Seven Days (McGraw-Hill
NTC, 1991).
A RECOMMENDED READING.
The Blue Guide to Rome will also serve you very well in this course and can be picked up at most book stores.
COURSE EXPECTATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
Students are required to attend all lectures. Grading will be based on 1. your travel journals (which should show interest and engagement in the materials and subject matter), 2. a final essay (which should bring together a substantial swathe of material covered in the course and show that you have done the reading), 3. and participation and citizenship (are you a good traveler, are you attentive, do you participate in the class).
JOURNALS:
We will ask that you keep a daily log of our activities. Each day in which there is a scheduled activity we will ask that you enter into your journal what you found most interesting about a specific site and why. In addition, we ask that you enter one thing, outside of the site, that you would not see in this country and to comment on it. At some point in your journal we will ask that you comment on the two books by Beard and North; we would like to know what you found most interesting about the books and how they helped you to better appreciate the sites visited. We ask in addition that you do the same with the Cooley at some point for your entry on Pompeii. One specific task we will ask each of you to complete in either the museum in Naples or in Paestum is to pick a figure from either a Roman painting or on a Greek vase and to sketch it. You will need to tell from what museum it comes and from what type of artifact as well. Once you sketch it, we would like you to tell us what you learned about the level of skill it takes to competently complete such a work. Journals are to be handed in at the end of the course.
ESSAY:
You will be required to hand in a 10 page essay on ONE from the following THREE topics, to be based on your readings and lecture notes. It is to be double-spaced, with 12 point times font. It will be due January 24th, though there should be computer access and you can also work on your rough copies during the course of the trip.
1. The Greek community had a powerful influence on life in ancient Italy. How was that influence manifested in Roman art, architecture, civic life and culture? What are some of the divergences we see between the Greeks and Romans in these areas? That is, how do the Romans create an original and dynamic society based, in part, on Greek models? What are some of the problems we face in reconstructing our understanding of Greek influence on Roman visual culture in particular (according to Beard and Henderson)?
2. What does Roman domestic architecture and the contents of a Roman house tell us about Roman life and culture?
3. What universals do we see in terms of urban architecture and planning throughout antiquity in Italy? That is, what similarities do we see in places such as Rome, Pompeii, Paestum, or Herculaneum, that alert us instantly that they are Roman cities or cities colonized by the Romans? What political, cultural, and economic factors contribute to making them appear as they do?
DO NOT GET INFORMATION OFF THE WEB FOR THESE ESSAYS. THE WEB, WHILE OCCASIONALLY A GREAT TOOL, HAS INFO THAT IS FREQUENTLY WRONG AND MISLEADING AND HAS RESULTED IN STUDENTS WITH LOWER GRADES AS A RESULT.
Please note that there are links for sites where you can do a bit of reading and find maps and images of the places we will visit. In addition, there are links for the Hotel Mimosa and for the city of Stabia, as well as to hotels in Florence and the Italian National Rail system.
SYLLABUS:
College Park
Tues. Jan. 2
Depart
Wed. Jan. 3:
Arrive at Stabiae.
AT STABIAE:
Thurs. Jan. 4:
Day Trip: Ancient Stabiae.
Fri. Jan. 5:
Herculanaeum.
Site Lecture: The Science of Archaeology.
Oplontis.
Site Lecture: Nero.
Sat. Jan. 6:
Naples, The National Museum.
Site Lecture: Ancient Art, a Brief Overview.
Reading Due: Finish Beard and Henderson.
Sun. Jan. 7:
Pompeii:
Site Lecture: Roman Architecture and Public Life.
Reading Due: Read the Cooley by today.
Mon. Jan. 8:
Pompeii:
Roman Houses and Villas.
Site Lecture: Roman Domestic Architecture and Life.
Tues. Jan. 9:
Free Day
Wed. Jan. 10:
Free Day
Thurs. Jan. 11:
Free Day.
Fri. Jan. 12:
Day Trip: Paestum.
Site Lecture: The Greeks in Italy.
Sat. Jan. 13:
Day Trip: The Northern Region of the Bay of Naples (Cumae, Pozzuoli, etc.)
Sun. Jan. 14:
Day Trip: Capri.
ROME:
Mon. Jan. 15:
Transfer to Rome.
The Villa Adriana.
Tues. Jan. 16:
Day Trip: The Forum, The Palatine, Imperial Fora, and Colosseum.
Site Lecture: The History of the Forum.
Reading Due: Claridge pp. 60-173; 266-304.
Wed. Jan. 17:
Day Trip: The Vatican Collection and St. Peters.
Thurs. Jan. 18:
Day Trip: The Capitoline and Museum.
Site Lecture: The History of the Capitoline; tour of the Capitoline Museum collection.
Reading Due: Claridge pp. 229-41.
Fri. Jan. 19:
Day Trip: The Palazzo Massimo(this link is not in English); walking tour of the Campus Martius.
Reading Due: Claridge pp. 174-228; 242-63.
Sat. Jan. 20:
Optional trip: Ostia Antica.
Sun. Jan. 21:
Free Day.
Fri. Jan. 22:
Depart for U.S.
ADDRESSES AND CONTACTS:
Istituto Salesiano “San Michele”
Via Salario 12
Castellammare di Stabia (Napoli)
Tel. +39-081-871-7114
Fax: +39-081-8715260
Emai: cmareime@libero.it
HOTEL MIMOSA
Via di Santa Chiara 61
00186 Roma, Italy
Tel.0668801753 - Fax 066833557
Email: hotelmimosa@tin.it
DAY TRIPS
If you intend to take day trips, then you will need to make arrangements yourself for overnight lodging, and bear in mind that you will have already paid for lodging in Stabiae and Rome. Below is the web address for the Italian state rail system – you can punch in a city and find out schedules from it.
http://www.fs-on-line.com/
If you want to go to Florence, I have stayed at the Hotel Eden (click the link). It is near the train station and run by a nice family. The link should bring up other cheap but clean hotels as well.
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