Art 245 Roman Art
Spring 2011
11:00-11:50 MWF, Fine Arts 102
Harry Titus
| Date | Topic | Reading Assignments. |
| Jan 12 | Organization and Resources | |
| Jan 14 | Etruria and Rome | F.Kleiner, Ch 1 |
| Jan 19 | Early Rome | |
| Jan 21 | Pompeii | F. Kleiner, Ch 2 |
| Jan 24 | Art in the Roman Republic | F. Kleiner, Ch 3 |
| Jan 26 | Roman Republic | |
| Jan 28 | Roman "Verism" | F. Kleiner, Ch 4. D. Kleiner: 31-47 |
| Jan 31 | Painting | Ling, 12-18 |
| Feb 2 | Octavian Augustus | F. Kleiner, Ch 5 |
| Feb 4 | Architecture | Nash: Forum of Augustus |
| Feb 7 | Vitruvius paper due | F. Kleiner, Ch 6 |
| Feb 9 | Sculpture | D. Kleiner: 90-99 |
| Feb 11 | Pax Augustea | F. Kleiner, Ch 7, Ling: 23-31 |
| Feb 14 | The Julio-Claudians | F. Kleiner, Ch 8 |
| Feb 16 | Sculpture | D. Kleiner: 149-15 |
| Feb 18 | Painting | Ling: 52-62 |
| Feb 21 | The Flavians | F. Kleiner, Ch 9, Nash, Imperial Palace |
| Feb 23 | Sculpture | D. Kleiner, 171-183 |
| Feb 25 | Pompeii | F. Kleiner, Ch 10, Ling, 71-85 |
| Feb 28 | Pompeii | |
| Mar 2 | Exam | |
| Mar 4 | Trajan | F. Kleiner, Ch 11 |
| Mar 14 | Forum of Trajan | |
| Mar 16 | Sculpture | D. Kleiner: 212-220 |
| Mar 18 | Hadrian | F. Kleiner, Ch 12 |
| Mar 21 | Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli | |
| Mar 23 | The Pantheon | Nash, The Pantheon |
| Mar 25 | The Antonines | F. Kleiner, Ch 13 |
| Mar 28 | Sculpture | D. Kleiner, 268-280 |
| Mar 30 | Ostia | F. Kleiner, Ch 14 |
| Apr 1 | The Severans | F. Kleiner, Ch 16 |
| Apr 4 | Sculpture | F. Kleiner, Ch 15 |
| Apr 6 | Architecture | Nash, Baths of Caracalla |
| Apr 8 | Lepcis Magna and the East | F. Kleiner, Ch 17 |
| Apr 11 | The Soldier Emperors | F. Kleiner, Ch 18 |
| Apr 13 | The Tetrarchs | F. Kleiner, Ch 19 |
| Apr 15 | Mosaics and Painting | |
| Apr 18 | Constantine | F. Kleiner, Ch 20 |
| Apr 20 | Constantine and Christianity | |
| Apr 25 | Roman culture after Constantine | |
| Apr 27 | Review |
| Final Exam | Wednesday, May 4, 2-5 PM | Fine Arts 102 |
Text
Fred S. Kleiner, A History of Roman Art, 2007
Reserve Reading
Diana Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, New Haven, 1992. NB115 .K57 1992
Roger Ling, Roman Painting, Cambridge, 1991. ND 120 .L56 1991
Ernest Nash, Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome, 2 vols., New York, 1961, 1968. NA 310 .N28 1968 vol. 1, vol. 2.