Art 245 Roman Art
Spring 2009
11:00-11:50 MWF, Fine Arts 102
Harry Titus
| Date | Topic | Reading Assignments. |
| Jan 14 | Organization and Resources | |
| Jan 16 | Etruria and Rome | F.Kleiner, Ch 1 |
| Jan 21 | Early Rome | |
| Jan 23 | Pompeii | F. Kleiner, Ch 2 |
| Jan 26 | Art in the Roman Republic | F. Kleiner, Ch 3 |
| Jan 28 | TBD | |
| Jan 30 | Roman "Verism" | F. Kleiner, Ch 4. D. Kleiner: 31-47 |
| Feb 2 | Painting | Ling, 12-18 |
| Feb 4 | Octavian Augustus | F. Kleiner, Ch 5 |
| Feb 6 | Architecture | Nash: Forum of Augustus |
| Feb 9 | Vitruvius paper due | F. Kleiner, Ch 6 |
| Feb 11 | Sculpture | D. Kleiner: 90-99 |
| Feb 13 | Pax Augustea | F. Kleiner, Ch 7, Ling: 23-31 |
| Feb 16 | The Julio-Claudians | F. Kleiner, Ch 8 |
| Feb 18 | Sculpture | D. Kleiner: 149-15 |
| Feb 20 | Painting | Ling: 52-62 |
| Feb 23 | The Flavians | F. Kleiner, Ch 9, Nash, Imperial Palace |
| Feb 25 and 27 | College Art Association meetings, no class | |
| Mar 2 | Sculpture | D. Kleiner: 177-179 |
| Feb 4 | Pompeii | F. Kleiner, Ch 10, Ling: 71-85 |
| Mar 6 | Exam |
| Mar 16 | Trajan | F. Kleiner, Ch 11 |
| Mar 18 | Sculpture | D. Kleiner: 212-220 |
| Mar 20 | Hadrian | F. Kleiner, Ch 12 |
| Mar 23 | Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli | |
| Mar 25 | The Pantheon | Nash, The Pantheon |
| Mar 27 | The Antonines | F. Kleiner, Ch 13 |
| Mar 30 | Sculpture | D. Kleiner, 268-280 |
| Apr 1 | Ostia | F. Kleiner, Ch 14 |
| Apr 3 | The Severans | F. Kleiner, Ch 16 |
| Apr 6 | Sculpture | F. Kleiner, Ch 15 |
| Apr 8 | Architecture | Nash, Baths of Caracalla |
| Apr 13 | Lepcia Magna and the East | F. Kleiner, Ch 17 |
| Apr 15 | The Soldier Emperors | F. Kleiner, Ch 18 |
| Apr 17 | The Tetrarchs | F. Kleiner, Ch 19 |
| Apr 20 | Mosaics and Painting | |
| Apr 22 | Constantine | F. Kleiner, Ch 20 |
| Apr 24 | Constantine and Christianity | |
| Apr 27 | Roman culture after Constantine | |
| Apr 29 | Review |
| Final Exam | Friday, May 1, 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.