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2005 Program Calendar |
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by lmschultz / 09.26.2005 |
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Monday, September 5 |
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Art History |
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| Apse mosaic in S. Pudenziana |
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| The beautiful 9th C. mosaics at Santa Prassede |
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The Body, Mind and Soul: The Early Christian Church
9:00 S. Maria Maggiore (DW); S. Prassede; S. Pudenziana.
**Discussion topics: Form and Function of early Christian church (LS);
cult of relics (NDB).
AH Reading: Minor, “Medieval Theory: Christianity, the Human, the Divine”; Mathews, The Mistake of the Emperor Mystique; Elsner, selections from chapter 6: Art and Death; Mathews, “Larger than Life”; Krautheimer, selection on S. Prassede.
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Writing |
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'Santa Prassede' Assignment
Reading: “The Bishops Orders His Tomb at St. Praxed’s Church” by Robert Browning (Smiles, 162-168)
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Evening Event! |
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7:30 pm: Pot luck dinner at Lisa’s
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Tuesday, September 6 |
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Morning |
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9:00-11:30 Italian Language class
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Late Afternoon |
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| photo by Lisa Schultz |
| Shopping in Rome |
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4:00 pm Guest speaker: Danielle Pollock,
“A UW Student’s Life After Graduation in Naples and Rome”
Shopping in Rome: A Guide and a Good Story
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Wednesday, September 7 |
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Art History |
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| Grand stairway to Michelangelo's Piazza del Campidoglio |
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Modern Triumphs
9:00 a.m. Campidoglio (SK); Fori Imperiale (JN); S. Maria in Aracoeli.
**Discussion topics: Michelangelo’s redesign; Mussolini’s redesign: motives, message, and outcomes; Ceremonial Processions and Festivals (KL)
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
Reading: “Twin Beds in Rome” by John Updike (Smiles, 212-222)
“The Marble Faun” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Smiles, 169-184)
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Thursday, September 8 |
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Southern Trip: Paestum |
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| photo by Lisa Schultz |
| The ancient Greek temples at Paestum |
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| photo by Lisa Schultz |
| The pool at Agritourismo Seliano |
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Field trip: Paestum and Pompeii
7:00 a.m. Depart from Lungotevere bus pick-up for Paestum.
Pack for two nights (don’t forget a swimsuit) and BRING PASSPORTS.
Bring snacks and water.
11:00 a.m. Arrive and check into Agritourismo Seliano, relax
1:00-2:00 Have lunch at agritourismo
2:30-4:30 Bus to temples/museum
**Discussion topics: Greek temple form (PB);
4:45 p.m. Bus back to hotel, relax
8:30 p.m. Dinner at agritourismo, stay overnight
AH Reading: Trachtenberg, “Greece”
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Friday, September 9 |
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Southern Trip: Pompeii |
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| photo by Lisa Schultz |
| Making mozzarella di buffala in Paestum |
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| Frescoes at the House of the Vettii in Pompeii |
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Imagines and memoria
8:30 a.m. Breakfast at agritourismo
10:00-11:00 Bus to tour mozzarella factory, pick up bag lunches
11:15 a.m. leave by bus for Pompeii
1:00 p.m. arrive at Pompeii, drop bags and check in at Hotel Villa Mysteries, eat bag lunches poolside.
2:00-6:00 Pompeii scavi tour
**Discussion topics: domestic life – insula and the Roman atrium house: public and private space (JW); Roman ideas on death: Freedmen tombs (JO); strategies for interior decoration, what is a fresco: intro to ancient Roman painting (NM); innovation/examples of Roman building materials (ZZ).
8:00 p.m. Group dinner at hotel
AH Reading: Plan of Pompeii Atrium House; Diagram of the Four Styles of Painting in Pompeii; Letters from Pliny the Younger to Tacitus;
SKIM: Wallace-Hadrill,“Reading the Roman House”; Koortbojan, “In commemorationem mortuorum: text and image along the ‘street of tombs’
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Saturday, September 10 |
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Southern Trip: Herculaneum |
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| photo by Lisa Schultz |
| Mt. Vesuvius still looming over the ruins at Herculaneum |
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8:00 a.m. Breakfast at hotel
OPTION: Students return on own
9:30 a.m. bus departs for Herculaneum
10:00-12:00 tour Herculaneum
12:30 break for a quick lunch in Herculaneum?
Return to Rome.
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Sunday, September 11 |
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No classes |
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| Umbrella pines |
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A day free to relax and reflect.
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