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Week One
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Monday, August 22
a. Morning:
b. Late Afternoon
c. Writing Assignment
d. Evening Event
Tuesday, August 23
a. Morning
b. Art History
c. Writing Assignment
Wednesday, August 24
a. Morning
b. Late Afternoon
c. Evening Events
Thursday, August 25
a. Morning
b. Art History
c. Writing Assignment
Friday, August 26
a. Field Trip
b. Writing Assignment
Saturday, August 27
a. Art History
b. Writing Assignment
Sunday, August 28
a. No classes
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Week Two
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Monday, August 29
a. Art History
b. Writing
c. Evening Event!
Tuesday, August 30
a. Morning
b. Art History
Wednesday, August 31
a. Morning
b. Writing
Thursday, September 1
a. Morning
b. Late Afternoon
c. Writing
Friday, September 2
a. Morning
b. Writing
Saturday, September 3
a. Morning
b. Writing
Sunday, September 4
a. No Classes
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Week Three
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Monday, September 5
a. Art History
b. Writing
c. Evening Event!
Tuesday, September 6
a. Morning
b. Late Afternoon
Wednesday, September 7
a. Art History
Thursday, September 8
a. Southern Trip: Paestum
Friday, September 9
a. Southern Trip: Pompeii
Saturday, September 10
a. Southern Trip: Herculaneum
Sunday, September 11
a. No classes
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Week Four
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Monday, September 12
a. Art History
b. Writing
Tuesday, September 13
a. Morning
b. Late Afternoon
c. Evening Event!
Wednesday, September 14
a. Art History
Thursday, September 15
a. Morning
b. Late Afternoon
c. Writing
Friday, September 16
a. Art History
b. Writing
Saturday, September 17
a. Day trip to Florence
Sunday, September 18
a. No Classes
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Week Five
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Monday, September 19
a. Art History
b. Late Afternoon
Tuesday, September 20
a. Art History
Wednesday, September 21
a. Day trip to Tivoli
Thursday, September 22
a. Art History
b. Evening Event!
Friday, September 23
a. Students check out of apartments and depart
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2005 Program Calendar |
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by lmschultz / 09.26.2005 |
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Monday, August 22 |
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Welcome to The UW Rome Center! |
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10:00 on: Arrival at UW Rome Center and check into apartments.
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Late Afternoon |
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photo by Jennifer Wilkin |
UW Rome Center, Palazzo Pio |
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3:00 p.m. UWRC Orientation, first floor.
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Writing Assignment |
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Introduction to Ongoing Writing Assignments:
Ubiquitous Postcard;
The Journal;
Altar Project
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Evening Event |
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7:00 p.m. Welcome reception in the Directors Apartment, 422. We will be joined by the Design students.
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Tuesday, August 23 |
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Morning |
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8:45 a.m. Meet at portone (main door) of Palazzo Pio. We will walk over to the offices of ItaliaIdea in the nearby Piazza della Cancelleria.
9:00-1:00 ItaliaIdea Orientation to Rome (part I)
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Art History |
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photo by Lisa Schultz |
The Campo de' Fiori |
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4:00 Tour the Campo de'Fiori and environs with Lisa.
**Discussion topics: Where to shop; History of the Campo de Fiori (PV); History of Palazzo Pio (KL).
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Writing Assignment |
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photo by Lisa Schultz |
The helpful men at Ruggeri |
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'Your Shopping Diary' Assignment
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Wednesday, August 24 |
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Morning |
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TBA
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Late Afternoon |
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Evening view of Santa Maria in Trastevere |
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3:30-5:30 ItaliaIdea Orientation to Rome (part II)
5:30-6:00 Break
6:00-8:00 Tour of Trastevere neighborhood
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Evening Events |
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8:00 p.m. Dinner with ItaliaIdea
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Thursday, August 25 |
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Morning |
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9:00-11:30 Italian Language Class
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Art History |
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Temple of Portunus |
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Temple of Hercules; Temple of Portunus |
Engraving by Giuseppe Vasi, mid 18th C. |
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3:00 Forum Borium; Temple of Portunus; Temple of Hercules.
**Discussion topics: Mythical foundations of Rome (JO); Roman temple styles.
AH Reading: Claridge, selections on the Forum Boarium, Temple of Portunus.
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Writing Assignment |
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'Roman Fever' Assignment
Reading: Roman Fever by Edith Wharton
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Friday, August 26 |
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Field Trip |
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Leopards Tomb, banquet scene |
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Leopards Tomb, musician |
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8:30 Meet at the Ponte Sisto bus pick-up location for a day trip to the ancient Etruscan city of Tarquinia. Please bring water, snacks for the road. We will be visiting the tombs as well as the museum so dress appropriately.
10:30 a.m. Monterozzi necropolis to see the painted tombs
12:30 p.m. In to town for lunch
2:00 p.m. National Museum of Palazzo Vitelleschi
3:30 p.m. Return to Rome
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Writing Assignment |
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Monterozzi, Iron Age stone burial containers |
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'Etruscan Places' Assignment
Reading: Etruscan Places by D.H. Lawrence
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Saturday, August 27 |
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Art History |
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photo by Lisa Schultz |
The Roman Forum |
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9:00 Meet at the portone. Please bring a bag lunch and water, as we will picnic on the Palatine.
Roman Forum (JV); Arch of Titus (DW); lunch on the Palatine Hill; Colosseum.
**Discussion topics: Republic vs. Empire (JN); imperial ideology; the Roman basilica (LS); the role of the Roman triumph and its pervading imagery (the arch); Roman architectural forms and function: the Colosseum (KW).
AH Reading: Sear,Republican Rome;Zaho,The History of the Roman Triumph;
OPTIONAL: Ramage and Ramage, The Flavians: Savior to Despot, AD 69-98.
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Writing Assignment |
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Colosseum |
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'Melancholy and the antique world' Assignment
Reading: The Palatine Hill by Elizabeth Bowen (The Smiles of Rome, 5-14)
The Roman Forum by Georgina Masson (The Smiles of Rome, 15-24)
Who Killed Daisy Miller? by Christopher Woodward (Smiles, 59-69)
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Sunday, August 28 |
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No classes |
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photo by Lisa Schultz |
Thousand tables of treasures at the Porta Portese! |
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Relax and enjoy the day off! If you care to wake up EARLY, meet Lisa at 7:30am to visit the Porta Portese, Rome largest and most interesting flea market.
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Monday, August 29 |
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Art History |
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Column of Trajan |
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Pantheon |
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Bring your maps with you this week - we will be meeting at the sites, unless otherwise noted.
9:00 Column and Forum of Trajan (SA); Pantheon (ZZ).
**Discussion topics: SPQR:meaning and function (JP; Memory and Immortality; Hadrians Building Program;
AH Reading: Packer, Trajans Glorious Forum; Davies, "The Politics of Perpetuation: Trajan's Column and the Art of Commemoration; Davies, Hemsoll, and Wilson Jones, The Pantheon: Triumph of Rome or Triumph of Compromise;McEwen, "Hadrian's Rhetoric I: the Pantheon.
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Writing |
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Pantheon Oculus |
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'The Pantheon' Assignment
Reading: From Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar (Smiles, 47-58)
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Evening Event! |
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Massimo, owner of L'Angolo Divino |
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5:45-8:00 Meet at portone for Wine Tasting at LAngolo Divino
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Tuesday, August 30 |
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Morning |
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9:00-11:30 Italian Language class
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Art History |
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Porta Maggiore |
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photo by Lisa Schultz |
Fresco from the House of Livia, now at Palazzo Massimo |
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2:00 Meet at the portone. Please bring 2 bus tickets as we will be traveling to our sites on the #40 (or #64) bus.
Porta Maggiore (PB); Museo Nazionale Romano at Palazzo Massimo.
**Discussion topics: Roman portals, walls, Tomb of the Baker; ancient sculpture, styles and patterns; portraiture; Augustinian agenda (MN); what is a mosaic? (AK)
(possible group exercise on site)
AH Reading: Selections from classical writers on ancient Rome; Nodelman, "How to Read a Roman Portrait.
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Wednesday, August 31 |
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Morning |
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shadows on cobblestones |
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Bocca della Verita at S. Maria in Cosmedin |
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9:00-12:00 Meet at portone.
Long walk with Shawn through the Jewish Ghetto, Teatro Marcello, Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Circus Maximus, Parco Savello, Santa Sabina, Protestant cemetery, British Military cemetery, and Piazza Testaccio. Whew!
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Writing |
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The view through the keyhole at the entrance to the Priorato di Malta. |
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'The Long Walk' Assignment
Reading: The Art of Love by Ovid (Smiles, 25-38)
From The Love Artist by Jane Alison (Smiles, 39-46)
The Door Swings Open: Threshold by Margaret Visser (Smiles, 91-100)
Beside the Pyramid by Eleanor Clark (Smiles, 223-230)
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Thursday, September 1 |
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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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Sala dell'Orante (Room of the Orante) |
Early Christian symbols such as the the Orante - a figure with arms raised in prayer -decorate the walls of this room. |
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Painted marine scene with Venus (or Persephone) |
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3:40 p.m. Meet in front of the Arch of Constantine for Case Romane del Celio with Shawn.
We will journey below the basilica of San Giovanni e Paolo and explore the remains of several ancient Roman houses. Many rooms contain frescoes dating between the 3rd century and the medieval period.
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Writing |
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'Monumental Architecture vs. The Everyday' Assignment
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Friday, September 2 |
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Morning |
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Interior decor at the Church of the Capuchins (yes, those are skulls and bones!) |
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The Spanish Steps |
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City of Contrasts: The Living and The Dead & From the Hard Rock Café to the Caffé Greco.
10:00-12:00 Meet at portone for a walk to Via Veneto, Church of the Capuchins, The Spanish Steps with Shawn
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Writing |
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'Exit, no exit' Assignment
Reading: Without Reservations by Alice Steinbach (Smiles, 239-248)
Conversations with Federico Fellini (Smiles, 298-306)
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Saturday, September 3 |
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Morning |
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The Blessed Ludovica Albertoni by Bernini |
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9:00 11:00 The church of San Francesco a Ripa
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Writing |
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'The Ecstasy of Beata Ludovica Albertoni' Assignment
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Sunday, September 4 |
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No Classes |
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Via Appia |
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Another day off to enjoy the Roman sunshine! Maybe you will head to the beach at Ostia or even take a day trip to the nearby hilltown of Orvieto ... or maybe rent bicycles and explore the ancient tombs along the Via Appia.
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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. Praxeds Church by Robert Browning (Smiles, 162-168)
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Evening Event! |
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7:30 pm: Pot luck dinner at Lisas
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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 Students 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: Michelangelos redesign; Mussolinis 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 (dont 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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Monday, September 12 |
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Art History |
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Tempio Maggiore - Rome's Synagogue |
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photo by Lisa Schultz |
Detail of Bernini's elephant obelisk |
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Church Imposed Boundries
2:00 Jewish Ghetto quarter; Campo de Fiori and S.Maria Sopra Minerva
**Discussion topics: history of the ghetto and Jews in Rome, Synagogue (KW); Giordano Bruno and Galileo in Rome: Religion vs. science and free speech (PV); Bernini Elephant obelisk in piazza of S.M. Sopra Minerva (SA).
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Writing |
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'Two Michelangelo Sculptures' Assignment
Reading: From History: A Novel by Else Morante (Smiles, 275-297)
From City of the Soul by William Murray (Smiles, 249-252)
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Tuesday, September 13 |
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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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Michelangelo's Moses in S. Pietro in Vincoli |
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On Own: Visit San Pietro in Vincoli (Michelangelos St. Peter in Chains)
Reading: The Moses of Michelangelo by Sigmund Freud (Smiles, 117-128)
To see what Freud saw, read pages 121-122 while standing in front of the sculpture.
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Evening Event! |
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Vegetables in the Campo de' Fiori market |
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3:30 p.m. Grocery shopping for tonight' cooking class
4:00 p.m. Cooking class with Sabrina Tatta at Lisa's apartment
7:30 p.m. Dinner is served!
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Wednesday, September 14 |
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Art History |
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9:00 a.m. St. Peters
**Discussion topics: St. Peters piazza and approach (MN); Berninis and Michelangelos contributions.
AH Reading: Plan of Neros Circus and the two Basilicas of St. Peters; Kirwin, Powers Matchless.
Reading: The First Letter of Peter by St. Peter (Smiles, 73-81)
The Letter of Paul to the Church in Rome by St. Paul (Smiles, 82-90)
Itailian Journey Johann Wolfgang Goethe (Smiles, 155-161)
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Thursday, September 15 |
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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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3:30 p.m. Meet at San Clemente for lecture with Jennifer Wilkin on this church as well as Santi Quattro Coronati
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Writing |
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'Silence and Belief' Assignment
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Friday, September 16 |
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Art History |
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8:45 a.m. We will meet in front of the Museum at 8:45 for our 9:00 a.m. ticketed entry. Please allow yourself 30 minutes travel time from the Pio. No backpacks, large bags, or cameras are allowed in the museum. Please check your bags as soon as you arrive.
9:00-11:00 Museo di Villa Borghese
**Discussion topics: Berninis statues:another view (NDB)
11:30 p.m. Porta and Piazza del Popolo
12:30 p.m. Group Lunch at Pizza Re
**Discussion topics: Formal entries to Rome: Berninis design contributions, Triumphal entry of Queen Christina of Sweden, piazza function, impression and use (JP)
AH Reading: Minor, selections on Italy the Papacy & the Church and Town and Country Planning; Haskell, The Mechanics of Seventeenth-Century Patronage;Ovid, Metamorphoses, selections; Kenseth, Berninis Borghese Sculptures: Another View.
SKIM: Hibbard, The Prodigy
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Writing |
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'Sculpture and Movement' Assignment
Reading: Italian Villas and their Gardens by Edith Wharton (Smiles, 195-201)
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Saturday, September 17 |
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Day trip to Florence |
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Bus leaves from the Ponte Sisto pick up location at 7:00am. We will eat, shop and see the sites! We will then meet the bus at 3:00 p.m. and return to Rome.
OPTION: students return on own.
Evening Events in Rome: Enjoy la notte bianca tonight! Rome is keeping the lights on all night long - museums, shops, sites, will be open late ...! See the attached website for more details.
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Sunday, September 18 |
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No Classes |
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Free Day!
Sleep in after la notte bianca or just stay up and join Lisa at the Porta Portese flea market, 7:30 a.m.
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Monday, September 19 |
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Art History |
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4:30 p.m. We will meet at the portone for our 5:30p.m PRIVATE SISTINE CHAPEL visit.
Please dress appropriately.
8:00 p.m. Last Supper at Dino and Tony's!
**Discussion topics: Julius II and Michelangelo; The Ceiling Program; Innovation and form; Restoration revelations.
AH Reading: Barkin, selections from Unearthing the Past: Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of Renaissance Culture;
OPTIONAL: Hersey, The Stanze and The Sistine Chapel and The Last Judgement.
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Late Afternoon |
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Reading: Poems by Michelangelo (Smiles, 103-111)
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Tuesday, September 20 |
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Art History |
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9:00 a.m. S. Luigi dei Francesi (JW); S. Maria del Popolo (JV); Piazza Navona.
**Discussion topics: New naturalism and intent: Caravaggios public commissions (Contarelli and Cerasi Chapels) (AK); City as Theatre: Berninis Four Rivers Fountain and the history of Piazza Navona (NM); Talking statues of Rome: Pasquale (SK).
AH Reading: Period selections on Caravaggio; Friedlander, Caravaggios Character and Religion;
OPTIONAL: Hibbard, The Contarelli Chapel and The Cerasi Chapel.
WRITING ASSIGNMENT:
Reading:The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland (Smiles, 129-144)
Bernini and the Four Rivers by Simon Schama (Smiles, 145-154)
My Rome by Muriel Spark (Smiles, 231-238)
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Wednesday, September 21 |
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Day trip to Tivoli |
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8:30 a.m. Meet the bus at the usual Ponte Sisto pick up location at 8:30 a.m. We will visit the lovely Villa d'Este in Tivoli and then tour the Benedictine Monastery in Subiaco where we will learn all about olive oil production.
WRITING ASSIGNMENT:
Reading: Italian Villas and their Gardens by Edith Wharton (Smiles, 195-201)
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Thursday, September 22 |
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Art History |
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Last Day of Instruction
10:00 Tour of Altar Projects!
3:00 p.m. Berninis St. Teresa; Trevi Fountain; Gelato at San Crispino
AH Reading: Careri, introduction; Pinto,The Trevi Fountain.
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Evening Event! |
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Free day!
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Friday, September 23 |
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Students check out of apartments and depart |
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Students move out of apartments
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