Week I Orientation
Week 1
T Sept. 14 The Arch of Constantine Workshop
R 16 Itinerary, Triumph and Circus Spectacle
Week 2
T 21 Introduction: 3rd-4th c. Portraits, Tombs and Sarcophagi
R 23 What is Luxury Art? Gift Giving and Display
Week 3
T 28 TakeHome 1 Posted
The Esquiline Hoard and the "Pagan" Ivories: Being a Christian Roman
R 30 The Trier Palace Ceiling and Empresses’ Art
Week 4
T Oct. 5 TakeHome 2 Due
Workshop: The Christian Sarcophagus
R 7 Constantine’s New Rome
Week 5
T 12 The Christian Emperors’ Rome
R 14 The Roman City of God: Santa Maria Maggiore and the new Houses of God
Week 6 18 FALL BREAK
T 19 TakeHome 2 Posted The Age of Theodosius: Milan, Ravenna, Constantinople;
R 21 Paradise, Power and Pleasure
Week 7 Paper Topics
T 26 TakeHome 2 Due The Age of Justinian: Hagia Sophia and
R 28 Ravenna; "Renaissance" and Invention
Week 8
T Nov. 2 Villas and Palaces East and West: Sicily, Spain, North Africa, Antioch
R 4 The Emperor’s House: Gothic West and Roman East
Week 9
T 9 Picture Epics: Doura Europos and the Vatican Vergil
R 11 The Late Antique Book and Picture Narratives
Week 10
T 16 TakeHome3 Posted The Roman and Pagan Past: Spolia and Conservation
R 18 :Myth and Poetry
Week 11
T 23 TakeHome3 Due Workshop: the David Plates of Heraclius
R 25 THANKSGIVING
Week 12
T 30 The Late Antique "Gaze": Art Writing and its Philosophies
R Dec. 2 The Icon
Week 13
T 7 Islam and the Late Antique Heritage: The Ummayad Palaces
R 9 Damascus and Jerusalem
10 Dec. Last Day Classes Paper Due
Reading Period: Dec. 11 Sat.- Dec. 13 M TakeHome 4 Posted
Final Exam Period: Dec. 15 Tues. - 22 Tues. Takehome 4 Due
Course Components: 4 Takehomes: 40%
InClass Presentation(s) and Participation: 20%
Paper: 40%
Trips:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Princeton University Art Museum
Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Washington DC