Course Requirements

Midterm Exam: 25%
Papers (2): 30%, 15% each
Final Exam: 30%
Class Work: 15%

Required Texts

Ramage, N. and Ramage, A., Roman Art
Sears, F., Roman Architecture

Closed Reserve Texts

Kleiner, D., Roman Sculpture
Ling, R., Roman Painting

Open Reserve Texts

Becatti, Art of Ancient Greece and Rome
Bieber, Ancient Copies
Hanfmann, Roman Art
Brilliant, Visual Narratives
Mansuelli, Art of Etruria and Early Rome
Matt, Art of the Etruscans
Sprenger, The Etruscans
Strong, Roman Art and Architecture
Andreae, The Art of Rome, AH232 open reserve
Bianchi-Bandinelli, Rome, the Center of Power
Bianchi-Bandinelli, Rome, the Late Empire, AH232 open reserve
Heintze, Roman Art
Strong, Roman Art
Pollitt, Art of Rome, Sources
Kraus, Pompeii and Herculaneum
Maiuri, Pompeii
Romanelli, Palestrina
Robertson, Greek and Roman Architecture
Boethius, Etruscan and Roman Architecture
MacDonald, Architecture kof the Roman Empire
Nash, Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome
Richardson, Topographhical Dictionary of Ancient Rome
MacDonald, The Pantheon
Simon, Ara Pacis Augustae
Clarke, Houses of Roman Italy
Richardson, Pompeii
Pallottino, Etruscan Painting
Boardman, Oxford History of Classical Art

ROMARCH
Roman Art and Archaeology homepage maintained by the University of Michigan, with links to numerous other sites

---

Class Schedule (Subject to change)

Note on Readings: Students are expected to read Sear, Chaps. 9-11 at the appropriate times.

January

23: Introduction and the Greek background

READING: Ramage, Introduction

25: Italy before the Romans: Villanovans

READING: Ramage, Chap. 1

30: Italy before the Romans: Etruscans

READING: Ramage, Chap. 1

6: Italy before the Romans: Etruscans (cont.)

READING: Ramage, Chap. 1

8-15: Early Rome and the Roman Republic

READING: Ramage, Chap. 2; Sear, Chaps. 1, 2, 4 pgs. 73-85
RESERVE READING: Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, pgs. 40 - top of 42
HANDOUT: Nodelman, "How to Read a Roman Portrait"
8TH: 1ST PAPER ASSIGNED
20: Roman artists and patronage

READING: Sear, Chap 4 pgs. 69-73
RESERVE READING: Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, pgs. 3-top of 11 and 15-17; Ling, Roman Painting, Chap. 11

22-29: Augustus and the Imperial Ideal

READING: Ramage, Chap. 3; Sear, Chap. 3
RESERVE READING: Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, bottom pg. 78-80
22TH: 1ST PAPER DUE

5-12: Julio-Claudians

READING: Ramage, Chap. 4; Sear, Chap. 5

14: MIDTERM
26: Pompeii: City beneath the ashes

READING: Ramage, Chap. 5 pgs.138-149, Sear, Chap. 6
VIDEO: Great Cities of the Ancient World: Pompeii

28: Flavians

READING: Ramage, Chap. 5 to page 138; Sear, Chap. 7
RESERVE READING: Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, bottom pg. 194-199

2: Flavians

READING: Ramage, Chap. 5 to page 138; Sear, Chap. 7
RESERVE READING: Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, bottom pg. 194-199

4-9 Trajan: Optimus Princeps

READING: Ramage, Chap. 6; Sear, Chap. 8
4TH: 2ND PAPER ASSIGNED
11-16: Hadrian

READING: Ramage, Chap. 7; Sear, Chap. 8

18-23: Antonines

READING: Ramage, Chap. 8
RESERVE READING: Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, top of 2nd column pg. 287-288

25: Severans

READING: Ramage, Chap. 9; Sear, Chap. 12
RESERVE READING: Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, pg. 349

30: The 3rd century

READING: Ramage Chaps. 10; Sear, Chap. 12

2-7: Tetrarchs and Constantine

READING: Ramage Chaps. 11-12; Sear, Chap. 12
7TH: 2ND PAPER DUE