Prof. Leslie C. Mechem, x5464, Harder Hall 208C, Office hours MW 2:30-4:00
AH 223: Roman Art and Archaeology
Course Requirements
Midterm Exam: 25%
Papers (2): 30%, 15% each
Final Exam: 30%
Class Work: 15%
Required Texts
Christ, K.,The Romans
Ramage, N. and Ramage, A., Roman Art
Sears, F., Roman Architecture
Closed Reserve Texts
Kleiner, D., Roman Sculpture, #1318
Ling, R., Roman Painting, #1319
D'Ambra, E., Roman Art in Context, #1320
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
Bianchi-Bandinelli, Rome, the Center of Power
Bianchi-Bandinelli, Rome, the Late Empire
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 of the Roman Empire
Nash, Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome
Richardson, Topographical 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
Maiuri, Roman Painting
Deiss, Herculaneum
Wilson, Piazza Armerina
Ward-Perkins, Roman Architecture
Jashemski, Gardens of Pompeii
Packer, Forum of Trajan
MacDonald, Hadrian's Villa
Castriota, The Ara Pacis Augustae
ROMARCH
Roman Art and Archaeology homepage maintained by the University of
Michigan, with links to numerous other sites
Class Schedule (Subject to change)
January
21: Introduction and the Greek background
READING: Ramage, Introduction
26: Italy before the Romans: Villanovans
28: Italy before the Romans: Etruscans
READING: Ramage, Chap. 1; Christ, Chap. 1
February
2: Italy before the Romans: Etruscans (cont.)
READING: Ramage, Chap. 1; Christ, Chap. 2
4-11: Early Rome and the Roman Republic
READING: Ramage, Chap. 2; Sear, Chaps. 1, 2, 4 pgs. 73-85; Christ,
Chap. 3
RESERVE READING: Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, pgs. 40 - top of
42
RESERVE READING: Nodelman, "How to Read a Roman Portrait" in D'Ambra,
Roman Art in Context
16: 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
18-25: Augustus and the Imperial Ideal
READING: Ramage, Chap. 3; Sear, Chap. 3; Christ, Chap. 4
RESERVE READING: Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, bottom pg. 78-80
March
2-9: Julio-Claudians
READING: Ramage, Chap. 4; Sear, Chap. 5; Christ, Chap. 7
11:
23: Pompeii: City beneath the ashes
READING: Ramage, Chap. 5 pgs.138-149, Sear, Chap. 6; Christ, Chap.
5
VIDEO: Great Cities of the Ancient World: Pompeii
25-30: Flavians
READING: Ramage, Chap. 5 to page 138; Sear, Chap. 7
RESERVE READING: Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, bottom pg. 194-199
April
1-6: Trajan: Optimus Princeps
READING: Ramage, Chap. 6; Sear, Chap. 8
8-13: Hadrian
READING: Ramage, Chap. 7; Sear, Chap. 8
15: Antonines
READING: Ramage, Chap. 8
RESERVE READING: Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, top of 2nd column
pg. 287-288
20: Severans
READING: Ramage, Chap. 9; Sear, Chap. 12; Christ, Chap. 8
RESERVE READING: Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, pg. 349
20: The 3rd century
READING: Ramage, Chap.10; Sear, Chap. 12; Christ, Chap. 8
27: Tetrarchs and Constantine