ARTH 599: Special Topics in Art History

ARTH 599-001: Augustine
(Spring 2013)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T

Research Hall 201

Section Information for Spring 2013

This seminar will explore the artistic and cultural output of a dynamic period in ancient Roman civilization: the reign of the first emperor, Augustus, and the transition from Republic to Empire. We will examine major works of sculpture, architecture and “luxury” arts produced from approximately 43 BCE to the early first century CE. Among our goals will be to appreciate the complex relationship that existed between Augustan art—literary as well as visual—and Augustan political ideology. Readings for the seminar will focus on major scholarly works that integrate the surviving material culture with the historical context, and we will look at ancient texts in translation in order to understand better the propagandistic monuments that Augustus constructed in Rome and elsewhere on scales varying from the modest to the mammoth. By re-contextualizing the primary pieces of Augustan art and architecture in their historical, cultural and artistic setting, the class will demonstrate the importance of the Augustan period not only to ancient Roman art but to Western concepts of political art. As a seminar, this is a reading and writing intensive course with weekly assignments as well as a final research paper. Regular attendance and participation is crucial.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 1-6

Topics vary. Notes: May be repeated for credit when topic is different. Offered by History & Art History. May be repeated within the term.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: Baccalaureate degree or permission of instructor.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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