ARTH 311: Design of Cities

ARTH 311-DL1: Design of Cities, Pompeii
(Spring 2021)

01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW

Online

Section Information for Spring 2021

Since its rediscovery over 200 years ago, the Roman city of Pompeii has fascinated the modern world.  This minor Roman town, entombed by a volcanic eruption in AD 79, has fired the imagination of both scholars and artists.  As an example of Roman civilization, Pompeii gives us a view into a past society that has had a tremendous impact on Western European and North American architecture, art, law and literature.  This class will use the unparalleled physical remains of Pompeii’s art, architecture and infrastructure as well as primary Roman literary source material in translation to explore the complex urban and cultural environment of this ancient civilization.  Class discussion, critical reading of sources, visual analysis, application of critical ideas may all play significant parts in our multi-disciplinary approach to interpreting this familiar yet “foreign” culture. This course satisfies the Mason Arts Core requirement. In Spring 2021, the class will be offered as an online synchronous course.

ARTH 311 DL1 is a distance education section that meets synchronously. Students should expect to meet on the days and times scheduled.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Explores problems in urban design in a particular geographical region or historical period. Approach varies with instructor and may involve archaeological or theoretical approaches appropriate to the specific context. Notes: May be repeated when topic is different. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
Mason Core: Arts
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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