Art History 315 - SEM:STUDIES IN ROMAN ART

Topics course. The first emperor Augustus claimed to have found Rome a city of mud brick and left it clothed in marble. This seminar will focus on the transformation of the city into a world capital considering the archaeological evidence for its building complexes and the representation of the Rome in the literature of the time. This historical analysis of the Augustan city and its polyvalent meanings will also consider the perspectives offered by contemporary urban theory, mapping, and virtual reality modeling.

Topic: Augustan Rome. Instructor Permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores