| Course Title: Issues in Art History: 'Art and Experience in Ancient Rome' |
| Start Date: 09/03/2025 End Date: 12/16/2025 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2025 |
| Description: To see and be seen -- it could be argued that this was the very definition of Roman culture. In this course, lectures on the art and architecture of ancient Rome (ca. 300 BCE - 400 CE) will provide the backdrop for an investigation of the central role that visual culture played in the lives of different social groups, including bondspeople and the formerly enslaved, women and children. Special topics will include the funeral as performance, the house as a site of memory, the dissemination of images on coins, the spectacle of agriculture and dining, art and audience in the racetrack and public baths, representations of work by non-elites, and the Roman street as a place for making art. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Nicole Brown | nicolebrown@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/03/2025 - 12/16/2025 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 03:15PM - 04:30PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 306 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| CLASS0001 | CLAS: Classical Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major and/or minor. |
| CLASS0001 | CLAS: Classical Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major and/or minor. |
| CLASS0004 | CLAS-AH: Classical Studies - Art Historical/Archeological | This course has been approved to count towards the Classical Studies major in the Art Historical/Archaeological subject area. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| CLAS-250AR-01 Art/Experience in Ancient Rome |
| ARTH-290AR-01 Art/Experience in Ancient Rome |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 27 | Available: 1 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |