Hellenistic and Roman Art and Artifact

Hellenistic and Roman Art and Artifact

Term
Subject Area
Course Number
ARTH 226 601
Course Code
ARTH226601
Course Key
73335
Day(s)
Tuesday
Thursday
Time
5:15pm-6:30pm
5:15pm-6:30pm
Fulfills
Cross Cultural Analysis Course (for students admitted in Fall 2006 and later)
Course Description
This course surveys the political, religious and domestic arts, patronage and display in Rome's Mediterranean, from the 2nd c.  BCE to Constantine's 4th-c. Christianized empire.  Our subjects are images and decorated objects in their cultural, political and socio-economic contexts (painting, mosaic, sculpture, luxury and mass-produced arts in many media).  We start with the Hellenistic cosmopolitan culture of the Greek kingdoms and their neighbors, and late Etruscan and Republican Italy; next we map Imperial Roman art as developed around the capital city Rome, as well as in the provinces of the vast empire.
Crosslistings
CLST221601
Subject Area Vocab