ARHI 24540 - Roma Aeterna: The Eternal City through the Ages

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Art History

Description:

Rome course number AH 199 - This course will examine the history of Rome, its many changes over two thousand years, by selecting some of the remarkable people who traveled to this city and investigating why they came and what they saw. We begin with Cleopatra, who stayed in a villa not far from John Cabot and left soon after the assassination of Julius Caesar, and continue with Peter and Paul, then the celebrated physician Galen, advancing with other travelers such as Charlemagne, Bernard of Clairvaux, Leonardo da Vinci, Michel de Montaigne, Galileo, all the way into the twentieth century with Sigmund Freud, Adolph Hitler, and finally Richard Meier, the architect of the new museum for the Ara Pacis. We will look at the panorama of the history of Rome, how its character and appearance alter over the centuries, in the company of these people.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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