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 107-067 Renaissance and Baroque Rome 1450-1750: Rome 2000

Note

Formerly available as 111-266/366/467. Students who have completed 111-266/366/467 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Available in January-February 2000. Special entry conditions apply. Places are limited. Contact the Department for further information.

Availability

3rd and 4th year

Credit Points

25

Coordinator

Assoc Prof David Marshall

Prerequisites

Usual prerequisite for 3rdYear and 4th-year subjects or permission from the Head of Department.

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Contact

A one-month intensive fieldwork programme in Rome, consisting of fifteen 1-hour lectures, fifteen 1-hour tutorials, and 15 two-hour site visits or site-based lecture/seminars. A travel and accommodation package will be available

Subject Description

This subject is taught in Rome during a one-month study tour. It considers the city of Rome both from an urbanistic perspective, and in terms of the art and architectural history of its monuments. The subject aims to develop an understanding of the form and history of the Renaissance and Baroque city, not only as the result of social forces and papal patronage, but also as a consciously created aesthetic object, perhaps the finest example of the city as work of art. Close attention will be paid to maps, bird's-eye views, topographical prints, drawings, and vedute (view paintings) as primary documents of the earlier history of the sites. The subject is organised topographically, and each session focuses on a different part of Rome, as well as on the villas and gardens in the region.

Assessment

Written work totalling 10,000 words. This will consist of exercises or papers totalling 3000 words written in Rome, and a research essay or essays totalling 7000 words submitted three months after the completion of the fieldwork.

Prescribed Texts

  • D Kindersley, Eye Witness Guide to Rome. 1997.
  • L Partridge, The Renaissance in Rome 1400-1600. Weidenfield & Nicolson 1996.


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