European Capitals: The Prince and the Artist

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The course examines Roman funerary art and architecture from the first century B.C. to the late fourth century AD. The primary focus will be on monuments commissioned by the inhabitants of the ancient city of Rome and will include tombs commissioned by men and women of the Roman socialites, including the imperial family and those commissioned by the affluent middle classes, including freedmen and freedwomen. In-class lectures will be complemented by on-site visits to take advantage of the many Roman funerary monuments still extant in Rome.