FROM REPUBLIC TO EMPIRE: INVENTING ROMAN ART

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Upper-Level

Rome’s rise entailed the conquest and absorption of countless indigenous populations. In the heterogeneous landscape of Late Republican and Early Imperial Italy, is it possible to distinguish a “Roman” visual culture? This course traces the spread of Roman power from the 5th century BCE to the 1st century CE, asking how colonization, cross-cultural interaction, and aristocratic competition shaped what we now call “Roman” art and architecture. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: HART 550 . Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HART 360 if student has credit for HART 560.