Rome: archaeology, science and the artistic culture of the Eternal City
General data
Course ID: | 0000-RKNA-OG |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
08.3
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Course title: | Rome: archaeology, science and the artistic culture of the Eternal City |
Name in Polish: | Rzym - archeologia, nauka i kultura artystyczna Wiecznego Miasta |
Organizational unit: | University of Warsaw |
Course groups: |
General university courses General university courses in the humanities |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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Language: | Polish |
Type of course: | elective courses |
Prerequisites (description): | Interest in artistic culture, its relations with science and the archeology of knowledge. Lectures are directed to all years and all faculties of the University of Warsaw. |
Mode: | Classroom |
Short description: |
Interdisciplinary lectures cover the history of Rome from the times of Octavian Augustus to the pontificate of Pope Julius II. Their main goal is a presentation of the most important monuments of the city and their creators, including Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. All of them created works based on the knowledge of geometry and anatomy. Huge knowledge and creativity also played a huge role in the creators of Trajan's Forum and the Pantheon. Students will learn how famous buildings, sculptures and paintings were created in the city, which for centuries determined the artistic trends of the world. In Rome, lectures were given by Copernicus and his heliocentric theory could have influenced the artistic shape of Michelangelo's Last Judgment. The students will learn about the latest research, including archaeological, key monuments of Rome from antiquity to the Renaissance and their relationship with the knowledge that the artists who created them might have had. |
Full description: |
The invitation to participate in the course is aimed at people interested in the history of the most famous works of art and architecture of the Eternal City. The main aim of the lectures will be to present painting, sculptural, literary and film works in the context of contemporary knowledge in the field of anatomy, astronomy, chemistry and physics. The audience will become acquainted with the profiles of famous patrons, politicians, artists, writers and scientists who struggled with various undertakings to understand the mystery of the world and project it in their own works. The impact of their actions on the urban planning of Rome will also be shown. An important element of the course is going to be a presentation of the history of the Eternal City through the prism of its characteristic role as Caput Mundi - the capital of the Great Empire and then the papacy. The lectures will present the latest research methods, their creators and the greatest inventors associated with Rome. The course will consist of 15 classes. Each lecture will last 90 minutes. Basic topics: 1. Introductory classes: history, legends and topography 2. Octavian Augustus and the new face of Rome 3. Nero and Vespasian - from Domus aurea to the Colosseum 4. Engineering and Fantasy: Trajan's Forum, Pantheon and Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli 5. Sol invictus and the cosmic Mitra, or the light of salvation 6. Constantine the Great and Christian Rome 7. Creative will, the splendor of mosaics and the code of Justinian the Great 8. Charlemagne in Rome: science and culture, or Renovatio Imperi Romani 9. Learned Roman masters: Cosmati and Vasaletti 10. The splendor of the Gothic: science and culture in the 13th century 11. Petrarch in Rome, Cola di Rienzo and the birth of rebirth 12. Brunelleschi in Rome, Pope Nicholas V: humanism, science and the birth of archeology 13. Sistine Chapel - patronage of Sixtus IV and Julius II 14. Modeling a new vision of the world: Copernicus and his lectures in Rome 15. Leonardo and Rafael - dialogue between art and science |
Bibliography: |
Bibliography Arte, scienza e cultura 1971 - Arte, scienza e cultura in Roma cristiana, ed. G. Matthiae, A. Ferrua, et all, Bologna 1971 Barkan 1999 – L. Barkan, Unearthing the Past. Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of Renaissance Culture, New Haven - London 1999 Burke 1991 – P. Burke, Kultura i społeczeństwo w renesansowych Włoszech, przeł. W.K. Siewierski, Warszawa 1991 Chłędowski - K. Chłędowski, Rzym. Ludzie Odrodzenia, Warszawa 1957 Curran 2000 – J. Curran, Pagan City and Christian Capital. Rome and the Fourth Century, Oxford 2000 Hughes 2012 – R. Hughes, Rzym, przeł. W. Jeżewski, Warszawa 2012 Klaczko 1965 – J. Klaczko, Juliusz II, [w: ] Wieczory florenckie. Juliusz II, Warszawa 1965, ss. 153-322. Karmon 2011 – D. Karmon, The Ruin of the Eternal City: Antiquity and Preservation in Renaissance Rome, Oxford 2011 Krautheimer 1980 – R. Krautheimer, Rome. Profile of a City, 312-1308, Princeton 1980 (ed. It. Roma. Profilo di una città, Roma 1981) McCahill 2013 – McCahill, Reviving the Eternal City. Rome and the Papal Court, 1420-1447, Cambridge Mass., London 2013 Stinger 1985 - Ch.L. Stinger, The Renaissance in Rome, Bloomington 1985 Weiss 1969 – R. Weiss, The Renaissance Discovery of Classical Antiquity, Oxford 1969 Wells 2014 – F. C. Wells, Serce Leonarda (anatomia i kardiologia), Warszawa 2014 Wickham 2016 – Ch. Wickham, Rzym średniowieczny. Stabilizacja i kryzys miasta w latach 90-1050, Kęty 2016 Zanker 1999 – P. Zanker, August i potęga obrazów, Poznań 1999 |
Learning outcomes: |
After completing the course the student: - has a basic knowledge of the history of Rome and its most famous monuments, - can describe the relationship between art and science on the example of the Eternal City - knows the profiles of famous painters, sculptors, architects and scientists, - understands the processes of changing the artistic will and the development of science, - knows how to identify the most important works of art and literature as well as film images related to the topic of the course, - recognizes the importance of Rome for the history of civilization, - knows the relationship between important historical moments and trends in visual culture, - can evaluate works of art and their relationship with scientific research in the field of exact sciences and archeology, - can characterize the history of selected historic complexes and individual works in the light of the latest research. |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Completion of classes will be based on attendance and exam in the form of a test. |
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