Document Type

Syllabus

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Course Description

What makes ancient Mediterranean visual culture and texts so quotable, so re-usable, so inspiring or provocative, so susceptible to appropriation? This course explores representations of ancient Hellenic and Roman art, architecture, and literature in visual culture from the Renaissance to contemporary works. Students will examine such topics as the impact of archaeological discoveries of ancient sculpture during the Renaissance on the art of Michelangelo, translations of mythological stories from Ovid’s Metamorphoses into sculpture and painting, quotations of Hellenic and Roman architecture in landscape design and American civic architecture. There are no prerequisites for this course.

Student Outcomes

The student will be able to: 1) Demonstrate expertise in the particular course topic; 2) Analyze and critique secondary scholarship in the field of Classical Studies; 3) Integrate topic-appropriate primary texts and secondary sources in an original way to complete an individual research paper or project.

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