The aim of this unit is to introduce the artistic and architectural traditions of the Roman world. Students will investigate the development of the city of Rome from its foundation to its transformation into the imperial capital of the Roman Empire under Augustus and his successors. It will analyse a wide range of ancient visual texts, including monuments, private buildings, buildings for entertainments and leisure, sculpture, painting, gems and coins as well as a selection of ancient written sources. Attention will be paid to the relationship between art, architecture and the development of Roman politics and society as well as key methodological and historiographical debates. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Ken Parry
Prerequisites: Admission to MA in (Ancient History or Coptic Studies or ECJS or Egyptology or History or Late Antiquity or Ancient Art and Architecture) or PGDipArts in (Ancient History or ECJS) or PGCertArts in (Ancient History or Coptic Studies)
