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AH 600 Praticum in Art-Historical Research and Problem Solving Spring 2024

Required of all MA students, this course provides a full immersion in research from the primary record, through the analysis of secondary and primary literature, maps, prints, documents, ground plans, photographs, historical guide books, archaeological excavations, monuments and works of art in situ

Instructor: Lila Yawn

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AH 700 Rome Recycled Spring 2024

In the early 100s CE, the city of Rome is estimated to have had roughly a million inhabitants. By the year 600, the population had plummeted to a tiny fraction of that number, perhaps a few tens of thousands. What happened to bring about such a dramatic demographic decline, and what did it mean for

Instructor: Lila Yawn

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AH 730 Visualizing Saints and Relics in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, c.300-c.1400 Spring 2024

This research seminar investigates the role of art in the Christian cult of saints and relics in Europe from Late Antiquity to the central Middle Ages (c.250-1200). It seeks to understand the impact of the cult on art and the impact of art on the cult. The centrality of saints and relics in late ant

Instructor: Sharon Marie Salvadori

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AH 750 Roma Capta – the Sack of Rome in 1527 and the arts of Italy Spring 2024

This course hinges around the Sack of Rome in 1527. This event was a social, political and artistic explosion. It redrew the map of Europe, and some would argue it marked the end of the high renaissance. This course aims to explain what happened, why, and to examine its importance to Italy, to the c

Instructor: Tom Henry

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AH 770 Rome Between the Covers: Nineteenth-Century Guidebooks and the Art of the Eternal City Spring 2024

Instructor: Karen Georgi

AH 792 Professional Experience Spring 2024

The Professional Experience component of the MA may take the form of a teaching or research internship at John Cabot University or of an internship at a museum, research institute, historic library, school, gallery, or foundation. MA Students are responsible for identifying their own potential addre

Instructor: Crispin Corrado
Instructor: Cornelia Lauf

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