For this degree component, each student independently attends and reviews at least ten scholarly lectures, conferences, exhibitions, or other approved events over the course of the academic year: five events in Fall semester and five events in Spring semester. Rome is especially rich in opportunitie
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Books written and decorated by hand are possibly the densest self-contained repositories of cultural information of any objects created by humans during the pre- and early modern eras in Europe. As subjects of art-historical study, however, illustrated and decorated manuscripts conceal an untold per
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Rome is one of the oldest living cities, and its claim to being 'caput mundi,' continues to resonate. How is this manifested in the field of the visual? This course explores the many people who contribute to the contemporary life of Rome every day, at the same time working in a historic continuum. S
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This topics course introduces students to the extraordinary vitality and complexity of Italian 20th-century art, with a primary focus on painting, sculpture and installation, and a secondary focus on architecture, performance, film and video art. Alternating in-class lectures and on-site visits, the
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The seminar will discuss the topographies and spatiality of late Republican/early Imperial urban landscapes. In particular, the course will investigate the fluid interplay between ‘public’ and ‘private’ space, and how spatial configuration is linked to perception, movement and viewing. C
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This advanced course accompanies, structures, and assists the MA Thesis writing process. It includes lectures and workshops on topic conception and refinement; bibliographic development; the gathering and organizing of information; the research-question feedback loop; footnote composition; lecture p
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