WEEK 2

University of Washington
History Program in Rome
Winter 2009

Week Two: January 12 – 18

**All readings listed on the schedule should be done in advance of daily site visits. Please come to class prepared!

Mon. 12:

9:00 AH Imperial propaganda
Meet at the portone.

Sites: Column and Forum of Trajan; Pantheon.

**Discussion topics: Memory and Immortality; Emperor Trajan (CAMI) and Hadrian’s Building Program (ALEX); SPQR: meaning and function.

AH Reading: Packer, “Trajan’s Glorious Forum”; Davies, “The Dynamics of Form”; McEwen, "Hadrian's Rhetoric I: the Pantheon”.

2:00-4:00 History
**Discussion topics: The Medieval Commune: Orvieto


Tues. 13:

10:15 IT Meet at portone. We will walk over to the offices of ItaliaIdea in the nearby Piazza della Cancelleria, #85, 2nd floor.

10:30-12:30 Italian Language class

2:00 History
**Discussion topics: The Medieval Commune: Orvieto

Wed. 14:

9:00 AH Imperial propaganda, Part 2

Sites: Arch of Constantine

**Discussion topics: the role of the Roman triumph and the pervading imagery of the arch, Emperor Constantine (MATT).

AH Reading: Zaho,“The History of the Roman Triumph”; Schematic of the Arch of Constantine.

2:00-4:00 History
**Discussion topics: The Medieval Commune: Orvieto

Thurs. 15:

10:30-12:30 Italian Language class

3:00 AH Meet in the conference room for a lecture on the painter, Luca Signorelli, in preparation for our trip to Orvieto.


Fri. 16: Trip to Orvieto!!

We will meet at the portone at 8:00. Please be on time as we would hate to leave without you! Pack for an overnight stay and dress warmly - it is always windy in Orvieto!

9:12 a.m. train leaves Termini Station for Orvieto

10:30 a.m. Arrive Orvieto
(take the funiculare up to center)
Check into hotel.

11:30 a.m. Coffee break, Intro to Medieval town - Palazzo Comunale, Palazzo del Capitano ...

12:30 p.m. Lunch Break

3:00 p.m. Reconvene for afternoon site visits: Duomo and San Brizio Chapel

7:30 p.m. Group Dinner at Antico Bucchero


Sat. 17:

Site visits TBA
2:09 p.m. Return to Roma