WEEK 9

University of Washington
History Program in Rome
Winter 2009

Week Nine: March 2 - 9

Mon. 2:
9:00 AH The Jesuits; obelisks
Il Gesu, St. Ignazio

**Discussion topics: The Jesuits; Counter Reformation, church triumphant (REED); Obelisks and their role as papal propaganda (LIA)

AH Reading: “Jesuit Order”; “Il Gesu”; both from Grove Dictionary of Art; Engass, The Painting of Baciccio; selections on “The Church Triumphant.”

2-4:00 History

Tues. 3:
10:30-12:30 Italian Language class

2-4:00 History

Wed. 4:
9:00 AH Baroque Painting
Galleria Doria Pamphili
(Group exercise on site)

AH Reading: Wolfflinian Oppositions (handout)

2-4:00 History

Thurs. 5:
10:30-12:30 Italian Language class

3:00 AH Bernini vs. Borromini
S. Andrea al Quirnale and S. Carlo alla Quattro Fontane; Piazza del Quirnale

**Discussion topics: Baroque Architecture: Bernini vs. Borromini; Rome’s shifting political centers: propaganda of urban spaces.

Group exercise on site

AH Reading: Blunt, “Birth and Early Training,”; Morrissey, Selections from The Genius in the Design”; Conners, “Bernini’s S. Andrea al Quirnale: Payments and Planning”.


Fri. 6:
TBA

Sun. 8:
Feste delle donne

10:00 AH Ah, Borromini!
Borromini’s St. Ivo’s; Chiesa Nuova; Sant’ Andrea della Valle…