WEEK 8

University of Washington
History Program in Rome
Winter 2009

Week Eight: February 23 - 29

Mon. 23:
9:00 AH Caravaggio!
S. Luigi dei Francesi; S. Maria del Popolo

**Discussion topics: New naturalism and intent: Caravaggio’s public commissions at the Contarelli and Cerasi Chapels (AMY)

AH Reading: Period selections on Caravaggio; Friedlander, “Caravaggio’s Character and Religion.”

OPTIONAL: readings on reserve: Hibbard, “The Contarelli Chapel” and “The Cerasi Chapel”.

2-4:00 History

Tues. 24:
10:30-12:30 Italian Language class

2-4:00 History

Wed. 25:
No AH today

2-4:00 History

Thurs. 26:
10:30-12:30 Italian Language class

2:00 AH The Pilgrim and the Pope: Piety and Patronage
We will walk the pilgrimage route to St. Peters!
St Peters piazza and approach St. Peters basilica and piazza

**Discussion topics: St. Peter’s piazza and approach (JULIA); Basilica decoration, Bernini’s contributions under Urban VIII (SHANNON)

AH Reading: Plan of Nero’s Circus and the two Basilicas of St. Peters; McGregor, Selection from “Vatican Revival”.


Fri. 27: Trip to Siena!
Details TBA

Sat. 28: Return to Rome

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…

WEEK 10

University of Washington
History Program in Rome
Winter 2009

Week Ten: March 9 - 13

Mon. 9:
9:00 AH Two Bernini Chapels
Santa Maria della Vittoria and San Francesco a Ripa

AH Reading: Careri, selection from Bernini: Flights of Love, the Art of Devotion; Lavin, “The Altarpiece: The Ecstasy of St. Teresa.”


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

2-4:00 History

Wed. 11:
9:00 AH Palazzo Barberini; Trevi Fountain (bring coins to toss)

**Discussion topics: Palazzo barberini: papal nepotism, family propaganda (KELLY); fountains and aqueducts, history of water as a political/propagandistic tool (NICOLETTE).

AH Reading: Haskell,“The Mechanics of Seventeenth-Century Patronage”; Scott, selections(“Dichiarazione” of Rosichino; ch. 11: Program and Narrative Action)

2-4:00 History

Thurs. 12: Last Day of Instruction (sad.)
TBA

7:30 p.m. Group Dinner – Last supper

Fri. 13:
By noon: All students must turn in keys to UWRC to claim key deposit, and check out of apartments by noon! Ciao Roma!