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HIEU 124GS/VA 122GS: The City in Renaissance , Summer 2014

Prof. Stanley Chodorow [email protected]

Texts Nichols and Gardiner, eds., The Marvels of Rome: Mirabilia Urbis Romae (Italica) Loren Partridge, The Renaissance in Rome (Laurence King Publishers) Loren Partridge, Art of the Renaissance in Florence (1400-1600) (California) George L. Hersey, High Renaissance Art in S. Peter’s and the Vatican (Chicago) Lauro Martines, An Italian Renaissance Sextet: Six Tales in Historical Context (Toronto)

Course 5 hrs. Italian language Paper 1 (5-6 pages – 1500-1800 words) 13 hrs. Lecture Paper 2 (7-9 pages – 2000-2500 words) 56 hrs. Site Visits

This course mixes class time studying the history of Rome and Florence with the experience of seeing the sites where the history played out. The readings will permit you to appreciate what you see much more than if you visited the places on your own or even with a professional guide. You’ll see that some of the site visits have readings attached to them. You should treat the excursions as a new kind of class experience. The excursions are our labs; they far outweigh the lecture- discussions we’ll hold in the classroom.

Meetings: Italian language class meets 5 times for 1 hr. during first 2 weeks. We meet 1 hr, 3 times per week (except week 1). Attendance is required. Be prepared to discuss readings in class for day assigned.

Assignments: Two papers on a particular artistic or architectural project related to urban history and politics in Florence 1400-1600 (paper 1) and in Rome 1400- 1650 (paper 2). Paper 1 should be 5-6 pages in length (double-spaced; one-inch margins = 1500-1800 words). Paper 2 should be 7-9 pages in length. There will be a 3-hour final exam on the last day of the session, August 1.

Office Hours: By email or in person during our excursions

Grading 10% Class Participation (at least 2 hrs. prep per 1 hr. class = 12 hrs./wk) 25 % Paper 1 on Florentine project 35% Paper 2 on Roman project 30% Final Exam

Note: In this course, I will be grading the papers and final exam. I expect that you will be able to get the second paper and final exam back only when we return to La Jolla.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY UCSD has a university-wide Policy on Integrity of Scholarship, on the web at http://www-senate.ucsd.edu/manual/appendices/app2.htm.

All students MUST read and be familiar with this Policy. New procedures have been put in place to detect stealing, cheating and plagiarism. Papers will be pre- submitted to turnitin.com per section instructions.

UCSD Policy on Integrity of Scholarship

Student Responsibilities: Students are expected to complete the course in compliance with the instructor's standards. No student shall engage in any activity that involves attempting to receive a grade by means other than honest effort; for example: No student shall knowingly procure, provide, or accept any unauthorized material that contains questions or answers to any examination or assignment to be given at a subsequent time. No student shall complete, in part or in total, any examination or assignment for another person. No student shall knowingly allow any examination or assignment to be completed, in part or in total, for himself or herself by another person. No student shall plagiarize or copy the work of another person and submit it as his or her own work. No student shall employ aids excluded by the instructor in undertaking course work or in completing any exam or assignment. No student shall alter graded class assignments or examinations and then resubmit them for regrading. No student shall submit substantially the same material in more than one course without prior authorization.

Receipt of this syllabus constitutes an acknowledgment that you are responsible for understanding and acting in accordance with UCSD guidelines on academic integrity

Syllabus

6/29, Sun, 9:30 AM-1:00 PM (Informal Walking Tour Ancient Rome): Largo Argentina, Pantheon, , Piazza , , Corso, , Campidoglio, ,

Week 1

6/30, Mon: 12:00-2:00 PM Lunch & Gianicolo Walk (2 hrs) 3-3:50: Italian 6-6:50: Class: Rome and Constantine – Antiquity and Christianity Readings: Marvels, xi-xxvii, 3-46, 112-16 maps I-IV

7/1, Tues: (Ancient Rome) *, *, *Colosseum (4 hrs) 3-3:50: Italian 6-6:50: Class: Rome and Italy: People and Places Readings: Martines, Sextet, 9-14, 19-35, 39-68; D. Atkinson & D. Cosgrove, “Urban Rhetoric and Embodied Identitites: City, Nation, and Empire at the Vittorio Emanuele II Monument in Rome, 1870-1945,” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 88:1 (March 1998) 28-49

7/2, Wed: (Early Christian Rome): S. Clemente, SS. Quattro Coronati, S. Giovanni in Laterano, S. Maria Maggiore (4 hrs) Readings: Partridge, Rome, 6-41, 170-76

7/3, Thurs 3-3:50: Italian 6-6:50: Class: Urban Forms in Late Medieval and Renaissance Rome Readings: N. Adams & L. Nussdorfer, “The Italian City, 1400-1600” (Handout)

7/4, Fri: (Walking Tour of Renaissance Rome) Via del Pelligrino & Via Papalis (Via dei Giubbonari, Campo dei Fiore, , Palazzo della Cancelleria, Via del Pelligrino, , Via Ponte S. Angelo, Via dei Banci Nuovi, Monte Giordano, Via del Governo Vecchio, Piazza Navonna (4 hrs) 3-3:50: Italian 6-6:50: Class: Renovating Rome Readings: J. Ackerman, “The Planning of Renaissance Rome” (Handout)

7/5, Sat: Roman Campagna: Viterbo, Villa Lante (Bagnaia) & Bomarzo (8 hrs)

Week 2

7/7, Mon 3-3:50: Italian 6-6:50: Class: Florence: Introduction Readings: G. Brucker, “Giovanni Morelli’s Florence,” (Handout)

7/8, Tues 3-3:50: Italian 6-6:50: Class: Florence: Palaces, Patronage, and Patriotism Readings: Partridge, Florence, 1-72

7/9, Wed: (Ancient/Renaissance Rome) S. Pietro in Vincoli, *Capitoline Museum, Crypta Balbi (excavations) (4 hrs) Readings: Partridge, Florence, 73-90, 113-17, 121-26, 129-30, 132-38

7/10-12, Thurs-Saturday: Florence Excursion (14 hrs)

Week 3

7/14, Mon 6-6:50: Class: The Papacy in the High Renaissance and Politics Readings: Hersey, High Renaissance Art, ix-xii, 1-64; Partridge, Rome, 42-49

7/15, Tues: (Renaissance Rome) S. Pietro in Montorio & Tempietto (Bramante) (1 hr) 6-6:50: Class: The New St. Peter’s Readings: Hersey, High Renaissance Art, 65-128; Partridge, Rome, 60-77

7/16, Wed PAPER 1 on Florence DUE IN CLASS 5-5:50: Class: Raphael’s Stanze Readings: Hersey, High Renaissance Art, 129-67; Partridge, Rome, 78-107

7/17, Thurs: (The Vatican Borgo) 8:30AM-1:30PM *Vatican Museums & St. Peter’s; Evening Castel S. Angelo (4 hrs) Readings: Hersey, High Renaissance Art, 177-224 on the ; Partridge, Rome, 108-43

Week 4

7/21, Mon 3-3:50: Class: Projects and Models: Raphael and Readings: Hersey, High Renaissance Art, 225-76; Partridge, Rome, 144-70

7/22, Tues: S. Maria degli Angeli, S. Maria della Vittroria, * (4 hrs) Readings: Martines, Sextet, 141-70

7/23, Wed (Roman churches in the Baroque) Il Gesù, S. Ingazio, S. Maria Sopra Minerva, S. Luigi del Francese, S. Agostino, S. Maria della Pace (4 hrs) 2-2:50: Class: The Renaissance City: Storia and Storytelling Readings: Martines, Sextet, 71-92, 95-137

7/24, Thursday 3-3:50: Class: The Baroque Readings: Bernini (Handout)

7/25, Fri Doria Pamphilj Palace Museum & 12:30 Lunch in Ghetto Readings: Paolo Cortesi, De Cardinalatu (Handout)

7/26, Sat Excursion – Either the excavations under St. Peter’s or the Museum; Evening, Teatro di Marcello for concert and visit

Week 5

7/28, Mon 3-3:50: Class Film: Shakespeare, Henry V

7/29, Tues 5-5:50: Class: Palaces and Power Readings: Review Adams & Nussdorfer (Handout)

7/30, Wed * (4 hrs) 5-5:50: Class: Citizens, Identity, and Myths of Renaissance Individualism Readings: Martines, Sextet, 171-241 PAPER 2 ON ROME DUE IN CLASS

8/1, Fri 2:00-5:00PM FINAL EXAM Farewell Dinner