Roman Architecture
| VU Course ID: | H252 |
| Curriculum: | 24 videos |
| Fee: | FREE |
| Textbooks: |
None |
| Prerequisites: | None |
| Developer: | Diana E. E. Kleiner |
| Provider: | Yale University |
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Yes |
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Course Description
This course from Yale University is an introduction to the great buildings and engineering marvels of Rome and its empire, with an emphasis on urban planning and individual monuments and their decoration, including mural painting. Architectural developments in Rome, Pompeii and Central Italy are highlighted, and the course also provides a survey of sites and structures in what are now North Italy, Sicily, France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya and North Africa. The lectures are illustrated with over 1,500 images, many from Professor Kleiner’s personal collection.
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 | Video 1 Introduction to Roman Architecture |
 | Video 2 It Takes a City: The Founding of Rome and the Beginnings of Urbanism in Italy |
 | Video 3 Technology and Revolution in Roman Architecture |
 | Video 4 Civic Life Interrupted: Nightmare and Destiny on August 24, A.D. 79 |
 | Video 5 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: Houses and Villas at Pompeii |
 | Video 6 Habitats at Herculaneum and Early Roman Interior Decoration |
 | Video 7 Gilding the Lily: Painting Palaces and Villas in the First Century A.D. |
 | Video 8 Exploring Special Subjects on Pompeian Walls |
 | Video 9 From Brick to Marble: Augustus Assembles Rome |
 | Video 10 Accessing Afterlife: Tombs of Roman Aristocrats, Freedmen, and Slaves |
 | Video 11 Notorious Nero and His Amazing Architectural Legacy |
 | Video 12 The Creation of an Icon: The Colosseum and Contemporary Architecture in Rome |
 | Video 13 The Prince and the Palace: Human Made Divine on the Palatine Hill |
 | Video 14 Paper Topics: Discovering the Roman Provinces and Designing a Roman City |
 | Video 15 The Mother of All Forums: Civic Architecture in Rome under Trajan |
 | Video 16 Rome and a Villa: Hadrian’s Pantheon and Tivoli Retreat |
 | Video 17 The Roman Way of Life and Death at Ostia, the Port of Rome |
 | Video 18 Bigger Is Better: The Baths of Caracalla and Other Second- and Third-Century Buildings in Rome |
 | Video 19 Hometown Boy: Honoring an Emperor’s Roots in Roman North Africa |
 | Video 20 Baroque Extravaganzas: Rock Tombs, Fountains, and Sanctuaries in Jordan, Lebanon, and Libya |
 | Video 21 Roman Wine in Greek Bottles: The Rebirth of Athens |
 | Video 22 Making Mini Romes on the Western Frontier |
 | Video 23 Rome Redux: The Tetrarchic Renaissance |
 | Video 24 Rome of Constantine and a New Rome |
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