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ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY. ANCIENT MODELS AND REUSE OF THE CLASSICAL TRADITION

MICHELE SCAFURO ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY. ANCIENT MODELS AND REUSE OF THE CLASSICAL TRADITION

0322300060
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF7
ARCHEOLOGY AND THE ANCIENT WORLD
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2022
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1260LESSONS
MAURO MENICHETTI T Curriculum
MICHELE SCAFURO Curriculum
ExamDate
APPELLO GENNAIO23/01/2025 - 12:00
APPELLO FEBBRAIO14/02/2025 - 12:00
Objectives
THIS COURSE WILL BROADEN AND DEEPEN STUDENTS’ INSIGHTS INTO THE WAYS IN WHICH ONE CAN APPROACH MATERIAL CULTURE AND MONUMENTAL CONTEXTS PRODUCED BY ROMAN WORLD.
THE ANALYSIS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA MAY BE ABLE TO INCLUDE METHODOLOGY OF EXCAVATION AS WELL AS CONNECTIONS TO THE VISUAL CULTURE AND TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF ARCHEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS INTO CULTURAL HERITAGE ALSO ACCORDING TO FARO AGREEMENT.
IN THIS PERSPECTIVE THE COURSE WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE REUSE OF CLASSICS IN THE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD.
Prerequisites
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF GREEK AND ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ART.
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANCIENT HISTORY AND, POSSIBLY, OF THE MAIN TOPICS RELATED TO THE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY.
Contents
THE COURSE IS AIMED TO EXPLORE THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND MONUMENTAL DATA THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE DEVICES OF POWER AT ROME AND THAT CONTRIBUTE TO BUILD A VISUAL CULTURE.
ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY PERMIT TO PUT IN EVIDENCE THE LASTING CULTURAL CONNECTIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN NETWORK. IN THIS PERSPECTIVE A PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO THE REUSE OF THE HELLENISTIC PATTERNS INTO THE ROMAN WORLD, A PROCESS THAT AFFECTS THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE UPDATE OF THE ROMAN CULTURAL MEMORY.
TOPICS OF THE COURSE:
ROMULUS / IMAGES OF POWER IN THE ROMAN REPUBLIC / AUGUSTUS AND THE NEW REPRESENTATION OF THE POWER / CALENDAR AND GOLDEN AGE / THE UNIVERSAL POWER: OIKOUMENE AND BARBARIAN PEOPLE / PLACES AND CEREMONIES OF THE POWER / TRIUMPHUS AND ADVENTUS / CONSTANTINE AND HELENA AUGUSTA: BETWEEN ROME AND CHRISTIANITY / THE POWER OF ROME AFTER ROME.
THE REUSE OF THE ANCIENT PATTERNS PLAYS A FUNDAMENTAL ROLE IN THE EUROPEAN CULTURAL HISTORY, BUT NOT ONLY. THE COURSE IS AIMED TO TRACK THE BASIC PATH REGARDING THE REUSE OF THE IDEA OF ROME, ALSO INCLUDING ATHENS AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD, UP TO THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD, INCLUDED THE CURRENT DEBATE ON THE CANCEL CULTURE. THIS PATH IS ALSO AIMED TO DEFINE THE FUNDAMENTAL LANDMARKS OF THE HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE IS DESIGNED TO INCLUDE:
TAUGHT CLASSES;
READINGS AND RESEARCH SAMPLES BY STUDENTS;
SEMINARS REGARDING THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE.
A GUIDED TOUR ILLUSTRATING AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS (ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES OF COVID-19).
ATTENDANCE OF THE COURSE IS RECOMMENDED.
Verification of learning
VERBAL EXAM - AROUND 30 MINUTES - WHOSE EVALUATION INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS:
KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPICS;
CRITICAL ABILITY,
ABILITY IN COMMUNICATION.
MINIMUM LEVEL OF POSITIVE EVALUATION WILL BE ACQUIRED BY A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPICS.
A BETTER EVALUATION WILL BE ACQUIRED BY THE FOLLOWING SKILLS:
IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPICS;
ABILITY IN COMMUNICATION DISPLAYING AN ACCURATELY SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE.
THE UPPER LEVEL OF EVALUATION WILL BE ACQUIRED BY STUDENTS ABLE TO ELABORATE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THEMES AND CONTEXTS.
Texts
M.MENICHETTI, AUGUSTO E LA TEOLOGIA DELLA VITTORIA, ROMA 2021.
R.BIANCHI BANDINELLI, INTRODUZIONE ALL'ARCHEOLOGIA CLASSICA COME STORIA DELL'ARTE ANTICA, BARI 1976
A.SCHNAPP, LA CONQUISTA DEL PASSATO, MILANO 1994 (LEONARDO), PP.11-161.
C.RENFREW, P.BAHN, ARCHEOLOGIA. TEORIA. METODI. PRATICHE, BOLOGNA 2006, PP.X-XVI, 1-58.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL WILL BE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED DURING THE COURSE.
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ATTENDANCE IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
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