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Teaching Through Italy: A Guide to In Situ Studies

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  1. INTRODUCTION

    Lecture 1: Introduction by Christopher Perrin
  2. LECTURES
    Lecture 2: Peripatetic Teaching in Cities of Italy: Rome (Part 1: Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, etc.)
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  3. Lecture 3: Peripatetic Teaching in Cities of Italy: Rome (Part 2: Roman Fora)
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    1 Quiz
  4. Lecture 4: Peripatetic Teaching in Cities of Italy: Florence, the Cradle of the Renaissance
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    1 Quiz
  5. Lecture 5: Peripatetic Teaching in Cities of Italy: Florence, Exploring the City
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    1 Quiz
  6. Lecture 6: Peripatetic Teaching in Cities of Italy: Venice
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    1 Quiz
  7. Lecture 7: Peripatetic Teaching in Cities of Italy: Ancient Cities: Pompeii
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    1 Quiz
  8. Lecture 8: Peripatetic Teaching in Cities of Italy: Ancient Cities: Herculaneum, Puteoli, and Ostia
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    1 Quiz
  9. Lecture 9: Manuscripts: Guides for Exploration
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  10. Lecture 10: Obelisks: Symbols of Power from Egypt to Rome
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  11. Lecture 11: Obelisks: Moving Monuments across the Mediterranean (Part 1)
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  12. Lecture 12: Obelisks: Symbols of Power in the Renaissance (Part 2)
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  13. Lecture 13: Ara Pacis, A Dynastic Monument
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  14. Lecture 14: Frescoes: Paintings that Last More than a Lifetime
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  15. Lecture 15: Mosaics on Land and under the Sea
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  16. Lecture 16: Idealism in Greek Sculpture
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  17. Lecture 17: Verism in Roman Portraiture
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  18. Lecture 18: Columnar Monuments: Manuscripts of Stone
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  19. Lecture 19: The Laocoön Group: A Signum for History, Literature and Politics
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  20. Lecture 20: The Villa of Tiberius and the Sperlonga Group
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  21. Lecture 21: Divine Symbolism in the Arch of Titus
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  22. Lecture 22: Triumphal Arches: Trajan, Severus and Constantine
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  23. END OF COURSE TEST
    End of Course Test: Teaching Through Italy: A Guide to In Situ Studies
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  • How does Augustus’s relocation and re-inscription of obelisks transform their original Egyptian meaning?
  • What political work is accomplished by the Solare obelisk’s calendrical alignment with the Ara Pacis on September 23?
  • In what ways do papal restorations and crosses “rewrite” the message of these same stones for Christian Rome?
  • How might you help students decode Latin pedestal abbreviations (IMP, DIVI F, TRIB POT, etc.) as historical evidence?