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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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    1 Quiz
  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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    1 Quiz
  10. Lecture 10: Obelisks: Symbols of Power from Egypt to Rome
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    1 Quiz
  11. Lecture 11: Obelisks: Moving Monuments across the Mediterranean (Part 1)
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    1 Quiz
  12. Lecture 12: Obelisks: Symbols of Power in the Renaissance (Part 2)
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    1 Quiz
  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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    1 Quiz
  15. Lecture 15: Mosaics on Land and under the Sea
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    1 Quiz
  16. Lecture 16: Idealism in Greek Sculpture
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    1 Quiz
  17. Lecture 17: Verism in Roman Portraiture
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    1 Quiz
  18. Lecture 18: Columnar Monuments: Manuscripts of Stone
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    1 Quiz
  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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    1 Quiz
  22. Lecture 22: Triumphal Arches: Trajan, Severus and Constantine
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    1 Quiz
  23. END OF COURSE TEST
    End of Course Test: Teaching Through Italy: A Guide to In Situ Studies
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  • What virtues do Republican veristic features (wrinkles, sagging, balding) signal to viewers, and how do those differ from Augustus’s youthful image?
  • How do hairstyles and repeated facial cues function like “brand marks” across copies of the same ruler?
  • In what ways does the Prima Porta statue combine multiple signa (dress, pose, mythic symbols) to craft a single political message?
  • Why might Vespasian’s return to a harsher verism have resonated after the Julio-Claudians?
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