| Course ID: | CLAS 4390/6390. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | The Grand Tour: Visions and Revisions of Classical Antiquity |
Course
Description: | Examination of the ruins and monuments of Classical antiquity
in Greece, Italy, and Egypt as the literal and figurative
destinations of the Grand Tour and the inspiration for
Neoclassicism in Europe and North America that imitated the
grandeur of Classical antiquity in politics, the arts and
architecture. |
| Oasis Title: | The Grand Tour |
| Prerequisite: | CLAS 1000 or CLAS 1000E or CLAS 1000H or CLAS 1010 or CLAS 1010E or CLAS 1010H or CLAS 1020 or CLAS 1020E or CLAS 1020H or CLAS 3000 or CLAS 3010 or CLAS(ANTH) 3015 or CLAS(ANTH) 3015E or CLAS 3030 or CLAS 3040 or CLAS3050 or permission of department |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | To examine the material legacy of Classical antiquity and its
lure to Europeans and North Americans on the Grand Tour who
relocated ancient monuments and imitated the grandeur of Greece
and Rome in politics, the visual arts, architecture, and civic
planning. Students follow the routes taken by travelers and the
condition of ancient sites and art in cities along the route
and newly discovered sites such as Pompeii, Herculaneum, and
the Greek temples of Agrigento. The role of archaeologists,
collectors, and artists in spreading Neoclassicism informs the
dialogue between ancients and moderns. |
| Topical Outline: | Students will study the ruins and monuments of Classical
antiquity in Greece, Italy, and Egypt and trace the development
of the Grand Tour and Neoclassicism in Europe and North
America.
Travel narratives of Grand Tour travelers will inform the study
of the reception of Classical antiquity and its influence on
contemporary art, literature, and architecture, especially in
civic architecture and private art collections. This
interdisciplinary scope will provide essential research
material for students of antiquity, the renaissance,
neoclassicism and fascism. |