ART230 Roman Architecture 2009 YALE (23 VIDEOS)

Diana E. E. Kleiner is Dunham Professor of History of Art and Classics at Yale University, Principal Investigator of Open Yale Courses, and former Deputy Provost at Yale.

Course Description

This course 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. While architectural developments in Rome, Pompeii, and Central Italy are highlighted, 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.

About Your Professor

Diana E. E. Kleiner is Dunham Professor of History of Art and Classics at Yale University, Principal Investigator of Open Yale Courses, and former Deputy Provost at Yale. She is the author of numerous books on Roman art in its political and social context including Roman Sculpture (Yale University Press), the fundamental reference on the subject. She has done seminal work on Roman women, centered around the ground-breaking exhibition, I Clavdia: Women in Ancient Rome, and is the author of Cleopatra and Rome (Harvard University Press), which opens a new perspective on one of the most intriguing women who ever lived. Professor Kleiner has resided in Rome and Athens and has traveled extensively throughout what was once the Roman Empire, experiencing firsthand nearly every site and building featured in Roman Architecture.

Course Resources

Roman Architecture

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	1. Introduction to Roman Architecture	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	2. It Takes a City: The Founding of Rome ...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	3. Technology and Revolution in Roman ...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	4. Civic Life Interrupted: Nightmare and...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	5. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: Houses...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	6. Habitats at Herculaneum and Early Roman...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	7. Gilding the Lily: Painting Palaces and Villas...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	8. Exploring Special Subjects on Pompeiian...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	9. From Brick to Marble: Augustus Assembles...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	10. Accessing Afterlife: Tombs of Roman...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	11. Notorious Nero and His Amazing...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	12. The Creation of an Icon: The Colosseum...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	13. The Prince and the Palace: Human Made...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	Paper Topics: Discovering the Roman Provinces...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	14. The Mother of All Forums: Civic Architecture...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	15. Rome and a Villa: Hadrian's Pantheon...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	16. The Roman Way of Life and Death...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	17. Bigger Is Better: The Baths of Caracalla...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	18. Hometown Boy: Honoring an Emperor's...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	19. Baroque Extravaganzas: Rock Tombs...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	20. Roman Wine in Greek Bottles...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	21. Making Mini Romes on the Western...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	22. Rome Redux: The Tetrarchic...	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]
	23. Rome of Constantine and a New Rome	[ high bandwidth ]    [ medium bandwidth ]	[ mp3 ]