LJMgrB40 Excursion to Rome

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Jana Malaníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Melounová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Daniela Urbanová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Daniela Urbanová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
The excursion is intended for bachelor, M.A., and doctoral students of the Institute of Classical Studies.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Upon successful participation in the excursion to Rome the students will be familiar with the main Roman monuments in Rome and the nearest neighbourhood. They will see the main archeological sites, acquire a specific knowledge about the form and shape of the Urbs Roma in Antiquity. They will be able to recognize, describe and comment visited monuments.
Syllabus
  • Friday, 2 October. At 6:20 departure from Brno by bus, arrival at Vienna Airport at 8:40. Departure from Vienna at 12:00, expected arrival at Rome Fiumicino at 13:40. Accomodation; evening stroll in the city centre (depending on time available): Piazza Barberini – Fontana di Trevi – Piazza di Spagna – Monte Pincio.
  • Saturday, 3 October. Colosseum – Palatinus – Forum Romanum – the Imperial Fora – Trajan's Column – S. Maria in Aracoeli - the Capitoline Hill – the Capitoline Museums.
  • Sunday, 4 October. The Pyramid of C. Cestius - Ancient Ostia.
  • Monday, 5 October. Vatican Museums - St. Peter's Basilica - the Janiculum Hill (Acqua Paola).
  • Tuesday, 6 October. The Republican Roman temples of via Botteghe Oscure and Largo di Torre Argentina – S. Andrea della Valle – Campo dei Fiori – Museo Barracco – Piazza Navona - the Pantheon – S. Maria sopra Minerva – Piazza di Pietra (the Temple of Hadrian) – Piazza Montecitorio (the obelisk) – Piazza Colonna (the Column of Marcus Aurelius) – the Mausoleum of Augustus – Ara Pacis – Piazza del Popolo – Museo di Villa Giulia (optionally the Castle of the Holy Angel).
  • Wednesday, 7 October. Option 1: S. Maria degli Angeli e Martiri – Fontana del Mosè – S. Maria della Vittoria – Museo Nazionale (Terme di Diocleziano+Palazzo Massimo) // Option 2: S. Agnese Fuori le Mura (catacombs), the mausoleum of S. Costanza – Porta Pia – Piazza Sallustio (Horti Sallustiani) – S. Maria della Vittoria – Fontana del Mosè – S. Maria degli Angeli e Martiri – together: S. Maria Maggiore – Arcus Gallieni – Porta Maggiore (the Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker) – „the Temple of Minerva Medica“ – Trajan's Market – stroll along the Quirinal Hill (Via delle Quattro Fontane).
  • Thursday, 8 October. The Baths of Caracalla – the Tomb of the Scipios – Arcus Drusi and Porta San Sebastiano – Via Appia (S. Sebastiano, the Villa of Maxentius, the Tomb of Caecilia Metella)
  • Friday, 9 October. S. Giovanni in Laterano+baptistery – S. Stefano Rotondo – Arcus Dolabellae – Circus Maximus – Forum Boarium (S. Maria in Cosmedin, the temples of Portumnus and Hercules Victor) – Velabrum (Ianus Quadrifons, Arcus Argentariorum) – Forum Holitorium (S. Nicola in Carcere – underground excavations), Area Sacra di Sant’Omobono – Theatrum Marcelli and the Temple of Apollo Sosianus – Porticus Octaviae – the Tiber Island – Trastevere.
  • Saturday, 10 October. Departure to the airport in the early morning; departure from Rome at 9:35, expected arrival at Vienna at 11:10; from Vienna by bus at 13:00, expected arrival at Brno at 15:30.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • PLATNER, Samuel Ball. A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. London: Oxford University Press, 1929. Dostupné online: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/eos/eos_title.pl?callnum=DG16.P72
  • BRTNICKÝ, L. Topografie starověkého Říma. Praha, 1925. info
    not specified
  • BOLDRINI, Fabio. Řím a Vatikán : 2000 let křesťanské historie : antický Řím - Vatikán - restaurovaná Sixtínská kaple - chrámy a kostely - musea - památníky. Florence: Bonechi, 1998, 123 s. ISBN 8847600561. info
  • BURIAN, Jan. Řím : světla a stíny antického velkoměsta. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1970, 285 s. URL info
  • GIANNELLI, Giulio and Ugo Enrico PAOLI. Antický Rím. Edited by Ignác Šafár - Štefan Smolák, Translated by Anna Škorupová. 3. vyd. Bratislava: Tatran, 1969, 301 s. info
  • GROH, V. Starý Řím. Praha, 1931. info
  • HIBBERT, Christopher. Řím :životopis města. Translated by Pavel Kolmačka. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1998, 469 s., [1. ISBN 80-7106-213-8. info
  • HOŠEK, Ladislav and Václav MAREK. Řím Marka Aurelia. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1990, 276 s. ISBN 80-204-0147-4. info
  • CHRIST, K. Die Römer. München, 1984. info
  • PIJOAN, José. Dějiny umění. 1 [Euromédia Goup, 2000]. Vyd. 4., v Knižním klubu 1. Praha: Euromedia Group - Knižní klub, 2000, 334 s. : i. ISBN 80-7176-764-61. info
  • PIJOAN, José. Dějiny umění. 2 [Euromédia Group, 2000]. Vyd. 4., v Knižním klubu 1. Praha: Euromedia Group - Knižní klub, 2000, 334 s. : i. ISBN 80-7176-839-12. info
  • PIJOAN, José. Dějiny umění. 3 [Pijoan, 1998]. Translated by Libuše Macková - Jan Schejbal - Hana Stašková. Vyd. 4., v Knižním klubu 1. V Praze: Knižní klub, 1998, 333 s. : i. ISBN 80-7176-866-93. info
  • PIJOAN, José. Dějiny umění. 4 [Pijoan, 1999]. Translated by Libuše Macková - Jan Schejbal - Hana Stašková. Vyd. 4., v Knižním klubu 1. V Praze: Knižní klub, 1999, 332 s. : i. ISBN 80-7176-956-84. info
  • PIJOAN, José. Dějiny umění. 5 [Pijoan, 1999]. Translated by Jiří Pechar. Vyd. 4., v Knižním klubu 1. V Praze: Knižní klub, 1999, 317 s. : i. ISBN 80-242-0024-45. info
  • PIJOAN, José. Dějiny umění. 6 [Pijoan, 1999]. Translated by Jiří Pechar. Vyd. 4., v Knižním klubu 1. V Praze: Knižní klub, 1999, 348 s. : i. ISBN 80-242-0141-06. info
  • PIJOAN, José. Dějiny umění. 7 [Pijoan, 1999]. Translated by Miloslava Neumannová. Vyd. 4., v Knižním klubu 1. V Praze: Knižní klub, 1999, 348 s. : i. ISBN 80-242-0140-27. info
  • RUIZ, Vincenzo Arangio and ET AL. Antický Řím. Bratislava: Tatran, 1967. info
  • ÜRÖGDI, György. Tak žil starý Řím. Vyd. 1. Praha: Orbis, 1968, 258 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Visual education.
Assessment methods
Active participation plus an essay on selected Roman monument (for the list see the Information of the teacher below or the e-learning course "Exkurze do Říma 2015" - there also other details).
The essay has to be handed in in written form until the 12th September 2015.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf2/course/view.php?id=3396
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010.
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