Roman Archaeology

Interior of the Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum)

Topics that are claimed are followed by the student's name.

Ancient/early Christian Topics

Colosseum and Ludus Magnus (Rome): Josh Will

The Church of San Clemente, including a Roman house and mithraeum (Rome):

The triumphal arch, in particular, the Arch of Titus and Arch of Constantine (Rome):

Basilicas in the Roman Forum (Rome): Meg Moran

Rome's aqueducts or the Baths of Diocletian (Rome): Liz Erickson

Republican and Augustan temples in the Forum Holitorium and Forum Boarium (Rome):

Forum of Augustus (Rome):

Ara Pacis (Altar of Peace):

Domitian's Palace on the Palatine (Rome):

Column of Trajan (Rome): Stephen Gruber-Miller

Forum of Trajan or Trajan's markets (Rome): Harry Blackwood

Hadrian's villa at Tivoli:

Housing and apartment buildings at Ostia: Devin McGrane

Amphorae, transport, and the Roman economy (Ostia): Kevin Lawrence

Pantheon (Rome):

Belvedere torso or Laocoon statue and their influence on Renaissance and Baroque art (Vatican museums): Emily Vinci and Emma Lehman

Prima Porta Augustus (Vatican Museums): Jennifer Logan

School of Athens or Parnassos by Raphael (Vatican museums):

Renaissance/Baroque Topics

Castel Sant’ Angelo (Mausoleum of Hadrian), 135-39 AD

Filarete, Porta Argentea (Bronze Doors of Old Saint Peter’s), 1445

Antonio Pollaiuolo, Tomb of Sixtus IV, 1493 Kegan Kiner and Rebecca Girard

Bramante. Cortile del Belvedere, begun 1506/ finished 1562-65

Bramante, Tempietto, --Jeffrey Flug

Roman Imperial Imagery and Papal Coins

Raphael, Stanza dell’ Incendio, 1514-17

Michelangelo, Imperial Imagery and the Tomb of Julius II, 1505-45

Arch of Constantine and the Frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, 1480-82 CJ Brooks

The Sibyls in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Ceiling, 1508-12—Nedah Zamani/Lindsay Wieland

Giulio Romano, Room of Constantine, 1519-24

Domenico Fontana, The Acqua Felice (Moses Fountain), 1585-88—Allyson Weiss

Caravaggio, Conversion of Saint Paul and Martyrdom of Saint Peter, S. Maria del Popolo—Tristan Fickes

Bernini, Barcaccia, 1627—Lucas McCann

Bernini, Aeneas and Anchises, 1619—Arial Tabak

Bernini, Baldacchino, 1624-33 and Cathedra Petri, 1624-33—Kris Komperda

Bernini, Four Rivers Fountain, 1651—Nathan Shepard

Bernini, Constantine, 1654-70 Kassi Smith

Bernini, Piazza of Saint Peter’s, 1656-67—Risa Alecci and Leah Green

Pietro da Cortona, Divine Providence, 1633-39

Andrea Pozzo, Triumph of the Saint Ignatius, 1685-94—Matt Pilger

Piranesi’s View of Roman Antiquities

Canova, Pauline Borghese as Venus, 1805-08—Abby Pedersen

Fascist Archaeology: The Roman Curia in the Forum—Mary Mortenson and Janet Northey

Photo credit: Copyright © 1997 Leo C. Curran / Date: 1966 / # ac660506 Maecenas Images of Ancient Greece and Rome