Welcome to our program blog! We are embarking on the fourteenth year of the Art History Seminar in Rome, which for the first time will be co-taught by Professors Estelle and Stuart Lingo. The 2010 program seminar topic will be the transformation of Italian art in the Renaissance and Baroque periods (Art H 497); students will also study the art and architecture of Rome from ancient to modern times (Art H 397).
The Seminar's goals are fourfold: 1) to give our well-prepared students the opportunity to experience original works of art and architecture on site; 2) to study the rich artistic and cultural heritage of Rome and the Italian peninsula from ancient times to the present; 3) to facilitate small-group, collaborative, and in-depth learning; and 4) to provide students with a unique opportunity to grow as scholars through taking an active role in preparing, planning, and leading seminar discussions at sites in and around Rome.
The Seminar will be based at the University of Washington Rome Center, housed in the beautiful and historic Palazzo Pio in the heart of Rome. Built on the foundations of the Theater of Pompey, ancient Rome's first permanent theater (dedicated in 55 B.C.), the seventeenth-century palace incorporates a medieval tower and adjoins the Campo de' Fiori, site of Rome's most attractive open-air market.
Ci vediamo a Roma!
