FALL 2011 - Kenyon in Rome

OPEN TO STUDENTS IN ALL MAJORSwith Junior class standing in Fall 2011.

Requirements: Junior status; minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75; at least one semester of previous Italian language study is highly recommended, but not required. Italian language study is required during the semester in Rome.

Students shouldplan to take at least one art history course before arriving in Rome (preferably ARHS 110 or 111).

Kenyon in Rome costs covered by Kenyon: tuition, room, board and fees.

Roundtrip airline ticket to and from Rome are covered by the student.

Kenyon Faculty and Staff:

Professor Kristen Van Ausdall, Associate Professor of Art History, Fall 2011 Director, Kenyon in Rome.

Program Intern/Assistant (The program intern/assistant will be a Kenyon College alum.)

Semester Dates: Late August – Mid - December 2011 (Specific dates to be announced, but will be close to regular Kenyon semester dates).

Class schedule: Monday through Thursday

Weekend trips to Florence and Naples/Pompeii.

Curriculum in Rome:

ARHS 242 Eternal Glories: Monuments, Museums, and Churches of Rome

(Van Ausdall)

This course is required of all students in the Kenyon in Rome program, and provides an overview of the history, culture, and art of Rome from antiquity to the 18th century, with some forays into modern Rome as well. Classroom instruction will complement visits to different sites in the city of Rome and its environs, Florence, Naples, and Pompeii. Guest lectures by scholars in Rome will focus on specific issues in Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Modern art and architecture in Rome. Visits to the museums, churches, and galleries of Rome will be woven throughout the class. The formation of great art collections, like that of the Borghese Gallery, the Vatican Museums, and the Capitoline collections will be examined. Students will be expected to write about art from all historical epochs. Pre-requisite: ARHS 110 or 111 or the equivalent.

ARHS 375: Seminar - Baroque Rome: Art in the Age of Caravaggio andBernini.50 unit (Van Ausdall)

Often described as dynamic, theatrical, and even eccentric, the painting and sculpture of seventeenth-century Italy was varied and innovation. Two towering figures in Rome come immediately to mind: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and Gianlorenzo Bernini. Both developed styles that engaged the senses in very different ways, and both were able to successfully use their art in the service of both secular and religious art. Although his career was relatively brief, and he was maligned by some, Caravaggio's approach to painting influenced artists in and out of Rome, and continued to do so for several centuries. Bernini, the ultimate insider artist, had a long career, dominatingsculpture in the seventeenth century as Michelangelo had dominated the sixteenth. This course will consider Caravaggio, Bernini, and their contemporaries in Rome as practitioners of art that responded to varied cultural, religious, and intellectual forces. Pre-requisite: ARHS 111 or 223 or 224.

Italian Language Study:(staff)

Italian language instruction - Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced levels

Room, Board, Transportation in Italy:

Apartments in Trastevere, with cooking facilitieswill be provided for students.The Kenyon in Rome program will provide a weekly grocery allowance to students.

Every Sunday evening, students and faculty meet for a meal together in one of the wonderful restaurants in Rome.

The costs for museums in Italy related to coursework will be covered by program fees.