Archaeological Sciences

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF ROMAN ART, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. The module provides a critica analysis of the modern debates and knowledge in Roman art and archeology from the archaic to the imperial periods. 
The display of the major issues in Roman art, architecture and town planning will encompass major works and major monuments of Rome center of political power through centuries to which these cultural expressions were structurally related. We will consider the character of the functional components of the old city, by discussing forms, functions and meanings of various types of buildings and monuments of the public and private sphere; we will analyze themes, messages, and the figurative language of the various artistic expressions. The analysis will include the analysis of the ideological, cultural and social contents expressed by the Roman civilization from its "origin" to its "dissolution".