- 1/27 Venus of Willendorf
- 1/29 Sumerian Temples
- 2/1 Images of Sumerian Society
- 2/3 The Image of the Ruler, I: Naram-Sin and Hammurabi
- 2/5 Assyrian Palace Reliefs
- 2/8 Mesopotamia in the Modern World
- 2/10 Egypt: Gift of the Nile
- 2/15 Old Kingdom Pharaohs, and Their Wives
- 2/17 Monumental Architecture in Egypt
- 2/19 King Tut and the Blockbuster
- 2/22 Mummy Dearest
- 2/24 paper appts – no class
- 2/26 paper appts – no class
SUNDAY, February 28, noon: 1st post due
- 3/1 Uncovering Pylos
- 3/3 “Greek Miracle”?
- 3/5 Parthenon I: the ancient monument
- 3/8 Parthenon II: national cultural property or universal heritage?
- 3/10 The Image of the Ruler, II: Alexander
- 3/15 The female “nude”
- 3/17 Rome Encapsulated: The Forum and Markets of Trajan
- 3/19 The Column of Trajan
- 3/22 The legacy of columns & statues
- 3/24 The Roman Empire
- 3/26 Art & Identity in the Provinces of the Roman Empire, Then and Now
- 3/29 Why Museums Sometimes Lie: Looting and the Art Market
- 3/31 paper appts – no class
- 4/2 paper appts – no class
SUNDAY, April 4, noon: 2nd post due
- 4/5 Early Christianity
- 4/7 Hagia Sophia
- 4/9 Rise of Islam – Kaaba, Mosque at Kairouan
- 4/12 Anglo/Hiberno-Saxon
Tuesday, April 13, 5-6:15 pm, in the Arts & Humanities Colloquium, Prof. Peju Layiwola, University of Lagos, Nigeria, on looted African patrimony: https://colgate.zoom.us/j/95431705522
- 4/14 Charlemagne
- 4/16 Cordoba: NB: first discussion of Pillars of the Earth!
- 4/19 Bayeux Tapestry
- 4/21 The Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
- 4/23 The cosmpolitan middle ages
- 4/26 Africa and Europe
- 4/28 Gothic Architecture
- 4/30 What’s at stake in a course like this?
THURSDAY, May 6, 2 pm: final project posted on our website
