Description
Whereas in past studies of Piranesi’s vedute of Rome the focus was often on the imaginative, romantic aspects of his work, in this seminar we will take a closer look at Piranesi as an architectural historian. We will use the large holdings of Piranesi etchings at the Print Room of the Leiden University Library to investigate how Piranesi prepared his images of the ruins of ancient Rome, how these images can be related to the ruins of Roman architecture that were accessible to him; what his position was among the many practitioners of the developing disciplines of archaeology and art history, and whether the view of Piranesi as a proto-romantic dreamer, driven by Ruinensucht or the love of ruins, is still tenable.
An excursion to Rome is part of this seminar, which will take place from November 2 to 8, 2009.
Teaching method
Seminar meetings
Admission requirements
See Art History program guide and Exam regulations
Course objectives
na
Course load
10 ects
Required reading
To be announced.
Test method
Oral presentations in the course of the seminar, presentations in Rome during the excursion, final paper.
Time table
Check the MA timetable on the Internet.
Information
Academic content, Prof. Dr. C.A. van Eck:
c.a.van.eck@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Study coordinator MA:
stucokg@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Study coordinator Res. MA:
b.p.m.dongelmans@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Registration
U-twist
Blackboard
na
Remarks
na