Winter Quarter
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Jan 7 Week 1 Read Aeneid & Chapters 1-3 of Roman Art & Architecture |
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9 Seminar on Books I-IV of Aeneid |
10 Welcome! Guest: Tom Rainey on Augustus:10AM |
11 Seminar on Books V-VIII of Aeneid |
12 Roman Art & The Nature of Program: Greece vs.Rome |
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14 Week 2 Read Aeneid & Chapters 4-6 of Roman Art & Architecture |
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16 Seminar on Books IX-XII of Aeneid Film: La Strada |
17 Andrew on Virgil |
18 Joint seminar on Rome Virgil Paper Due!!! |
19 Workshop on Virgil Paper |
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21 Week 3 Read Inferno: Introduction thru Canto XXI |
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23 Seminar: Inferno: Intro through Canto XI Film: The Bicycle Thief |
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25 Fieldtrip to Da Vinci exhibition 11:45. Leave campus 9:30 NOTE: Bring $6.50 entrance fee |
26 Art History Quiz |
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28 Week 4 Read Inferno |
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30 Seminar:Inferno, Cantos XII-XXX Film: Amarcord |
31 Stephen Beck on Plotinus & Neo-Platonists |
Feb 1 Inferno: Canto XXXI-end. Dante Paper Due! Michael Clifthorne on Travel |
2 Workshop on Dante Paper |
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4 Week 5 Read Renaissance Reader: Petrarca |
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6 Seminar: Petrarca Film: Night of the Shooting Stars |
7 Romanesque to Renaissance Architecture and Painting lecture |
8 Seminar: Petrarca |
9 Outline and very rough draft of Research Paper due |
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11 Week 6 Read Renaissance Reader: Boccaccio |
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13 Seminar: Boccaccio Film: Il Postino |
14 Eary Renaissance Artists: Masaccio and Piero della Francesca |
15 Seminar: Boccaccio |
16 Art History Quiz |
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18 Week 7 Read Brunelleschi’s Dome & Chapters 4-6 of Renaissance Florence |
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20 Seminar on Brunelleschi’s Dome Film: Cinema Paradiso |
21 Sean Williams on Renaissance Music Film: Black Orpheus for Carnival |
22 Seminar on Brunelleschi's Dome |
23 Writing workshop on Research paper. |
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25 Week 8 Read Birth of Venus |
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27 Seminar on Birth of Venus Film: 8 1/2 |
28 Guest Lecture: Elizabeth Williamson on Italian theater. Film: The Medici part 3 |
1 Seminar on Birth of Venus |
2 Renaissance painters: Fra Angelico, Castagno, Botticelli |
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March 4 Week 9 Read Renaissance Reader: Castiglione, Macchiavelli Chapter 7 of Renaissance Florence |
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6 Seminar: Castiglione Film: Life is Beautiful |
7 Slides:Leonardo & Michelangelo
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8 Seminar on Macchiavelli |
9 Research paper due. Whole Program Visual Seminar Film: The Medici part 4 |
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11 Week 10 |
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13 Seminar on Cellini’s Life plus Michelangelo's Poetry
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14 Venetian Painters and Mannerism |
15 Film: Room with a View, whole program meets in A1107 @2PM |
16 Art show and Whole program symposium on "What is a Classic?" FOOD IS REQUIRED |
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18 Week 11 Evaluations |
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Fall Quarter
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Sept 25 Introductions, etc. |
26 Read Odyssey Books 1-4 for seminar |
27 Homer Lecture & Video: In Search of the Trojan War, part 1 |
28 Read Odyssey Books 5-11 for seminar |
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October WEEK 1 |
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Oct 2. .Minoan Culture Video: In Search of the Trojan War, Part 2 Biers: Chapters 1 & 2 |
3 Read Odyssey Books 12-17 for seminar |
4 Mycenean Lecture In Search of the Trojan War, part 3 Read Biers: Chapter 3 |
5 Read Odyssey Books 13-24 for seminar |
6 Paper onHomerDue by 12:00 noon |
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8 WEEK 2 |
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9 Archaic Art & Lyric Poetry Biers: Chapters 4 & 5 |
10 Read Greek Lyric: Sappho, Alcaeus, Archilocus for seminar |
11 Archaic Art Video: In Search of the Trojan War, part 4 Read Biers: Chapters 6 & 7 |
12 Read Greek Lyric: Pindar for seminar Students must notify us of play & scene they intend to perform |
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15 WEEK 3 |
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16 Aeschylus Lecture Video: In Search of the Trojan War, part 5 |
17 Read “Agamemnon” for seminar |
18 Exam on Bronze & Archaic Periods |
19 Visiting Lecturer: C.D.C. Reeve on “The Odyssey” |
20 In Search of the Trojan War, part 6 |
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23 Film: Iphigenia Read Chapter 5 in Ancient Greece |
24 Read “The Libation Bearers” for seminar |
25 Intro to Classical Greece Lecture (joint lecture) Read Biers (Chapter 8) |
26 Read ”Eumenides” for seminar |
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29 WEEK 5 |
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30 Classical Greece Lecture Read Pollitt: pages 1– 64Read Chapter 6 in Ancient Greece |
31 Read Pollitt pages 1- 64 for seminar |
Nov 1 Walking tour of downtown Olympia’s Greek architecture (Faculty retreat) |
2 Read Pollitt: Pages 64 – 110 for seminar (Faculty retreat) |
3 Paper on Aeschylus Due by 12:00 noon |
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Nov 6 Classical Greek Lecture Read Chapter 7 in Ancient Greece |
7 Read Pollitt, Chapter 4 for seminar |
8 Classical Art and Architecture |
9 Read Bacchae for seminar Guest lecture by Doranne Crable all meet in E1107 @ 2:00 |
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12 WEEK 7 |
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13 Bacchae Lecture and Later Drama Read Chapter 8 in Ancient Greece |
14 Read Pollitt, Chapter 5 for seminar |
15 Exam on Classical Greek World |
16 Film: Zorba |
17Rewrite of paper on Homer or Aeschylus Due by 12:00 noon |
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19 WEEK 8 |
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20 Thanksgiving Break NO CLASSES |
21 Thanksgiving Break NO CLASSES |
22 Thanksgiving Break NO CLASSES |
23 Thanksgiving Day |
24 Thanksgiving Break NO CLASSES |
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| 27 Film: Symposium and lecture on Plato Read Chapter 9 in Ancient Greece |
28 Read Symposium for seminar |
29 Hellenistic lecture Read Biers (Chapter 10) |
30 Seminar: whole group on what we’ve learned about Greek thought and art. |
December 1 Paper: Plato or Euripides Due by 12:00 noon |
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3 WEEK 9 |
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Dec 4 Etruscan Lecture Read Etruscan Art Read Chapter 11 in Ancient Greece |
5 Read Etruscan Art for seminar |
6 Student presentations: Scenes from Greek plays |
7 Student Presentations: Scenes from Greek plays |
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10 WEEK 10 |