ARH 295-03 - Special Topic: Digging, Depicting, and Displaying the Past: 18th and 19th Century Explorations of the Ancient Mediterranean

4 credits (Spring)

Examines the construction of the ancient Mediterranean past in the European world, and interconnections between artists, archaeology, and antiquity in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe. Topics include early museums, the advent of scientific archaeology, Napoleon’s campaign in Egypt, and the excavations of Pompeii and at Khorsabad. Artists were profoundly influenced by excavations, antiquities, and their display at early museums during this period.

Prerequisite: Second-semester standing.
Instructor: Daly