Roman Architecture is a course for people who love to travel and want to discover the power of architecture to shape politics, society, and culture.
Roman Architecture is a course for people who love to travel and want to discover the power of architecture to shape politics, society, and culture.
4.9 (615 ratings)
JQ
Feb 20, 2018
FANTASTIC COURSE: Although I've been to Rome several times, this course opened my eyes to many aspects of Roman Architecture I was heretofore unaware of. Thanks so much! Dr Quincy
AM
May 24, 2020
Absolutely loved the course! It was inspiring and insightful and my only regret is not being able to take another course, about Roman Sculpture, which is not available on-line.
From the lesson
The Creation of an Icon: The Colosseum and Contemporary Architecture in Rome
The Flavian dynasty of Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian. Vespasian linked himself to Divus Claudius by completing the Claudianum, distanced himself from Nero by destroying part of the Domus Aurea, filling in the artificial lake and replacing it with the Colosseum. Titus commissioned Rome's first preserved example of the "imperial bath type," characterized by grand scale, axiality, and symmetry.
Dunham Professor of History of Art and Classics at Yale University