Short Courses 2011-2012
Fee: €135 for 9 weeks Time/Dates: Tuesday morning, 10.00am to 12.15pm, 4th October to 29th November Venue: Central Library, Grand Parade, Cork Lecturer: Professor Emeritus Éamonn Ó Carragáin, School of English, UCC
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Beginnings of Rome: from Republic to Empire
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Religions in Ancient Rome: Roman state religion, mystery religions, early Christianity. The tomb of St Peter and the art of the catacombs
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Constantine and the fall of the Roman Empire: St Peter’s and the other Christian basilicas
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Papal Rome and its relations with Constantinople and with Northern Europe. Rome and the Atlantic Islands of Britain and Ireland. The Carolingian Renaissance. The Holy Roman Empire and the Papacy during the Middle Ages
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The early Renaissance: architecture, sculpture and painting: the ideals of Renaissance Humanism
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The High Renaissance: Raphael and his contemporaries; sixteenth century perspective views of Rome
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The City of Rome: An Introduction This short course provides a practical introduction to the history and layout of the City of Rome. Rome has existed for three thousand years, and for over two thousand years it has been central to the ways in which Europeans imagined what a city was, and what their civilisation was about. To get to know this city is to become familiar with architecture, painting and sculpture from every major period, and with some of the central political and religious ideas which have created, and troubled, European civilisation. The course will be illustrated by some 3,000 PowerPoint images of the city and its monuments. Depending on demand, it is hoped to organise a Study Tour of the city at the time of the Befana (Epiphany) holiday in early January 2012. The course is designed for those who have been to Rome and want to make sense of what they saw; for those who have never been to Rome and want to prepare for a visit; and for armchair travellers who simply want to imagine what the major monuments of the city look like, and the ideas (political and religious) which inspired them. The morning lectures will be supplemented by two evening lectures (dates to be announced) on Michelangelo and Rome, concentrating on the Sistine Chapel. The two evening lectures will be open to members of the course, and also to a wider public. Please note: Class size is limited to 25 participants.
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