FALL 2011 - Kenyon in Rome
OPEN TO STUDENTS IN ALL MAJORS with Junior class standing in Fall 2011.
Requirements: Junior status; minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75; at least one semester of previous
Italian language study is highly recommended, but not required. Italian language study is required
during the semester in Rome.
Students should plan to take at least one art history course before arriving in Rome (preferably
ARHS 110 or 111).
Kenyon in Rome costs covered by Kenyon: tuition, room, board and fees.
Roundtrip airline ticket to and from Rome are covered by the student.
Kenyon Faculty and Staff:
Professor Kristen Van Ausdall, Associate Professor of Art History, Fall 2011 Director, Kenyon in
Rome.
Program Intern/Assistant (The program intern/assistant will be a Kenyon College alum.)
Semester Dates: Late August – Mid - December 2011 (Specific dates to be announced, but
will be close to regular Kenyon semester dates).
Class schedule: Monday through Thursday
Weekend trips to Florence and Naples/Pompeii.
Curriculum in Rome:
ARHS 242 Eternal Glories: Monuments, Museums, and Churches of Rome
(Van Ausdall)
This course is required of all students in the Kenyon in Rome program, and provides an
overview of the history, culture, and art of Rome from antiquity to the 18th century, with
some forays into modern Rome as well. Classroom instruction will complement visits to
different sites in the city of Rome and its environs, Florence, Naples, and Pompeii. Guest
lectures by scholars in Rome will focus on specific issues in Ancient, Medieval,
Renaissance, Baroque, and Modern art and architecture in Rome. Visits to the museums,
churches, and galleries of Rome will be woven throughout the class. The formation of
great art collections, like that of the Borghese Gallery, the Vatican Museums, and the
Capitoline collections will be examined. Students will be expected to write about art
from all historical epochs. Pre-requisite: ARHS 110 or 111 or the equivalent.
ARHS 375: Seminar - Baroque Rome: Art in the Age of Caravaggio and Bernini .50 unit
(Van Ausdall)
Often described as dynamic, theatrical, and even eccentric, the painting and sculpture of
seventeenth-century Italy was varied and innovation. Two towering figures in Rome come
immediately to mind: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and Gianlorenzo Bernini. Both
developed styles that engaged the senses in very different ways, and both were able to
successfully use their art in the service of both secular and religious art. Although his career was
relatively brief, and he was maligned by some, Caravaggio's approach to painting influenced
artists in and out of Rome, and continued to do so for several centuries. Bernini, the ultimate
insider artist, had a long career, dominating sculpture in the seventeenth century as Michelangelo
had dominated the sixteenth. This course will consider Caravaggio, Bernini, and their
contemporaries in Rome as practitioners of art that responded to varied cultural, religious, and
intellectual forces. Pre-requisite: ARHS 111 or 223 or 224.
Italian Language Study: (staff)
Italian language instruction - Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced levels
Room, Board, Transportation in Italy:
Apartments in Trastevere, with cooking facilities will be provided for students. The Kenyon in
Rome program will provide a weekly grocery allowance to students.
Every Sunday evening, students and faculty meet for a meal together in one of the wonderful
restaurants in Rome.
The costs for museums in Italy related to coursework will be covered by program fees.