AAMW course numbers are crosslisted with departmentally based courses. Not all courses of relevance to AAMW students have AAMW numbers. Potentially relevant courses can be found in the rosters from the departments and programs in the History of Art, Ancient History, Anthropology, Classical Studies, History, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Religious Studies, Architecture and Historic Preservation. In addition courses may be taken for Penn credit at Bryn Mawr and Princeton. Advanced students may also request to take a specialist course at other universities in commuting range. If the professor teaching the course agrees, the AAMW Graduate Chair will give the class a Penn Independent Study number, and transcribe the grade received.

AAMW 411 [CLST 411]
Landscape Archaeology
TR 3-4:30pm | Prof. Thomas Tartaron
The aim of this course is to examine a number of topics in landscape archaeology through a critical evaluation of a selection of the already vast literature surrounding landscapes. These readings come from archaeology and other disciplines in which the landscape concept is of central importance. We will trace the intellectual heritage of modern landscape archaeology, and examine field methods and analytical techniques. Numerous case studies, drawn from both the Old and New Worlds, illustrate the interpretive potential of landscapes for archaeology.

AAMW 521 [ARTH 521 / CLST 521]
Greek Vase Painting
R 1:30-3:30, Jaffee 104 | Prof. Ann Blair Brownlee
Painted vases constitute the most important and comprehensive collection of visual evidence that survives from ancient Greece.  In this course, we will examine the development of Greek vase-painting from the 10th to the 4th century BC, with particular emphasis on the pottery of the Archaic and Classical periods produced in the cities of Athens and Corinth.  The extensive collection of Greek vases in the University of Pennsylvania Museum will be an important resource for this course.

AAMW 525 [ARTH 525]
Aegean Bronze Age: Frescoes
R 3-5pm | Dr. Elizabeth Shank
This seminar is a thorough study of the frescoes of the Aegean Bronze Age, circa 1600 BCE. Minoan, Mycenaean and Cycladic frescoes are renowned for their fine plasters, natural and man-made pigments, and complex depictions of scenes from daily life as well as ritualistic activities. We will examine painting techniques, use of space, iconography, and the frescoes’ relationship to architecture such as the palaces of Crete, the citadels of the Mainland, and the homes of Akrotiri, Thera. Students will present one short and one long paper to the class.

AAMW 620 [ARTH 220 & 620 / CLST 220]
Greek Art and Architecture
TR 10:30-12 noon | Prof. David Gilman Romano
This course surveys Greek art and architecture, from Sicily to the Black Sea, between the 10th and 2nd centuries BCE (Dark Age to Hellenistic). In Greek city-states and kingdoms, their civic, religious, and domestic buildings and spaces were intimately connected with images large and small. These range from public sculpture and painting on and around grand buildings and gardens, to domestic luxury arts like jewelry, cups and vases, mosaic floors. Art and architecture addressed heroic epic, religious and political themes, and also every-day life and emotions. Current themes include Greek ways of discussing and looking at art and space, and their ideas of invention and progress; the role of monuments, makers and patrons in Greek society; and connections with the other cultures who inspired and made use of Greek artists and styles. The course will exploit the University Museum, and regional museums where possible.No prerequisites. WATU option.

AAMW 722 [CLST 730]
From Bronze to Iron
F 2-5pm | Prof. Thomas Tartaron
This seminar focuses on the period from the destruction of the Mycenaean palaces to the “renaissance” of the 8th century B.C. We will assess losses and survivals from the Bronze Age in areas such as political organization, demography, interregional trade, literacy, and the arts. We will also examine the slowly emerging archaeological record of the so-called Dark Age in order to more clearly reveal the connections with developments of later periods.

AAMW 728 [ARTH 728 / CLST 728]
Roman Architecture and Topography
T 3-6pm | Prof. C. Brian Rose
An examination of problems in the topography of Rome, especially during the Republic and early empire, with a focus on the Capitoline and Palatine hills, Roman forum, Forum Boarium, Imperial fora, and the Campus Martius. The topography of spectacles and festivals, such as the ludi saeculares, triumphs, and the ludi Megalenses, will also be considered.

ARTH 100-302
Classical Architecture
M 3:30-6:30pm | Prof. Lothar Haselberger
Comparing and contrasting outstanding examples of Greek and Roman architecture – single buildings as well as larger architectural compositions and cities – forms the focus of this seminar. Special emphasis will be laid on the principles guiding the design of these structures and the diverse, or common, Greek and Roman approaches toward comparable building tasks (such as temples, theaters, baths, market places, fortifications, city plans). Methodological ‘tools’ for these analyses will be discussed and a broader historical context developed. Field trips to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Art and Archeology and to the city of Philadelphia. No prerequisites.

ARTH 241/641
Byzantine Art and Architecture
TR 9-10:30am | Prof. Robert Ousterhout
This course surveys the arts of the Byzantine Empire-- that is, the Late Rome Empire with its capital in Constantinople, 312-1453 C.E., including Italy, the Eastern Mediterranean, the Balkans and Russia. The course will examine architecture, city planning, mosaics and frescoes, icons, sculpture, and the minor arts, with special attention given to the role of the Orthodox Church in the production and reception of works of art. Other topics include the role of art in the creation of a sacred presence, Iconoclasm and the theology of images, imperial patronage, and the relationship of Byzantine artistic culture to that of its neighbors.

CLST 316
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
MW 3:30-5pm | Dr. Scott de Brestian
The borders of the Roman Empire stretched for thousands of miles from Britain to Egypt. This course will examine life along the frontier from the time of Augustus to the early 5th century A.D., when the borders were breached and the Western Empire began its decline. Why did the Roman Empire stop expanding? How was such a vast area organized, controlled and defended? What kind of interactions took place across the borders? We will look at the civilian and military infrastructure created along the frontier and explore how the existence of the frontier impacted people both inside and outside the empire. We will also ask whether the frontier system failed and the role it played in the fall of the Empire.

CLST 611 / 401
Greek Epigraphy
M 2-5pm | Prof. Jeremy McInerney