Roman Art and Archaeology: Art in the Roman Provinces

This seminar explores art and architecture in the Roman provinces. We consider different types of artifacts and buildings from different regions of the Empire, taking in a broad sweep of Roman material culture beyond the celebrated monuments of the imperial heartland. In doing so, we assess the usefulness of frameworks such as Romanization, hybridity, resistance, and globalization for characterizing cultural production and display in provincial contexts. Course meetings combine thematic overviews with student presentations of case studies. Some meetings also include hands-on study of objects in the Princeton University Art Museum.