RL 830 Rome in the Age of Bernini (Spring: 3)

Offered Periodically
Conducted in Italian
Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor

An interdisciplinary study of Italian literature and culture, focusing on the city of Rome during the age of Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), the glorious era of the Baroque. Against the backdrop of the political and institutional crises and social-religious metamorphoses of the period, we will explore the fertile and intimate inter-relationship between literature (elite and popular, sacred and profane) and the arts, both visual and performing.
Franco Mormando

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