Gruppo Archeologico Romano

Participate!   ---   Contact Ms. Anna Taggiasco, Gruppo Archeologico English Program, 06-39737703, for full program and fee schedule.

Messages in Christian Art, Autumn 2001

Internet Links to Background material -- keyed to topics to be covered in this course of the English Programme of the GAR

Olaf Steen       Fridays 10 AM      October 26 through December 14, 2001

Church of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro ad Duas Lauros, Meeting Point for the November 2 session




Book Recommendation: Pilgrimage: A Chronicle of Christianity Through the Churches of Rome,  by June Hager, provides much useful information on Churches included GAR English Language programs.  It is Available in some local bookstores and through Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
Amazon.com: Pilgrimage
Amazon.co.uk: Pilgrimage


Internet sites of general use to participants:
Ancient Rome -- Topographical Dictionary
Archeology Links
Architecture Links

Art History:

ART HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE WEB: Contents
ART HISTORY RESOURCES: Ancient Rome
Art History Webmasters ASSOCIATION
Gateway to Art History
Index of artists and architects
OCAIW: Orazio Centaro's Art Images Web
Thais.it -- sculpture, architecture, etc.
Vassari: Lives
World Wide Arts Resources
The Catholic Encyclopedia
Church/Religions Links
History Source books
IMAGES OF ROME
Indice Monumenti Antichi e Aree Archeologiche -- Roma
Jubilee Links
Literature and eTexts
Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
Medieval History Links
Mythology Links
Palaces of Rome - by Italian Tourist Web Guide
POPES -- Catholic Encyclopedia
Renaissance to Modern -- Teachernet

Roman Churches:

Rome Churches -- RomeTours
Rome Churches -- RomeGuide
Rome Churches -- Thayer
Basilicas and Churches - Italian Culture Net Links
Vitruvius on Architecture -- LacusCurtius
Western Civilization Links
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October 26:  Lecture: Development of Christian Art
373 - 1453 [European Christian Art/Middle Ages] -- About.com
Art of the Middle Ages -- ART HISTORY RESOURCES (Witcombe)
Resources, CalState Image Exchange Librart
Ecclesiastical Art -- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA
Early Christain Art
From Jesus to Christ - the first christians
Early Christian and Byzant. Art -- illustrated lecture
Alan Petersen:Early Christian Art
Art History resources
Byzantine and early Christian Art
Influence of Jewish Art -- Ursula Schubert
Art History -- About.com
Art History -- Open Directory
M.P.:  GAR, Via degli Scipioni 30/a

November 2:  Catacombs of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro
Christian Cemeteries (scroll to 18) -- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA
Introduction to Christian Catacombs of Rome
LE CATACOMBE DI SS. MARCELLINO E PIETRO
catacombe dei Ss. M. e P.
Ruine dellâantico Tempio dei SS. Pietro e Marcellino
Cubiculum ceiling (incl. Jonah, Good Shepherd, orant figures) image
Jonah image
Christ between Peter and Paul
Unraveled feminist fantasy
Marcellino e Pietro, santi, martiri
catacombs
M.P.:  Via Casilina 641, in front of the Church of Ss. Marcellino e Pierto ad Duas Lauros (almost three miles outside Porta Maggiore)

November 9:  S. Giovanni in Laterano e S. Giovanni in Fonte
Lateran
St. John Lateran -- Hager
San Giovanni in Laterano -- cnyborg
San Giovanni in Laterano - Plan -- cnyborg
Saint John Lateran -- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA
S. Giovanni in Laterano -- Romeartlover
S. Giovanni in Laterano -- Koskimies
S. Goivanni in Laterano -- Nolli
Area Map
Overhead view
In Fontes
Lateran Baptistry
Battisterio Lateranense
Battistero di S.Giovanni in Fonte
Pix1 -- Popolo Project and seven following pages


M.P.:  Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano 4, in front of the church


November 16 :  S. Maria Maggiore

M.P.:  Via Liberiana 27, in front of the church

S. Mary Major -- Hager
Santa Maria Maggiore -- cnyborg
Description. links to pictures
S.Maria Maggiore -- Provincia.roma.it
S. Maria Maggiore -- Koskimies
Vasi and modern Images -- Romeartlover
P.za S Maria Maggiore -- Strange pan Image
Our Lady of the Snow -- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA
Snow and Gold myths
      Murillo paintings (Prado) and the Snow legend
Santa Maria Maggiore -- Nolli project (Princeton)
JUBILAEUM - VISITA ALLE 7 CHIESE - SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE
Giubileo: BASILICA S. MARIA MAGGIORE
Dominican Iconography
Overhead views -- Image # 3 is reversed
The mosaics of the Santa Maria Maggiore

November 23:  Ss. Quattro Coronati e S. Maria in Domnica

Quattro Coronati
History -- santiquattrocoronati.org
Monastero  -- santiquattrocoronati.org
Ss. Quattro Coronati --cnyborg
Ss.Quattro Coronati - Plan -- cnyborg
Ss. Quattro Coronati -- Hager
Chiesa dei SS.Quattro Coronati
SS. Quattro Coronati -- Koskimies
Quattro Coronati -- Sylvester fresco cycle
Ss. Quattro Coronati -- Campanili medioevali
Leggendi -- I Quattro Santi Coronati
Maria in Domnica
S. Maria in Domnica -- cnyborg
S. M. in Domnica -- Thayer (w/links)
S.M. in Domnica -- italycyberguide
S.M. in Domnica -- romearlover
S. Maria in Domnica -- Koskimies
S Maria in Domnica -- Romaspqr
S. Maria in Navicella
M.P.:  Via dei Santi Quattro Coronati 20, in front of the church

November 30:  S. Giovanni a Porta Latina
S. Giovanni a Porta Latina -- cnyborg
S. Giovanni a Porta Latina -- Koskimies
San Giovanni a Porta Latina
S.Giovanni a Porta Latina -- Italycyberguide
S Giovanni a Porta Latina -- RomaSPQR
S. Giovanni a Porta Latina -- Romeartlover
Gay Marriages at S. Giovanni
M.P.:  Via di porta Latina, in front of the Church

December 7:  Vatican Picture Gallery
Pinacoteca Vaticana - I
Pinacoteca Vaticana - II
Pinacoteca Vaticana - III
Pinacoteca Vaticana - IV
Pinacoteca Vaticana - V
Tutti Musei Vaticani
Vatican Museums -- History
M.P.:  by the entrance of the Vatican Museums

December 14:  Il Gesu, S. Ignazio, e S. Liugi dei Francesi

St. Ignatius Loyola -- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA
St. Louis IX -- Catholic Encyclopedia

Il Gesù

Il Gesù -- cnyborg
Il Gesù -- overhead image
Around the Gesu
Il Gesù and S. Ignazio -- Hager
John Huss and Martin Luther... barred from Heaven?
Madonna della Strada
Baroque Architecture
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola -- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA
"Triumph of the Name of Jesus"
Gaulli, giovanni Battista
Gaulli Baciccio, Giovanni Battista
BACICCIO
Il Baciccio: Works Viewable on the Internet
Baciccia, Bacicio -- xrefer
S. Ignazio
S. Ignazio -- cnyborg
Il Gesù and S. Ignazio -- Hager
S. Ignazio di Loyola - Images -- cnyborg
The Apotheosis of S. Ignazio
S. Luigi
S. Luigi dei Francesi -- cnyborg
S.Luigi dei Francesi -- italycyberguide
S. Luigi dei Francesi
S. Luigi -- Overhead image
S. Luigi -- abcroma
S. Luigi -- Romagiubileo
Caravaggio -- xrefer
Caravaggio's first commission
Caravaggios -- Contarelli Chapel
Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri) -- xrefer
M.P.:  Piazza del Gesu, in front of the Church

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