COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE ROMAN IMPERIAL PORTRAITS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 6109 THE ROMAN IMPERIAL PORTRAITS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MURAT KILIÇ

Offered to

History

Course Objective

The Roman portrait art began to develop on a solid surface from the 3rd century BCE. Outstanding works were demonstrated by a high level of success towards the 3th century CE. In such success, the realist approach was a decisive and distinctive factor. Portraiture has manifested itself in many diverse areas. In Roman imperialist politics, especially starting from Augustus, it became a powerful propaganda tool. Similarly, it was one of the effective ways that the elite ruling classes in the provinces used to introduce themselves to the public. Through the portraits of Roman imperial period, the daily life, fashion styles, politics and cultural perspectives of the time can be perceived. In this context, the aim of the course is to follow the development line of the Roman imperial portrait art and to examine its use in political and social fields.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
2   describe the origins of Roman portrait art.
3   explain the distinctive features of the Roman portrait art.
4   identify the centuries in which portraits were created and the famous figures they represented with stylistic comparisons.
5   explain the production of the portraits of empresses and outstanding women and the areas where they are located.
6   use the styles of portrait art as a dating method.
7   analyze the physiognomy in portraits.
8   analyze the portraits were created by taking into consideration the difference of profession and status.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The origin of Roman republican period portrait styles
2 Portraiture of the Roman imperial period: private portraits and changes in styles
3 The areas where portraits were placed
4 The status indicators in portraits: Body types and clothing
5 Honorific sculptures and social status
6 Representation of the Roman emperor: The portraits of Julio-Claudian Dynasty
7 The portraits of Flavian Dynasty
8 Midterm Exam
9 The portraits of Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
10 The portraits of Severan Dynasty
11 The portraits of soldier emperors
12 The portraits of Tetrarchia and Constantine
13 The portraits of women: Empress, her surroundings and distinguished women
14 The portraits of orator and philosopher
15 The portraits of senator and commander
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Albertson, F.C., 1981. The Sculptured Portraits of Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180): Creation and Dissemination of Portrait Types. Diss. Bryn Mawr.
Anderson, M.L., 1987. "The Portraits Medallions of the Imperial Villa at Boscotrecase", AJA 91, 127-35.
Anderson, M.L., 1988. "Roman Portraits in Religious and Funerary Contexts", Anderson & Nista, 63-68.
Bartman, E., 1999. Portraits of Livia: Imaging the Imperial Women in Augustan Rome. Cambridge.
Bazant, J., 1995. Roman Portraiture. A History of its History. Prag
Borg, B., 2004. "Glamorous intellectuals: Portraits of pepaideumenoi in the second and third centuries A.D", Borg (ed.) 2004a, 157-78.
Brilliant, R., 1991. Portraiture. London.
D'Ambra, E., 2000. "Nudity and Adornment in Female Portrait Sculpture of the Second Century", Kleiner, 101-14.
Dillon, S. 1996. "The Portraits of a Civic Benefactor of 2nd century Ephesos", JRA 9, 261-74.
Fittschen, K., 1996. "Courtly Portraits of Women in the Era of the Adoptive Emperors (AD 98-180)", Kleiner & Matheson, 42-52.
Hallett, C.H. 1993. The Roman Heroic Portrait. Diss. Ann Arbor
Inan, J. and Rosenbaum, E., 1966. Roman and Early Byzantine Portrait Sculpture from Asia Minor. London.
Kleiner, D. E. E., 1977. Roman Group Portraiture: The Funerary Reliefs of the Late Republic and Early Empire. New York.
Motz, T. A., 1995. The Roman freestanding portrait bust: Origins, context, and early history. Ann Arbor.
Nodelman, S., 1982. Severan Imperial Portraiture A.D. 193-217. Ann Arbor.
Rose, C. B., 1997. Dynastic Commemoration and Imperial Portraiture in the Julio-Claudian Period. Cambridge
Smith, R. R. R., 1981. "Greeks, Foreigners and Roman Republican Portraits", JRS 71, 24-38.
Smith, R. R. R., 1990. "Late Roman Philosophers Portraits from Aphrodisias", JRS 80, 127-55.
Smith, R. R. R., 1998. "Cultural Choice and Political Identity in Honorific Portrait Statues in the Greek East in the Second Century A.D.", JRS 88, 56-93.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1-) Lecture
2-) Individual assignment
3-) Seminar

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1-) LO 1-3 with midterm exam,
2-) LO 4-5 with individual assignments,
3-) LO 1-7 with final exam will be assessed.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance at least 70 % to the lessons is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

murat.kilic@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Preparing assignments 1 2 2
Preparing presentations 14 3 42
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.13
LO.2435
LO.3
LO.45
LO.5
LO.654
LO.75
LO.8555555