AUR Viewbook in PDF - The American University of Rome
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Art art history History Students may choose to focus solely on classical Art History, or combine Art History with an Art Business concentration. You will have access to a constantly expanding internship program, which provides an important bridge between university and postgraduate study or the workplace. Pantheon detail “ Rome is a place to live and breathe Art History. Majors and Learning in Context If a picture holds a thousand words, then Rome is an eternal story waiting to be read. From the Roman Forum to the Sistine Chapel to the MAXXI Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome houses countless art treasures, each contributing irreplaceable insight to the field of Art History. Art History students at AUR go beyond textbooks to come face to face with these masterpieces in the unique atmosphere of our on-site classes. By learning in this interactive manner, our students can fully grasp the intrinsic nature of a wide variety of works of art, including painting, sculpture and architecture. The BA in Art History holds many of its classes on-site in Rome and elsewhere in Italy and Europe. Innovative Education in an Ancient Setting The Art History program at The American University of Rome provides an innovative education focused on western and neighboring visual cultures. The program stimulates the acquisition of knowledge and encourages critical thinking skills, creativity and cross-cultural understanding. Our international faculty of active scholars instructs small classes, many on site in Rome and around Europe. The AH 318 class, Picasso and his Times, for example balances in-class study and a trip to Nice, France, to see one of the birthplaces of Modernism. Through interactive teaching and personalized supervision we aim to develop each student’s intellectual potential and life-long engagement with cultural heritage by fostering the skills necessary for the modern workplace. The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo’s fresco Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted circa 1511 10
URSULA HAWLITSCHKA Department of Art History Ph.D. Art History, Temple University, Philadelphia M.A. Art History (Fine Arts Administration), Temple University, Philadelphia Zwischenprüfung, Art History, Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany The Fine Arts Area MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome Ursula Hawlitschka has taught Art History in both the U.S. and Italy for over fifteen years, specializing in modern and contemporary art as well as Art Gallery Management. Dividing her time between the academic and professional art world, she has held positions of researcher and curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art, and Temple University Gallery in Philadelphia. Dr. Hawlitschka has directed international modern and contemporary art galleries in both New York City and Rome, conducted interviews with internationally renowned artists on Italian television and produced a documentary on the Pastificio Cerere, the (in)famous Roman pasta factory turned art studios, in San Lorenzo. Professor Hawlitschka also continues to work as independent curator and art consultant. The Fine Arts Area offers students extraordinary experiences in the fields of painting, drawing and music. With a faculty richly diverse in style and method, students of the visual arts are encouraged to grapple with themes both contemporary and classical. Instruction is both technical and theoretical, but the true “Master Classes” are given by the Old Masters themselves; works by Michelangelo, Raphael, Caravaggio and Titian await all eager and aspiring artists in many of the neighboring museums and churches throughout Rome. For those more interested in music, students may choose to study the history of opera or they may engage directly the power of song by participating in the university-sponsored Amazing Grace gospel choir. “Tree Ascending” Oil on canvas, 95 x 154 cm Prof. Breda C. Ennis, 2006 Irene Greaves JAImES Venezuela Art History I fell in love with Rome when I first visited. I applied to AUR, was accepted, and came in a heartbeat. Studying art history in Rome has been the best experience of my life and Rome as a classroom is priceless. I have had many on-site courses, including one on Modern Art that involved a trip to Paris and another on Renaissance Art that went to Florence. I have worked as a guide for a company that shows Rome’s art to visitors; volunteered with German archeologists in Rome; participated in Harvard’s Model UN conference in Boston; contributed to Remus, AUR’s literary magazine; and enrolled in a summer course at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London. 11
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Art art history History<br />
Students may choose to focus solely on classical<br />
Art History, or comb<strong>in</strong>e Art History with<br />
an Art Bus<strong>in</strong>ess concentration. You will have<br />
access to a constantly expand<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>ternship<br />
program, which provides an important bridge<br />
between university and postgraduate study or<br />
the workplace.<br />
Pantheon detail<br />
“<br />
<strong>Rome</strong> is a place to live and breathe Art History.<br />
Majors and Learn<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Context<br />
If a picture holds a thousand words, then <strong>Rome</strong> is an<br />
eternal story wait<strong>in</strong>g to be read. From the Roman Forum<br />
to the Sist<strong>in</strong>e Chapel to the MAXXI Museum <strong>of</strong> Contemporary<br />
Art, <strong>Rome</strong> houses countless art treasures, each<br />
contribut<strong>in</strong>g irreplaceable <strong>in</strong>sight to the field <strong>of</strong> Art History.<br />
Art History students at <strong>AUR</strong> go beyond textbooks<br />
to come face to face with these masterpieces <strong>in</strong> the<br />
unique atmosphere <strong>of</strong> our on-site classes. By learn<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />
this <strong>in</strong>teractive manner, our students can fully grasp the<br />
<strong>in</strong>tr<strong>in</strong>sic nature <strong>of</strong> a wide variety <strong>of</strong> works <strong>of</strong> art, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g, sculpture and architecture.<br />
<strong>The</strong> BA <strong>in</strong> Art History holds many <strong>of</strong> its classes on-site <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>Rome</strong> and elsewhere <strong>in</strong> Italy and Europe.<br />
Innovative Education <strong>in</strong> an Ancient Sett<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>The</strong> Art History program at <strong>The</strong> <strong>American</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Rome</strong> provides an <strong>in</strong>novative education focused on<br />
western and neighbor<strong>in</strong>g visual cultures. <strong>The</strong> program<br />
stimulates the acquisition <strong>of</strong> knowledge and encourages<br />
critical th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g skills, creativity and cross-cultural understand<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Our <strong>in</strong>ternational faculty <strong>of</strong> active scholars<br />
<strong>in</strong>structs small classes, many on site <strong>in</strong> <strong>Rome</strong> and around<br />
Europe. <strong>The</strong> AH 318 class, Picasso and his Times, for example<br />
balances <strong>in</strong>-class study and a trip to Nice, France,<br />
to see one <strong>of</strong> the birthplaces <strong>of</strong> Modernism. Through<br />
<strong>in</strong>teractive teach<strong>in</strong>g and personalized supervision we<br />
aim to develop each student’s <strong>in</strong>tellectual potential and<br />
life-long engagement with cultural heritage by foster<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the skills necessary for the modern workplace.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Creation <strong>of</strong> Adam, Michelangelo’s fresco<br />
Sist<strong>in</strong>e Chapel ceil<strong>in</strong>g, pa<strong>in</strong>ted circa 1511<br />
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