Università Roma Tre

Late Antique Archeology

Community cemeteries in Rome - I part
Organization and pictorial decoration of the Roman Catacombs during the 3rd century. Character and type of burials and pictorial furniture. The cosmic and biblical themes.
Particular attention will be given to the Cemetery of Saint Callixtus on the Appian Way.

Assignment:
F. Bisconti, M. Braconi (eds.), Le Catacombe di San Callisto. Storia, contesti, scavi, restauri, scoperte. A proposito del cubicolo di Orfeo e del Museo della Torretta, Todi 2015.

Not attending students must add to the Assignment:
F. Bisconti, Temi di Iconografia Paleocristiana, Città del Vaticano 2000: Introduction and a choice of 20 iconographical entries.

Community cemeteries in Rome - Part II
Topographic evolution of the Roman catacombs. The diffusion of the iconographic repertoire of a salvific and theophanic nature.
Focus on the Cemetery of Priscilla and Santi Marcellino e Pietro.

Assignment:
F. Bisconti, R. Giuliani, B. Mazzei, La catacomba di Priscilla. Il complesso, i restauri, il museo, Todi 2013.
R. Giuliani, Le catacombe dei SS. Marcellino e Pietro, Città del Vaticano 2015.

Not attending students must add to the Assignment:
F. Bisconti, Temi di Iconografia Paleocristiana, Città del Vaticano 2000: Introduction and a choice of 20 iconographical entries.