Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: VESUVIUS' BURIED CITIES

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Designed to coincide with the MFAH exhibition, "Pompeii: Tales from an Eruption," this course examines the ancient cities buried by Vesuvius in A.D. 79. It addresses the art and architecture within its social and urban contexts and considers methodological and ethical issue related to excavation and preservation of these sites.