HSTEU/ITAL/ART H 250 ROME EXAM REVIEW SHEET

Final Exam Format: Bring bluebooks.
Exam will be similar in format to midterm,but no separate section for dates.
Include dates, at least in centuries, for ID terms & in essay where relevant.

ID's visual: Choice of 2 out of 4 plus

ID's literary/historical: Choice of 4 out of 8

Essays: Choice of 1 out of 2 or 3 [chosen from themes below]
Essays should include specific information within the framework of a general
response to the questions.

I. Visual Identifications:
Be able to describe the styles of Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical art
and give information about each artist and, where possible, the setting of each work.

Early Renaissance: 1) Melozzo da Forli, Sixtus IV with Platina and nephews  (artist's name corrected 3/15/13)
                                2) Perugino, Christ giving Peter the Keys of the Kingdom
Raphael 3) School of Athens
              4) Sistine Madonna
              5) Disputation of the Holy Sacrament

Michelangelo
6) Sistine Ceiling, God creating Adam
7) Last Judgment
8) Pietà

Caravaggio
9) The Calling of St. Matthew
10) The Crucifixion of St. Peter
11) The Conversion of St. Paul

Bernini
12) David
13) Ecstasy of St. Theresa, Cornaro Chapel
14) Chair of St. Peter

David
15) Oath of the Horatii (Gallery, under Neo Classical)
16) Oath of the Tennis Court ( Gallery, under Neo Classical)
18) Napoleon Crossing the Alps ( Gallery, under Neo Classical)

Modern Rome
19) Victor Emmanuel Monument
20) Palazzo della Civilta in the EUR (EUR = Roman Universal Exposition)

II. Literary & Artistic Identifications

Machiavelli Bernini
Vasari Caravaggio
Raphael Goethe
Michelangelo Jacques-Louis David
St. Peter’s Basilica

III. Historical Terms:
Cola di Rienzo Julius II Counter Reformation
Humanism Leo X Medici  Galileo
Sixtus IV Clement VII Medici Roman Inquisition
Avignon Papacy Sack of Rome Castel Sant’Angelo
Conciliarism Machiavelli                 Sixtus V
Enlightenment Risorgimento Mussolini
Napoleon Mazzini

IV Essay Topics will draw on the major themes of the course since midterm;
they should draw on both lectures and readings, using specific examples to support
general points. Possible topics:

1) Art: be able to discuss central figures (see above list) as representatives of major
artistic styles from 15-18th C. (Early and High Renaissance, Baroque)

2) Papacy: have an understanding of the role of specific Popes in the building and artistic
development of city of Rome, after the return from Avignon to Napoleon (art, politics, religion,
urban planning), Be prepared to discuss at least three Popes and their contributions to art,
architecture, city planning .

3) Third Rome: changes in meaning of Rome in 19-20th C, rise of nationalist movement
after Napoleonic invasion, Risorgimento, Unification and Fascism