Program Overview

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Program Overview

The Department of Art History offers a foreign study program in Rome, Italy, one of Europe's richest artistic centers. Classes are taught on site and at the Dartmouth Rome Center by a Dartmouth faculty director, an architectural specialist, and a language instructor.

Program Details

Terms Offered

• Spring

Language

• Italian

Classes In

• English

Lodging

• Flat/Apartment

Department

• Art History

About This Program

The Art History curriculum examines the monuments of the city, their creators, their patrons, and their various audiences. One course focuses on a cross-temporal selection of sites of particular art-historical interest as well as on major artists who worked in Rome, examining issues of narrative, iconography, social history, gender, perception, and stylistic analysis. Another course examines the evolution of architectural forms in the Early Modern period, as manifested by specific types of buildings--such as churches, palaces, and villas--and explores their urban contexts.

Enrollment Information

About 15 students are selected for the program.

Academic Program

Faculty Director

• Katherine Hornstein, Professor
• Ada Cohen, Professor

Curriculum

• ARTH 26.01 90: History of Art in Rome
• ARTH 26.02 90: Early Modern Architecture in Rome
• ARTH 26.03 90: Language and Culture of Rome
• Advanced Italian (Italian 3, 9 or 12) may be available for those that have already completed Italian 2.

Prerequisites

• ITAL 1 90: Introductory Italian I or an equivalent
• ARTH 1 90: Bodies and Buildings: Introduction to the History of Art in the Ancient World and the Middle Ages
• Highly recommended: ARTH 2 90: Introduction to the History of Art II

Student Life

Students will live in shared, self-catered apartments/flats equipped with kitchen facilities for preparing meals. Apartments are situated in the historic part of Trastevere around Piazza San Cosimato. Students should expect to share a bedroom and bathroom with other students.

Financing Your Program

Tuition and Fees

The fees charged by the College for a Dartmouth-sponsored off-campus term of study include regular tuition charges for a term at Dartmouth, service fees, as well as the specific costs established for each off-campus study locale.

Financial Aid

In order that all qualified Dartmouth undergraduate students may have the opportunity to take part in off-campus programs, the College endeavors to adjust its normal financial aid awards for students already receiving aid. Tuition and expected family contribution for Dartmouth's off-campus programs are the same as for an on-campus term.

Application Deadline

• February 1, 2026

Decision Date

• March 1, 2026

Program Resources

Department Contact

• Maisea Bailey, Department Administrator

Alumni Contact

• TBD

Other Resources

• Program of Art History
• Office of Financial Aid