Dr. Gretel Rodriguez

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Gretel Rodríguez specializes in art, architecture, and archaeology of the ancient Roman Empire. Her work investigates the relationship between art and society, exploring issues of viewership, identity, and acculturation in ancient artistic production. Her publications deal with Roman honorific architecture, iconography of captives on public monuments, and painted ceramics from Greek colonies in Magna Graecia, as well as architecture and material culture of water sanctuaries in the Mediterranean world. Additionally, Professor Rodríguez has a secondary specialization in the art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica. She has conducted research in Rome, the Bay of Naples, Southern France, and Chiapas, Mexico. Her work has been published in notable journals such as the American Journal of Archaeology, RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics, and Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal.

Research Interests

Courses

Art and Architecture of the Roman Empire Arts, Religion, and Ritual in the Ancient World Arts of the Sacred and Demonic in the Ancient Mediterranean Politics and Spectacle in the Arts of Ancient Rome Arts of Memory in Ancient Rome Finding the Viewer: Reception of Ancient Art and Architecture Arts of the Sacred and Demonic in the Ancient Mediterranean

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics