This course is a survey of High Renaissance, Mannerist and Baroque painting, focusing on the examples that are visible in the churches and museums of Rome. Key figures will include Raphael, Michelangelo, Vasari, the Carracci, Caravaggio, Guercino, Guido Reni, Peitro da Cortona and Giovanni Battista Gaulli. Key themes include the development of the illusionistic frescoed ceiling, the projection of religious and political messages in the age of the counterreformation, classicism and its opposites, and the stylistic revolution of the baroque. The role of migration to Rome in history may be a special topic connecting it with the studio. The course will be taught by a guest professor(s) in Europe.