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Please note: This itinerary will serve as the model for the program in 2007-2008 and may change prior to the trip.
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 Sites:
- Arrive
- Check-in Hotel Azzi
- Walk and tour of San Miniato al Monte
Topics:
- Orientation
- Intro to Christian tropes and themes in Italian art
- Overview of Florence including city walls
- San Miniato al Monte and the churches of Florence
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2-6 |
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Sites:
- Santa Croce - Basilica, Bardi and Peruzzi Chapels, Pazzi Chapel
- Casa di Dante
- Piazza della Signoria
- Uffizi Museum
- Bargello Museum
- Duomo, Campanile, Baptistry
- Siena - il Campo
- Palazzo Pubblico
- Duomo
- Museo dell' Opera del Duomo
 Topics:
- Mendicant architecture and family chapels: Giotto, Gaddi, Banco, del Biondo
- Burial places of important Florentines
- Dante's Florence, Guelphs, and Ghibellines
- Overview of Uffizi paintings
- Early Florentine sculpture
- Artistic Competition - Ghiberti and Brunelleschi's panels
- Brunelleschi's Dome
- Giotto's Campanile, Ghiberti's Baptistry Doors
- Travel by bus to Siena
- Siena city walls
- il Campo
- Palazzo Pubblico, Duomo, Museo dell' Opera del Duomo
Readings / Evening:
- Dante's Inferno
- Demo of sculptural relief (TM)
- Optional further discussion of Inferno
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7-8 |
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 Field Trips
- Day trip to Pisa(optional)
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9-14 |
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Sites:
- Baptistry
- Duomo
- Museo dell' Opera del Duomo
- Ospedale degli Innocenti
- Santa Maria Novella Cloisters and Basillica
- San Marco Cloister and Museum
- Sant' Apollonia
- Santissima Annunziata
- Santa Maria del Carmine (Brancacci Chapel)
- Churches of santa Trinita and Santo Spirito
- Fiesole
- Archaeological Museum
Topics:
- Invention of Scientific Perspective
- Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise
- Ghiberti, Brunelleschi and the doors
- Florentine Sculpture and Brunelleschi's Dome
- Brunelleschi's Ospedale
- Dominican Architecture
- Paolo Uccello's Frescoes
- Decameron (Strozzi chapel)
- The Black Death
- Masaccio's Holy Trinity
- Dominicans
- Fra Angelico
- Michelozzo
- Savoranola and the Dominicans
- del Castagna's Last Supper and Holy Trinity
- Masaccio, Masolino, Lippi and Brancacci Chappel
- Sassetti Chapel (Ghirlandaio)
- Nave S. Spirito (Brunelleschi)
- Travel by city bus to Fiesole
- Etruscans, Archaeological Museum
Readings / Evening:
- Boccaccio's Decameron
- Demo of Sculptural relief (TM)
- Orsanmichele
- Optional further discussion of Decameron
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15-16 |
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Field Trips
- Day trip to San Gimignano (optional)
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17-20 |
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Sites:
- Strozzi, Rucellai, and Davanzati Palaces
- Medici-Riccardi Palace
- Magi Chapel
- Basilica of San Lorenzo
- Cloister
- Piazza della Signoria
- Vasari Corridor
- Accademia
- Pitti Palace - Boboli Gardens and Palatine Gallery
- Santa Felicità
- Museum of History of Science; Galileo
- Chianti / Trip to Castello il Palagio
Topics:
- Palazzi (Strozzi, Rucellai, Davanzati)
- Architecture and Walking Tour
- Medici-Reccardi Palace
- Benozzo Gozzoli's Frescoes
- Machiavelli's Florence
- Brunelleschi's Architecture
- Old Sacristy
- Michelangelo and New Sacristy (Medici Chapel)
- Laurentian Library (Cloister)
- Loggia of Piazza della Signoria and Late Sculpture
- Vasari Corridor
- Lecture on Restoration of Michelangelo's David
- Accademia
- Michelangelo's Sculpture
- Late Florentine Art
- Mannerism in Context
- Capponi (Chapel Pontormo)
- Galileo at Museum of History of Science
- Stdent Presentations and Discussion
- Chianti Wine Tasting and Farewell Reception / Dinner
Readings / Evenings:
- Machiavelli's The Prince
- Optional discussion of The Prince
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Travel Day
Return to New York |
Contact
For additional information about Adelphi in Florence, please contact:
Adam McKeown
Assistant Professor
Department of English
p - 516.877.4034
e - mckeown@adelphi.edu
This page last modified on February 13, 2008.
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