Schedule in Italy for Art History 2004

Week 1: Church Frescoes & Their Meaning in Florentine Art Politics & Society
Week 2: Early Renaissance Sculpture & Its Relationship to Religious & Civic Patronage
Week 3: Oil Painting of the Early & High Renaissance
Week 4: The High Renaissance Paintings & Gardens

Monday, July 5 A very short history of Florence including a bit of contemporary history

Tuesday, July 6 Fresco technique and visit to Carmine

Frescoes of Masaccio and Masolino and Lippi

Wednesday, July 7 Florentine society in Fresco - Masaccio, Gherlandaio

Visit to S.M. Novella S. Trinita

Thursday, July 8 Visit to San Marco - Fra Angelico

Fiesole - Archeological Museum

Monday, July 12 Lecture on Florentine sculpture and its place in society

Tuesday, July 13 Visit to Museum Opera del Duomo, early church sculpture

Wednesday, July 14 Visit to Bargello Michelangelo, Donatello, Verrocchio

Thursday, July 15 Lecture on Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling & Last Judgment at the Vatican

Monday, July 19 Painting techniques and Florentine paintings in the Uffizi

Tuesday, July 20 Trip to Arezzo Piero della Francesca in the Church of San Francesco and paintings in Vasari home (if there's time)

Wednesday, July 21 Visit to Uffizi

Thursday, July 22 Visit to Pisa - Piazza degli Miracoli

Monday, July 26 Paintings in the Pitti and a look a the Boboli Garden

Tuesday, July 27 Visit to the Pitti and the Boboli Garden

Wednesday, July 28 Trip to Venice

Thursday, July 29 Free day

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