Power, Place and Image in Florence & Rome
2008 Itinerary:
Friday, Feb. 22:
Departure, Friday night, DTW-Rome
(More information on flights will be available after enrollment)
Saturday, Feb 23:
Ruins, religion and an unruly Middle Ages
The complexity and concept of the "Renaissance"
Arrive in Rome, check into hotel
Lunch
p.m. Tour Michelangelo's church of Santa Maria degli Angeli nestled in the ruins of the Baths of Diocletian
Afternoon walk around Rome with Delph
Santa Maria Maggiore
Sunday, Feb 24:
Classical & Medieval Rome: The enduring legacy
Images of Power in Ancient Rome
The Recovery of Classical Antiquity in the Renaissance
- 8:00-9:30 Orientation
Campidoglio
Tour Roman Forum (hrs. 9:00-1:00)
- p.m Colosseum, Arch of Constantine
Forum Julium
La Bocca della Verita
Temples of Portuna and Vesta
The Tiber River
The Jewish Ghetto in the Renaissance
Theatre of Marcellus
Evening free: Delph will take whomever wants to come along to the
Trevi fountain
Monday, Feb 25:
Medieval & Papal Rome
Images of Power in Papal Rome
The Workday world in Renaissance Rome
- a.m Vatican Museums (hrs. 9:00-2:00.p.m, M-Sat)
Raphael and Michelangelo in the Vatican
Sistine Chapel
- p.m Tour Saint Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's crypt and the Tombs of the Popes
Evening free: Delph will take whomever wants to come along to check out the Spanish steps
Tuesday, February 26:
Renaissance Rome
Images of Power
Streets, Palaces and Bridges as text
- a.m. Tour the Villa Borghese (hrs. 9:00-2:00 T-Sat)
- p.m Castel Sant' Angelo
Via Giulia
Palazzo Farnese
Campo dei Fiori
Pantheon
Tombs of Medici Popes in Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
Evening free
Wednesday, February 27:
- a.m. Leave for Florence
p.m Arrive via train in Florence around 1:00 p.m
check into pensione
Late Medieval Florence: Images of Power and Images of Faith
- p.m Palazzo Vecchio
Guild halls
Or'San Michele
Tour Baptistry (hrs. 9:30-12:00 & 2:30-5:00)
Gates of Paradise
Tour Il Duomo (hrs. 9:30-7:00)
Evening free: Delph will take anyone along who is interested in finding the best gelato in all Florence
Thursday, February 28:
Florentine Society in the Renaissance
Women and Men, Wives, Husbands and Children
- a.m. Santa Maria Novella (hrs. 7-11:30, 3:30-6:00)
Palazzi Strozzi & Rucellai
Santa Trinita and Sassetti Chapel and Marriage Frescoes (hrs. 9:00-12:00)
- p.m. Santa Maria del Carmine & Masaccio’s Frescoes (10:00-5:00)
Pitti Palace
Ponte Vecchio
Evening free
Friday, February 29:
Early Renaissance Florence & Medici Rule
Images of Power in Medicean Florence
Patrons and Artistic tastes in Renaissance Florence
- a.m. Accademia (hrs. 9:00-2:00)
San Marco & Savonarola (hrs. 9-2:00)
Ospedale degli Innocenti
Casa di Dante
- p.m Tour Bargello (hrs. 9-2:00)
Medici Palace
Medici Library (hrs. 9:00-1:00)
San Lorenzo (hrs. 9:00-12:00, 3:30-?)
Evening free
Saturday, March 1:
The Medici as Grand Dukes;
Image and Power in Medieval & Renaissance Florence
Palace as text, Chapel as text
- a.m Tour the Uffizi Galleries (9:00-7:00)
- p.m Pazzi Palace and Pazzi Chapel (3:00-5:00)
Santa Croce (3:00-6:30)
Casa Buonarotti (Michelangelo)
Evening: Farewell Feast
Sunday, March 2: Return flight home
For More Information Contact :
Professor Ron Delph
701 Pray-Harrold
487-1018
E-mail:
rdelph@emich.edu
Or contact:
Academic Programs Abroad
103 Boone Hall
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Telephone: 734.487.2424 or 800.777.3541
fax: 734.487.4377
E-mail:Programs Abroad
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