EXPLORE the Art of Early Renaissance Florence                                           
Prerequisite: None

Wintersession 2008: Trip to Italy       January 2-12, 2008

Stay in an Italian palazzo, sleep under frescoed ceilings, discover the passion and magnificence of early Italian Renaissance artists Giotto, Donatello, Botticelli, Fra Lippi, Fra Angelico, Brunelleschi, and more.  This exciting winter session course provides students with the unique opportunity see and study some of the most important and beautiful sculpture, painting, frescoes, altarpieces, and architecture from the trecento and quattrocento (fourteenth and fifteenth centuries) We will visit churches, museums, monasteries, galleries, and public and private collections. In addition to technique and stylistic questions, we will focus on patronage, issues of civic pride, and religious symbolism. This is a special opportunity to study these works with two professors (Morowitz and Albanese) who have just completed a novel based on the life of an Italian Renaissance artist! Field trips, day trips to the smaller cities of Prato and Siena, and guided tours, are designed to maximize the students’ understanding and access to key artistic monuments.

Artists studied include: Giotto, Donatello, Martini, Duccio, Botticelli, Fra Lippi, Fra Angelico, Verocchio, Ghirlandaio, Brunelleschi, Ghiberti and Masaccio. Media include bronze sculpture, marble sculpture, fresco painting, panel painting, Romanesque and Renaissance architecture.

All students signed up for the winter session must complete AH 291: Art in Early  Renaissance Florence. In the spring course, our first hand knowledge of these works will be complemented by readings, course lectures and films.

The total cost of this trip will be approximately $ 2,500 which includes ALL costs: r/t airfare, 9 night stay in the guesthouse or hotel, admissions to museums and trips, train travel within Italy, meals, trip fees, transportation to and from airport etc.

For more information contact:
Dr. Laura Morowitz, Department of Art,
lmorowit@wagner.edu, (718) 390-3151