Renaissance Art in Florence
ARTH 199G / 489G, 3 credits

Excursion Highlights

  • The Uffizi (two visits)
  • Siena - including the recently discovered "crypt" frescoed in the 13th century
  • San Gimignano
  • The Accademia
  • Many churches including San Lorenzo and Santa Croce

Course Itinerary

8-15 January, 3 credits
Florence, Italy

"Florence, the birthplace of genius"

Florence was the birthplace of Renaissance art. While staying in the heart of this medieval city, students will have an opportunity to explore the artistic, historical, and cultural milieu into which Renaissance art was born and where Raphael, Michalangelo, and da Vinci worked side by side. The notion of artistic genius began in Florence, and the level of creativity in this small city changed art forever. Museum visits within the city and field trips to Siena and San Gimignano will allow students to study masterpieces of art close up and where they were meant to be seen.

Topics include:

  • The development of humanism and how it influences the arts
  • The role of patronage in the Renaissance arts
  • Renaissance architecture and perspective
  • The development of sculpture and its influence upon painting
  • The masters of the 1400s - Masaccio, Uccello, Botticelli, della Francesca
  • Secularization of art and a changed status for the artist
  • The High Renaissance and the rivalry between da Vinci and Michelangelo
  • Mannerism: breaking up Renaissance space

Faculty:  Ms. Linda O'Brien-DeHeusch, e-mail lobrien@faculty.ed.umuc.edu

 May apply toward upper- or lower-level credit for art history, humanities, Italian studies, or electives. 

Accommodation and transportation

For your convenience, UMUC coordinates the hotel and excursion arrangements for a flat fee of $550 per student, in addition to the course tuition cost. This fee will be charged to your student account and covers seven nights of lodging (double occupancy room), as well as local transportation costs and entry to all excursions. Single rooms are available upon request for an additional fee of $200.

The $550 flat fee does not include transportation to and from Florence. Students must make their own accommodations to and from the course.

Textbooks and course materials

Textbooks can be ordered through webText Europe - a secure, online textbook service designed to make your textbook ordering quick and simple. You can also receive on-site assistance from your local field representative. For a detailed listing of required textbooks and early reading assignments, please see the current course syllabus found in the schedule.

Registration details

You may register for the 3-credit field study course with your local field representative or online at MyUMUC. Tuition assistance or financial aid can be applied toward tuition costs. For more information, contact the UMUC Field Study Office at DSN 314-370-6762, CIV +49-(0)6221-3780, or e-mail fieldstudies@europe.umuc.edu.

Important!

Before completing your travel plans, please verify with your local field representative or the Field Study Office in Heidelberg that the course will be held as scheduled. Students who drop/withdraw from a field study course after the registration deadline will be charged a fee of $100.

  

Last updated: 25 January 2012