The Renaissance in Florence (SA)

This 16-hour seminar introduces and explores the main historical-artistic trends from XIV to XVI centuries. Lessons are complemented by guided tours to museums and monuments in Florence. The time-table includes two weekly one-hour lessons and two weekly two-hour guided tours. At the end of one week students will have visited most of the more important museums of Florence such as the Uffizi, the Bargello National Museum, the National Academy Gallery, the Medici Chapels, the San Marco Museum, the churches devoted to Santa Maria Novella and Santa Croce.

The program

Lesson 1. The 14th century
The Tuscan gothic in the religious and civil architecture: Arnolfo di Cambio. Giotto and the 14th century painters: visit to Santa Croce church.

Lesson 2. The 15th century painting
Painting in the early 15th century: Masaccio and Beato Angelico. Visit to San Marco Museum.

Lesson 3. The 15th century sculpture and architecture
The sculptors Ghiberti, Donatello and Verrocchio. The architecture by Brunelleschi. A historical walk throughout the centre of Florence.

Lesson 4. The 15th and the 16th century
Florence during the Medici dinasty: Botticelli, Leonardo and Michelangelo. Visit to the Uffizi Galery.

Lesson 5. Michelangelo and the 16th century sculptors
Michelangelo: the awfulness and the unfinished. Visit to the Galleria dell'Accademia.

Lesson 6. The 16th century painters
Raffaello and the mannerists. Visit to the Galleria Palatina in Pitti Palace.

Lesson 7. Michelangelo’s return to Florence
The new sacristy of San Lorenzo church. Visit to the Medici Chapels.

Please note
The program may be subject to some slight variations. The course will be held only with a minimum number of 3 participants.