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Travel to Florence, Italy with this exciting winter 2009 honors seminar course!
Applications are still being accepted.
Course Description
From c1420 to the middle of the sixteenth century, Florence witnessed a remarkable synergy of music, art, and thought financed by the Medici dynasty. Inhabited by such renowned artists as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, musicians Guillaume DuFay and Heinrich Isaac, and writers Angelo Poliziano and Niccolò Machiavelli, Florence was a vortex of Renaissance humanism. The city also witnessed religious fanaticism and French invasions ravage it for two decades beginning in 1492. In this interdisciplinary course we will study the political, economic, artistic, and cultural forces that gave rise to Florence as a unique center of Renaissance humanism.
Course meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-4:50pm in winter quarter 2009.
Travel Component
The class will travel to Florence, Italy over spring break 2009. Travel dates are expected to be Friday, March 20 - Saturday, March 28.
While in Florence, the group is expected to visit:
-Uffizi Gallery
-Accademia
-Bargello Museum
-Pitti Palace
-Palazzo Vecchio with Guided Tour
-Cathedral (Duomo) and Baptistery
-Duomo Museum
-Brancacci Chapel
-Santa Maria Novella
-Santa Croce
-San Lorenzo Bascillica
-Museum of the Medici Chapel
Costs are currently expected to be $2300-$2500 per student (not including meals). University Honors will provide each participant with an $800 grant to offset these costs, making the actual expected costs $1500-$1700 (not including meals). The expected costs will be updated as final travel plans are made.
Participants can apply for grants from UC International. For more information, go to:
http://www.uc.edu/global/grants_aid/UC_International_Programs_Student_Grants.html.
Application
Students must apply to participate in this course. Complete the application and submit it to Debbie Brawn at debbie.brawn@uc.edu.
Download the application (MS Word).
   
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