". . . to
be able to see first hand the original art works of Michelangelo, Raphael,
Masaccio,
Botticelli
and others, and to be surrounded by the magnificent museums and churches
was overwhelming."
Molly Simpson, Tones of Florence
participant
Program
Information - Florence
Points of Interest Map - Photo
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Music 471:
The Tones of Florence
Humanism
in Renaissance Florence, Italy
Location: Florence, Italy
Sample Dates: May 11-26, 2009
Offered for many years, this class
may or may not still be offered.
You may email Dr. Carl Bleyle
for details.
Credits: 3 (graduate credit
available)
Application Deadline for the class
pictured
here: February 18, 2008
Number of Openings: 12
Program Fee: Approximately $1,700*
Estimated Total Cost: $3,300.00
Study Abroad Student Aid available
Website: http://GoFlorence.us
E-mail: cobleyle@iastate.edu
Program Directors: Carl and Patricia
Bleyle
For more information on the
Tones of Florence
or Semester in Florence
programs, contact
Dr. Carl
Bleyle,
Professor Emeritus of ISU
Music History.
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ISU students dressed
for the Regency Ball at Villa Poggio di Corte
2007 Photo by Loren Buttrey,
Economics
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An 18-21 credit
Semester
in Florence
program is also available.
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Florence contains an exceptional artistic patrimony,
glorious testimony to its secular civilization. Cimabue and Giotto, the
fathers of Italian painting, lived here, along with Arnolfo and Andrea
Pisano, reformists of architecture and sculpture; Brunelleschi, Donatello
and Masaccio, founders of the Renaissance; Ghiberti and the Della Robbia;
Filippo Lippi and l'Angelico; Botticelli and Paolo Uccello; the universal
geniuses Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Their works, along with those
of many generations of artists up to the masters of the present century,
are gathered in the city's many museums.
In Florence, thanks to Dante, the Italian
language was born; with Petrarch and Boccaccio literary studies were affirmed;
with Humanism the philosophy and values of classical civilization were
revived; with Machiavelli modern political science was born; with Guicciardini,
historical prose; and with Galileo, modern experimental science. Up to
the time of Charlemagne, Florence was a university town. Today it includes
many specialized institutes and is an international cultural center. Academies,
art schools, scientific institutes and cultural centers all contribute
to the city's intense activity.
"This trip was absolutely incredible!
I had no idea how much Florence would impact my life, and I cannot wait
to go back! Florence is the most beautiful and educationally rich city
in the world, and I only wish I could have had more time there to continue
to experience every part of the city." participant,
summer of 2007
* The program fee includes ISU tuition, housing, utilities
(except telephone), local transportation, entrance fees to museums and
churches, tickets to an opera or concert and a Renaissance Dinner at the
Palazzo Borghese. A Regency Ball is also planned at a Florentine villa
at which students, dressed in period costumes, will participate in dances
associated with the period.
