About
This global experience, formally titled the "Influence of Italian Art and Culture in Modern Western Civilization" students will discern the links between Ancient Rome, the Italian Renaissance, and the modern world. Students will visit Rome and Florence to explore various sites of ancient and Renaissance architecture, as well as art museums showcasing art of those periods. They will examine how architecture had a technological impact, as well as the role the arts played in the formation of modern ideals in western culture. The two different cultural and sociopolitical centers (ancient/Renaissance Italy and the modern New York area) offer an appropriate context for this study, to realize common parallels in these disparate time periods and locations.
Rome
Visit iconic sights such as the Pantheon, Colosseum, Roman Forum/Basilica of Maxentius, and Piazza Navona. Tour Vatican City and the Trajan Market. Experience a walking tour of the Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, and San Carlino alle Quattro Fontane. Finally visit The Baths of Diocletian before hopping a train to Florence.
Florence
After arriving in Florence visit the Basilica of Santa Croce, Il Duomo and Baptistry, Church and Museum of Orsanmichele, and take a Hill tour featuring Piazzale Michelangelo. Check out the Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza, Uffizi Galleries, Galleria dell’Academia, Hospital of Innocents, Church of San Lorenzo, and finish up Italy with an excursion and dinner in San Gimignano
Logistics
Accommodations
We will be staying in luxury hostel or hotel accommodations.
Dining
Breakfast will be in our hotel or dorm, lunch will be on the run or in markets, but dinners will be spent sampling some of Italy's finest food!
Transportation
After our non-stop flight, we will be using Charter buses as our primary means of transportation during the trip. There will also be extensive walking and students can expect to walk between 5-8 miles per day.
