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2005 Program Calendar |
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by lmschultz / 09.26.2005 |
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Monday, September 12 |
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Art History |
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| Tempio Maggiore - Rome's Synagogue |
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| photo by Lisa Schultz |
| Detail of Bernini's elephant obelisk |
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Church Imposed Boundries
2:00 Jewish Ghetto quarter; Campo de’ Fiori and S.Maria Sopra Minerva
**Discussion topics: history of the ghetto and Jews in Rome, Synagogue (KW); Giordano Bruno and Galileo in Rome: Religion vs. science and free speech (PV); Bernini Elephant obelisk in piazza of S.M. Sopra Minerva (SA).
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Writing |
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'Two Michelangelo Sculptures' Assignment
Reading: From “History: A Novel” by Else Morante (Smiles, 275-297)
From “City of the Soul” by William Murray (Smiles, 249-252)
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Tuesday, September 13 |
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Morning |
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9:00-11:30 Italian Language class
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Late Afternoon |
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| Michelangelo's Moses in S. Pietro in Vincoli |
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On Own: Visit San Pietro in Vincoli (Michelangelo’s “St. Peter in Chains”)
Reading: “The Moses of Michelangelo” by Sigmund Freud (Smiles, 117-128)
To see what Freud saw, read pages 121-122 while standing in front of the sculpture.
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Evening Event! |
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| Vegetables in the Campo de' Fiori market |
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3:30 p.m. Grocery shopping for tonight' cooking class
4:00 p.m. Cooking class with Sabrina Tatta at Lisa's apartment
7:30 p.m. Dinner is served!
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Wednesday, September 14 |
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Art History |
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9:00 a.m. St. Peter’s
**Discussion topics: St. Peter’s piazza and approach (MN); Bernini’s and Michelangelo’s contributions.
AH Reading: Plan of Nero’s Circus and the two Basilicas of St. Peters; Kirwin, Powers Matchless.
Reading: “The First Letter of Peter” by St. Peter (Smiles, 73-81)
“The Letter of Paul to the Church in Rome” by St. Paul (Smiles, 82-90)
“Itailian Journey” Johann Wolfgang Goethe (Smiles, 155-161)
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Thursday, September 15 |
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Morning |
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9:00-11:30 Italian Language class
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Late Afternoon |
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3:30 p.m. Meet at San Clemente for lecture with Jennifer Wilkin on this church as well as Santi Quattro Coronati
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Writing |
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'Silence and Belief' Assignment
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Friday, September 16 |
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Art History |
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8:45 a.m. We will meet in front of the Museum at 8:45 for our 9:00 a.m. ticketed entry. Please allow yourself 30 minutes travel time from the Pio. No backpacks, large bags, or cameras are allowed in the museum. Please check your bags as soon as you arrive.
9:00-11:00 Museo di Villa Borghese
**Discussion topics: Bernini’s statues:another view (NDB)
11:30 p.m. Porta and Piazza del Popolo
12:30 p.m. Group Lunch at Pizza Re
**Discussion topics: Formal entries to Rome: Bernini’s design contributions, Triumphal entry of Queen Christina of Sweden, piazza function, impression and use (JP)
AH Reading: Minor, selections on “Italy the Papacy & the Church” and “Town and Country Planning; Haskell, “The Mechanics of Seventeenth-Century Patronage”;Ovid, Metamorphoses, selections; Kenseth, “Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures: Another View”.
SKIM: Hibbard, “The Prodigy”
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Writing |
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'Sculpture and Movement' Assignment
Reading: “Italian Villas and their Gardens” by Edith Wharton (Smiles, 195-201)
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Saturday, September 17 |
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Day trip to Florence |
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Bus leaves from the Ponte Sisto pick up location at 7:00am. We will eat, shop and see the sites! We will then meet the bus at 3:00 p.m. and return to Rome.
OPTION: students return on own.
Evening Events in Rome: Enjoy la notte bianca tonight! Rome is keeping the lights on all night long - museums, shops, sites, will be open late ...! See the attached website for more details.
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Sunday, September 18 |
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No Classes |
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Free Day!
Sleep in after la notte bianca or just stay up and join Lisa at the Porta Portese flea market, 7:30 a.m.
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