Honors Program in Rome
Winter 2007
MASTER WEEKLY SCHEDULE
(subject to change)
Mon. 22: The Return of the Papacy: Rome’s Renaissance Popes
10:00 AH Borgia site (TBA);Palazzo and piazza Farnese
**Discussion topics: The Borgia in Rome (Paige); Architectural form and principals (Renaissance, part 1, JO);
3:30 p.m. Creative Writing
8:00 p.m. Optional: Gladiator screening in first floor conference room!
Tues. 23: Introduction to Florence and the Birth of the Renaissance
**Key players: Cosimo de Medici, Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, Donatello, the rival Albizzi family
We will meet at the portone at 7:45 sharp! Bring a bus ticket. Pack for four days and don’t forget your passport! 
8:30 a.m. leave Rome on Eurostar to Florence
10:00 a.m. arrive, head to hotel, check in
11:00 a.m. Setting the stage (over coffee); History of Florence, Medici Intro.
11:30 a.m. Baptistery (doors), Campanile, Duomo (Brunelleschi)
12:30 p.m. break for lunch
afternoon: QUEST TIME
8:00 p.m. Group dinner
AH Reading: Florence packet: Day 1
Handout: ‘The Quest” assignment
Wed. 24: Rise of the Medici
**Key Players: Lorenzo di Medici, Botticelli, Leonardo, the rival Pazzi family, Savonarola
9:00 a.m. Lorenzo de Medici’s Auspicious Beginnings (over coffee)
9:45 a.m. Santa Croce (Giotto’s work in Bardi and Peruzzi chapels; Pazzi Chapel)
11:30 a.m. Piazza della Signoria (government); Savonarola
12:00 p.m. lunch break
2:45 p.m. meet in front of the Uffizi for our 3:00 entrance.
late afternoon: QUEST TIME
AH Reading: Florence packet: Day 2
Thurs. 25: Medici Popes
**Key players: Giovanni di Medici (Pope Leo X), Giulio di Medici (Pope Clement VII), Michelangelo; Cosimo I, Vasari
8:45 a.m. Meet in hotel lobby for group departure to Palazzo Medici Riccardi (cappella dei Magi, 9:00 appt.)
10:45 a.m. Meet in front of the Accademia for our 11:00 meeting with David.
12:00 p.m. lunch break
afternoon: QUEST TIME
AH Reading: Florence packet: Day 3
Fri. 26: Power vs. Truth
9:30 a.m. Medici tombs
11:00 a.m. Mercato Centrale tour: olive oil and balsamic vinegar tasting with Stefano Conti
12:30 p.m. Palazzo Vecchio secret passages tour
**3:30 p.m. OPTIONAL: Return to Rome on eurostar
AH Reading: Florence packet: Day 4
**TURN IN YOUR QUEST ASSIGNMENTS BEFORE DEPARTURE.
**SAVE YOUR TRAVEL RECEIPTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT
(You will be reimbursed for 2nd class train tickets on Eurostar from Florence to Rome, or lesser priced tickets only.)
