Honors Program in Rome
Winter 2007
MASTER WEEKLY SCHEDULE
(subject to change)
Week Five: January 29-February 4 Renaissance Rome
Mon. 29: Papal Collections
9:00 Meet at the portone and have two bus tickets. We will travel to the Vatican museums on the #23 bus.
10:00 p.m. Vatican Museums: Octagonal statue court, Hall of Tapestries, Hall of Maps, Raphael’s Stanze, Borgia apartments; Sistine Chapel.
**Discussion topics: Renaissance ideals in painting and statuary; Belvedere Apollo and Laocoon (BS); Borgia in Rome (Paige, part 2) Sistine Chapel: history and restoration.
3:30 p.m. Creative Writing
Tues. 30: Michelangelo in Rome, Part I 
8:30-10:30 Italian Language Class
3:00 AH San Pietro in Vincoli (Michelangelo’s “Moses”); S. Maria Sopra Minerva: (Michelangelo’s Risen Christ.)
Wed. 31:
10:00 AH Villa Farnesina
**Discussion Topics: Agostino Chigi and Raphael (Loggia di Psyche; palace function and decoration); Giordano Bruno (AA).
2:00 AH *Meet at the portone. We will be taking the # 63 bus to our sites today so bring two bus tickets. Also bring a flashlight if you have one!
2:40 p.m. Catacombs of Priscilla (Makyia); catacomb of Sant’ Agnese; S.Costanza
**Discussion topics: Rise of Christianity; Early Christian imagery; Roman burial practices.
Thurs. 1:
8:30-10:30 Italian Language Class
3:30 p.m. Creative Writing
Fri. 2: FREE DAY!
Buon Weekend Tutti!
