Honors Program in Rome
Winter 2007
MASTER WEEKLY SCHEDULE
(subject to change)
Mon. 5:
Morning: FREE to catch up on reading and writing
3:30 p.m. Creative Writing
Tues. 6:
8:30-10:30 Italian Language Class - MIDTERM EXAM
2:45 AH Meet at the portone. We will head over to the church of Santa Maria della Pace (near Piazza Navona) for our 3:00 appt. to see the Annibale Carracci exhibition.
7:00 p.m. pot luck at Lisa's
Wed. 7: Bernini!
10:45 AH We will meet in front of the Museum for our 11:00 a.m. ticketed entry. Please allow yourself 30 minutes travel time from the Pio on the little #116 bus. No backpacks, large bags, or cameras are allowed in the museum so if you need to check anything, do it as soon as you arrive.
11:00-1:00 Museo di Villa Borghese
**Discussion topics: Bernini’s statues: another view
1:30 p.m. Group Lunch at Pizza Re!
3:30 p.m. Piazza Navona
**Discussion topics: City as Theatre: Bernini’s Four Rivers Fountain and the history of Piazza Navona (Veneta); Talking statues of Rome: Pasquale (KF).
6:00 p.m. UWRC Film Series organized in conjunction with ItaliaIdea.
This month will feature the films of award-winning Italian director, Gabriele Salvatores. Tonight: Screening of Mediterreano in the 1st floor conference room.
Thurs. 8:
8:30-10:30 Italian Language Class
3:30 p.m. Creative Writing
Fri. 10: Caravaggio!
10:00 AH S. Luigi dei Francesi; S. Maria del Popolo
**Discussion topics: New naturalism and intent: Caravaggio’s public commissions at the Contarelli and Cerasi Chapels (Kim); Bernini’s elephant obelisk at S. Maria Sopra Minerva (KD).
