Description

Many of our modern ideas about art, literature, architecture and its uses, politics, culture, philosophy, gender and class derive from the brilliantly prolific period of the Renaissance.

During a three-week, interdisciplinary program in the beautiful and historic Florence, Italy, students are offered a total immersion and multifaceted learning experience that is an essential beginning to understanding our modern world through the lens of the Italian Renaissance. This course explores the literature, culture, art, and thought of the Renaissance from multiple perspectives.

During their stay, students will develop and present an individualized project based on their academic interests and background, and the ways in which they have been inspired by the Renaissance. As a quintessential Gallatin experience, the course places emphasis on the cultural and historical contexts from which the literature and art of Renaissance Florence emerged.

Highlights

Readings might include the works of Dante, Pico Della Mirandola, Machiavelli, and selected female writers, as well as art texts such as Vasari's The Lives of the Artists. In addition, students study the art of Florentine painters such as Botticelli, Giotto, and Michelangelo in the places where these works were created. Classes, which are taught in English, meet four days a week. Throughout the course, students will visit such museums and churches as the Uffizi, The Duomo, the church of Santa Maria Novella, and the monastery of San Marco to engage fully with the art and architecture of Renaissance Italy.

This is a graduate course open to undergraduate students.This course is open to students of all NYU and non-NYU schools and fulfills 4 credits.

Degree Level

Masters Degree

Subject Areas

• Art History
• History
• Interdisciplinary
• Literature

Cost in US$:

USD 4,625

Program Fees Include:

* Tuition for 4 points: USD 3,000
* Deposit (applied to program costs, non-refundable): USD 400
* Program Fee (includes some meals, museum admissions and excursions):USD 450
* Housing Fee:(includes breakfast and dinner 7 days/week): TBA
* NYU Registration and Services Fee: TBA
* Incidental Costs: Roundtrip Airfare (student purchases his/her own airfare)

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

American and Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Dormitory

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups

Scholarships are Available

For NYU students.

Application Process Involves

• Essay
• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Phone/Video Interview
• Transcript