This course offers students the opportunity to experience, first hand, the amazing paintings, sculptures, and architecture of the Renaissance in the very places the movement was born. 

Daytrips included to sites outside Florence and Rome, as well as visits to many outstanding places of interest within the cities themselves.  These include trips to Pisa, Assisi, and Pompeii, and excursions to important museums and art pieces scattered throughout the cities.

The class will meet on campus the week prior to the trip to Italy, and each day the two weeks following the return to Norfolk.   Participants will complete assigned readings throughout the course, and write a research paper, accompanied with a brief presentation.
  
 *Students must register and pay for ARTH 495 (undergraduate) or 595 (graduate),(3 credits, summer registration 2010) in order to participate in this program. Prerequisites: ARTH 211, ARTH 212, or permission from the instructor.

HIGHLIGHTS Florence Duomo Uffizi Museum Pisa Sienna Assisi Rome Trevi Fountain Spanish Steps Vatican City

Faculty Leader:                                                                                                              Dr. Anthony Lichi earned his Ph.D. from the Indiana University, where he specialized Art History and Comparative Literature. He has taught multiple courses in Italian Art and the Renaissance. He has conducted research in Florence, and has travelled to Italy many times. He is looking forward to leading his first ODU study abroad program this summer!

ITINERARY 13-14 May: Travel to Florence 15 May:  Baptistery, Campanile, Duomo, Museo de Opera del Duomo, Orsanmichele 16 May: S. Maria Novella, Brancacci Chapel, Pitti Palace 17 May: Day trip to Pisa 18 May: Uffizi, Palazzo Medici, S. Lorenzo  19 May:Uffizi, S. Croce 20 May: Day trip to Siena 21 May:Accademia, S. Marco 22 May: Travel to Assisi and Rome 23 May: Free Day 24 May: Colloseum, Forum, Capitoline Museums, Domus Aurea 25 May: Vatican Museums 26 May: Pantheon, Il Gesu, S. Ignazio, S. Luigi Francesi, Palazzo Doria Pamphili 27 May: Museo e Galleria Borghese, S. Maria de Popolo  28 May:  Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, S. Maria della Vittoria, S. Suzzanna, Four Fountains, S. Andrea del Qurinale   29 May: Return to Norfolk *Subject to Change: The office of Study Abroad reserves the right to make changes to a program in light of currency fluctuations, changing security and safety conditions, or any other unforeseen circumstances.

Dr. Anthony Lichi                            OR                   Office of Study Abroad Dept. of Art History                                                   212 Spong Hall, 2nd Floor Diehn 118                                                                   Bolling Ave. and Hampton Blvd. 757-683-4678 or alichi@odu.edu                          757-683-5378 or studyabroad@odu.edu ARTH 495 or ARTH 595 (3 credits, Summer 2010 registration) Prequisites: ARTH 211 or 212, or permission from instructor. Priority Application Deadline: February 15, 2010 Cost Information Download Application  (Turn in application with $250 deposit to the Office of Study Abroad, Spong Hall, Room 212, Norfolk, VA 23529)