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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF SITE AND MUSEM VISITS

Week 1

Session 1 Monday, 8 May 2006
Introduction
Stazione Santa Maria Novella (arch. + photographer G. Michelucci)
Sta Maria Novella
Piazza della Repubblica
Mercato Vecchio
Visit: Museo Storico Topografico: Firenze com'era. Via dell'Oriuolo
Afternoon: Ponte alle Grazie to Giuseppe Poggi's path (1865-71) to San Miniato del Monte
Visit: San Miniato del Monte

Session 2 Tuesday 9 May
Morning: Etruscan-Roman precedents in Fiesole. ATAF Bus 07 Afternoon: Museo Archeologico (Museum open until early evening)

Session 3 Wednesday 10 May
Urban settings: Orsanmichele, Piazza de la Signoria, Uffizi, Ponte Vecchio

Session 4 Thursday 11 May
Corbusier in Florence: Visit to the Certosa d'Ema in Galluzzo. Bus 37 ATAF

Session 5 Friday 12 May
F. Brunelleschi's works and issues on perspective: Sto Spirito Ospedale degli Innocenti, Pazzi Chapel in Sta Croce precinct. Piazza Sta Croce (De Chirico's epiphany) Duomo

Session 6 Saturday 13 May
Field Trip: Volterra (D.H. Lawrence) and San Gimigniano (precedents for American architect Louis Kahn)

Week 2

Session 7 Monday 15 May S. Lorenzo: Laurentian Library

Session 8 Tuesday 16 May
La Specola Collection, Natural History Museum U of F (The emergence of a modern view of the body); Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens (if time permits).

Session 9 Wednesday 17 May
Field Trip to San Galgano Abbey, Bagno Vignone (A. Tarkovsky's film settings)

Session 10 Thursday 18 May
Gardens and urban space: Piazzi Trinita, S. Spirito, Pitti.; Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens (contemporary repercussions)

Session 11 Friday 19 May
Visit: Museo di Storia della Fotografia Fratelli Alinari, Largo Alinari, 15. Exhibition site to be determined according to the Museum program for 2006. (New ways of seeing)

Session 12 Saturday 20 May
Presentations and discussion of essays

Week 3

Sessions 13-17 Monday, 22 May to 26 May
Partcipants will use this week to develop notebook/diary and explore individually or in groups the city. Consolidation of essays.

Week 4

Session 18 Monday, 29 May
Mid-afternoon: Pazzi Chapel in Sta Croce precinct. Piazza Sta Croce (De Chirico's epiphany)

Session 19 Tuesday, 29 May
Palazzi and Gardens (TBA).

Session 20 Wednesday, 30 May
Field trip to San Miniato (West of Florence)

Session 21 Thursday, 01 June
Class discussion, essays.

Session 22 Friday, 02 June
End of Summer Course in Florence (Ital309) Submission of notebooks/diaries