The purpose of the program, Art and Design in Italy 2007, is to provide students with an immersion into various art and architecture periods including the Romanesque, Byzantine, Renaissance and Baroque. Contemporary art and design media and concepts will also be emphasized on this trip with visits to important contemporary collections of art and sculpture as well as to design studios and workshops.
The program begins in Rome, where participants will visit such sites as St. Peters Basilica, the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel, the Roman ruins and the Coliseum. Participants will trace the works of Michelangelo, Bernini, Borromini, Caravaggio and Raphael through visits to several important churches and museums. The group will also have time to visit various piazzas that contain significant fountains and where each has an exciting street life where food, entertainment, relaxing and people-watching are part of every day events.
The history of many art and architecture styles may be studied within the historic center and compact area of Florence. Within this area are located important treasures of art, sculpture and architecture—the doors of Ghiberti located on the Romanesque Baptistery, the multicolored marble façade and dome designed by Brunelleschi of the Duomo, and the campanile designed by Giotto, as well as the work of artists whose work began the period most associated with Florence, the Renaissance. Students will again follow the work of Michelangelo as well as that of Giotto, Donatello and Botticelli at some of the most important museums in the world, the Uffizi, Pitti Palace and the Bargello.
From Florence, students will take a day trip to the famed city of Siena, one of the best-preserved medieval cities in Europe. In Siena, participants will take an extended walking tour of the city visiting the Piazza del Campo, a wonderful example of city planning, the beautiful Duomo and Baptistery, as well as many of the neighborhoods to discover their individual marks and visual applications.
Students will arrive in Venice at the beginning of the Venice Biennale, one of the most prestigious contemporary art venues in the world. Since its foundation in 1895, the Biennale has been in the avant-garde, promoting new artistic trends and organizing international events in the contemporary arts, including art, architecture, cinema, dance, music, and theater. Several days will be devoted to visiting exhibitions and events around the city.
In addition, participants will visit the Piazza and Basilica of San Marco and two other important sites of contemporary art, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and the Pinault collection at the Palazzo Grassi. From Venice, the group will also visit the islands of Murano, site of world-reknown glass-blowing studios, and Burano, a traditional fishing village island and site of many brightly and different colored houses.
Lois Greene, Professor of Design at the University of Kansas, began the Italy summer study abroad program in 1995 and directed it for another five years. She has remained actively involved through annual travels to Italy learning more about the diverse design processes, cultural interests and artifacts, foods and everyday life.
Matthew Burke is an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the University of Kansas. He received his BA from Colby College, in Maine and received his MFA in Sculpture from Queens College, C.U.N.Y. His research interests include the intersection of public space, individual and collective memory and the boundary between entropy and cohesive form.
All students may enroll in three credit hours of Art and Design Study in Italy and /or in three credits of coursework in Drawing. Required before the trip will be several one-hour orientations and lectures. During the trip attendance at all lectures, museums and other site visits will be required. Failure to attend may result in failing the course.
A total of 6 credit hours will be offered on the program:
ADS 560 Special Topics: Art and Design Study in Italy— 3 credit hours as a design studio elective in some majors or as a general elective. Check with your academic advisor. Mandatory attendance at all scheduled visits during trip. Also required will be photo, written, and drawn documentation within a journal format.
ART 300 Special Topics: Drawing the Classical Form- An On-Site Investigation—3 credit hours as an art or design studio elective. This course will focus on figurative drawing from sculptural forms. Students will be encouraged to use these drawing experiences as a departure point to advance their understanding of sculpture and the figure. Additional credit will be possible for course work taken on the Lawrence campus by creating contemporary art forms based on the drawings.
Participants will stay in centrally located hotels in Rome, Florence and Venice. Hotel rooms are double or triple occupancy. Breakfast is included daily.
DatesDepart US: Monday, June 4, 2007
Arrive Rome: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Depart Venice: Tuesday, June 20, 2007
This program is designed to allow interested students to participate in both the Design and Photography in Germany and Italy study program (May 22 – June 4 in Berlin, Milan, and Venice) as well as the Art and Design in Italy program. Students participating on both study abroad programs will travel from Venice to Rome on Monday, June 4 to meet the arriving students and begin the second study abroad program. Train transportation and accommodations between programs is provided.
Open to undergraduate or graduate Art and Design students from any accredited U.S. college or university. Minimum 2.5 GPA required (exceptions considered after submission of a petition).
Program Fee: Approximately $3,250. The program fee includes three credit hours of undergraduate tuition and fees, accommodations, all ground transportation in Italy (by train and bus), cultural activities, some group meals, emergency medical evacuation and repatriation services, KU orientation, and administrative costs.
Additional costs:Airfare, most meals, passport fees, books and supplies, and personal expenses.
All dates, costs, and program information are subject to change as necessary due to fluctuations in the exchange rate or other reasons.
KU students who qualify for summer financial aid in the form of Stafford and/or other loans, Pell or SEOG Grants, and scholarships may apply the aid to the cost of a Study Abroad Program.
Limited supplemental scholarships are available to KU undergraduates. Applications are available at the Office of Study Abroad. You can also download the scholarship application. The scholarship application deadline is March 1.
Non-KU students should check into the financial resources available to them at their home institutions.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2007. Early application is strongly encouraged.
Applications are available in the KU Office of Study Abroad. You can also download the application.
(Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to download an application. If your computer does not have Acrobat Reader you can download it for FREE.)
Italy: www.italiantourism.com
Venice: www.turismovenezia.it
Venice Biennale: www.labiennale.org
Italian art, artists, museums, galleries: www.italiamia.com/art.html
Italian artists and exhibits: www.net-art.it/enter.html
Professor Lois Greene, Program Director
The University of Kansas Department of Design
356 Art and Design Building
email: greene@ku.edu
The University of Kansas
Office of Study Abroad
Lippincott Hall
1410 Jayhawk Blvd. Room 108
Lawrence, KS 66045-7515
phone: 785-864-3742
fax: 785-864-5040
e-mail: osa@ku.edu
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