DRAFT. Subtotal $1,600

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1 STUDY TOUR TO FLORENCE September /12/14 ESTIMATED STUDENT COSTS DRAFT Items that must be paid in advance to the Drexel Study Tour to cover your expenses Unit Qty Total Drexel Study Abroad Forms Fee $25 Study Tour Fee $400 Room PLUS FLORENCE cost per night 35 6 $288 Buffet Hotel 6 6 $49 Dinner in Florence 25 1 $34 Room in Umbertide cost per night $60 5 $300 Meals in Umbertide $40 4 $160 Room near Florence Airport 40 1 $54 Advance ticket purchases $100 Train to Perugia $40 1 $40 Chartered Bus $150 Subtotal $1,600 Estimated Individual Course and Travel Costs (not paid to Drexel) Books (estimated) $50 Air Fare (Philadelphia-Florence) $1,200 Passport $150 Medical and Travel Insurance $36 Ground Travel Florence (Bus RT) 10 1 $14 Fiesole AREA ARCHEOLOGICA E MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO E MOSTRA TEMPORANEA 8 1 $11 Firenze Pass 2 1 $3 Duomo Pass 10 1 $14 Palazzo Davanzati Ticket 1 1 $1 Bargello Ticket 11 1 $15 Miscellaneous Add'l Entry Fees 20 1 $27 Additional Meals $30 12 $360 Miscellaneous Personal Expenses $300 Contingency Fee $200 Subtotal $2,381 TOTAL ESTIMATED NON-TUITION COSTS FOR TRIP $3,981 TOTAL ESTIMATED COST $3,981 1 EUR = 1.37 USD 02/11/14

2 Study Tour proposed by Rachel S. Schade, AIA Drexel University Department of Architecture + Interiors September 2014

3 Pre-trip classes and exercises Lecture I Sketching 1 Lecture 2 Sketching 2 Lecture 3 WHY FLORENCE? An introduction to the social, cultural and historical background of Florence, in an emphasis on art and architecture Reading Assignments Project Assignments Introduction to sketching in the field Visit Kahn Archives/view travel sketches of Frank Miles Day, Lawrence Halprin University Museum Courtyard- timed sketches, plan/section/elevation Pre-history to early Renaissance Etruscan Tuscany Roman Fiorentia Byzantine & Medieval development- the walled City Rise of the Guild structure Sketching in the field Center City Philadelphia, Perspective. vignettes Early Renaissance to contemporary Painting, sculpture & architecture (Lecture by art historian) The Medici / Banking / looking back at Rome & Greece High Renaissance Villas and Gardens Baroque / Mannerism Unification of Italy Modernismo / Nervi / Michelucci /

4 DAY 1 SATURDAY 6 September Students arrange for flights individually. Arrive at Hotel by 2:00PM, orientation meeting Walk to Piazza San Marco, Piazza del Duomo, Piazza Signoria, over Ponte Vecchio to Oltrarno, up to Piazzale Michelangelo DAY 2 SUNDAY 7 September Morning: Bus to Fiesole Tour Etruscan & Roman Ruins, Museo Civico (sketch) S Walk back to Florence via Villa Medici (tour gardens, sketch) Evening: Festa delle Rificolona: Traditional festival of the lanterns, walk from Piazza Santa Felicità to Piazza SS. Annunziata DAY 3 MONDAY 8 September Ancient and Medieval Florence Morning: Santa Croce, Torre della Pagliaza, Torre dei Corbizi, Bargello (sketch), Baptistry S Afternoon: Orsanmichele, Palazzo Davanzati (sketch) DAY 4 TUESDAY 9 September Early Renaissance Florence Morning: Duomo, Crypt, Climb to the lantern, Opera del Duomo FREE AFTERNOON 5:00 Concert at Villa Bardini

5 DAY 5 WEDNESDAY 10 September Morning: The Piazza: Piazza San Marco, Santissima Annunziata (Ospedale degli Innocenti) Piazza della Signoria, Piazzale degli Uffizi Afternoon: Piazza della Republica, Piazza Santa Maria Novella, sketching DAY 6 THURSDAY 11 September Florence of the Medici & Brunelleschi Laurentian Library, Medici Chapel, San Lorenzo, sketching S Lunch: Mercato Centrale FREE AFTERNOON DAY 7 FRIDAY 12 September A trip to the country Bus to Umbertide, stopping at Antinori Vineyard, Bargino (potential tour with Archea Architetti) Settle in at Hilltown residence DAY 8 SATURDAY 13 September Tour town of Umbertide, sketching DAY 9 SUNDAY 14 September Bus ride to Arezzo DAY 10 MONDAY 15 September Bus ride to Urbino S

6 DAY 11 TUESDAY 16 September Last day in the country Sketching, eating, journaling DAY 12 WEDNESDAY 17 September Bus to Perugia, Train to Florence Stay final night near airport DAY 13 THURSDAY 18 September Depart for home, or continue to other destinations individually Alternatives & Options: Pitti Palace, Boboli Gardens Lecture with Janet Smith Tonnarelli at Gallery of Prints and Drawings of the Uffizi Tuscan Villas: Petraia, Castello

7 Florence Itinerary Required Reading Florence, An Architectural Guide by Guido Zucconi & Pietro Ruschi, Arsenale Editrice, 1995 The Art of Urban Sketching by Gabriel Campanario, 2012 Recommended Reading (selected readings from the following will be provided) Florence: The City and Its Architecture by Richard J. Goy, Phaidon Press, 2006 Chambers of a Memory Palace by Donlyn Lyndon & Charles W. Moore, MIT Press, 1996 Merchant of Prato, Francesco di Marco Datini by Iris Origo, Octagon Books, 1963 The Stones of Florence by Mary McCarthy, 1959 The Italians by Luigi Barzini, 1964 The Food of Italy by Waverley Root, 1977 Brunelleschi s Dome by Ross King, 2000 The Uffizi: Museum as Urban Design by Michael Dennis (Perspecta 16) 1980 Sprezzatura: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the World by Peter D Epiro and Mary Desmond Pinkowish, 2001 Fun Reading Inferno by Dan Brown, 2013 The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi, 2008 The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant, 2003 A Room with a View by E. M. Forster, 1908 and movie 1985