May 20 (Sunday) May 21 (Monday) Leave DFW on Delta Flight 1445 at 9:41 am. Arrive JFK Airport, 2:18 pm, leave JFK on Air France Flight 023 at 4:20 pm Arrive Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, 5:45 am, leave Paris CDG on Air France Flight 1066 at 7:10 am. Arrive in Florence (Amerigo Vespucci International Airport) at 8:55 am. Meet at DFW gate: (gate TBA) at 7:30 am. Check into Housing in Florence. Rest of day to settle in and explore. Optional intro tour with Linda Fawcett in the afternoon, time TBA. May 22 (Tuesday) SRISA Orientation SRISA May 23 (Wednesday) Classes begin. Visit the Archeological Museum (Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan art), enter as a group at 10 AM (closes at 7pm). I will meet with watercolorists at 3PM (San Gallo campus) to set up our schedule. Meet at the San Gallo campus, 9:30 am, walk to the Archeological Museum for reserved entrance at 10am. Piazza SS. Annunziata 9/b May 24 (Thursday) Visit Bargello Museum (Museo Nazionale del Bargello), Via del Proconsolo, 4, (closes at 1:50pm). Walk past Orsanmichele on the way. Visit Santa Croce & the Pazzi Chapel around 2 pm, Pia. Santa Croce 16 (open until 5pm). Meet at San Gallo campus, 8:00 am, walk to Bargello via Orsanmichele, enter Bargello at reserved time of 9:00am. Lunch together or on your own in the vicinity of the Bargello and Santa Croce. Meet at Santa Croce (time TBA), side entrance where tickets are sold. Page 1
May 25 (Friday) May 26 (Saturday) Day trip to Siena Visit the Siena Duomo (Cathedral) & Piazza Pubblico with optional visits (I ll pay) to Museo dell Opera (inc. Maesta) and Palazzo Pubblico. Visit the church of San Miniato al Monte, Via del Monte alle Croci (behind the Piazzale Michelangelo). Hours: Mon-Sat. 9:30am-1:00pm, then 3:00-7:00pm (vespers/gregorian chants at 5pm?) Morning: on your own. Travel Details TBA. Meet at 2:30 pm at San Gallo campus (then we embark on a long hike). We can return by ATAF PUBLIC BUS, either the 1) no. 12 from Piazzale Michelangelo - we then get off along Viale Guiseppi Mazzini and take the no. 6 to Piazza San Marco) or 2) at Piazzale Michelangelo we take the no. 13 to the Train Station May 27 (Sunday) On your own May 28 (Monday) Visit S. Ognissanti: Ghirlandaio s Last Supper, then Visit Orsanmichele (outside and inside). You may want to bring sketchbooks to sketch the statues. Meet San Gallo campus at 9:00am, walk to Borgo Ognissanti, 42 (S. Ognissanti open 9:00am-1:00pm) Then, walk to Orsanmichele, Via dell Arte della lana (open 10am to 4:50pm). Afternoon on your own. Page 2
May 29 (Tuesday) Visit the Monastery/Museum of San Marco, Piazza di San Marco, 3. Afternoon on your own. Meet at San Gallo Campus at 8:30am, walk to Piazza San Marco, 1 for reserved entrance at 9:00am San Marco hours: open 8:15-1:50 pm. May 30 (Wednesday) Visit Convent of Sant Apollonia (Castagno s Last Supper), Via 27 Aprile. (this church closes at 1:50 pm). BUS adventure! Visit refectory of San Salvi (del Sarto s Last Supper). Open 8:15am-1:50pm, Tues-Sat. Most of Afternoon on your own. Meet at San Gallo campus at 9:00 am, walk around the corner to Sant Apollonia. Then we walk to Piazza San Marco to catch the bus. Take the ATAF public bus no. 6, get off along Via Lungo l Affrico at Via L. Manara or Via T. Speri. May 31 (Thursday) Visit churches of Santa Trinitá, Piazza S. Trinitá, then walk by and look at Alberti s façade of the Palazzo Rucellai, Via della Nuova, 18 Required Visit Santa Maria del Carmine (Brancacci Chapel), Piazza del Carmine, Group reservation for 6 at 3:45pm, closes at 5pm) Meet at 9:00 am at San Gallo campus, walk to Sta. Trinitá and enter as a group (open 8am- 12pm, 4:00-6:00pm) Then walk as a group to Palazzo Rucellai to see its famous exterior façade designed by Alberti. Lunch on your own. Then Required: Meet on the Ponte Santa Trinita at 3:00pm, and walk to S.M. del Carmine as a group. Page 3
June 1 (Friday) On your own SRISA trip details TBA OR OPTIONAL (cost extra: 80) SRISA day trip to Chianti June 2 (Saturday) On your own. June 3 (Sunday) Visit Santa Maria Novella, Piazza SM Novella (Alberti s entrance facade, Ghirlandaio s choir fresco cycle, Masaccio s Trinity, and much more!) Meet at SM Novella at 1 pm, enter as a group. June 4 (Monday). June 5 (Tuesday). June 6 (Wednesday) Local guided tour of Palazzo Vecchio and the Loggia Lenzi, Piazza Signoria. Meet at the Michelangelo statue in front of the Palazzo Vecchio to join our local GUIDE, Martina, at 10:00 am sharp! (if you are late you will have to pay your own way in and find us: the guide is on the clock. ) Page 4
June 7 (Thursday) Visit San Lorenzo & Michelangelo s Medici Chapel, Piazza di San Lorenzo, 9; and Palazzo Medici- Riccardi with Gozzoli s Medici Chapel. Meet in front of San Lorenzo at 9:00am, enter the church as a group. Then proceed to Medici Chapels Museum for reserved entrance as a group at 11:00am. Also Meet in front of Palazzo Medici-Riccardi at 2:15pm (don t be late!) We have a reserved group entrance at 2:30 pm. June 8 (Friday) June 9 (Saturday) Travel Details TBA June 10 (Sunday) OR OPTIONAL (cost extra: 80) SRISA day trip to Portovenere Trip to Naples to visit the ancient site of Ercolano (Herculaneum) and the world renowned Archeological Museum, and more! Details TBA June 11 (Monday) Trip to Naples Details TBA June 12 (Tuesday) Return from Naples Details TBA June 13 (Wednesday) Accademia, Via Ricasoli, 66 Meet at San Gallo campus at 1:30pm time. Walk to Accademia and enter as a group at 2:00pm reserved time. Page 5
June 14 (Thursday) Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens, Piazza dei Pitti, local guide. Optional Special Exhibition (I ll pay) at the Museo Strozzi [Daily: 10am 6pm THURSDAYs: 10am 11pm] Meet in front of the Pitti Palace by 9:45 am sharp. Enter as a group at the reserved time of 10:00am. (if you are late you will have make your own way in and find us: the guide is on the clock. ) **REMEMBER YOUR MUSEUM PASS. Museo Strozzi: Dawn of a Nation: art, politics and society in Italy from 1950s to protest years in the late 60s; 80 works by Guttuso, Lucio Fontana, Alberto Burri, Emilio Vedova, Piero Manzoni, Mario Schifano, Mario Merz & Michelangelo Pistoletto. June 15 (Friday) Or Optional overnight SRISA trip (costs extra: 280) to ROME Travel details TBA June 16 (Saturday) Or Return from optional overnight SRISA trip to ROME Travel details TBA June 17 (Sunday) Museo Uffizi, Via della Ninna, 5 Meet at San Gallo campus at 9:00am (or TBA time depending on reservation); walk to the Uffizi REMEMBER YOUR MUSEUM PASS. Page 6
June 18 (Monday) LONG DAY! We will visit the Duomo, Florence Baptistery (Baptistery of San Giovanni), then will walk to the Museo dell Opera del Duomo del Fiore. Then, if time, climb the Duomo DOME (463 steps!) for a photo op and to see the inside of the dome (or finish tomorrow afternoon your ticket is good for 48 hours to all the Duomo sites). Meet at San Gallo campus at 8:00am; walk to Piazza Duomo. Cathedral & crypt: 10:00am- 4:45pm Dome 8:30am 5:00pm Baptistery 8:15am-2:45pm; 5:15-7:30 Bell Tower: 8:15am-7:00pm Museum: 9:00am-7:00pm June 19 (Tuesday) June 20 (Wednesday) June 21 (Thursday) Student Show Housing pre -Check-out Arrive Amerigo Vespucci International Airport at 5:00 am (ugh) for departure at 6:45 am on KLM Flight 1638. Arrive in Amsterdam, Schiphol International Airport at 9:00 am. Leave Amsterdam at 10:35 am on Delta Flight 073. Arrive Atlanta at 2:21 pm, go through Customs. Leave Atlanta at 4:25pm on Delta Flight 1810. Arrive DFW Airport at 5:49 pm. Go through Customs in Atlanta. Page 7