Fields of Study and Courses
Upper Division Courses
Three-credit courses taught in English, except for the Italian language courses.
For Course Descriptions and Course Codes CLICK on the course title below.
All courses are PERMANENTLY OFFERED except where noted.
Site Drawing in Florence
Florence, the birthplace of perspective, will be our outdoor studio for this site drawing course. On daily field trips, students will render on site Florence’s [...]
Room and Space in Tuscany
In the early weeks the course concentrates on the exploration, analysis and documentation of selected sites in Florence, with emphasis on perception, representation and description [...]
Art History of the Italian Renaissance (Giotto to Michelangelo)
This course concentrates on Renaissance Art within the history of art in Florence and the surrounding area. Points of study encompassed include: Rome and antiquity's [...]
Relief Sculpture: Casting and the Narrative
Using and strengthening the base modeling and casting skills developed in Relief Sculpture in Florence, this course will provide students the freedom to develop their [...]
Women and Art in Italy
This course will examine the role of women as subjects, artists, and patrons in Italian art. Their roles in the social, political, economic, and cultural [...]
Photography: Florentine Portfolio
Students will be introduced to the basic concepts of photography, including camera usage and exposure techniques. They will explore Florence and will make a photo [...]
Relief Sculpture in Florence
This course will examine the use of low relief sculpture in Florentine art history and use these works to inspire the artist's interpretations of both [...]
Survey of Florentine Architecture
This course will provide students with a basic survey of the history of Architecture, from Roman times through the 20th Century, using the cities of [...]
Illustrative Image and the Making of a Book
In this course students will create a book based on a story (from a literary source or original). A common theme may be decided upon, [...]
