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Italian Renaissance in Florence

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Location	Florence, Italy
Dates	January 3 - 24, 2010
Credits Offered	ITAL 280 - 3 CREDITS (CUNY tuition is not included in program fee)
Application Deadline	Students applying for STOCS - October 8 Other applicants - October 22
Financial Aid	PELL, STOCS, student loans
Program Fee	$1,350 (estimate) includes housing with breakfast, cultural events and insurance. Airfare not included.
Payment Schedule	$350 due with application. Balance due November 12. All payments by certified checks or money orders.

Program Description
This course offers a survey of the literature of the Italian Renaissance and a study of the contribution in the fields of literature, art, politics, and philosophy by such writers, artists and thinkers as Boccaccio, Petrarch, Alberti, Pico, Valla, Leonardo, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Colonna, Stampa, Castiglione, Cellini and Vasari.

Syllabus
HOURS: M-F 9:30-12:00

Day I	INTRODUCTION. History and historiography of the Italian Renaissance.
Day II	Petrarch and the birth of Humanism.
Day III	Boccaccio.
Day IV	Boccaccio. Early masters in Italian art: Giotto, Simone Martini.
Day V	Latin and Italian Humanism. Salutati. Alberti. Art from Masaccio to Brunelleschi.
Day VI	Valla. Pico della Mirandola. Women Humanists and their male colleagues.
Day VII	Machiavelli.
Day VIII	Guicciardini. MID-TERM EXAM
Day IX	Leonardo: writer, 'proto-scientist' and artist.
Day X	Bembo and Castiglione: on rules and behavior.
Day XI	Michelangelo, the artist and his poetry.
Day XII	Petrarchism and women writers: V. Colonna, V. Franco, G. Stampa, I. Di Morra.
Day XIII	Benvenuto Cellini. Giorgio Vasari and the canonization of the Renaissance.
Day XIV	Ariosto and the "Culture of Contraddiction".

Grading Policy
Class participation: 10%
Quizzes: 25%
Mid-term exam: 25%
Final exam: 25%
Cultural Journal: 15% (10 pages minimum)

Textbooks
1) The Italian Renaissance Reader. Edited by Julia C. Bondanella and Mark Musa. New York: Penguin Meridian, 1987.
2) Course reader prepared by the instructor

Academic Inquiries
Prof. Paolo Fasoli, Dept. of Romance Languages
HW1318
Phone: 212-772-5129
Email: pfasoli@hunter.cuny.edu

Administrative Inquiries
Education Abroad Office E1447, Monday - Friday 9:30 am - 5:30pm
Phone: (212) 772-4983
Fax: (212) 772-5005
E-Mail: edabroad@hunter.cuny.edu