From London we travel to Venice where we spend the next six weeks. Venice's imperial history and the range of its artistic achievements are renowned, while its advantages as a centre for study and living are incomparable - its human scale, its lack of noise and violence, its sense of separate identity and the unforgettable beauty of sky and buildings reflected in the waters of lagoon and canals. The length of our stay in Venice allows a leisurely and residential style of living and makes possible the various activities which our students enjoy while there.

Lectures
ˆ held at the Istituto Canossiano

  • Venetian History (2); Restoration in Venice; The Venetian Palace; Palladio. Peter Lauritzen
  • Byzantine Art (2) Nicholas True
  • Renaissance Art in Venice (5) Charles Hope
  • Tiepolo, Canaletto, Guardi, Piranesi (3) Nicholas Penny
  • Venetian Architecture (4) Deborah Howard
  • Marbles (3) Nigel McGilchrist
  • Marco Polo (1) Nigel McGilchrist
  • The Expansion of the Venetian commercial Empire Nigel McGilchrist
  • Modern Art (4) Jasper Sharp
  • The Tradition of Classical Music in Europe (4) Peter Phillips
  • Opera (5) Jeremy Sams
  • Beyond Hollywood: World Cinema Today (5) Ryan Gilbey
  • English Writers in Italy (5) Gregory Dowling
  • Henry James in Venice. Rosella Zorzi
  • The Science of Saving Venice. Jane da Mosto
  • Leonardo ; Raphael, Michelangelo ; the Medici and Florence. Ben Street
  • Architecture and Accoustics: recreating lost Soundscapes (1) Deborah Howard and Malcolm Longairo
  • Education in Italy. David Newbold
  • The Dark Side of the Universe (1) Malcolm Longair
  • Evolution and Religion : Mortal Enemies or Secret Friends ? (2) Simon Conway-Morris
  • Music making in Italy, 14th century to Napoleonic conquests David Bryant
  • Mozart (3) Jane Glover


Visits

  • Orientation walk-abouts (2); the Accademia Gallery; the Frari; Palazzo Ducale; S.Marco; S.Giorgio Maggiore: the Fondazione Giorgio Cini.
  • Visits throughout the city and lagoon islands with Susan Steer and Louisa Warman : San. Giovanni in Bragora, S. Zaccaria, S.M . Formosa, SS.. Giovanni e Paolo, Gesuiti, S. Rocco. Scuola Grande di S. Rocco, Carmini, S.Sebastiano, S.M della Salute, Torcello- S.Maria Assunta, Murano - S. Maria e Donato, Scuola S.Giorgio deglu Sciavoni, Arsenale, S.Pietro.
  • Private visits: in the evening with Dott Bruna Caruso to S. Marco with the mosaics illuminated.
  • La Fenice Opera House.
  • In RAVENNA: S.Apollinare in Classe; S. Vitale; Tomb of Galla Placida; Orthodox Baptistery; the Museum; S. Apollinare Nuovo.
  • In PADUA: The Scrovegni Chapel - Giotto; the Erimitani - Mantegna; the Santo, the Scuola del Santo - Titian.
  • In the VENETO: Palladian Villas La Malcontenta, La Rotonda, the Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza historic centre including Palladian palaces and Teatro Olimpico.


Classes

  • Life Drawing and Portraiture
       ˆ Geoffrey Humphries
  • Photography
       ˆ Mark Smith
  • Cookery
      ˆ Contessa Enrica Rocca
  • Italian
       ˆ Teachers trained by Società Dante Alighieri
        (extra charge)

Films

During the Course the following series of Classic World and Italian films will be shown:

  • Breathless (France)
  • Accattone (Italy)
  • Black Narcissus (Powell/Pressburger) (UK)
  • Touki Bouki (Senegal)
  • Elephant (US)
  • The White Ribbon (Haneke) (Austria/Germany)
  • La Dolce Vita
  • The Battle of Algiers
  • A Room with a View
  • La Boheme
  • Don Giovanni