To the right you can see Professor Bronner and student Michael Porcenaluk examining a sculpture by Polykleitos in the National Archeological Museum in Naples. This museum houses the largest collection of works from classical antiquity in the world, including the objects recovered from the nearby excavations at Herculaneum and Pompeii. Other highlights include the Farnese Hercules from the Baths of Caracalla and the Alexander the Great mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii.
ART330 Painting level I. This course will introduce students to landscape painting en plein air. Students will work in oil or watercolor. This course is open to beginners, (advanced painters will sign up for ART425). Various painting techniques will be taught. Class size is limited to allow one on one instruction. Students will work on location in the countryside near Cassino and in cities/towns such as Rome, Sperlonga and Venice. Students will study the landscape and seascape paintings of Italian artists including Canaletto, Titian, da Vinci and the American expatriate John Singer Sargent.
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Housing
Students and faculty stay in 3 star hotels throughout their stay in Italy. Students are placed in doubles in modern and comfortable accommodations to ensure that they are rested to make the most of their study abroad experience.
Field Trips: Students will participate in faculty guided field trips to Rome, Naples, Florence and other Italian cities including Venice to see the Venice Biennale(when available). In 2006 we spent three days in Rome, three days in Florence and three days in Venice with other field trips to Naples, Caserta and Sperlonga.
Spear Bearer by Polykleitos, Archeological Museum Naples.
photo by J. Glass