Pictures in italy art trip Directory

Oakland University's faculty-led program is a six-week immersion in Tuscan culture and traditions in the beautiful medieval
city of Volterra, Italy. Courses in art history, Italian language, and alabaster sculpture combine to offer students an intensive
educational and cultural experience, which may be applied to a wide variety of interests and majors.

Students fly together to Florence, the capital of Italy's Tuscany region and home to many masterpieces of Renaissance art
and architecture. Travel continues by bus to the beautiful medieval city of Volterra where students immerse in Tuscan culture
and traditions.

For the next six weeks, students are based in Volterra, a walled town southwest of Florence, and home to the central
Palazzo dei Priori with medieval frescoes, the Volterra Cathedral, and the Guarnacci Etrurian Museum with a rich collection
of archaeological artifacts. Students will explore the nearby remains of the Etruscan Acropolis and the Roman Theater
complex with ruins of 3rd-century baths.

In addition to daily course work and local explorations, students participate in excursions to Rome, the capital city of Italy
generally considered to be the cradle of Western civilization. Explore Florence, home to many masterpieces of Renaissance
art and architecture including the iconic Duomo, and the Galleria dell'Accademia, which displays Michelangelo's David
sculpture. Students can shop Florence's world-famous leather market and cross the Ponte Vecchio. In Siena, a city
distinguished by its medieval brick buildings, students see the Palazzo Pubblico, the Gothic town hall, and Torre del Mangia,
a slender 14th-century tower with sweeping views from its distinctive white crown.

Students can take optional excursions to Venice, built on a grid of canals between more than 100 small islands in a lagoon
in the Adriatic Sea, and to Pompeii, a vast archaeological site buried under ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of
Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The preserved site features excavated ruins of streets and houses to explore.