Art History Seminar in Rome and Tivoli
Day 1: Travel
Depart from San Francisco
Day Two: Arrival in Rome
Arrive in Rome
Settle in with Friends at Hotel Portoguesi
Afternoon Stroll: Get to Know Our Neighborhood, Walk to the Pantheon and Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
Day Three: St. Peter’s Basilica
Morning Lecture: The Building of St. Peter’s
Tour St. Peter’s Basilica
Afternoon: The Piazza Navona
Evening Discussion: Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel
Day Four: Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel
Tour of the Vatican Museum as Patrons of the Arts:
Entrance to the Museum Before the General Public
Visit the Museum with focus on the Sistine Chapel an the Raffaello Stanze
Tour the Restoration Labs
The World of the Swiss Guard
Afternoon: Visit to Santi Quattro Coronati
Evening Discussion: The Restoration of the Sistine Chapel
Day Five: Caravaggio
Morning Lecture: Caravaggio, Hero of the Baroque, San Luigi dei Francesi, San Agostino
Tour of the Galleria Borghese
Late Afternoon: Caravaggio and Santa Maria del Popolo
Day Six: Tivoli
Stroll to St. Ivo alle Sapienza-The World of Francesco Borromini
Depart for Tivoli in hired van
Tour the Villa d’Este and the Gardens in Tivoli
Lunch at the fabulous Ristorante Sibilla
Picnic Pizza Dinner at Piazza San Pietro with Evening Discussion
Day Seven: St. Ignatius Loyola and St. Filippo Neri
Morning Lecture: “Two Heroes of the Counter-Reformation: St. Filippo Neri and St. Ignatius Loyola”
Tour the Chiesa Nuova, the Gesu, and S. Ignazio
Afternoon: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry that Shaped Baroque Rome
Visit S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Santa Maria della Vittoria, San Andrea alle Quirinale
Day Eight: Underground Rome
Scavi Tour: Under St. Peter’s to the Final Resting Place of the Apostle Peter
Final Dinner and Trivia Night
Day Nine: Travel
Depart Rome