cultural courses

History of Art and Architecture

Florence is well known all over the world for its Art and Architecture and walking around you will be fascinated by the cultural atmosphere of the town.

ABC school designes a course focused on Italian and Florentine Art and History based on a complete program and held by certified and specialized teachers in order to help students to understand better history, art and social background of Florence and of Italy in general.

Cultural courses in Florence

  • starting dates (from elementary to advanced levels):every Monday
  • starting dates for absolute beginners: please click here
  • duration: as many weeks as you like
  • lessons: general Italian standard course in group and 3, 5, 10 one-to-one lessons a week in the afternoon about Art or Architecture or only private tuition
  • schedule: from Monday to Friday 23, 25 or 30 lessons a week (one lesson: 55 minutes)
  • tuition: intermediate knowlegde of the Italian language
  • prices: please click here

It's also possible to design a course according to the student's needs, just click Personalized Courses or Contact us

The course is based on Important historical periods in Florence and is divided into different sections in order that you can choose the period you want to discover for your own passion or accademical or professional interests

Course's content:

Each student can carry out the program in several ways:

  1. an overview of the most important Italian artists, trends and movements with analysis of the works and visits to the monuments
  2. the study of a particular movement or artist
  3. the analysis of particular works according with student's interests or needs

Historical overview of Italy

THE XII CENTURY

  • Introduction to Romanesque architecture
  • The Romanesque in Italy
  • The Romanesque in Tuscany

THE XIII CENTURY

Architecture

  • The "Italian" Gothic
  • The Gothic in Tuscany

Sculpture

  • from Nicola Pisano to Arnolfo di Cambio

FLORENCE, SIENA AND ASSISI IN THE XIV CENTURY

  • Cimabue and Duccio
  • Giotto (Assisi, Padova and Florence)
  • Simone Martini and the Lorenzetti brothers
  • Assisi and The San Francesco Church
  • Florence in the second half of the century
  • International Gothic

THE BIRTH OF PERSPECTIVE

Architecture

  • Brunelleschi

Sculpture

  • Ghiberti and Donatello

Painting

  • Masaccio
  • Piero della Francesca
  • Paolo Uccello

THE FIRST RENAISSANCE

  • Florence in the first half of the XV century

FLORENCE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XV CENTURY

  • Lorenzo il Magnifico and his town

Painting:

  • Botticelli
  • Leonardo da Vinci

Sculpture

  • San Marco's Garden and its sculptors
  • Michelangelo

ROME DURING THE RENAISSANCE

Painting, sculpture and architecture

  • Raffaello and Michelangelo

VENICE DURING THE RENAISSANCE

Painting

  • From Giorgione to Tiziano The birth Of the Academy of Colour

FLORENCE DURING THE XVI CENTURY

  • The Grand Duchy of Cosimo I De' Medici

Architecture

  • Giorgio Vasari
  • Bernardo Buontalenti

Sculpture

  • Benvenuto Cellini
  • Giambologna
  • Bartolomeo Ammannati

ROME DURING THE XVI CENTURY

Architecture

  • Michelangelo and San Pietro's project

THE XVIIth CENTURY

  • The Baroque

Sculpture and architecture

  • Bernini and Borromini in Rome

Painting

  • The Naturalism of Caravaggio
  • Luca Giordano in Florence: Palazzo Medici's Gallery and Corsini chapel in Santa Maria del Carmime

THE XVIIIth CENTURY

  • Florence, from the Medici to the Lorena

THE FIRST HALF OF XIX CENTURY

  • The Domination of Napoleon in Italy
  • The Neoclassicism: Antonio Canova

THE SECOND HALF OF XIX CENTURY

Painting

  • The Macchiaioli
  • Florence Capital of the new Kingdom

Architecture

  • Giuseppe Poggi and the urbanistic renovation
  • Emilo De Fabris and Nicola Matas
  • The conclusion of the Cathedral and of Santa Croce church

THE XX CENTURY

  • The Avantgard Movements

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