This 20-hour course is held only on one-to-one tuition basis and aims at explaining the importance of the villas in the cultural life of the Renaissance period. During the week students will attend 5 lessons (1 hour each) and take at least 5 excursions to ancient villas or historical gardens (2-3 hours each per visit). Lesson 1. Brief History of the Italian garden Lesson 2. The garden in the middle age: the cloister Lesson 3. The 15th century and Michelozzo Lesson 4. Michelozzo and the Medici’s villas Lesson 5. The Leon Battista Alberti canon: The Italian style garden Lesson 6. Mannerism and Tribolo Lesson 7. The garden of the royal palace: Boboli Lesson 8. The park of wonders: Pratolino Please note: the program may be subject to some slight variations. Price and details SGV, Italian garden and Tuscan villas, 20 hours of private tuition, €1150 Museum and bus tickets and as well as all the material. Any week throughout the year. Morning and/or afternoon, Monday through Friday.Villas and gardens in the Renaissance
Lessons at school will introduce the student to the historical events and to the most significant artistic works which marked the 15th and the 16th in Italy. Guided visits to the main Medici’s villas will integrate the school lectures.
The program
The painted garden: how artists represented the garden in their works.
The garden in the monastery and in the castle. Visit to the cloister of Santa Maria Novella church.
The public architecture designed by Brunelleschi and the private architecture by Michelozzo. Visit to Palazzo Medici Riccardi.
The Medici family and their villas on the outskirts of Florence. Visit to the Villa Medicea di Careggi.
Giuliano da San Gallo and the commissioning of Lorenzo de’ Medici. Visit to the Villa di Poggio a Caiano.
The fanciful work by Tribolo. Visit to the Villa Medicea di Castello.
Three architects for a garden: Tribolo, Ammannati, and Buontalenti. Visit to the Boboli gardens.
Buontalenti and Giambologna. Visit to Pratolino Park.Price
Enrolment fee €45Course price includes
A certificate at the end of the course.Dates
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