Applications
are now being accepted for our new Pratt-SACI Florence 09 summer
program offering two 3-credit courses. Students may choose to
take the Florentine Art & Culture course only. Credits may be
applied toward Pratt's certificate programs.
Graduate students in library and information science, arts and
humanities and professionals in these fields are eligible to
apply. Contact: 212-647-7682
FLORENTINE
ART
AND CULTURE
MUSEUM & LIBRARY RESEARCH & DOCUMENTATION
MUSEUM & LIBRARY RESEARCH & DOCUMENTATION
The
School of
Information & Library Science (SILS)
in collaboration with the School of Architecture
invites applications for Pratt-SILS Program Florence
ANNOUNCING A NEW Pratt-SACI 6-CREDIT FLORENCE 09 SUMMER PROGRAM
This 3-credit course is part of our new 6-credit Florence program with SACI. Experience life at the intersection of art, architecture and information. Immerse yourself in Florentine culture through its museums and libraries. Develop your knowledge and skills attending lectures and demonstrations and carrying out research. Whether you aspire to being a librarian or art historian, this course will enrich your understanding, placing you at the heart of your profession. Contact
in collaboration with the School of Architecture
invites applications for Pratt-SILS Program Florence
ANNOUNCING A NEW Pratt-SACI 6-CREDIT FLORENCE 09 SUMMER PROGRAM
This 3-credit course is part of our new 6-credit Florence program with SACI. Experience life at the intersection of art, architecture and information. Immerse yourself in Florentine culture through its museums and libraries. Develop your knowledge and skills attending lectures and demonstrations and carrying out research. Whether you aspire to being a librarian or art historian, this course will enrich your understanding, placing you at the heart of your profession. Contact
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 Florence Panorama
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 Della Robbia - lute player |
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When the museums, libraries and cultural sites of Florence become your workplace - research becomes your passion. Subito - a real leaning experience occurs. With visits to the great churches, museums, archaeological sites, libraries, and parks of Florence, students document their research with photographs, drawings, and notations to be included in an extensive visual diary from which they identify a research theme illustrating a collection of related artifacts. LIS students produce a museum exhibition catalog drawn from thier daily research and experiences. Syllabus: http://pratt.edu/~infosils/florence-syllabus08.html  Two
Twining Fellowships: Florence, each $3,600, are awarded on a
competitive basis - one to an LIS student and one to an
architecture student. Fellowship students are required to carry
out a research project focused on the Medici of Florence. Above: Cameo, plasma in gold setting: Alessandro de'Medici, Duke of Florence. c1535. RESOURCES: Several weeks before the course begins, we will post readings, online resources and course daily schedule of events, visits and lectures. Italian Language Resources The course will be taught in English; however, reading ability in Italian is helpful. Class Visits - Fiesole & Sienna  Fiesole - Morning visit to Casalini Libri and afternoon visit to Villa I Tatti. Sienna - A day trip to Sienna (date to be announced).  Piazza del Campo - Siena Guided by guided by Professor Anthony Caradonna, students will study the art and architecture of this magnificent medieval town. Rome Visit - Cultural Heritage Conservation class visits Rome. Students may also choose to spend a weekend in Rome. Among the many site students visit are the Vatican, and the Villa Medici.  RESEARCH SITES:  Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Fienze - Reading Room (Students obtain library cards for regular study at the BNCF.  Uffizi Library - is part of IRIS- Consortium of art history and humanities libraries in Florence. Established since 1993, it is composed of the Berenson Library; the library of the Dutch University Institute for Art History in Florence; the library of the Uffizi; the library of the Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell'Arte R. Longhi; the library of the Instituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento; the library of the Officio delle Pietre Dure; and the library of the Università Internazionale dell'Arte. Uffizi Gallery - The Uffizi Gallery, founded in Florence in 1581 by the De Medici family, is one of the oldest museums in the world containing many important works of Italian and other schools dating from between the 14th and 18th centuries, including the largest existing collection of Tuscan Renaissance paintings. Virtual Uffizi, the complete catalog - http://www.arca.net/uffizi/ |
Archivo di Stato Di Firenze
CULTURAL VISITS During the first 2 weeks of the Institute, we visit important museums and art libraries and of Florence, dividing our time between the study of art and artifacts, cultural landscape, art documentation and bibliographic resources. Libraries, a sampling Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Uffizi Library Biblioteca Laurenziana Villa Berenson /I Tatti (Harvard University) Fondazione Roberto Longhi Biblioteca dell’Universita degli Studi di Firenze Monuments, a sampling Santa Croce / Cappella dei Pazzi Santa Maria Novella / Chiostri Santa Maria del Fiore / Campanile di Giotto Battistero di San Giovanni Cappelle Medicee / Chiesa di San Lorenzo Orsanmichele San Miniato al Mont |
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 ACCOMMODATIONS - We recommend that Florence sutdents stay at the SACI apartments. The cost for a double occupancy room is $1,470 for the length of the program - May 21 to Jue 19. For an additional $500 students may select a single room. For other accomodations see course syllabus under "practical matters." |
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 Pratt students at the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo,
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| SCHEDULE (consult syllabus for daily schedule http://pratt.edu/~lis-dean/florence-syllabus08.html) Summer 09 expanded schedule to be added soon! Below is summer 08: Dates: May 21 -June 12 Plan to arrive the Thursday or Friday before the program begins on Monday May 25. Students have the option of arriving earlier but must make sure that they have made housing arrangments. Florentine Art & Culture meets: Mon., Wed. and Fri. Cultural Heritate Preservation meets: Tues. and Thurs. May 21, Thursday - Arrive in Florence. Participate in the SACI orientation program. May 25, Monday - A walking architectural tour of Florence guided by Prof. Caradonna. Institute Schedule: Three weeks, Monday, Wednesday and Friday (approx. 9AM-5PM), times may vary by day depending on library and museum schedules. Week 1-2: Lectures/demonstrations by curators and librarians at museums, libraries and archives in Florence enriched by seminar sessions. Students learn not only about Florentine art, but the resources and documentation for its study, as well as Italian perspectives on art and information. By the end of the first week's activities, students should identify their topic/ theme of interest on which their course project will be based. Week 3: Students do research at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, the Uffizi Library and other art libraries on topics based on the art and culture of Florence and the library's collections. Each student produces a final project in the form of a research and exhibition catalog based on the student's topic/ theme. APPLICATION The Institute is open to students enrolled in graduate programs or holding graduate degrees in library and information science, the arts and humanities, interested in research in the Art and Culture of Florence. We encourage students to apply as early as possible as a maximum of 16 students will be accepted to the program. Click for application form. CONTACT: For further information or questions - email the Pratt-SILS office: infosils@pratt.edu or call 212-647-7682. Information to include with application: Fill out the application form and include a resume indicating undergraduate degree, graduate study and or graduate degree(s), related work experience and a statement on professional goals and your interest in the Florence program.Your full name, address, e-mail and telephone number. Send application and materials to: Florence Program: Pratt Institute, School of Information & Library Science, 144 West 14th Street - 6th floor, New York, NY 10011. COST Application fee: Non Pratt students should include a $50 application fee. International fee: all students pay a $375 international fee which applies to student activities, dinners and events. Tuition for the course is that of a 3-credit course = $2,700. Deposit - Once a student is notified of acceptance, a $400 deposit will be required to hold a place in the course. The deposit will be applied toward the course tuition. Full Payment - Payment in full is due by April 15. COURSE REGISTRATION: SILS students register for LIS 697- Florentine
Art & Culture: Museum and Library Research &
Documentation.
Send application forms and payments to:
Florence Program, School of Information & Library Science, Pratt Institute 144 West 14th Street 6ht floor, New York, NY 10011. RT Airfare to Florence: Students make their own arrangements for travel to Florence to accommodate individual travel needs, departure cities and return dates. Students are encouraged to book early and to use agencies that offer student fares or other special rates. Estimated RT airfare New York/ Florence - $750. ********************************************* PEOPLE |
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 Dean
Giannini in Florence Café
We welcome you to Pratt-SILS International
Programs. Now with exciting summer programs in Florence and London, we know that your program participation and
experience
will enrich your education and bring new perspectives to your studies
in art and information both in theory, research and practice.Tula Giannini, PhD, MLS, MM. Dean Pratt-SILS Coordinator, Pratt-SILS International Programs. Course Instructor: Professor Anthony Caradonna, Associate Professor Pratt School of Architecture; email acaradon@pratt.edu  Professor Caradonna is a graduate of Pratt Institute and the
Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He is a partner in his
own firm OPUS X LLC, a recipient this year of an ID Magazine furniture award.
He has taught at Parsons School of Design, Columbia University, Cornell
University and since 1993 Pratt Institute where he served as
Undergraduate Chair of the Department of Architecture and was
the Rome Program's coordinator and is currently a member of the Rome
faculty. Professor Caradonna's design firm founded 1997 is an interdisciplinary firm specializing in architecture, interiors, lighting, and furniture, textile, and object design. His in-depth knowledge of Italian art, design and architecture as both a practitioner, artist and researcher, makes him ideally positioned to teach this interdisciplinary course so that it speaks to both students of art, architecture and information from buildings and monuments of Florence to its museums and libraries. CONTACT Please address your questions to: Quinn Lai, Research and Acedemic Assistant School of Information and Library Science Pratt Institute 144 West 14th St. 6th. fl. New York, NY 10011 email: qlai@pratt.edu |
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