Leonardo self-portrait?

The Art & Language Journey in Italy is an intensive and life touching experience. A journey through Italy and into yourself.

You visit some of the most beautiful Italian cities, participate in a Renaissance dinner and meet with renowned Italian art curator Manuela Gandini, author of best seller "Ileana Sonnabend. The Queen of Art", and writer for the most important Italian newspapers and art magazines.

The journey starts with each student presenting his/her "self-portrait". It can be a picture, a drawing, a poem, a text, a song...

YOU DON'T NEED TO BE AN ARTIST to create your self-portrait and to participate in this journey.

You just need to be interested in exploring art, Italy and the human being!

The journey develops with the analysis of some Renaissance masterworks: what they represent, how they are related to the Italian language and culture, how they are related to our person, how they can inspire us, how we can apply their brilliant insight to our daily life and work.

It analyzes where Italian modern art is moving now, and how it relates to the Renaissance (if it does).

You practice the language and the culture intensively. Classes are one hour and a half each day for six days, in addition to the presence of the teacher/educational producer during the entire journey for conversation, questions, etc.

Each Italian Language and Culture Session provides Italian language exercises.

Morover, participants receive FREE access to ALL CyberItalian Self-Study courses.

Discover the beauty of Italy

The course ends with an online exhibition of the new "self-portrait" each participant will complete during the journey.

Max 16 participants.

Program -Prices

• Day 1 - Arrival in Rome
  Group or individual pick up with private transfer from airport to hotel. Check in at the hotel. Free time. Informal meeting around 6 pm. After dinner in a typical restaurant, departure for a city tour with a local guide: Rome by night.

• Day 2 - The Eternal City
  After breakfast, departure for a visit of ancient Rome (Coliseum, Imperial Forum) with local private guide. Stop for lunch. Afternoon: visit of Galleria Borghese Museum & the Villa.
  Italian Language and Culture - Session 1 - Identity, the individual and the exchange with others (greetings and use of the articles). Presentation of current self-portraits. Class starts at 6 pm.
  Dinner in a typical trattoria in Trastevere.

• Day 3 - Roma - Bologna
  After breakfast, departure for a visit of the Vatican Museums with a local private guide. Stop for lunch in a restaurant nearby the Vatican. Departure for Bologna.
  Italian Language and Culture - Session 2 - Difference between 'eating and nourishing ourselves' (nouns and verbs). Class starts around 6 pm. Dinner at the hotel.
  

• Day 4 - Bologna
  After breakfast, departure for a city tour with a local private guide: Santo Stefano, Torri, strada Maggiore. Museo Morandi. Stop for lunch in a restaurant. Optional - depending upon availability - meeting with artist Betty Zanelli, professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti. Free time/creative work. Dinner at the hotel.
  

• Day 5 - Bologna - Milano
  After breakfast, Italian Language and Culture - Session 3 - Sacred and profane love. Harmony. Passion in life; alignment between our internal values and our actions (agreements and descriptions). Class starts at 8,30 pm. Departure for Milano. Stop for lunch. City tour with local private guide: Santa Maria delle Grazie, Duomo, San Satiro.
  Dinner in a typical restaurant nearby the hotel.
  

• Day 6 - Milano
  Italian Language and Culture - Session 4 - Balance between work and rest. The emotional and rational side. Who is the Renaissance man? Who is the Modern man? (Different pasts: imperfetto, passato prossimo e passato remoto). Class starts at 9 am.
  Meeting with renowned art curator Manuela Gandini. Visit of artist studios. Dinner in a restaurant.

• Day 7 - Milano - Firenze
  Italian Language and Culture - Session 5 - The expression of self. Emphasis and expression (pronouns). Class starts at 8:30 am.
  Departure for Firenze. City tour with local private guide. Renaissance dinner.

• Day 8 - Firenze - Roma
  Morning visit of the Uffizi with local private guide. Free time/creative work. Lunch in a winery. After lunch departure for Rome. Dinner at the hotel.

• Day 9 - Roma
  Visit of Rome Underground with local private guide. Stop for lunch. Free time/creative work.
  Italian Language and Culture - Session 6 - Perspective. Having a vision. Creating the foundation for dialogue and exchange among human beings (subjunctive). Class starts at 6 pm.
  After dinner: presentation of current self-portraits and photo time.

• Day 10 - Departure
  Free time. Group or individual transfer to airport FCO – End of services.

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