TUSCANY
Tuscany has been burdened by generations of
travelers’ tiresome observations and volumes of the
precious opinions of art historians. Indeed! The
modern tourist and student probably spend more time
reflecting upon other travelers’ observations and
absorbing other scholars’ opinions regarding the
Tuscans than they do in examining the Tuscans for
themselves. So, let’s set aside our Vasaris, Ruskins,
Burckhardts, and Baedekers and take a look at the
Tuscans over the ages as they saw and described
themselves. Our guides will be their civic buildings,
their crafts and artifacts, their financial records,
journals, churches, war songs and tombs.
Tuscany has been burdened by generations of
travelers’ tiresome observations and volumes of the
precious opinions of art historians. Indeed! The
modern tourist and student probably spend more time
reflecting upon other travelers’ observations and
absorbing other scholars’ opinions regarding the
Tuscans than they do in examining the Tuscans for
themselves. So, let’s set aside our Vasaris, Ruskins,
Burckhardts, and Baedekers and take a look at the
Tuscans over the ages as they saw and described
themselves. Our guides will be their civic buildings,
their crafts and artifacts, their financial records,
journals, churches, war songs and tombs.
LECTURES:
111 DVD. 6 lectures on DVD $48.00.
112 CD. 6 lectures on audio CD $30.00.
113 Tape. 6 lectures on audio tape $38.00.
- Etruscans, Romans and Germans.
- The Revival of the Cities: Trade & Commerce.
- The Revival of the Cities: Turmoil.
- Tuscan Romanesque and Gothic.
- The Florentine Enlightenment.
- The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici.
111 DVD. 6 lectures on DVD $48.00.
112 CD. 6 lectures on audio CD $30.00.
113 Tape. 6 lectures on audio tape $38.00.
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