Honors Embedded Course
ARTH111U (SP20)
Professor Elizabeth Flaherty, Art History
March 6-13, 2020
Approximately $1,400 for Honors Students, $1,850 Non-Honors Students
Prerequisites: None
Eligibility: No student conduct violations, honors priority
Program Website: https://sites.psu.edu/psulvhonorsabroad
Registration Instructions:
- Fully complete the application found online
- Bring completed application to Professor Flaherty and 2 color copies of passport
- Professor Flaherty will give student a slip to bring to registrar's office along with the $500 deposit. Registrar will then enroll students in ARTH111 for the spring. Payment of the deposit is a commitment to participate in this course and trip.
Course Description
This course is an introduction to Western art before the Renaissance, from ca. 25,000 BCE to AD 1423. The topics covered in this course include prehistoric art in Europe; art of the Near East and Egypt; Aegean art; Greek and Roman art; Early Christian, Jewish, Islamic and Byzantine art; and Medieval art including Romanesque and Gothic developments. The course is designed to meet two principal goals. The first is to increase students’ powers of visual analysis and to help them build a critical vocabulary for discussing an art object’s medium, composition, style, and iconography. The second is to foster an understanding of the deep implication of the visual arts in their social and cultural contexts. The course therefore involves significant material relating to political, economic and religious issues. It investigates problems in patronage, function, reception and censorship. It considers such intra- and cross-cultural issues as representations of gender and the incorporation of non-European art forms into the Western tradition
Included: Airline tickets, hotels, breakfasts daily, ground transportation
Not Included: Lunches, dinner, tips for guides, passport fees, and admission to most museums
Itinerary - subject to change
Day 1
Overnight flight to Naples
Day 2
Assistance and transfer to hotel in the center of Naples
Day 3
Morning city exploration including a visit of the Archeological Museum
Afternoon for academic studies
Day 4
POMPEII – tour of the ruins
Afternoon for academic studies and lecture
Day 5
ERCOLANO – tour of the ruins
Afternoon for academic studies and lecture
Day 6
Full day excursion by train to go to Rome
- Train departing around 8:00 a.m.
- Exploration of Ancient Rome: Forum and the Colosseum
- Afternoon visit Old city on your own: Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, Pantheon and Spanish Steps
- Return to Naples
Day 7
Flex day- research or lecture day
Day 8
Return to U.S.
Program Leaders
Professor Elizabeth Flaherty, Art History
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Professor Todd Retzlaff, Mathematics
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Cost & Payment
Payment for the program happens in installments according to the deadlines set below. Withdrawal from the program before departure does not guarantee a refund. Please refer to the payment instructions and withdrawal policy for more information.
| Payment | Amount | Due Date |
| Non-refundable deposit | $500.00 | Nov. 1, 2019 |
| Payment 1 | $500.00 | Dec. 1, 2019 |
| Final Payment | Remaining Balance | Jan. 17, 2020 |
| Total: | $1,400.00 or $1,850.00 |
Questions?
We'd love to help! For questions about this program, please contact Professor Flaherty.
For general questions about education abroad, please contact Matt Lockaby.
