For those participants not living on campus, the Spring course may also be taken through the Internet. The field trip will be organized as follows. Each day will concentrate on works and sites associated with a single humanist. Class members will select these topics from a list that includes Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Brunelleschi, Alberti, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Lorenzo de' Medici, Fra Angelico, Masaccio, Donatello, Botticelli, et al. A day trip to neighboring San Gimignano is also planned.
Financial assistance is available.
Registration will be for Summer, 2001. Graduate credit is available. This course is open to university students of any age in any discipline. An interview with the course leader and two letters of recommendation from former teachers are required. Dr. Bleyle is professor of music and has been on the ISU faculty since 1962.