Villa d'Este

September 30th 2005
Another week of classes and site visits… Tuesday we visited the Museum of Roman Civilization for the Art and Culture of Italy class. The section where most of the artwork that Emilio wanted to show us was closed for renovation, so we didn’t get to see a lot of the things that we had discussed. However, a different section of the museum had been opened and Emilio was very excited to show us ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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Katie Elizabeth

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I’m a fourth year architecture major at the University of Arkansas (Go Hogs!). I’ll be spending the semester in Italy, as I am participating in our school’s study abroad program in Rome. “If I look at some excellent statue, I say within my heart: "When will you be able to remove the excess from a block of marble and reveal so lovely a figure hidden therein? When will you know how to mix different colors and spread them over a canvas or a wall and represent all visible objects by their means, like a Michelangelo, a Raphael, or a Titian?” -Galileo Galilei “Dialogue Concerning the Two ... full info

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