This elective illustration course focuses on bridging the art and culture of the Italian Renaissance to the contemporary illustrator in Florence, the birth place of the Italian Renaissance and home to many famous artists such as Michelangelo, Botticelli Brunelleschi and Leonardo da Vinci. Students spend the majority of the class time outside exploring this city's magnificent architecture, paintings and sculptures of the era. The class visits museums, churches and the beautiful town of Fiesole.

Students paint and sketch against the back-drop of this most beautiful and historic city and learn to paint in egg tempera, a medium of choice of many Renaissance artists such as Botticelli.

Besides the visual arts, students will also have ample opportunity to savor the culture of Italy. In their free time they can plan their own travel to other magnificent cities such as Rome and Sienna to feast their eyes on more historic masterpieces.