Instructors
Anna Maria Poma Swank (Librarian at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University, formerly librarian at the Cloisters)
Tula Giannini -- Dean, Pratt SILS
Participants
9 Pratt students (7 LIS, 2 from art program)
3 LIS students
from Simmons College
1 LIS student from the University of Hawaii
3 card-carrying librarians
The Hotel Bonifacio was home base in Florence
Libraries
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Firenze
Two National Central Libraries In Italy
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Institute and Museum of the History of Science
Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory Library at the National Astrophysical Institute
IRIS: Consortium of Art History and Humanities Libraries in Florence
Book Businesses
Casalini Libri
Museums
State Museums of Florence
Musei Fiorentini Comune di Firenze -- Palazzo Vecchio
Palazzo Medici Riccardi
Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore di Firenze
The Research Project
Design an "exhibit" of 10 objects that reveal something unique about Florence, in terms of art or history, and create a guide that describes and contexualizes the objects. One student looked at various representations of David throughout the city, another explored symbols of the Medici, such as the turtle.
My topic was “The Glorification of Actual Life in Florence” A Catalog of the Work of Domenico Ghirlandaio in Florence.
My Photos of Florence (and Rome)