EDUC 644 - Aesthetics and Learning: Florence, Italy

(Same as IES 444.) Prerequisite, consent of instructor. This course is taught in Florence, Italy. Students explore the catalytic change in intellectual and aesthetic processes, moving from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, the confluence of forces that shaped the creative explosion of the arts in both the sacred and everyday lives of people. They investigate the paradigm shift to a new perspective, one that supports the human potential to create the aesthetic in all modes of living. Students experience art and make connections to their own aesthetic processes. Fee: TBD. (Offered interterm.) 3 credits