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In the Footsteps of Caravaggio Milan to Naples IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CARAVAGGIO MILAN TO NAPLES SEPTEMBER 13-29, 2017 TOUR LEADER: DR KATHLEEN OLIVE IN THE FOOTSTEPS Overview OF CARAVAGGIO Academy Travel is proud to offer a tour that explores the work of exceptional artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. His chiaroscuro MILAN TO NAPLES technique, accentuating the dramatic contrasts between light and shade, control of the oil medium, and infusion of emotional intensity and the Tour dates: September 13-29, 2017 theatre of everyday life ensure that his works continue to captivate art lovers. Tour leader: Dr Kathleen Olive This 17-day tour surveys the majority of Caravaggio’s work throughout Italy, from his early days as a painter of natura morta (still life), to his Tour Price: $8,760 per person, twin share mature works in Rome and Naples’ chapels. We also see key works of the Single Supplement: $1,950 for sole use of period in their architectural context, from Caravaggio and Raphael’s canvases, to Bernini’s sculpture and Borromini’s architectural virtuosity. double room Explore world-class art galleries, opulent churches and chapels to admire a Booking deposit: $500 per person broad selection of Caravaggio’s work. Trace the artist’s fascinating life in Italy, traversing Italy’s boot from north to south, starting with his birthplace, Recommended airline: Emirates visiting the various cities in which he lived and worked, and the beach where he died. The tour offers a variety of experiences and landscapes Maximum places: 20 from the tranquil waters of Lake Iseo to a day in the Tuscan countryside Itinerary: Milan (4 nights), Florence (4 nights), and a musical concert dedicated to Caravaggio’s vision in a glorious Roman palace. Rome (4 nights), Naples (4 nights) The journey has all the characteristics of an Academy Travel tour – four- Date published: September 27, 2016 night stays in small, friendly hotels which have been personally inspected by our staff, background talks before site visits and a maximum group size of just 20. Your tour leader Dr Kathleen Olive has more than 15 years’ experience leading tours to Italy. She has a PhD in Italian literature, regularly presents popular courses at Sydney University’s Centre for Continuing Education and at the WEA, Sydney, and speaks fluent Italian. Kathleen has a specific interest in Italian culture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, from the connections between the literature of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio and the painting of Giotto, through to the control of cultural life under Florence’s Medici family. Renaissance culture has also been the focus of Kathleen’s academic research, and in 2015 her critical edition of a key Italian text – the Codex Rustici, a commonplace book compiled and illustrated by a 15th-century Florentine goldsmith – was published by Olschki. Together with co-author Nerida Newbigin, Kathleen was in Florence when this publication was presented to Pope Francis I as an official gift on his first trip to the city, and Enquiries and it has subsequently been launched at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, the bookings Vatican Museums in Rome, the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Florence (Italy’s Library of Congress) – and even at the Custodia della Terra Santa For further information and to in Jerusalem! secure a place on this tour “Kathleen was an outstanding tour leader. She was exceptionally please contact Kathy knowledgeable and a gifted presenter. She went above and beyond, Wardrop at Academy Travel looking after group members’ individual needs and making sure everyone on 9235 0023 or 1800 639 was happy. Her obvious passion for Italy was infectious. I would love to do 699 (outside Sydney) or email a tour with her again.” Feedback from Academy Travel’s Grand Tour of [email protected] Italy, April 2015 Tour Highlights CARAVAGGIO’S MOST FAMOUS WORKS See Caravaggio’s most famous works in situ in Rome, including his powerful Conversion of Saul and Martyrdom of Paul at Santa Maria del Popolo, San Luigi del Francesi’s St Matthew and the nearby Pilgrim Madonna in Sant’Agostino HIDDEN GEM MUSEUMS AND REGIONAL MASTERPIECES Visit small but world-class museums such as the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan and the Galleria Borghese in Rome, and see fine works – Correggio and Parmigianino in Parma; Pontormo outside Florence – in difficult-to-access places PALAZZO COLONNA Visit this beautiful family palace in Rome to see its impressive galleria, with wonderful Baroque works by Caravaggio’s most accomplished contemporaries LEONARDO DA VINCI’S LAST SUPPER Admire one of the world’s most famous works of art for yourself at the Santa Maria delle Grazie convent ICONIC ITALIAN LANDSCAPES From the tranquil waters of Iseo, in the Italian lakes district, to the rolling hills of Tuscan wine country, the picturesque harbour of Porto Ercole and the dramatic backdrop of Mount Vesuvius in Naples Above: Caravaggio’s Pilgrim’s Madonna in the Church of Sant’Agostino in Rome and Rest on the Flight into Egypt in the Doria Pamphilj Gallery of Rome CARAVAGGIO: TURMOIL AND TRANQUILLITY Caravaggio’s art was uncompromising and controversial producing some of the most “quiet” or tranquil paintings from the moment the Lombard painter emerged on the imaginable. His lovely Rest on the Flight into Egypt (ca 1597, Roman scene at the turn of the 17th century. From his now in Rome’s Doria Pamphilj Gallery) shows Joseph riotous but naturalistic still life paintings, to his revolutionary awkwardly yet patiently holding a musical score up to a use of light and shade (chiaroscuro) and dramatic way of beautiful adolescent angel. The angel’s violin-playing capturing the moment, the artist was ever the virtuoso. soothes the baby Jesus who dozes in Mary’s warm embrace. Michelangelo di Merisi da Caravaggio played as hard as he worked, and was constantly in trouble. Most of what we Another favourite is his Pilgrim’s Madonna (ca 1604-1606), know about his life comes from surviving legal documents: still hanging in the Roman church for which it was the skirmishes he got into with rival painters, his penchant commissioned. Caravaggio lived around the corner from for hanging around with louche lads and beautiful prostitutes Sant’Agostino, and knew a number of the courtesans who – even official reports that he threw a dish of artichokes in had a particular devotion to a miraculous image still the face of a waiter who’d insulted his friends, and skipped preserved here. Many of the sumptuous chapels were, in out on a rental contract with a substantial amount owing to fact, commissioned by wealthy working women, and it was his disgruntled landlady. even Caravaggio’s choice to have a prostitute model for this altarpiece, representing no less than the Virgin Mary! This When he murdered a man on a tennis court in Rome in was a controversial decision – as was the “indecorous” 1606, however, Caravaggio crossed a line even his representation of dirty feet on the pilgrims kneeling before important patrons couldn’t draw him back from and he fled – her – but there is no denying the beautiful realism first to Naples, then to Malta and Sicily – inspiring Caravaggio shows in the mother-child relationship. A toddler subsequent generations of painters wherever he went. It’s Jesus clutches his mother’s breast in an entirely natural way, even been suggested that he ushered in the Baroque style in and she balances his weight on her hip as she silently Rome – its theatricality is linked to his interest in dramatic acknowledges the humble pilgrims before them. emotional contrasts, its elaborate decoration seemingly at odds with his drive to copy from nature – and modern artists, It is perhaps precisely these tensions – between violence from Bacon to Hockney and Currin, acknowledge his impact and peace, beauty and humility, Caravaggio’s careful skill on their work. and own complicated life – that beg as many questions as they resolve, and still attract us to the painter’s work. Despite the turmoil of his life, Caravaggio was capable of Detailed itinerary Included meals are shown with the letters B, L and D. Wednesday 13 September Arrival This afternoon tour leader Dr Kathleen Olive meets the group at the hotel and we walk to the nearby cathedral to ascend to the panoramic terraces. There is a light dinner in the hotel. Overnight Milan (D) Thursday 14 September Leonardo and optical science A still life painter, Caravaggio was interested in optics in order to depict transparent objects. After 1495 Renaissance optics were revolutionised by Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper. Following our booked visit, we see Leonardo’s Above: The Gothic cathedral of Milan, dedicated to St Mary of the Nativity, is the largest church in Italy dramatic changes to Italian science and artistic technique reflected in his contemporary Luini’s work at San Maurizio Below: The tranquil waters of Lake Iseo, nestled in the foothills of the Alps, al Monastero Maggiore. This afternoon is at leisure to is located near the town of Caravaggio and the cities of Brescia and perhaps visit the Castello Sforzesco, the iconic fortress Bergamo; and Mantegna’s haunting Dead Christ in the Pinacoteca di Brera of Milan partially designed by Leonardo and hosting Michelangelo’s final work, the Rondanini Pietà. Overnight Milan (B) Friday 15 September Caravaggio and Lake Iseo This morning we visit the town of Caravaggio near Bergamo, where our painter spent his early years. His father worked for the marquis and Caravaggio’s connections with the Colonna would prove instrumental in his career and safety! We then continue to Lake Iseo where we tour the tranquil lake by boat, stopping at Monte Isola and enjoy lunch in an excellent restaurant.
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