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Art inSight Spring Study Tour • • • May 11-22, 2020 VIENNA: The Imperial City, Old Masters to Modernity Explore great art museums, splendid architecture, and a powerful musical heritage Itinerary, designed to accommodate the richness of evening performing arts events: Monday May 11 -- Travel from USA to Vienna Tuesday May 12 -- Arrival and Welcome Airport arrival and transfer into the city Welcome Afternoon Tea and hotel check in: luxury Hotel Bristol (on the Kärtner Ring, adjacent to the Staatsoper) Wednesday May 13 – Modern Art in Vienna 9:30a Upper Belvedere Museum, splendid palace complex with major collection of Austrian art (with lunch) 1:30p Leopold Museum, concentrated collection of the avant-garde Secession artists 4:00 Secession (1902, the ultimate venue for the Viennese avant-garde) Thursday May 14 – Landmarks in Vienna’s Suburbs 9:00a Wotrubakirche (1970s), Church of the Holy Trinity in the “Brutalist” style of modern sculptor Fritz Wotruba 10:30 Klimt Villa, restored home/studio of Klimt’s final years 11:00 Schönbrunn Palace, imperial summer residence, a center of culture in Maria Theresa’s times (with lunch*) 3:15p Hietzing Cemetery, resting place of Viennese arts notables Klimt and Wagner Friday May 15 – City History and Modern Monuments 10:00 Vienna Museum “MUSA” 11:30a Votivkirche (the 19th century’s popular Gothic Revival style, completed 1879) 12:30p Pasqualatihaus, Beethoven’s rooms with artifacts from the period of his middle symphonies 1:30 Ephrussi Palace, Russian family and residence made famous by The Hare with Amber Eyes: lunch* 3:00 Burgtheater, glittering Ringstraße monument sumptuously decorated by Klimt and associates in the 1880s 4:30 Freud Museum [if open], his home/office from 1891 until he fled Austria in 1938; original furnishings, etc. Saturday May 16 – Out and About 10:00a Klosterneuberg Abbey (founded by Leopold); key treasure the elaborate gold Verdun Altar, 1181 4:00p Church of St Leopold (Austria’s patron saint), “Kirche am Steinhof,” key Secession architectural monument Sunday May 17 -- Heart of the City 10:00a Albertina Museum, famous museum of works on paper, e.g., Dürer watercolors (lunch) 2:00p Jewish Museum of Vienna 3:15 St. Stephens Church (Stephansdom, medieval cathedral, f. 1137, devoted to Vienna’s patron saint) Monday May 18 -- FREE DAY Tuesday May 19 – The Arts of the Imperial Capital 10:00a Kunsthistoriches Museum, f. 1871: The diverse Habsburg collections (lunch) 1:30p Hofburg Museum (Imperial palace of the Habsburgs) 3:30 Short driving tour of other city sights Wednesday May 20 – Viennese Creatives 10:00a MAK, Vienna’s Museum of Decorative Arts & Design (lunch*) 1:30p Mozarthaus, the composer’s only surviving Vienna residence, lived there 1784-87 3:00p Kunst Haus Wien (Hundertwasser, c. 1990) Thursday May 21 -- Finale MORNING AND AFTERNOON FREE 6:30p Kunsthistoriches Museum: Farewell dinner with galleries open for strolling between leisurely courses Friday May 22 – Departure from Vienna to your home destination INCLUSIONS: Hotel 10 nights, breakfast daily, porterage, gratuities, all museum admissions, guides, chartered transportation (coach/taxi) daily; welcome tea, farewell dinner, *several lunches; readings packet and commentary throughout by art historian Karen Pope • • • GROUP SIZE LIMITED TO 12 Art inSight Study Tour :: VIENNA 2020 :: REGISTRATION FORM Name: _______________________________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________________ Zip ______ Phone (cell preferred): ______________________________ Email: _____________________________ Payment (land portion—check to Four Seasons Travel) FINAL PAYMENT due Feb. 28, 2019 ! $ 1000.00 deposit, due October 30, 2019 ! $ 4825.00 (balance/sharing double) Roommate: ________________________________________ ! $ 1325.00 (supplement for single room) Travel Protection (land portion of the tour) recommended and available through Four Seasons; insurance to cover deposit, if non-refundable, available with completed registration form Payment (land portion) Terms of cancellation: ! Check: $ _________________ #____________ Up to March 31, 2020 100% refund less $400 Up to April 30, 2020 50% refund less $400 ! Credit card (add 3% surcharge): After April 30 No refund ! Visa ! Mastercard ! AmEx ! Discover Card number: _________________________ Expiration date: ______ Security Code: ________ Name on card: __________________________________________________________________ Billing address, if different than address above: ________________________________________ Medical issues, allergies, dietary requests? ________________________________________________ AIRFARE: Additional; call Four Seasons to arrange, if you wish to travel with the group Send REGISTRATION FORM and PAYMENTS to: Four Seasons Travel (512-328-2483) 10801 Watchful Fox Drive Austin TX 78704 Questions: [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] In consideration of my participation in this study tour, I hereby accept all risk to my health and of my injury that may result from such participation and I hereby release Four Seasons Travel, Art inSight Inc. and Karen Pope personally from any and all liability to me, my personal representatives, estate, heirs, next of kin, and assigns for any and all claims and causes of action for loss of or damage to my property and for any and all illness or injury to my person, including my death, that may result from or occur during my participation in the tour. I further agree to indemnify and hold harmless Four Seasons Travel, Art inSight Inc., and Karen Pope personally from liability for the injury or death of any person(s) and damage to property that may result from my negligent or intentional act or omission while participating in the tour. I HAVE CAREFULLY READ THIS AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTAND IT TO BE A RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION FOR MY INJURY OR DEATH OR DAMAGE TO MY PROPERTY THAT OCCURS WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE DESCRIBED TOUR AND IT OBLIGATES ME TO INDEMNIFY THE PARTIES NAMED FOR ANY LIABILITY FOR INJURY OR DEATH OF ANY PERSON AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY CAUSED BY MY NEGLIGENT OR INTENTIONAL ACT OR OMISSION. Registering Tour Participant: __________________________ Date Signed: ____________ 2019 .