Art History Alive

arthisto September 12th, 2008

A CHILD’S ROME
APRIL 10-17, 2009 ~ 8 DAYS ~ GROUP SIZE: 6-8
PRICE PER PERSON $2,800.00
Want to do something fantastic with your children or grandchildren this Spring? How about an age appropriate week together in Rome, culminating with Easter Sunday in Saint Peter’s Square? This very valuable Art History Alive tour was designed with parents, grandparents and their young people in mind. While we are there, on the spot, we will draw and discuss a simple time line of Ancient Rome so that everyone understands how and when Rome began and what contributed to its fall. We will wander and make sense of the Coliseum, the Roman Forum, and walk where Julius Cesar walked. We will visit the Vatican Museum and experience Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling together. I personally will show you hidden pictures that Michelangelo included in his paintings, but kept a secret. I will show you the only marble statue that he ever signed and explain why he did so, and why he never did again.

Easter Sunday morning we will walk to Saint Peter’s Square and gather with thousands of people from around the world to watch the pageantry and listen to the beautiful music. Picture the steps up to the facade of the Basilica completely carpeted with bright green lawn. Add to that, huge terracotta urns full of mature azelea’s blooming in all shades of pinks and purples. Tulips, daffodils, gladiolas, and on and on. The crowd that gathers in the square, many of whom have traveled thousands of miles to be there on Easter, often wear their native costumes representing such far away places as Africa and Tonga, Turkey and Ireland. Many groups bring with them their precious religious icons and present them, via musical procession, to the Pope for his blessing. Easter Sunday in St. Peter’s Square is “a happening” and resembles a U.N. Exposition. Do not miss this amazing opportunity with your children.

As an important part of experiencing the Italian culture, each day we will have delicious lunches and dinners, tasting pastas, pizzas, and of course, gelato.

An age-appropriate Study Journal will be provided for each student prior to travel. These spiral bound booklets include:

• Note-taking pages listing each site we will see
• Heavy sketching paper
• A brief history of Rome
• A packing list
• A pre-travel (optional) reading list
• Diary pages
• An autograph page for email addresses of new friends made along the way
• A pocket page for mementos

Your child’s Study Journal and pencil will be with him/her each day for note-taking and sketching. When our time together in Rome is over, this booklet makes a wonderful enrichment tool, something to share at school, and a keepsake.

An AHA week in Rome with your child or grandchild is something that you will never forget! I promise!

Physical Level: Moderate

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