Lessons
Faith, Competition and Money
or the worksite of Piazza Duomo artists, botteghe, and buyers
A lecturethat tells the story of how an entire society worked together to build the Duomo, the Bell Tower, and the Dome, from the Guilds that financed the works to the individual artists that participated side by side in creating monuments and works of art. The lesson ends with a walk around Piazza del Duomo.
Location: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Duration: 1 1h30 session
Cost: € 4.00 per participant
Period: october 2018 - june 2019
Classes: Years 4 and 5 of primary school – middle and upper school
O Memory that set down what I saw
or Dante and the Baptistery
A special itinerary with the eyes of Dante and his verses as guide powerfully and expressively evokes the stories and images represented in the cycle of mosaics inside the Baptistery. Through what the Poet saw and masterfully described, visitors will discover how much beauty the Divine Comedy owes to the “Handsome San Giovanni”. The itinerary ends with a visit to the Baptistery.
The lesson is offered only in the month of March on the occasion of the anniversary of the Baptism of Dante Alighieri.
Location: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Duration: a 1h30 session
Cost: € 4.00 per participant
Period: october 2018 - june 2019
Classes: middle and upper schools
Clothing and accesories in the stained-glass window of the Cathedral
or when the habit makes the friar - from an idea by Timothy Verdon
A lecture that talks about fashion, costume, and exquisite craftsmanship in Tuscany in the XV century, studying the Stained-glass Windows in which the authors represented the Saints wearing clothing and accessories in the latest fashion. The lesson ends with a visit to the Sala del Tesoro and the Stained-glass Windows of the Cathedral.
Location: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Duration: 1 2-hour session
Cost: € 4.00 per participant
Period: october 2018 - june 2019
Classes: upper schools
Opera and Fabbrica - New
The great Gothic construction sites of Florence and Milan and the city's identity
Workers, bricklayers, unskilled workers, carpenters, sculptors, glaziers, architects, artists, clients: the construction of the Cathedrals required the collective work of an entire company, which in the building site was shaped by confronting experiences from all over Europe. A path, created in collaboration between the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo in Milan and the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence to explore the differences between Central Italian and Milanese Gothic, between the Republic and the Duchy, to understand how the two cities expressed their their identity and their history through art.
At the end, a visit to the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence is scheduled.
It is possible to provide for a combined route between the two locations for educational trips.
Location: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Duration: 1 incontro di 2h
Period: october 2019 - june 2020
Classes: primary school, middle school, and upper school classes