Newsletter Sept. 26th - October 10th

Announcements / CET Events

Sept. 27
Buon compleanno, Lucy!

Sept. 27-29
Fiorenza International Soccer Tournament. Come support our team!

Sept. 30-Oct. 3
Traveling Seminar to Rome

Oct. 4-6
Fiorenza International Soccer Tournament Play-Offs.

This week in Florence

Wed. Sept. 29
6 pm British Library Weekly Lecture: Christopher Newall, The Etruscans: Painters and Patriots
Italy, its landscape, literature, art, and history, was a central reference point for the movement of British artists known as Pre-Raphaelitism in the 1850s and 1860s. Later in the century there came about an artistic grouping which involved both British and Italian artists - the Etruscans. Led by the painter and patriot Giovanni Costa, members of this circle sought to treat landscape subjects as a means of prompting thought about the struggle for Italian unification. Writer and art historian Christopher Newall will explore the fascination that these British artists felt for Italy, their support for political unity and their depiction of the Italian landscape. Christopher Newall was co-curator of the exhibition Pre-Raphaelite Vision: Truth to Nature (Tate Britain, 2004) and of The Pre-Raphaelites and Italy (Ravenna and Oxford, 2010).


Wed. Sept. 30
Palazzo Strozzi, 7 pm, PORTRAITS AND POWER: People, Politics and Structure
Portraits of famous political figures, investigations into the lifestyle of the social elite, as well as inquiries into the power structures of international institutions. The exhibition explores portraiture and the representation of political, economical and social power in the today’s world through the works of contemporary artists. Artists: Tina Barney, Christoph Brech, Bureau d’études, Fabio Cifariello Ciardi, Clegg & Guttmann, Nick Danziger, Rineke Dijkstra, Jim Dow, Francesco Jodice, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, Trevor Paglen, Martin Parr, Wang Qingsong, Daniela Rossell, Jules Spinatsch, Hiroshi Sugimoto, The Yes Men.
www.strozzina.org www.palazzostrozzi.org

Starting Sept. 25th:
Guided tours of the Ancient Roman Amphitheater located UNDERNEATH Palazzo Vecchio.
The amphitheater, with a capacity for 15,000 spectators, is now open to tourists after 6 years of excavation. Guided tours on Saturday, Sunday and Monday (11, 2:30, 3:30 and 4:30). Reservations are required. €6.50. Tours are only held in Italian. Take advantage of this opportunity and sign up now for a tour of the amphitheater with CET on Monday, Oct. 25th! info.museoragazzi@comune.fi.it.


Anxious to explore? Suggestions in/around Florence:

This October, a series of guided walks are offered each weekend (see Aria for details if you are interested in participating):

Saturday, Oct. 9
Marble and sculptors: “La strada degli scalpellini. ll tragitto del marmot” (9 AM – 3 pm)

Saturday, Oct. 23
Firenze along the walls: Guided walk of Florence’s medieval perimeters (6 – 10 PM). Leaves from Piazza del Carmine.

Sunday, October 24
Val Di Rose e Stagni di Focognano, Pianai Park (9 AM – 5 PM)

Italian phrase of the week

“Chi non fa, non falla”
(He who does nothing makes no mistakes).

Siate coraggiosi! Be brave! Take advantage of your time in Italy to learn the language and culture, don’t be afraid to make mistakes!