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Investigating Classical Art and Architecture
January 13, 2013 Current location: Florence, Italy By: Jaan and Brenna This morning we started our adventures with a visit and tour of San Marco. It was quite interesting to see where the monks resided and also experience the differences between the frescoes painted for the public and those painted for in the sleeping rooms […]
South Africa –
1/13/13 Olivia DeSutter ‘15 When I woke up this morning, I knew that we were going to climb Lions Head mountain, but I don’t think that I realized what exactly climbing Lions Head mountain was going to entail. When looking at the mountain from Cape Town it looks impressive, but it doesn’t look like […]
First day at the beach!
Today we finally made our way through the mountains to the Pacific side of Costa Rica to go to the beach called Jaco. On our way to the beach we stopped to walk across a bridge and we saw tons of ALLIGATORS! They were just sun-bathing on the beach and hanging out in the water. […]
Our Journey to Greece!
The Olympic Quest left Minneapolis at 3:00pm on Saturday the 12th and arrived in Amsterdam around 6:00am on Sunday the 13th. The flight was largely uneventful and not particularly restful for many of us students! There were movies to watch, games to play, and radio to listen to to distract us during the flight. After […]
Not Quite There Yet…!!!
After a tearful goodbye, the group ascended the escalator to advance through the Minneapolis security checkpoint. Everything went well except for Beau Bachman’s confiscated frosting can and box of vanilla wafers. Nevertheless, once through security students disbanded to explore the airport and eat lunch. It was fun to observe new friendships being formed and the […]
Classical Art’s Influence on the Renaissance
Yesterday began with a discussion led by students, Maggie, Meredith, and Nicole. They discussed classical art and architecture that influenced the Renaissance period. Students were led in several thought provoking questions that encouraged discussion in the group as a whole. We started with individual journal entries on our prior knowledge in relation to classical art. […]
South Africa
1/6/13 Joe Poblocki ‘14 To be honest, my faith has never been a critical factor in my life decisions. I was raised Catholic, where Christmas mass is 3½ hours long and we sing minor chords and go through the same service every week. My Dad would make me come to church to compensate for […]
South Africa – a Safari
When I think about Africa, I think of sun and exotic wildlife like nothing we have in the United States. I am not much of a nature girl, but I enjoy seeing animals in their natural environment. At home, I don’t pay much attention to wildlife, and I find most of it rather mundane, possibly […]
Gustie Pride: Paralympics
This morning we met Anna Eames, a senior here at Gustavus. She swims on the Gustavus team, and also the U.S. National Team. In the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing, she won a gold medal in the 100m butterfly, as well as bronze medal. She also competed in the 2012 Paralympics in London and won a […]
Colosseum, Roman Forum, Capitoline Hill, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica in two days!
We have been busy the past two days in Rome. Yesterday, we studied ancient Rome by visiting the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Capitoline Museums. Today, we focused on the historical impact of classical Rome on Renaissance artists beginning with the Proto-Renaissance “Stefaneschi Triptych” by Giotto and ending in the Sistine Chapel with works by a […]