2005 - Destination Rome, Paris, London

During spring semester, 2005, 5 MSU students traveled through Europe with MSU faculty member Robert Kibler (English and Humanities), to visit Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Florence, Paris, and London. Along the way they stood in the midst of the Roman Forum, tossed coins into the Trevi Fountain, beheld Michelangelo’s Pieta in St. Peter’s Cathedral, climbed the Eiffel Tower, took ship down the Seine, traveled to the palace of Versailles, and witnessed the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. Students earned university course credit in coordination with their travels, and learned to identify scores of classical, renaissance, and baroque works or art. They also researched such topics as the ‘The Vitruvian Architect as Artist in Classical Rome,’ ‘Fishy Fast Food in Pompeii," ‘Perspective in Italian Renaissance Art.’

Photos

Temple of Zeus with original head, central pavilion on Pompeii, Vesuvius behind	Statues in the Tuileries, Paris
Spanish Steps, Rome	Seafood Restaurant in Latin Quarter, Paris
Roman Copy of Greek Myron's Discus Thrower, Vatican	Remains of the Roman Forum
Notre Dame, Paris	Mt Vesuvius over Pompeii
Millstone at Pompeii bakery	Michelangelo's Pieta
Kibler at the Coloseum	MSU students in front of Notre Dame, Paris
Diana, at Tempe of Apollos and Diana, Pompeii	Greek Rest, Latin Quarter, Paris
Detail mural from Pompeii house	Detail mural from Pompeii house
Apollo, at Temple of Diana and Apollo, Pompeii	Coloseum, from the Sacred Way, Rome
Changing of Guard St James Court, London	The very cool and popular Smart Car of Europe
Changing of Guard St James Court, London	Diana of Ephesus, the Vatican
Hall of Maps, in the Vatican	John Paul's new tomb, Vatican
Just another hallway full of great art in the Vatican	Queen Victoria Seated in Centre of Buckingham Palace Fountain