Welcome to "Art and Experience in Medici Florence," a ten-day course at Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, on the art and social context of Florence during the Renaissance period. Through pictures and postings, we invite you to follow along with fifteen of our students as we visit and study some of the city’s key monuments, public spaces and works of art. Except for a day trip to Siena, Florence will be our home and classroom from May 28 through June 7. The following offers a taste of our progress and discoveries …