This lecture will establish the scope and contents of the course with a survey of Florence's many faces during the Grand Tour through to Italian Unification in the mid-nineteenth century. Participants will receive access to online course materials, including reading and slide folders, along with a tour of the British Institute Library and its collections in Palazzo Lanfredini.

Detail of Giuseppe Zocchi’s View of the Arno River (1744) Museo Thyssen, Madrid

If you are in Florence and would like to attend this session in person at the British Institute Library, please follow the link to Selected Sessions. To enrol on the full course, please follow the link to Full Enrolment. If you would like to attend this session online, please follow the link to Online Sessions.

If you are unable to access our online registration portal, any form or duration of enrolment may be requested by simply sending an email to bif@britishinstitute.it