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Learning to Draw in Florence, Italy

Andrea Fazzari Charles Cecil (center) surrounded by students and a model, in his drawing studio in Florence's Oltrarno district.

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Florence, Italy has produced some of the world's greatest painters—from Masaccio to Michelangelo. Visit one of its best-known drawing schools and discover that it's never too late to become a Renaissance man, or woman.

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Destinations: Florence

Inspired by: Art Classes in Florence — by Charles Maclean, Published Feb. 2006

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    Hotel Savoy

    Contemporary Italian interiors in a Neoclassical hotel, ideally situated for both shopping and sightseeing on Piazza della Repubblica, steps from t

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    The Continentale

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    J.K. Place, Florence

    This 20-room townhouse hotel overlooking the precision Renaissance façade of Santa Maria Novella offers attentive, personal service in intimate, co

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    Gallery Hotel Art

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    Trattoria Armando

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    Simon Boccanegra

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    Cartoleria San Frediano

    A fantastic art-supply store that carries thick drawing paper, paintbrushes, and oils. More
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    Florence Academy of Art

    The school runs an all-year drawing program and, in July, month-long courses taught in English, including Anatomy and the Figure: Drawing in the Re... More
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    Charles H. Cecil Studios

    Amateurs can sign up for the July session (from $2,541); serious students have to enroll for at least a year ($10,692) and must submit artwork to b... More
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