Feb 24, 2025 · I Tatti is dedicated to advanced research in any aspect of the Italian Renaissance.

I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies is a center for advanced research in the humanities located in Florence, Italy, and belongs to Harvard University. It also houses a library and an art collection, and it is the site of Italian and English gardens.

Since 2001, the I Tatti Renaissance Library has been the only series to make the major literary, historical, philosophical, and scientific works of the Italian Renaissance written in Latin available to a broad readership. Each volume provides a reliable Latin text together with an accurate, readable English translation on facing pages ...

I Tatti/Dumbarton Oaks Joint Fellow Architect at the Crossroads: Alevisio Novy in Renaissance Italy and the post-Byzantine Mediterranean 2024-2025 (July - December)...

I Tatti offers Fellows the precious time they need to pursue their studies with a minimum of obligations and interruptions together with a maximum of scholarly resources- a combination that distinguishes the Harvard Center from similar institutions.

The unexpected dialogue between western and eastern art has always made visits to the Villa a stimulating experience. The Berenson Art Collection serves as a continual source of inspiration for studies, publications, and informal talks at I Tatti.

The gardens and grounds of I Tatti are very much part of an integral visual experience. The gardens and the grounds constitute an inherited landscape with a strong historical component that also needs to be kept in order to offset the ravages of time.

Focusing on the major literary, historical, philosophical, and scientific works of the Italian Renaissance, the I Tatti Renaissance Library provides the original Latin text together with an accurate, readable English translation.

Villa I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy, and the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain, offer a joint residential fellowship for the 2025-2026 academic year.

I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies has been an active research center since 1961. Limited guided tours of the Villa are offered on Tuesdays or Wednesdays at 3:00 PM, see dates below.