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This blog is an art history experiment for our Italian Renaissance travel course. We hope that you, our visitors, will not only take some time to read about what we are studying, but will ALSO feel free to make comments or ask us questions...especially after we see (most of) these things in person. As we travel, we will offer personal reflections on our experiences. After we fly out on the 17th, follow us as we visit Rome (May 18-20), Florence (20-24), and Venice (24-25). We return on Thursday, May 26...just in time for the holiday weekend.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Ch.1 Sculpture

+Sculptures were abundant= decoration
+Ancient sculptures provided inspiration
+Greek and Roman sculpture adopted during the Renaissance/ realism was being about with sculpture
+Sculptres were included among the Liberal Arts. Sculpting was called "stone cutting"
+When creating stone sculptures, the artist probably drew the 4 profile drawings of the image they wanted to carve on the block before carving
+The stone sculpture created in Italy was mostly made from marbles. They are created and placed near the Mt. near Carrara or Piza where the stones were found, because moving stones were difficult.
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