WELCOME FRIENDS, FAMILY & FACULTY!

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.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Florence vs Pisa

The statue of "Florence's Victory Over Piza" was the most memorable piece in the Vatican museum. This piticular piece was memorable to me because the statue intertwined with the history of Florence. I also found it interesting how Florence was portrayed as a woman capturing and defeating Piza who is depicted as a muscular man with a dog. Normally, Florence used the biblical character David to simblize the city, but instead of using a biblical character, they portrays a female dominating a male.

Mari

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