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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 15, 2011

Ghirlandaio's Confirmation of the Franciscan Rule

 The artist;
Real name Dominico Bigordi, Ghirlandaio means “garland maker”
Was first a metalworker before working on painting, but eventually became popular through his paintings.
Art style shows presentation of naturalistic effects and realistic details.
Awarded many major commissions in Florence with his brother and brother in-law as assistance.
The painting; 
Located at the Sassetti Chapel
The scene takes place at Rome but the background is the image of Florence’s public square- Piazza della Signoria- representing the idea of a “new Rome”
There is a nail hole in the middle.- he attached the nail and held a string to it to mark the orthogonal of the perspective scheme and to help create the semicircular arches.
Depicts St. Francis and Pope Honorious III.
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