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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

Piero Della Francesca, Resurrection

Piero Della Francesca - Resurrection
 1463-1465

  • Christ stands with one foot on the edge of the sarcophagus.
  • It is also thought to be a portrait of Piero, who is the soldier without the helmet. The staff of the flag is coming down behind him, symbolizing his connection with the deity.
  • Jesus is calm and statue-esk, which is common in Piero’s style
  • The painting was originally painted for the town hall of Borgo Sanspolcro, but was later moved from this position to the adjoining room.
  • The di sotto in sù viewpoint (underneath) suggests that it was originally to be viewed from higher up.
  • He needed a work day for each face and a day for the torso, neck, and right arm of Christ.
  • Piero often applied wet cloths to the plaster at night so that he could work two days on a single section.
  • It was completed in no more than two years.

-Ry
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