Class today focused on art in 13th and 14th century Italy. This was the beginning of the Renaissance, a period of rebirth of ancient Roman and Greek ideals which manifested in a new appreciation for art. Florence and Siena especially were prominent cities for the arts, including with their architecture. The campaniles and battlements were especially interesting because of their uniqueness when compared to modern buildings. The tall towers and strong, fortress appearance of the town halls, including rustication with pietra forte, were a symbol of power for the prideful cities. Today, town halls or other buildings in a city’s center square are built with fewer embellishments and make less of a statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Altarpieces were some of the earliest Renaissance works because churches could afford to commission the paintings and had the space to display the large panels. One analyzed in class was St. Francis<\/em> by Bonaventura Berlinghieri. The large portrait of St. Francis, part of the Mendicant Order and canonized in 1228, depicts him in the center with the wounds of Christ and surrounds him with scenes from his life. The large tempura panel hung behind the altar in the Church of St. Francesco where the priest would face during the transubstantiation for the body of Christ during communion. Because of this, altarpieces contained religious scenes or figures, including St. Clare or the famous image of Enthroned Madonna and Child<\/em> by Cimabue. These works of art enhanced the religious belief and were symbols of faith for early Italy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Class today focused on art in 13th and 14th century Italy. This was the beginning of the Renaissance, a period of rebirth of ancient Roman and Greek ideals which manifested in a new appreciation for art. Florence and Siena especially were prominent cities for the arts, including with their architecture. The campaniles and battlements were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18379,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18379"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1555,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553\/revisions\/1555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}