{"id":956,"date":"2021-09-14T14:59:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T14:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/?p=956"},"modified":"2021-09-14T14:59:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T14:59:55","slug":"ar257-first-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/2021\/09\/14\/ar257-first-class\/","title":{"rendered":"AR257 First Class"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The focus of the first class mainly concerned defining the period and differences in the ways art was perceived at the time.\u00a0 The Renaissance, as a rebirth of what had \u201cdied\u201d or been lost, is often condensed into specific areas and time periods.\u00a0 In reality, it developed and expanded both in Italy and around Europe, with some places experiencing it at vastly different times than others.\u00a0 This was interesting to discuss, as it means we must consider the intricate ways in which Renaissance art in different areas and times are connected.\u00a0 Goethe\u2019s description of the museum as feeling like a \u201cHouse of God\u201d recalls both the atmosphere of modern museums and the often religious and functional original purposes of Renaissance art.\u00a0 Utilizing a \u201cperiod eye\u201d is therefore essential, as we view art differently than people would have when it was created.\u00a0 This seems like it will take constant attention and practice, as we are used to simply viewing art as solely art and not functional objects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The focus of the first class mainly concerned defining the period and differences in the ways art was perceived at the time.\u00a0 The Renaissance, as a rebirth of what had \u201cdied\u201d or been lost, is often condensed into specific areas and time periods.\u00a0 In reality, it developed and expanded both in Italy and around Europe, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10549,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10549"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":957,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions\/957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar257-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}