To Preserve, or to not Preserve: That is the Question!
We spent the majority of last week discussing the various methods and materials used by Italian Renaissance sculptors. In class we spent a fair amount of time learning about the […]
We spent the majority of last week discussing the various methods and materials used by Italian Renaissance sculptors. In class we spent a fair amount of time learning about the […]
Last week we had the opportunity to experience for ourselves the process of creating a panel painting. We also read excerpts from Cennino Cennini’s Il libro dell’arte explaining the various steps of […]
This week we read Bocaccio’s introduction to The Decameron. It’s a grisly picture into the lives of Italians during the Black Death, which is a name I can’t hear without […]
Jacob Burckhardt in 1892 We don’t tend to think of the achievements of individual historians, and the role of their artifice, when thinking about the qualities of a specific period. […]
My name is Elizabeth Derfus. This is my fourth year in college. I spent the first two at Colorado State University studying anthropology. I transferred to Beloit College in the […]
I have always heard the Renaissance depicted as a burst of light, shattering the darkness and confusion of the middle ages. This time is talked about as a return to […]