by Marco Manuel
This afternoon after the second day of Italian class we had our first in class lecture with Lisa in preparation for our trip to Orvieto this weekend. This was our first formal where we sat down and discussed about a couple various art topics so that in the later excursions of the quarter we'll be more ready and able to look at artwork with a more critical eye. We briefly touched on the concepts of perspective, depth, and space while we analyzed a few pieces of art showing how it evolved from the middle ages into the Renaissance.
The point which I found very interesting is that the the middle ages most art was done for the church and usually little credit was ever taken by the artist because art was more of a part of architecture and still considered a craft rather than appreciated as art.
We looked a few works by Giotto, Masaccio, Da Vinci, and Signorelli, who painted a majority frescoes in a church we will visit when we go to Orvieto.
Some of the works we viewed today are below.
Giotto
Masaccio, The Tribute Money
Da Vinci, Madonna of the Rocks
Signorelli
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