Hi all, we have been in Florence for a few days now. I've been enjoying my conference while Danielle has been getting some studying done. We were able to visit the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia before the conference started on Thursday. Here is Danielle with a description of the art that we saw:
At the Uffizi we saw art dating back to the gothic era. The gothic style focus more on the story of the art and less on the artwork and realism of the art itself, the art was actually meant to tell stories to the illiterate people. Therefore, it was two dimensional with figures commonly floating in space. As the Renessiant era came the art work began to focus more on the painting, style and realism of the work and less on the story. Three dimension paintings became the big thing, here we see Michelangelo, Da Vinci, and Botticelli. I actually saw a painting by Botticelli that I once tried to replicate when I was in college. The original is obviously much better than anything I can do, but I was neat to see the original of something I have attempted to recreate.
At the Accademia the obviously notable thing is the David, which is a huge statue done by Michelangelo of David before he meets with Goliath. It really is awesome to see and does not disappoint even after all the hype.
Ciao,
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