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Read more: The Renaissance’s Ideal City
Today I stood in the middle of Pienza, a small Italian town designed as the “ideal city.” Walking up and down the main street, I…
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Read more: Carrara SourcingAll materials were sourced locally during the Renaissance, requiring specific processes to harvest and transport. Excavating Carrara marble used materials like manual saws. Once blocks…
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Read more: The Art in Engineering
Learning about the many famous renaissance figures who were both creative artists and engineers showed the possible balance between the two seemingly different careers. Integrating…
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Read more: Tradition and Transformation in Florence
Human values between the Renaissance and today have changed drastically. After discussing this topic during class today, I have more ideas of why this change…
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