Engineering Perspectives of the Renaissance
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Read more: Fresh Fresco
Before coming to Italy and taking our classes, I had no idea just how much chemistry was behind some of the most iconic pieces of…
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Read more: Frescos in ItalyAfter attending the Fresco workshop, it made it all the more impressive how these artists in history were able to create such large frescos that…
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Read more: Pienza Power
After physically standing in the main square of Pienza, and walking around the town, I can absolutely say with confidence that this city feels like…
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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: Stumbling into a Small Restaurant
Within the city of Pienza, all of the city is very structured and boasts that its layout creates the perfect city. While it was very…
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Read more: Remembering PeinzaExploring Pienza and the Organic Farm today, there were plenty of things that were incredibly beautiful and interesting. I enjoyed how sophisicated it felt to…
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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 Supply Chain Transition from the Past to Current
In the past for Carrara, the marble had to be hand delivered, plank by plank to all of the places that the sculptor wanted it…
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Read more: Marble MadnessToday was the day trip to the Carrara marble open air quarry and mine. We drove by bus to the town of Carrara, and then…
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Read more: The Scale of the Carraraby Caiden Martos, Mechanical Engineering, Summer 2026, Florence Visiting the Carrara mines today, I was surprised just how much “stuff” there is for us to…
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