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Florence: Heart of the Renaissance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ute40u3lS0 0:39 Home of the Renaissance Birthplace of modern world Michelangelo’s David Botticelli’s Birth of Venus Ghiberti’s bronze gates Fra Angelico’s serene beauty The dome that kicked off the Renaissance The fall of ancient Rome Rebirth of the culture of ancient Greece and Rome To balance domes, columns and arches To revive realism and emotion The wonder of nature and the human body Beautiful people in harmonious surroundings The optimism and confidence of new age Capitalism was replacing feudalism The middleman of trade between west and east Wealthy merchant and banking families (the Medici) Commission splendid art To unleash an explosion of innovation 6:39 Florence Cathedral – the Duomo A remarkable dome, facade and bell tower Gothic cathedral capped by a spire A gaping hole Filippo Brunelleschi To inspire the Vatican Art and science combined to make beauty To reward with a great view The interior glitters with Bysantine-style mosaics To bring countless Bible stories to life To overlook creation on Judgment day To give the ultimate thumbs up… and thumbs down Angel Gabriel blows his trumpet To bring good news to the saved Lorenzo Ghiberti won the commission Bronze panels of Gates of Paradise To utilize mathematical laws of perspective A whole new perspective – depth A foreground distinction from the middle and background To become part of a scene Age of humanism Excellence was rewarded Man moved out of the shadow of church David by Donatello A freestanding male nude sculptured Art for Art’s sake David slaying the giant Goliath A celebration of the human body The palace of the Medici family Michelangelo’s David, a copy and the original The centerpiece of Academia Gallery A temple to humanism To size up Goliath Merging art and science To dissect human corpses To glorify God To exaggerate realism Symbolic of the hand of God To rise above rival city-states Lined with Michelangelo’s unfinished prisoners Struggling to break out of the marble Divinely created within the rock To chisel away the excess To reveal the figures Renaissance love of the body The Cathedral’s greatest treasures Adjacent Cathedral museum Decorating the interior with statues Realism and emotion unprecedented in European art Donatello – a ground-breaking example Balcony of the choir Exuberance of the age Happy angels celebrate the freedom and motion An eccentric, innovative, workaholic master To light up the statues with an inner spirituality or soul Mary Magdalene carved out of wood Provocative and shockingly realistic Once-beautiful body Scarred by the fires of fasting and remorse Spirit stands strong The most famous piece Pieta by Michelangelo The broken body of the crucified Christ Taller than life A self-portrait of 80-year old Michelangelo