One thing I really liked from this week’s readings and digital resources was the article about church decoration in Rome from 1500-1700. It talked about the church decoration before 1575, from 1575 to 1600, and the early Christian Revival and gives detailed examples of all of these different styles. As a big fan of architecture, before reading these articles, I thought the church decoration style have not changed and almost stayed the same over time. However, after reading the article, I found I am wrong.
Another thing I really liked about our lecture is about the Carracci family. I really like how Annibale Carracci painted “The Butcher Shop.” During that time period, I think most of the artisans still focus more on religious-related art, Annibale was the one who has his unique style called Naturalism. I like how detailed when he was painting the butchers. Unlike the clothing that would appear in those religious artworks, these butcher’s clothes look natural and normal.
I feel like the most exciting digital project would be the Baroque Rome Project, not because it is one highly related to our class but also how much effort the team put into it. I really like how they explained it. While we were visiting ECDS, I really like the questions my classmates asked as well. I tried to think about the use of these projects other than academics, and I feel like the team could collaborate with the documentary film crew. In that way, I think they could utilize that project with those Rome historians and documentary film crew, to create an excellent documentary to educate people who are interested in Ancient Rome.
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