Her work is nothing less than magnificent.
^^ can't take photo credit ^^
She has been teaching metals for a while now. Her resume includes teaching at RISD and Penland. We at UGA Cortona Fine Art is happy to have her as one of our professors!
Thursday, April 3, 2014
|| Lola Brooks
Lola Brooks was invited this semester by the program to teach metals.
Her work is nothing less than magnificent.
^^ can't take photo credit ^^
She has been teaching metals for a while now. Her resume includes teaching at RISD and Penland. We at UGA Cortona Fine Art is happy to have her as one of our professors!
Her work is nothing less than magnificent.
^^ can't take photo credit ^^
She has been teaching metals for a while now. Her resume includes teaching at RISD and Penland. We at UGA Cortona Fine Art is happy to have her as one of our professors!
|| Drawing Study
Drawing Study of Faces #1
Pen and Watercolor
Drawing Study of Faces #2
Pen and Watercolor
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
|| Siena
Maybe you are familiar with the famous duo, Romulus and Remus? Roman mythology has it that these guys founded Rome. These twins are found through out Rome in sculptures, text, and drawings, but if you travel a bit north to Siena, you will find the state of the wolf feeding these two twins everywhere inside the city walls. Apparently, the sons of Romulus and Remus, Senio and Ascanio, founded the tuscan city of Siena. If anyone is into studying ancient rome, maybe you know what I am talk about.
When you walk into the city center you'll find the Duomo. This Duomo is breathtaking, especially at first glance. I always find myself day dreaming of the years back when these huge works of art were in process of building. How did they accomplish so many daunting tasks?? This Duomo is a Gothic example of tuscan architecture. Build just as the black plague spread like wildfire, the Duomo was not actually finished according to original plans. There was an attempting to build a much larger church. Because of the plague in 1348 - the plans had to be reworked - making the transept of the origional design the nave of the duomo. If you don't know what im talking about, the nave is what you walk down to get to the altar. This is longest section of the cross-shapped floor plan. The transept is what crosses parallel to the nave - where the altar sits in the middle of the cross section. So if you can visualize this in your head... this duomo was meant to be HUGE.
The facade is like i said, absolutely breathtaking. every inch is detailed. Included on the facade is the she-wolf sculpture i had mentioned earlier. The reference to the founding of Siena. That reflief is one of many carved from the marble found on the facade.
When you walk into the city center you'll find the Duomo. This Duomo is breathtaking, especially at first glance. I always find myself day dreaming of the years back when these huge works of art were in process of building. How did they accomplish so many daunting tasks?? This Duomo is a Gothic example of tuscan architecture. Build just as the black plague spread like wildfire, the Duomo was not actually finished according to original plans. There was an attempting to build a much larger church. Because of the plague in 1348 - the plans had to be reworked - making the transept of the origional design the nave of the duomo. If you don't know what im talking about, the nave is what you walk down to get to the altar. This is longest section of the cross-shapped floor plan. The transept is what crosses parallel to the nave - where the altar sits in the middle of the cross section. So if you can visualize this in your head... this duomo was meant to be HUGE.
The facade is like i said, absolutely breathtaking. every inch is detailed. Included on the facade is the she-wolf sculpture i had mentioned earlier. The reference to the founding of Siena. That reflief is one of many carved from the marble found on the facade.
When you walk inside its magical. The design of the floors really stole my heart away.
We got the chance to climb this tiny stair case, and to our surprise this was our view! Hello Siena
Friday, February 28, 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
|| Pisa
Like always, the Cortona Study Abroad group gets the chance to explore different towns in Italy. One of our first road trips happened to be a town many are familiar with -- Pisa! Like in all the postcards, you automatically think of the town. It is gorgeous, and the detail on this architecture that blows you mind --- however there is more to Pisa than just the tower.
For me its in the details. Ive recently found so much interest in the Marble - its an easy thing to fall in love with here in Italy. Ive been attempting to capture its beauty with documentation.
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