Statues

I will start adding photos for your 'Trip in Review"

Statues....

We saw a LOT of statues. Michelangelo's work was of course by far the most impressive. Photos were not allowed of "David" but we saw Moses in Rome and so many more. Remember that Florence was the heart of the Renaissance and the Renaissance brought the re-discovery of the beauty and power of the human form. Therefore....fashion was not important for the majority of the statues. Therefore, few were TMA appropriate.
Creativity was important on the trip, so this creative group of students found a way to show you the statues and a part of Medici palaces and still be TMA appropriate. We had some funny shots and a lot of fun on that rainy day in Florence.
Remember also...and it was neat to explain this to students when they asked about the obsession with nudity. There is a great difference between the nudity seen in Florence and in what they are exposed to today. Today it is all about erotic nudity which is pornography.....that is what our society is exposed to in movies, tv, and all kinds of visual advertising.  In the Renaissance it was about the rediscovery of the human form and the power and beauty of what God created. When you think about how the sculptors were able to form out of marble, and that it still stands today, shows how very important humans were, and still are, in God's creation. If people only valued themselves and others as so special and valuable, I wonder what kind of society we would have today. As we were in Florence enjoying the beauty of life....in only a few days we would find the horror that was taking place in America by a gunman who had no value at all for life.

I hope the students came away with a greater value of themselves and how precious they are to God, their Creator. I hope they never let someone take that from them.