Based on Professor Una D'Elia's fall 2022 seminar, ARTH 485/840: Sculpture and Theater in the Italian Renaissance: Costumes, Drama, and Ritual, art history undergraduate and graduate students have co-curated the virtual exhibition, Sculptures on Stage: The Drama of Devotion in the Italian Renaissance has just been published as a virtual exhibition.
"Today we mostly observe sculptures from afar in museums and churches and are passive spectators of theatre. Renaissance devotees, in contrast, touched, kissed, dressed, and prayed to these often life-sized effigies."Through high-resolution images and careful detail, this exhibition looks at the sculptures, liturgical rites, and sacred and secular theatre that animated the religious devotion of Renaissance Italy. "Through the lens of theatre, the sculptures speak once more, allowing us to experience their joy and grief, as if we were witnessing a live performance."
Experience Sculptures on Stage: