Florence was founded by ancient Romans in the 1st century BC and became an important commercial center during imperial times. The most glorious period of Florentine history came centuries later during the period of the Republic of Florence and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Between […]
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Essay | Blessings Without Number
by Wyatt Smith, M.M. ’15, organ “Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, Ita desiderat anima mea te, Deus.” These words from Psalm 42 were the theme that I held close to my heart throughout the recent study tour of Italy with the ISM. In visiting […]
Essay | Rappresentazione: Thinking Dramatic Liturgy and Liturgical Drama in Italy
by Justin E. Crisp, M.Div. ‘14 The Sienese cathedral’s baptistery lay in wait beneath the hard floor of its nave, necessitating a little underground detour from our museum tour path. In our haste to descend the stairs we had nearly missed the small cross, embedded […]