By Marina Tanimoto, BA 2015 Unlike in the States, Italy is very open in the display of partially butchered meat. It is not uncommon to see full legs, heads and other large body parts in local butcher shops and markets. After living on and off in Florence for two years, the brutal reality of the... Continue Reading →
By Rosanna Sumera, MA 2014-15 On April 13th, nine of the Marist-Italy MA in Museum Studies students opened their exhibition titled Mortal Veil: Michelangelo and Depictions the Human Body which focuses on three styles of Michelangelo’s figure studies: anatomy, movement and classicism. Students created this exhibition because studies of the human body have always been fundamental... Continue Reading →
