Can't get to Padua? See Giotto's frescos in the Arena Chapel in 360 VR

Take a guided virtual tour of the Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, in Padova, Italy - thanks to Matthew Brennan.
360-degree video allows you to look around the interior freely, and provides a new perspective on this masterpiece of Italian Renaissance art. See the frescoes up-close and at eye-level, as if you were floating right in front of them, thanks to a new approach developed by Mirror Stage Studio.
Narration by SmartHistory:
www.smarthistory.org
Video production by Mirror Stage:
www.mirrorstage.io
This video makes use of imagery available in the public domain, as well as provided by SmartHistory.

[@dumoulin11]

I could listen to these two for hours and hours on end.

[@TheMikeRoundable]

Che bello! Grazie mille

[@yasurikressh8325]

I‘m glad these records exist on yt rather than just as a podcast somewhere on the Internet.

[@katyaniyk]

Thank you technology 🙌🏼

[@B5istheone]

I LOVE these longer format versions. The VR is cool too, but the deep dive with the extended length is so great. Wonderful job!

[@michaelangelofalco9819]

Fantastic!

[@AMorgan57]

Outstanding. You can not only pan in every direction but zoom in and out too. Great commentary, as always. Do more of these!

[@Eudaimonia88]

Exquisite and glorious!

[@cinematicpoems2291]

SPECTACULAR!!!!!!! THIS IS STATE OF THE ART, IN MANY WAYS BETTER THAN BEING THERE.

[@k.mariehancock8383]

Right! Reminds me of my husband who said he’d rather watch hockey on tv than be there live because the camera follows everything you need to see.

[@alcindospinola]

This is absolutely amazing, what a presentation! Thank you!

[@bfranklin3777]

Now that was amazing!

[@paperpalacequeen]

11 Thumbs down....WHY? Top class and incredibly detailed. Love this channel. Well done!

[@DiamondCutter423]

Great post. Thanks for covering this location and the work of the magnificent Giotto.

[@patnash5335]

I was in the Scrovegni Chapel a year or two ago with a small group of people. We had to book in advance. We had to wait for 30 minutes in a decompression chamber before we went in. Our visit lasted 30 minutes which is not really enough time to look closely at the frescos. I do see the need for these restrictions. But I was very glad that I had been in the chapel before its restoration when these restrictions didn’t apply. I recommend this guided virtual tour for its art historical analysis and for the colour of the photography etc. Thanks to Martin Brennan and the unidentified female guide.

[@nolankuo937]

Thanks for the video. Interesting experience of visiting the Arena chapel in pajamas while flying.

[@butonlyus]

Simply Amazing

[@Kenijamaru]

Such an amazing presentation with the 360 video, its sooo perfect

[@GaleonGuitar]

Wow, thank you very much for uploading this. 😀

[@vivianbelissima]

Thank you

[@brianpite0893]

Wow! What a incredible analysis of this great work. And exegesis. Thank you!

[@studioROT]

Thank you so much for this!

[@andreaoliverio6524]

Grazie!!!!

[@vasileiavasileiadou7743]

Thank you! It's marvelous!💙

[@murrayaronson3753]

I visited Padua in September 2001, but alas the Scrovegni Chapel was closed due to restoration. Later that month I also visited Pisa where the Leaning Tower was still closed to the public after completion of its restoration. I did see a few people inside the Tower, but they were either VIPs or had connections. The Tower wasn't to open to the hoi polloi until I think November. I have to go back to Italy to visit both the Scrovegni Chapel and the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

[@Chiefpigloo]

Really cool to take in these buildings almost like in person. Hope to see more soon!

[@yousefali4188]

Thanks for this I love it and i love your channel

[@dziban303]

Amazing

[@andreferrer9350]

Thank you, this is so beautiful

[@marqbarq5977]

Please more of this, the longer format, and the VR was engrossing.

[@artmaven]

I've been hoping for a more in depth video on the beloved Cappella degli Scrovegni. What a wonderful addition to your channel! Thank you for doing this!!!

[@TheAssez]

Love that. Thank you!

[@stiannobelisto573]

Wow the narrators can fly now🤯

[@martakapas5299]

I relaxing ❤

[@alexandrebeaudoin-laporte5325]

Please do more 360 videos

[@nathanielscreativecollecti6392]

VR just became interesting to me.

[@lucianolizana446]

This is so COOL! Thanks a lot, could you do the Panteon next? haha

[@derycktrahair8108]

What have you done to this phone? I blamed it on the camerman. This is great. Thanks.

[@lewhensilvar3521]

Does anyone else experience a lost of sound at 3:07?

[@smarthistory-art-history]

Yes there is a momentary blip

[@schang8964]

I just don't know where to look at, haha

[@geremygonzalessleepwalkerr2900]

The Year Around 1305

[@margaretshanalindsay8575]

I question whether it's helpful to characterize the grouping of partial halos in the disciple's group to the left of Jesus in the Entry into Jerusalem, as a throwback to a medieval symbolic convention. Indeed, obstructing the view of background figures implies the viewer's perspective on the scene--as though roughly standing on the same ground plane--and is an important step towards constructing the pictorial space as a continuation of our own, as it will be in Florentine art of the 15th Century..

[@smarthistory-art-history]

Shana! Thanks for commenting. As you know, this is a pretty standard pictorial strategy in Giotto's work and in the work of many other artists in Italy in the 14th century both for figures with and without a halo. It is also a standard pictorial strategy in older images, thus our reference. See, for example, the frescos or mosaics of the Chora church (the Last Judgment is a good example), or the soldiers in San Vitale here: flic.kr/p/2nvKDdD

[@lulubelle0bresil]

If you haven seen it, make sure to see the original video this audio belongs to, called Giotto, Arena Chapel, part 1 (of 4) - that is also by Smarthistory - it's very complete and better illustrated.

[@Apollo-rl8du]

Great thank

[@bobluhrs]

a lot of times the camera is not showing what they're talking about.

[@smarthistory-art-history]

In this this case, in the 3D environment, you, as viewer, control the camera's direction.