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Day 10: Florence
We started the day with a major bummer: Bradley left for home bright and early, which makes me really sad. I miss him already and I'm jealous that he gets to see our pooch and smoosh his little Louie face. There are a ton of dogs in Europe, by the way, and people bring them everywhere with them. We have FaceTimed with Lou a couple times to make us (me) feel better... but I digress. Anyway, I miss my husband a lot. Today's drizzly, cold weather matched the gloominess of Bradley's ...
Italy unified! Corri la Vita! 2011
... churches. The Medici commissioned the David by Donatello -- which we saw today in the Bargello! -- the first nude statue since Christendom took hold. Pretty revolutionary. The human body which had been seen as a sign of weakness by the church was now beautiful. We also saw Michelangelo's Bacchus, the first *lifesize* naked classical diety sculpted in the Christian era!
The Bargello is a "small" ...
6/23/2011- Last Day of Classes
... a while and shopped and just explored the city. I had one last run in with the Shore but happily went somewhere else. Afterwards it was time to pack a little and clean the apartment. It is so strange to think we are leaving... Didn't we just get here?
After the rest of my roommates got back from class we went to the closing dinner our school put on. And the food was really good but I'm not such a fan of the standing to eat so ...
Is That You Galileo?
... any guidebook. We contemplated whether Michaelangelo's David is depicted before or after slaying the giant. Tonya quoted Michaelangelo as telling Leonardo that Leonardo’s work was easy, you make a mistake and you just paint over it whereas Michaelangelo couldn’t make a mistake.
After perusing the museum’s gift shop and purchasing a drawing pencil for Kaitlin and Kelly’s art teacher, we took a brisk walk ...
A New Appreciation for Michelangelo
... their mouths agape. I’m sure that was our exact same reaction. To think that 500 years later it still inspires such awe.
Apart from David there are many other things to see. I found the molds for sculptures that are housed in other museums fascinating.
We weren’t very impressed with Santa Maria del Fiore (The Duomo) after being to St Peter’s! We resolved to climb the stairs to the top of ...
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