Michaelangelo

Briony (who is not a ninja turtle) and Michaelangelo (who is) and their Voyage Around The World. ---------REMEMBER: The more people I know are reading, the funnier my entries get. Don't be shy, leave a message!-----------------------------

... (bad luck to Versailles), is what we will remember. Also, the town is full of famous artworks. There seemed to be a Michaelangelo in every building - we figure there was probably one in our hotel somewhere. We also saw lots of great works by ...

Michaelangelo and I give Inverness ten thumbs up. It's a gorgeous little town (about 40,000 people) and to get to it you have to drive up through the Scottish highlands through heaps of tiny little towns. There was still snow on the mountains and I caught ...

... but Austin thought his hab=nds were disproportionally large (not that told the Italians so).  Also on display were Michaelangelo's unfinished statues which showed how he gradually 'released' the carved figures from the blocks of marble.  We ...

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Feel like a gangster carrying around a wad of dolla. They're mainly $1 bills and Cambodian bills worth around $0.02 so not quite a kingpin yet. Claire's bag has got even bigger after we brought a few bits at the market and with her green cover over her ...

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... renaissance, such as Botticelli's “Birth of Venus”, DaVinci’s “Annunciation”, Raphael, Titian, Michaelangelo, El Greco. What I found particularly mind boggling was seeing a depiction of Christ’s baptism by DaVinci, and ...

... rethink the soldiers efforts during the war. Traffic is not very heavy. We got to Venice and our accommodation at the Hotel called the Michaelangelo and it has good size rooms. The hotel is about 8kms from the city. At 5pm, 8 of us decided to visit ...

... ; One of the highlights of all museums in Europe.  Turning the corner, we were face to face with Michaelangelo Buonarottis' unfinished "Slaves" sculptures.  Just beyond them and dominating the entire massive room, was the incredibly moving ...

... other. Inside the sistine chapel amoung 500 other people i swear! It was HUGE! The entire ceiling was covered with michaelangelo's paintings - including the infamous one where god and adam is stretching out to touch each others fingers (the creation of ...

... and soaked it all in for about 20mins after which I had a pretty sore neck. I really liked 'The Last Judgement,' Michaelangelo's depiction of heaven and hell, with God standing in judgement of the souls being torn from the ground. Michaelangelo obviously ...

... hot I felt sick, but there was so much to see.   The most exciting part was seeing the Sistine Chapel that Michaelangelo spent 4 years painting. I could have spent so much longer in there gazing at it. The whole roof and sides are painted, and ...

... unreal.  It's about 15 feet tall and huge....except for his penis....David is lacking in that area.  I guess Michaelangelo purposely did that though so it wouldn't distract the eye from the rest of the sculpture....I'd be pissed if I were David ...