We took a bus, then a train to Florence Florence
I should have taken a picture of the front of our hotel. I forgot. It wasn’t that miraculous, though. The room was, however, quite different. Notice the color scheme. It was enough to make a girl a little bit loopy.
You need to keep in mind that this building is hundreds, perhaps a thousand or more, years old. They didn’t have running water like we think of it and I imagine they were still bathing in the local bath houses… with everyone else. Anyway, this is our bathroom. The red complements the green in the hall so nicely. Next to the toilet is a badet and that is the shower rod hanging in the middle of the room. Just pull the certain and don’t worry about getting water on the floor.
Front of the Duomo
Side of the Duomo
North Baptistery Doors
South Baptistery Doors.
A contest was help to decide who would create most works of art for the Catholic church during the Renaissance. Lorenzo Ghiberti won the commission for these doors. Michelangelo later dubbed them the Gates of Paradise.
The first thing we did was go to the Duomo and the Baptistery, then on to the Acadamia. I didn’t get any pictures of the Acadamia because we were supposed to and I was too chicken to try. I wasn't trying to get kicked out.
The next morning we went to the Ufizzi (HUGE museum), which has art from before Christianity. It also has a lot of important Christian art from the Medieval and Renaissance era. Renaissance is when we kind of perfected drawing the human figure, light and shadow and when we figure out how space worked and how to portray it.
This is a view from the third floor of the Ufizzi. Both of those walls that stretch out for about two blocks are also part of the Ufizzi. I was in there for the better part of a day.
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Went to the Medici Palace. The Medici's were a family of bankers and wool merchants. Apparently, back then being rich was considered sinful and something to be ashamed of. The Medici's weren't down with they and they decided that if they used their money to beautiful Florence and to educate people that being weather was okay.
At the museum that used to be their home we saw a Damien Hurst exhibit. It was just won piece. A skull covered in hundreds of diamonds. He said the point is that you can't take money with you into the grave, but that a lot of people value it over life. It's called "For the Love of God" because that's what his mother said when she saw it.
The last thing we did was going to the church of Santa Croce. There are several famous people buried there and we got to see their... monuments. Among them were Michelangelo, Dante and Galileo. I'll have to post them later. I'm pictured out.
The next morning we went to the Ufizzi (HUGE museum), which has art from before Christianity. It also has a lot of important Christian art from the Medieval and Renaissance era. Renaissance is when we kind of perfected drawing the human figure, light and shadow and when we figure out how space worked and how to portray it.
This is a view from the third floor of the Ufizzi. Both of those walls that stretch out for about two blocks are also part of the Ufizzi. I was in there for the better part of a day.
.We also had gelato
View from the River Arno.
Chain overloaded with bike locks?
Pizza!
Went to the Medici Palace. The Medici's were a family of bankers and wool merchants. Apparently, back then being rich was considered sinful and something to be ashamed of. The Medici's weren't down with they and they decided that if they used their money to beautiful Florence and to educate people that being weather was okay.
At the museum that used to be their home we saw a Damien Hurst exhibit. It was just won piece. A skull covered in hundreds of diamonds. He said the point is that you can't take money with you into the grave, but that a lot of people value it over life. It's called "For the Love of God" because that's what his mother said when she saw it.
The last thing we did was going to the church of Santa Croce. There are several famous people buried there and we got to see their... monuments. Among them were Michelangelo, Dante and Galileo. I'll have to post them later. I'm pictured out.
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