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-Paul
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Areva Derche!
Our final day in Italy we spent in Florence seeing a couple final sights. We took a bus to Piazza Michelangelo which has a beautiful overlook of the Florentine skyline. We walked back across the Arno and took a tour through Santa Croche which was one of the most interesting churches I have ever toured through. It houses the tombs of Dante, Machiavelli, Galileo, Michelangelo, and Donatello.
One brief note about my favorite piece of art in
Florence. At the center of town next to the Duomo is the Baptistry (an ancient Roman temple turned into a church). Adorning one of the doors is Ghiberti's low relief's depicting events in the Old Testament from creation to the reign of Solomon. Ghiberti spent 27 years creating these bronze gilded doors. I could have spent at least 27 hours getting lost in all the detail and wondering about the techniques he might have used to create the masterpiece in front of my eyes. Absolutely amazing.
So that brings me to the end of our trip to Italy. I enjoyed our time journeying through the country and am eager for another international trip.
One brief note about my favorite piece of art in
Florence. At the center of town next to the Duomo is the Baptistry (an ancient Roman temple turned into a church). Adorning one of the doors is Ghiberti's low relief's depicting events in the Old Testament from creation to the reign of Solomon. Ghiberti spent 27 years creating these bronze gilded doors. I could have spent at least 27 hours getting lost in all the detail and wondering about the techniques he might have used to create the masterpiece in front of my eyes. Absolutely amazing.So that brings me to the end of our trip to Italy. I enjoyed our time journeying through the country and am eager for another international trip.
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