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Category Archives: Donatello
Padova (Padua to you Yanks!)
The school organized an outing to Padova on Sunday which I very much enjoyed. Padova is known for such things as being the setting of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, for having a University more than 800 years old … Continue reading
Posted in Dante Alighieri, Donatello, Galileo, Italian language school, Siena, Verona
Tagged Basilica di Sant'Antonio da Padova, Basilica of Saint Anthony, Cappella degli Scovegni, Cappella degli Scrovegni, Dante, Donatello, Galileo, Galileo Galilei, Giotti, Italian language school, Jerusalem, Marcus Aurelius, Padova, Padua, Piccolomini Library, Piccolomini Libreria, Shakespeare, The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, The Scrovegni Chapel, The Taming of the Shrew
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San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo was the parish church of the Medici family and they didn’t spare a penny on it! The church contains bronze pulpits by Donatello and a staircase designed by Michelangelo. Also lovely little chapels and plenty of frescos! Most … Continue reading
Posted in churches, Donatello, Florence, Medici, Michelangelo
Tagged Donatello, Firenze, Florence, Medici, Michelangelo, San Lorenzo
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My Stendhal moments
I mentioned in a prior post that I had a bit of a Stendhal syndrome moment at the Siena Duomo (cathedral). First of all I love the exterior of the Duomo, the campinile (bell tower) is alternating stripes of white … Continue reading
Posted in churches, Donatello, Florence, Italian language school, Michelangelo, Raphael, Siena
Tagged Casa Buonarotti, Dali, Duomo, easter island, Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Figueres, Grand Canyon, Machu Picchu, Michelangelo, moai, Moscow, Musee D'Orsay, Piccolomini Library, Piccolomini Libreria, Pope Pius II, Raphael, Raphael Loggia, Saint Basil, Siena, Sistine Chapel, St. Basil's, Stendhal syndrome, The Dalí Theatre-Museum, Vatican
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