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Category Archives: Michelangelo
Funny things about my blog
I use WordPress for my blog and one of the screens shows stats on what posts have been viewed each day. It find it fascinating to look at this page to see who searched for what as some of the … Continue reading
Posted in churches, Dante Alighieri, Firenze, Florence, Galileo, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Santa Croce
Tagged Bratislava, Dante, Dante Alighieri, Firenze, Florence, Galileo, Michelangelo, Santa Croce
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Boboli Gardens
I got up early again this morning and headed off to the Boboli Gardens before it got too hot. I don’t think I have slept late once since I have been in Italy! The gardens are largely formal and … Continue reading
Posted in Florence, Medici, Michelangelo
Tagged Boboli Gardens, Medici, Michelangelo, Palazzo Pitti
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Piazza della Signoria
Piazza della Signoria is an interesting place. First of all, it is huge! Secondly, it contains an interesting array of sculptures (some original, some copies). The statues on display include a massive statue of Cosimo I on horseback, the Neptune Fountain … Continue reading
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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The Uffizi Gallery
The Uffizi is wonderful. There are rooms with no less than a dozen Botticelli paintings, several from Leonardo Da Vinci, also Titian, Raphael, Michelangelo, Boccaccio, etc. As mentioned in a previous post the Medici family were, of course, huge … Continue reading
Posted in Botticelli, Correggio, da Vinci, Florence, Medici, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian
Tagged Botticelli, Correggio, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Ufizzi Gallery
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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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David and the Indian
After lunch today I went to see Michelangelo’s David. I have seen him before but he was having some work done then and I wanted to see how it worked out for him. I had to set my bearings at … Continue reading
Santa Croce, anyone who was anyone would die to get in
My hotel is just a short walk to the church of Santa Croce. It is chock full of famous dead people so I popped in to pay a visit. I had forgotten just who was buried here, the most controversial … Continue reading
Posted in churches, Dante Alighieri, Florence, Michelangelo
Tagged Dante Alighieri, Galileo, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Rossini, Santa Croce
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Not Quite a Mid-Life Gap Year 