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Category Archives: Raphael
Kuntsthistorisches Museum
Wowee! The Kuntsthistorisches Museum (KHM, for short) is smack in the middle of town along with the rest of most anything one comes to see in Vienna (except, perhaps, Schönbrunn Palace). It is chock full of “the masters” such as Caravaggio, Correggio, … Continue reading
Posted in Correggio, Raphael, Titian, Vienna
Tagged Bruegel, Caravaggio, Dürer, Kuntsthistorisches Museum, Raphael, Rubens, Schönbrunn Palace, Titian, Vermeer, Vienna
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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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Palazzo Pitti
Wednesday was a cool 96 degrees so, again, a bunch of us from school headed out in the afternoon with my l’insegnante (teacher), Viviena. Today we headed to the Palazzo Pitti. The Palazzo dates back to the mid-1400’s and was … Continue reading
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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