The Cinque Terre National Park is about five villages, listed from north to south, as follows: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore. Of course, there are more than just these villages, including the beautiful shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea. Photoblog, Cinque Terre, Italy, April 19, 2025 What are we doing in Europe? Here […]
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La Spezia was our destination, but not so we could see the castle. In fact, until our arrival, we didn’t know the Castle of San Giorgio dominated the hilltop over the city. Since this was our first actual castle on our European trip, we had to see it. Photoblog, La Spezia, Italy, April 18, 2025
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Donatello, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, and Nigetti combined their mastery to create the Basilica of San Lorenzo, the Medici Chapels, and the Chapel of the Princes in Florence. This list reads like a who’s who of Renaissance artists. Photoblog, Florence, Italy, April 12-16, 2025 What are we doing in Europe? Here is the story. Touring Europe might be
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Like the paintings at the Uffizi Gallery, the Roman Sculptures at the Uffizi Gallery are Masterpieces. Unlike the paintings, the sculptures are almost all Roman and not Renaissance. At the top is a Renaissance Sculpture, but the rest of these are Roman Sculptures. Photoblog, Florence, Italy, April 12, 2025 What are we doing in Europe?
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The paintings at the Uffizi Gallery are Renaissance Masterpieces. Like the world-renowned Louver in Paris, the Uffizi Gallery is the number one Italian Renaissance art collection. As you will see from the photos, all the prominent Renaissance artists are represented in the gallery. The only one I seem to have missed is Donatello. Photoblog, Florence,
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Visiting Florence is an art lesson on the streets. You can’t go to Florence without seeing art. It is everywhere: in the buildings, on the walls, standing in the squares, and even drawn on the streets. When you are visiting Florence, you are surrounded by art. Photoblog, Florence, Italy, April 12-16, 2025 What are we
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Michelangelo’s Masterpiece, the Renaissance sculpture of David, and several other Michelangelo statues are at the Gallery of the Academy of Florence. The centerpiece is Michelangelo’s David, but there are also finished and unfinished statues by Michelangelo and several other impressive statues. Most of them are Renaissance Sculptures, even up to the 1800s. Photoblog, Florence, Italy, April
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Paintings at the Gallery of the Academy in Florence have three styles: Statues, Pre-Renaissance, and Renaissance. To me, the difference in the paintings is that Renaissance Paintings exhibit far more depth, perhaps even movement in the paintings. Pre-Renaissance is also divided into two groups, sometimes called Early Renaissance and the earlier works described as Gothic.
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Renaissance Paintings at the Gallery of the Academy look much like photographs and exhibit far more depth, background, and even movement. They are more lifelike than any art preceding them except for statues. I think realism comes from the advanced techniques used during the Renaissance. The Renaissance artists created depth, including methods for seeing the
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Everyone knows that Mount Vesuvius’s eruption destroyed Pompeii in 79 A.D. I didn’t know that Pompeii was at least 800 years old and had a fascinating history that pre-dated the Roman Period by hundreds of years. Photoblog, Naples, Italy, April 10, 2025 What are we doing in Europe? Here is the story. Touring Europe might be
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The Cathedral of Saint Andrew the Apostle is in the small town of Amalfi, the city for which the Amalfi Coast is named. According to Greek mythology, the Greek god Hercules loved a nymph named Amalfi, who died. Hercules chose the present-day Amalfi as the most beautiful spot and named the place after her. Photoblog,
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If you love beautiful views and quaint, picturesque towns, go to the Amalfi Coast, but don’t drive there for one huge reason: parking anywhere on the Amalfi Coast is nearly impossible. Parking is especially impossible in the most picturesque towns. Photoblog, Naples, Italy, Europe. April 9, 2025 What are we doing in Europe? Here is
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