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dramaturgy) wrote2007-05-27 10:24 pm
dramaturgy) wrote2007-05-27 10:24 pm
The closing post.
My grandmother joked that she doesn't know what Uncle Denny's going to do now that I'm not going cool places anymore. XD
Anyway.
This is a picture from Easter at Ellen's, we were excited over our chocolate egg.
This is in one of the residential canals in Venice. I'm not sure what I was looking at; maybe contemplating the meaning of life. I didn't know Allison took this picture until she showed me. It's pretty cool.
On my test for Janet, one of our tasks was to draw a tomb that Michelangelo may have made but never did, making up a patron and location for it. The point was to display that we know about Michelangelo and his favorite things to sculpt, his style, etc. This was my tomb.
It's the tomb of Francesco Whatsisface and his wife, Maria, at the church of Santa Maria della Demanda in Rome (there is no church of such a name, and if there is, it is pure coincidence). Flora and Fauna rest on the sarcophagus in twisty poses that Michelangelo liked, and the three figures above are, from left to right, St. Francis (with his rule, and Francesco's name saint), Jesus in the ascension, and St. Mary (for his wife). Those are the best stick figures I've ever done.
The class standing in Rome. I think we're looking at the Arch of Constantine.
We all, we happy we at the Colloseum.
Alison and I in front of Ted's door. Ted was our neighbor who continually complained that we were too loud when we came in at night despite the fact that we were probably the two quietest people he could have possibly hoped to live by. So thus we shush the camera.
Dinner in Venice. I'm not sure what I was explaining to Janet, but I was being very gestiuclatey.
A picture of me, Parissa, and Allison in Venice being VERY cute.
Our group photo in Venice. I took one for the team and wore the gondalier's hat.
These are original medieval towers in the town of San Gimignano. It's up in the hills, about an hour away from Florence. We took a day trip with Linguaviva and it was very hot.
This is the first of my arty photos from the Piazza della Signoria. This is Cellini's Perseus and Medusa, from below. It was commissioned by Grand Duke Cosimo I in a very... violent, authorative show of power. he was kind of a badass like that.
David (on the left) and Hercules and Antanaeus (on the right) in front of the Palazzo Vecchio.
Cellini again, this time with the flags on the Palazzo.
Judith and Holofernes by Donatello.
A typical Florentine street.
One last picture of the Duomo.
Goodbye, Arno.
Goodbye, Palazzo Vecchio!
This is the cafe that had the best hot chocolate. It was basically like drinking melted dark chocolate.
Neptune on the fountain outside the Palazzo Vecchio.
Judith again.
David and Hercules with the Uffizi in the background.
The Rape of the Sabine by Gianbologna.
Menelaus and Patroclus, also by Gianbologna, I think.
Hercules and the Centaur.
One more time with the Perseus...
The street between the Uffizi and the Palazzo Vecchio.
This is the Bargello, which is now a gallery for sculpture, although it used to be a government building - like many of the art galleries in Florence.
This is also typical to see - you get a lot of buildings with coats of arms on them because they are palazzi. This building was associated with the Strozzi family at one point.
This is the copy of Donatello's St. George that's out on a street, the original is in the Bargello.
Just proof that Gothic architecture is still around...
... and that Dante is around.
This is what is called the "grain" market, although I don't think that it's been grain in many, many years. It's mostly jewelry and leather goods now.
The Piazza della Republica!
One last view from my window.
The piece d'resistance - these are my host parents, Piero and Elizabetta!
They had this system to know who was in and out of the house, so you knew if you had to lock it or not - your magnet would go on one side if you were out, and the other if you were in. They each had a letter for their name, but then they had a myriad of other magnets for host children to choose from. Mine was the moose. (I think it might actually be a reindeer, but I want it to be a moose.)
Sarah acting out the drapery for one one last time. These are weird because she was moving like a woman possessed the whole time. XD
:D
The Ponte Vecchio. I think this was a weird setting on my camera, but I kind of like the effect.
Anyway.
This is a picture from Easter at Ellen's, we were excited over our chocolate egg.
This is in one of the residential canals in Venice. I'm not sure what I was looking at; maybe contemplating the meaning of life. I didn't know Allison took this picture until she showed me. It's pretty cool.
On my test for Janet, one of our tasks was to draw a tomb that Michelangelo may have made but never did, making up a patron and location for it. The point was to display that we know about Michelangelo and his favorite things to sculpt, his style, etc. This was my tomb.
It's the tomb of Francesco Whatsisface and his wife, Maria, at the church of Santa Maria della Demanda in Rome (there is no church of such a name, and if there is, it is pure coincidence). Flora and Fauna rest on the sarcophagus in twisty poses that Michelangelo liked, and the three figures above are, from left to right, St. Francis (with his rule, and Francesco's name saint), Jesus in the ascension, and St. Mary (for his wife). Those are the best stick figures I've ever done.
The class standing in Rome. I think we're looking at the Arch of Constantine.
We all, we happy we at the Colloseum.
Alison and I in front of Ted's door. Ted was our neighbor who continually complained that we were too loud when we came in at night despite the fact that we were probably the two quietest people he could have possibly hoped to live by. So thus we shush the camera.
Dinner in Venice. I'm not sure what I was explaining to Janet, but I was being very gestiuclatey.
A picture of me, Parissa, and Allison in Venice being VERY cute.
Our group photo in Venice. I took one for the team and wore the gondalier's hat.
These are original medieval towers in the town of San Gimignano. It's up in the hills, about an hour away from Florence. We took a day trip with Linguaviva and it was very hot.
This is the first of my arty photos from the Piazza della Signoria. This is Cellini's Perseus and Medusa, from below. It was commissioned by Grand Duke Cosimo I in a very... violent, authorative show of power. he was kind of a badass like that.
David (on the left) and Hercules and Antanaeus (on the right) in front of the Palazzo Vecchio.
Cellini again, this time with the flags on the Palazzo.
Judith and Holofernes by Donatello.
A typical Florentine street.
One last picture of the Duomo.
Goodbye, Arno.
Goodbye, Palazzo Vecchio!
This is the cafe that had the best hot chocolate. It was basically like drinking melted dark chocolate.
Neptune on the fountain outside the Palazzo Vecchio.
Judith again.
David and Hercules with the Uffizi in the background.
The Rape of the Sabine by Gianbologna.
Menelaus and Patroclus, also by Gianbologna, I think.
Hercules and the Centaur.
One more time with the Perseus...
The street between the Uffizi and the Palazzo Vecchio.
This is the Bargello, which is now a gallery for sculpture, although it used to be a government building - like many of the art galleries in Florence.
This is also typical to see - you get a lot of buildings with coats of arms on them because they are palazzi. This building was associated with the Strozzi family at one point.
This is the copy of Donatello's St. George that's out on a street, the original is in the Bargello.
Just proof that Gothic architecture is still around...
... and that Dante is around.
This is what is called the "grain" market, although I don't think that it's been grain in many, many years. It's mostly jewelry and leather goods now.
The Piazza della Republica!
One last view from my window.
The piece d'resistance - these are my host parents, Piero and Elizabetta!
They had this system to know who was in and out of the house, so you knew if you had to lock it or not - your magnet would go on one side if you were out, and the other if you were in. They each had a letter for their name, but then they had a myriad of other magnets for host children to choose from. Mine was the moose. (I think it might actually be a reindeer, but I want it to be a moose.)
Sarah acting out the drapery for one one last time. These are weird because she was moving like a woman possessed the whole time. XD
:D
The Ponte Vecchio. I think this was a weird setting on my camera, but I kind of like the effect.