I am now two days behind ... lovely.
We spent the morning in the Uffizi Art Museum, a large building Directly next to the Palazzo Vecchio. It originally, in Its initial days of operation, ACTED as offices for the Florence city government.
The building is enormous, filled with Hundreds of art from the Medieval Period through the late Renaissance, with possibly Thousands blackberries in storage elsewhere. The building is single directional, meaning That You have to start in the Medieval section and finish with foreign artists Whose art was bought by the Medici and other Florentine aristocrats.
Sadly, no pictures were allowed in the main chambers of the museum. This website features many of the blackberries popular / most well-known pieces: uffizi.org.
Included in the middle of the exhibits were Roman statues Already Considered "ancient" when Discovered in the Renaissance. There were also, alongside These, contemporary statues to show the distinct similarities between the two distant eras.
Our assignment for this day was to seek out a piece art Predetermined That we thought was interesting online or from past experience That we had not yet seen in real life. Also We were to keep our eyes open for our favorite piece in the museum.
The piece is was looking for was the Annunciation by Leonardo di Vinci. This depicts That story in the bible where the Virgin Mary is being informed of her forthcoming involvement with the birth of Christ. Da Vinci's concept of the scenery is very pleasing to look at and effortless at the same time. I have wanted to see this piece ever since reading about it in The Da Vinci Code The way Mary is reacting to the angel is very different than the vast Majority of other examples of the "annunciation" subject. The angel is Also very human in comparison to others in the same time period, who tend to be very ethereal Compared to this one. Just Google it, a photo does not do it justice. Interestingly, in the same room were Botticelli's The Birth of Venus and the Primavera. Most of the other patrons in the museum Those works were crowded around and left nearly no one next to the da Vinci, I know I could get a clear view without difficulty.
The Annunciation was my favorite piece, but not by much Compared to others. There was one large oil painting depicting Eleonora de 'Medici, who is Becoming quite the connecting line for the trip as a whole. She is shown in an elegant gown holding her young son. Dr. Martin actually Told us an interesting fact about this dress as we viewed it. When some of the Doctors were moved to a new location in recent years, it was simple to identify Eleonora two to the repute she was buried wearing the dress from the very portrait.
Both Wednesday and Thursday will be coming out later tonight after we have our hands-on experience Italian cuisine.
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