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Posts Tagged ‘museum’
Saturday, July 7th, 2007
It’s 7 AM in the morning and the sun is wide awake. I’m in the car with Jean-Victor, Marie, and Madame Maublanc. We’re driving through the beautiful mountains filled with green grass and trees and also passing by the ocean. Homes made of white concrete walls with red or green wooden posts on them rest [...]
Saturday, June 16th, 2007
Toward the outskirts of Florence, there is a beautiful river with buildings lining up on the side. There is a big well-known bridge, Ponte Vecchio. There are many jewelry shops on this bridge, and this area is one of the biggest pick-pocket areas which means we have to be careful with our wallets and bags! [...]
Saturday, June 9th, 2007
The Trevi Fountain or also known as Fontana di Trevi, is a grand, magnificent wishing fountain. Quite a few people who believe in superstition throw coins in this fountain to try to earn their wish. I was mistakenly thinking that Bernini, a very well known Baroque sculptor, completed these sculptures at this beautiful fountain because [...]
Friday, June 8th, 2007
I am standing in a large well-known room and looking at the ceiling with an expected astonishment. My eyes gaze at the familiar images that I have seen in art history textbooks throughout my life. Two nude guys touching each other’s finger, a famous image called “The Creation of Adam,” and more and more and [...]
Thursday, June 7th, 2007
This painting, La Fornarina, by Raphael which hangs in the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica Palazzo Barberini. When I first saw this painting, I was tricked by thinking it was done by Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres, a Baroque artist, because this painting is beautifully sketched out before paint was put on the canvas. We, the viewers, can [...]
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