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Twelve honeymoon pictures for y'all.
We only spent one day in Florence, and we didn't spend it with the camera glued to my face, so... while we do have more pictures, mostly they're of the scenery around Acone. Also, the David and some turtle statues from near Santa Maria Novella. Silly me, we took the time to go have a look at the Ponte Vecchio and I didn't take a picture. Look, a picture.
Really, that was something that struck me, seeing all the art in the Uffizi Gallery. 100 years ago, if you couldn't see the original, you were seeing a hand-drawn copy or maybe a grainy black and white photo. Now, I've seen excellent reprints of these great works. It's not quite the same as seeing them, full sized on the wall, but it didn't have the impact I was expecting.
One of the other cool things about the Uffizi was its portrait collection. It really did a lot to raise my appreciate of portraiture, which I would have thought was greater than it was. I mean, I'm the sort of geek who will comb Elfwood looking for PC portraits that are "just right." Why wouldn't depicting an actual person be as interesting? And in ones I liked best, it seemed like the artist had captured something of the person's attitude or personality, as well as their face. I wonder if there is a book of plates with the Uffizi portrait collection...
We only spent one day in Florence, and we didn't spend it with the camera glued to my face, so... while we do have more pictures, mostly they're of the scenery around Acone. Also, the David and some turtle statues from near Santa Maria Novella. Silly me, we took the time to go have a look at the Ponte Vecchio and I didn't take a picture. Look, a picture.
Really, that was something that struck me, seeing all the art in the Uffizi Gallery. 100 years ago, if you couldn't see the original, you were seeing a hand-drawn copy or maybe a grainy black and white photo. Now, I've seen excellent reprints of these great works. It's not quite the same as seeing them, full sized on the wall, but it didn't have the impact I was expecting.
One of the other cool things about the Uffizi was its portrait collection. It really did a lot to raise my appreciate of portraiture, which I would have thought was greater than it was. I mean, I'm the sort of geek who will comb Elfwood looking for PC portraits that are "just right." Why wouldn't depicting an actual person be as interesting? And in ones I liked best, it seemed like the artist had captured something of the person's attitude or personality, as well as their face. I wonder if there is a book of plates with the Uffizi portrait collection...
