Site icon Folksy Travel by Bill Smale

Uffizi Firenze

This is a very beautiful museum to visit and highly recommended. One thing I keep getting reminded of when I enter a cathedral or visit a museum of ancient art, at certain periods of history the money was in religion and religious art. I don’t know how many museums I’ve been in since I started visiting areas in Europe including Ireland and the British Isles but I think my senses have become jaded by the overflow of religious art. I recommend when you want to visit this museum or any other it might be a good idea to read a little about the different artist displayed and what to look for that makes them stand out over the others. I think that will help give you a little more sense of excitement and anticipation at the detail, technique and display.

I wasn’t quite sure if she was dressed as intended. Maybe I was missing some new fashion technique.
at the entrance you see this over the door. You can do your own translation. That numbering system is different from what I learned.
The entrance. It was fairly crowded but not too bad
there are various stories and interpretations. What I have come to understand is that some scholars from Persia were early astronomers and they saw an alignment of stars indicating they should look for someone special. So they went looking and found a baby that was born on the day this alignment started. But don’t take that as the gospel.
This painting I have seen several times and it’s stuck in my mind. I think it’s because the artist is recognized as someone truly excellent.
This one is extremely famous
Many statues crumbled and were found in pieces. Many were put back together under supposition, what they were probably intending to show. But some pieces just kept hanging around without a main edifice
he looks very triumphant. Recently I came to understand gods and extremely strong and capable heroes, male and female, were often depicted without any clothing. The reason was pretty simple. They were so powerful they did not need any demonstration of power or position, something clothing very much indicated at the times the statues were created.
When you walk through the museum make sure to look around and up at the ceiling as well. It’s a very beautiful building
Screenshot
Ponte Vecchio seen from the museum
what interested me in this painting is the sense that you are really looking through a window at something happening outside. It just struck me as a unique presentation
The action here is interesting. He is going for a good catch?
This was not as boring as it seems

Exit mobile version