Florence,
Italy
The
lively Renaissance city of Florence is our next remarkable stop on our tour of
Italy. We visited the Academia of Fine
Arts where Michelangelo’s ‘David’ now stands in all his glory. Of course there are other famous works of art
here like ‘The Rape of the Sabriens’, but our main focus was on ‘David’.
Notice the overlap on top of David's hand. This is the end of his sling shot. It can also be seen running down David's back.
The stump
behind
David's
leg was
placed
there to
give the
statue
support.
The feet and hands are larger in proportion to rest of his body.
Note on the photo below you can see his sling shot hanging down his back.
The 'rock' in his hand.
The detail of "David" is involved and amazing!
Next
stop on our walking tour was the Florence Cathedral ‘St. Mary’s of the Flower’,
a very large Duomo! Celebrated for its
magnificent dome designed by Brunelleschi and the Baptistery’s renowned ‘Gates
of Paradise’ by Ghiberti. This Duomo was so large I was not able to get a photo of the entire building with the lens I had on the camera the day we were there. Unfortunately a visit to the inside of this awesome structure was not on the schedule.
"The Gates of Paradise" the doors to the Baptistery
As we
continue our walk we enter an open air museum at Signoria Square. This was the original site of the beautiful
marble statue of ‘David, before the years of exposure began to show signs of
damage and the statue was moved to the Academia of the Arts. The original has been replaced with a plaster
‘David’. The Square also includes other
replicas of art works.
On our
own now we worked our way back to the hotel. Our wanderings took us to Ponte Vecchio. The Ponte Vecchio
("Old Bridge", is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch
bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops
built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the
present tenants are jewelers, art dealers and souvenir sellers. The Ponte
Vecchio's two neighboring bridges are the Ponte Santa Trinita and the Ponte
alle Grazie. (Wikipedia) (Plus some other sites on our way.)
Our Evening in Florence was spent on a drive in to the Tuscany country side for a sumptuous Tuscan dinner, including all the wine we could possibly drink, along with all of our new friends. I know a great time was had by everyone!
More to come soon!
Jan 🌷🌷🐾🐾
1 comment:
It is like we are walking with you. Thanks for sharing.
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