Next stop was old friend Siena, where we wanted to see the cathedral again and just walk around the town and the great piazza. There's plenty more in Siena, but we'd done most of it in 2011 or 2013. The cathedral, the floor, the Piccolomini Library, the Pisano sculpture, the chapel of Bernini figures, all make this a most special place. Apologies for duplicates of previous posts/pix: it's that good.
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The nave portion of the great, ancient marble floor was uncovered; and I took pix
of nearly everything that would fit in my lens |
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Ditto the great Piccolomini Library, here one of the eight large
panels depicting the life of favorite son Pius II |
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| Ceiling thereof all by Team Pinturicchio; some of the best |
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| It is a library after all |
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| Another panel |
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Unusual dorsal view of the Three Graces; the middle Grace
usually gets so little attention |
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| Back to the floor; the Battle of Romano |
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| Massacre of Innocents |
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| Crossing view |
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| Pisano pulpit; one of the greatest |
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| View astern |
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| Interior cupola |
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| Up closer |
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| Up closest |
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| Pisano pulpit Hell |
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| In a side chapel, exquisite Bernini St. Jerome |
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| Ditto Mary Magdalene, showing lots of leg |
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| Artsy-fartsy view |
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| The massive stern window; not a rose, but, most unusually, the Last Supper |
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| Still processing this one |
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Another of the floor Sybils; don't ask me why the Roman Catholic world was so
intrigued by them in the Renaissance |
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| A minor Michaelangelo lost amidst all the other brilliance |
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| Complete floor plan poster, showing all the marble inlay figures |
1 comment:
We loved Siena, although Wes was recuperating from an overdose of wine the night before. He spent a lot of time sitting in the main square while Diana and I enjoyed the town's beauty.
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