We've visited Florence's cathedral as many times as we've visited Florence. But we keep going back. This time we just wandered around the area, walked through the 700 year old building, and gazed up at the Vasari frescoes inside the dome. Previous and more informative posts include:
...recounts the retirement travels of Mark and Vicki Sherouse since 2008...in Asia and the Pacific, New Zealand, Europe, South America, and Africa, as well as the US and Canada. Our website, with much practical information, is: https://sites.google.com/site/theroadgoeseveron/.Contact us at mark.sherouse@gmail.com or vsherouse@gmail.com.
Sunday, November 19, 2017
Romano Foundation
Our tickets to Brancacci Chapel included admission to the Salvatore Romano Foundation, adjacent to the Spiritu Sanctu church. We had never heard of the Romano Foundation, but it was on the way, and free, and we were curious and in need of some amusement and.... Romano was an antiques dealer; how he came by this hall, not far from ground zero Florence, must be an interesting story. Also the connection with Santa Maria del Carmine. In any case, there were a number of 12th and later century items well worth a look.
Salvatore still there, overseeing things |
Madonna and Bambino; no, St. Christopher and Bambino |
Brancacci, 2017
We visited the Brancacci Chapel in 2011 and 2013, and my posts then, http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2011/06/brancacci-chapel.html and http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2013/10/brancacci-chapel-2013-and-uffizi.html, convey most of the story. Especially, 2011. As in the previous post, I'll just do a few new/improved items and assume you'll look at 2011 and 2013 for the whole story.
It's all part of the Santa Maria del Carmine complex |
Inside the great old church, Baroquen in the 17th century |
Some wonderful trompe loeil high up |
Pano of the great chapel frescoes, 15th |
Masaccio |
Masolino |
Masolino, Massacio, Brunelleschi (ignore the guy looking at you) |
First meeting of Jocks for Jesus |
The chapel and its historic work cause you to forget it's all part of a functioning church, just a side-chapel... |
Ognissanti, 2017
The Ognissanti church is one of my favorites: a very old church complex filled with art history. The post I did in 2013 (http://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2013/10/ognissanti_16.html) (required re-reading!) conveys most of what's of interest, and I'll just augment it here with some new/different pix.
Just a few doors from the Ognissanti, a beautiful Art Nouveau...so out of place in Florence, but so gorgeous |
The Ognissanti (All Saints), main church |
Interior |
Botticelli's St. Augustine; it was visiting Brazil in 2013 |
The writing in the book is mostly gibberish, except for a derisive line about the order that had commissioned it; B was a bit of a prankster, I have read |
Across the nave, Ghirlandiao's St. Jerome |
The Vespucci chapel (I had misidentified it in the 2013 post) |
Botticelli's resting place, at Simonetta's feet |
More Florence Scenes, 2017
There's always plenty to see apart from the churches and museums...
Love those rusticated walls |
Also the really old towers that pop-up here and there |
At one of the fancy clothing stores downtown |
Where 1,148 euros will buy you this cute pre-stressed dress; shopping tip: maybe check at the Goodwill first; wait, no, the Goodwill would throw this in the rubbish bin |
Walking past the Orsanmichele (we call it the Orson Wells) |
The kind of gelato joint Vicki now says to avoid |
It was a bit nipply on a few of the days we were there |
Vicki says the sculpture is of gelato droppings |
A favorite place in Florence I never miss...in the main square, where they tortured, hanged, and then burned Savanarola at the stake; thus always to demagogues |
Accompaniments to the gelato droppings |
Ditto |
Outside the Uffizi, Vicki has commissioned a work of art |
So if you're really smitten by the neo-classical thing, you can have your own at one of the several stores like this |
Fair warning: I can't remember how many times during our travels I've walked into a bar/cafe/restaurant, asked whether they have wifi, and then been served a glass of white wine... |
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