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  • Exterior: trattoria Quatro Leone, Oltrarno, Firenze.  The door stands invitingly open.  The food is delicious.  It is frequented by neighborhood residents.
    Restaurant_Florence_ITA201012-261.jpg
  • Exterior, trattoria al Tranval, Oltrarno, Firenze.  A true neighborhood trattoria, without tourists.
    Florence-trattoria-exterior-ITA20110...jpg
  • Interior of the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, showing marker of the maximum height of the 1966 Arno flood.
    Firenze-Museo-marker-ITA201101--2015.jpg
  • Bronze statue of the boar ("Il Porcellino") in the Mercato Nuovo, seen from behind it as a smiling group of people gather round and a boy in a red jacket rubs its nose for luck.  One man has camera on a tripod, another woman walks by with her point-and-shoot camera.  Illuminated boutique show windows beyond.
    Firenze_good_luck_ITA201012-234.jpg
  • Early Renaissance architecture: the key figure is Filippo Brunelleschi.  His Ospedale degli Innocenti (Foundling Hospital, (1419–ca.1445), is the first major monument of his elegant classical style with its arches and colonnades.  This is the courtyard inside.
    ITA201012-088 BW.jpg
  • Internal stairway in the Palazzo Davanzati.  I like stairways.
    Mysterious-old-stairway-ITA201101--0...jpg
  • Courtyard of the Medici Palace, with transparent red gauze cloth banner hanging between two columns.  Tourist couple standing nearby looking around them.  The banner shows a collage of a photograph and a Ghirlandaio fresco with a quotation from Gabriele di Annunzio.
    Medici-Palace-courtyard-Florence-ITA...jpg
  • Early Renaissance architecture: the key figure is Filippo Brunelleschi.  His Ospedale degli Innocenti (Foundling Hospital, (1419-ca.1445), is the first major monument of his elegant classical style with its arches and colonnades.  This is the courtyard inside, its serene colonnade arching over a potted orange tree.
    Brunelleschi-courtyard-colonnade-ITA...jpg
  • This amusing fountain, probably 17th or even 18th century, stands on a corner in the Oltrarno near a bus stop I often used at the end of the day to get back to my b&b.  Its grotesque mask always made me smile.  Its mouth has a metal spout which indicates safe drinking water.  The six balls on the escutcheon above are a Medici heraldic statement, six being typical of the 16th century usage.
    Baroque_corner_drinking_fountain_ITA...jpg
  • A living boy looks with, perhaps, suspicion, at a "living statue" in Florence.  Other actual statues in nearby niches.
    Living statue ITA201012-228.tif
  • Detail of a girl hugging her horse, showing both heads and her arm.  Bronze by Giuseppe Gavazzi in the Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy.
    Gavazzi sculpture ITA201012-175.jpg
  • Christ Pantocrator between the Virgin and St. Minias, with Evangelist symbols.  Dated 1260 or 1297, by an unknown artist.  In the apse of the church of San Miniato al Monte, Florence.
    Pantocrator mosaic San Miniato ITA20...jpg
  • Ferragamo has the splendid medieval Palazzo Spini Feroni for the company museum.  A look through the window shows the painted plaster ceiling with an image of a male figure astride a flying eagle, surrounded by cherubs.
    Florence-Ferragamo-museum-ITA201101-...jpg
  • View toward Santa Croce, built 14th century.  The surrounding streets are lined with leather shops.
    Florence-streetscape-Santa-Croce-ITA...jpg
  • The duomo interior is large and quite bare.  Again the pietra serena with white walls combination is used.  The floor of polished multicolored marble echoes the exterior color combination of red, green, grey, and white.
    Florence_Duomo_nave-ITA201101--0059.jpg
  • Close up of hand and drapery of Donatello's statue of Habbakuk ("Il Zuccone"), between 1423-35.  Made for the Campanile, now in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence.
    Donatello-statue-Habbakuk-ITA201012-...jpg
  • The same year, 1424, Masaccio and Masolino were painting the Brancacci Chapel in the Church of the Carmine.  As always I look for the details that show some personality.  Slightly thuggish looking Masaccio self portrait.  He died at the age of 27, rumored to have been poisoned by some competing painter.  Masolino the shorter man at left, and the jug-eared man Bruneslleschi.  The man in the foreground possibly Leon Battista Alberti.  They are in the audience of St. Peter enthroned.
    Brancacci-chapel-Masaccio-portrait-I...jpg
  • Sassetti chapel in Santa Trinita with frescoes by Domenico Ghirlandaio of the Life of St. Francis, 1483-86.  Four or five well dressed ladies in the foreground, male escorts behind.
    Four-Renaissance-ladies-fresco-ITA20...jpg
  • Upper facade of the Palazzo Vecchio, originally designed by Arnolfo di Cambio, completed 1322.  Coats of arms painted 1353.
    Florence-palazzo-vecchio-detail-faca...jpg
  • I decided that including a cypress tree would add a certain punctuation mark to the standard view of the Palazzo Veccio and the cathedral dome.
    Florence_cityscape_ITA201012-174.jpg
  • Inside the apothecary at San Miniato del Monte.  A Benedictine monk in charge sells items to a young French couple.
    Monastic-apothecary-ITA201012-148.jpg
  • The crucifix painted in 1288 by Cimabue for the church of Santa Croce was severely damaged in the flood of 1966.  Preserved  but not restored, it is displayed in the Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce.  Cimabue's style humanizes Byzantine severity, in the faces of Jesus, Mary, and St. John.
    Cimabue-crucifixion-ITA201012-119.jpg
  • Rainy streets can make nice reflections.  Perspective view down an alley at night in Florence, with a neon bar sign and a bicycle leaning against the wall opposite.
    Florence-streetscape-night-ITA201012...jpg
  • Interior of the Pazzi Chapel showing one corner with arched windows and terra cotta roundels by Luca della Robbia above them.   The grey edgings and  pilasters are of pietra serena, a specific type of stone from Fiesole.  Combined with the warm white walls they make an exquisitely serene space.  Some scholars now think that Berunelleschi was responsible for the design, and the building work was completed by others, such as Michelozzo.
    Pazzi-chapel-interior-ITA201012-114.jpg
  • Courtyard wall of the Bargello studded with carved stone coats of arms of various Florentine families.
    Bargello-courtyard-ITA201012-101.jpg
  • Everyone loves the Ponte Vecchio.  It was always crowded, so I preferred it from further away.  I had lots of opportunities from the next bridge over, the Ponte S. Trinita, restored after bombing in World War II.  The bus stop I used to get back to my B&B was nearby, so most of these images were made in the late afternoon or dusk.
    Florence_Ponte_Vecchio_ITA201012-094.jpg
  • Closeups of faces in the crowd in Ghirlandaio's Adoration of the Magi.  His style has stronger lines and more insistent detail than we have seen before.  Many are probably portraits of specific individuals.  As my friend Patsy said, "they're so gossipy!"
    Renaissance-men-portraits-Ghirlandai...jpg
  • The Palazzo Alberti-Corsi is a late 15th century town house or palazzetto.  It was eventually bought by an English art historian Herbert Percy Horne, who restored the residence to what he determined was its original state.  He left it to the state after his death.  The interior is fascinating and each room has a determined young security person who enforces "no foto."  However in one small room where the leaded window glass  appealed to me, I managed a quick shot with my pocket Canon G10.  The varying thicknesses of the glass roundels appear in different shades of blue and pale orange.
    Leaded_circles_window_ITA201101--199...jpg
  • A Florentine woman, with her young daughter (about six years old), fills a water bottle at a Baroque wall fountain in the Oltrarno.  Both wear padded jackets.  The fountain, on a street corner, has above it a grotesque mask.  The fountain is shaped in swoops and scrolls, echoed in her curved arm reaching out, and curving fur hood of her jacket.
    Woman_child_fountain_ITA201101--0034.jpg
  • It rained in January.  Horse eating lunch out of his nosebag on a rainy day; he wears a raincoat, his carriage has an umbrella, and his master stands beside him hoping for customers.  Glistening rain slicked pavement. Crowds in the background in front of the Palazzo Vecchio.  Construction cranes in the sky.  We'll notice them again too later.
    Equine_lunch_Florence_ITA201012-319.jpg
  • Uffizi Gallery from across the Arno River at sunset.  The crowd is like a row of dots along the river bank.  The intense yellow color of the setting sun on the gallery wall is reflected in the water of the river below.
    Uffizzi_gallery_sunset_reflection_IT...jpg
  • I like to collect pictures of wall signs and graffiti that have some relevance to their location.  Or some mystery.  Here the message on a scruffy old wall is: "Terrorista e lo stato" painted in black, apparently through a template.
    State_terrorism_ITA201012-096.jpg
  • I could not decide between a horizontal and vertical picture, so I did both.
    Brunelleschi_colonnade_detail_ITA201...jpg
  • Marble statue of St. Luke, by Nanni di Banco, in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence.  The work was on the original facade of the cathedral, which was redesigned and built.  The seated figure looks down on us with a supercilious sneer, holding a book on his knee with one hand.
    Saint Luke Renaissance statue ITA201...jpg
  • Sidewalk approach to the Galileo Museum, with astrological symbold embedded in the pavement.
    Galileo-museum-Florence-ITA201101--1...jpg
  • The Palazzo Alberti-Corsi is a late 15th century town house or palazzetto.  It was eventually bought by an English art historian Herbert Percy Horne, who restored the residence to what he determined was its original state.  He left it to the state after his death.  The interior is fascinating and each room has a determined young security person who enforces "no foto."  However in one small room where the leaded window glas appealed to me, I managed a quick shot with my pocket Canon G10.
    ITA201101--1991.jpg
  • Interior, trattoria al Tranval.  Tables for two set along a bench; menu board posted over window; wine bottles in a rack above the bench.
    Florence-trattoria-interior-ITA20110...jpg
  • Campanile (bell tower) of the Duomo, designed and begun by Giotto, 1334-37, when he died.  Four years later Andrea Pisano became Master of the Works and scrupulously followed Giotto's design until 1348, the year of the Black Death, when everything stopped.  Francesco Talenti finally finished it in 1359.
    Florence_campanile_ITA201101--0066.jpg
  • Detail of the serpent in the Garden of Eden, by Paolo Uccello, 1424, with color correction to bring out detail.  The fresco, in the Green Cloister of Santa Maria Novella, was badly damaged in the flood of 1966.  Even so the concept of   the serpent in the Garden of Eden as an attractive blonde woman has great appeal to me.
    Garden-Eden-serpent-ITA201012--0062c...jpg
  • Green cloister of Sta Maria Novella, considered an extraordinary example of Italian Gothic architecture, begun around 1340 by Fra' Sisto and Fra' Ristoro. I like cloisters because they slow life down to make contemplation easier. Under the arcade is a series of frescoes by Paolo Uccello showing the Creation and the story of Noah, dated 1424.
    Santa-Maria-Novella-cloister-ITA2010...jpg
  • A few years after the Sassetti Chapel, Girlandaio decorated the Tornabuoni Chapel in the apse of Santa Maria Novella.  The subject is the life of John the Baptist, 1485-1490,  seen from the northern side of the nave.  Altar with wooden crucifix, decorated with pots of red poinsettias and candelabra as it is still the Christmas season.
    Florence-Santa-Maria-Novella_Tornabu...jpg
  • Green cloister of Sta Maria Novella, considered an extraordinary example of Italian Gothic architecture, begun around 1340 by Fra' Sisto and Fra' Ristoro.  I like cloisters because they slow life down to make contemplation easier.  Under the arcade is a series of frescoes by Paolo Uccello showing the Creation and the story of Noah, dated 1424.  Details in the next images of this gallery.
    Florence-Santa-Maria-Novella-cloiste...jpg
  • In Florence, Santa Claus typically climbs up to the balcony.
    Florence-Santa-balcony-ITA201012--00...jpg
  • Hexagonal lozenge from the Campanile: woman at a loom, with another woman standing next to it looking on, denoting the Art of Wool-Making.  Attributed to Andrea Pisano.  Classical air of the drapery shows that the Renaissance has begun.
    Medieval-woman-weaving-ITA201012--00...jpg
  • Hexagonal lozenge from the Campanile: apothecary in his shop with four women customers, denoting the Art of Medicine.  Attributed to Andrea Pisano.
    Medieval-pharmacist-sculpture-ITA201...jpg
  • Still later, after the night lights had come on.
    Arno-Ponte-Vecchio-night-ITA201012-2...jpg
  • Renaissance palace architecture exteriors are usually build of huge stone blocks heavily pilowed, with a bench below and a series of flambeau or torch holders along the wall.
    Renaissance-flambeau-in-situ-ITA2010...jpg
  • Woman tourist with white or blonde hair looking through the protective fence in front of Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise", Florence Baptistry.  The in situ panels are copies, while the originals are in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo being restored.
    Florence_Baptistry_ITA201012-203.jpg
  • From the Bardini Gardens, there is a view toward the most popular and touris-fraught viewpoints at the Piazzale Michelangelo, where another copy of his David statue can be discerned even from this distance.
    View_Piazzale_Michelangelo_Florence_...jpg
  • Built mid-13th century (1256-62) as the seat of city government; later the headquarters of the Chief of Police, prison, and police barracks.  In 1865 opened as a national museum.  A tourist couple lean against the wellhead studying their guidebook.
    Bargello-courtyard-ITA201012-098.jpg
  • Brunelleschi's courtyard of the Ospedale degli Innocenti is a perfection of proportion.  In this view inside a colonnade,  a window reflects the exterior of the courtyard colonnade.  A wooden bench suggests repose in this quiet place.
    Brunelleschi-courtyard-detail-ITA201...jpg
  • Exterior of a bookshop with graffiti on the wall outside:  "Living like a gypsy in spirit."  Inside the bookshop, a customer browses in the shadows.
    Florence-graffiti-ITA201101--2044.jpg
  • A wide angle view of Florence along the Arno, that includes a support of the Ponte S. Trinita
    Arno_river_Florence_ITA201101--0025.jpg
  • Head of Nanni di Banco's marble statue of St. Luke in the Museu dol'Opera del Duomo.  His facial expression seems to show a very condescending squint.
    Condescending_expression_ITA201101--...jpg
  • Hexagonal lozenge from the Campanile: apothecary in his shop with four women customers, denoting the Art of Medicine.  Attributed to Andrea Pisano.
    Renaissance_pharmacist_ITA201012--00...jpg
  • The fresco in the smaller dome at left, over the altar, represents the sky in Florence on July 4, 1442 according to astronomers.  Together the dome interiors, medallions, and arches, form a complex of circular and angular shapes.  Attending to what is going on in the ceiling, it is not clear where the eye must rest.
    Pazzi_chapel_ceiling_SI197905-23.jpg
  • Floor of the duomo nave.
    Florence duomo floor ITA201101--0061.jpg
  • The Baptistry is also Romanesque, built in the 11th and 12th centuries.  Horse drawn carriages wait for passengers in the Piazza del Duomo, north side of the Baptistry,  Three carriages with horses and drivers have taken on passengers and are about to leave.  A few pedestrians are scattered about.
    Horses_carriages_piazza_Duomo_ITA201...jpg
  • One of the scenes from the life of Noah: an angel instructs him to build the Ark while a man hoes the soil and a woman with two small children stand nearby.  Severely damaged in the 1966 floods and not yet restored.
    ITA201012--0060.jpg
  • Telephoto detail of a band of archangels, cherubim, and serphim in the mosaics of the Florence Baptistry of St. John.
    Baptistry_mosaic_dome_archangels_ITA...jpg
  • The Baptistry dome interior has spectacular mosaics, still very Byzantine in style, made during the 13th century.  I have not seen any attribution to any one artist, though it is said that the painter Coppo di Marcovaldo made some of the cartoons.
    Baptistry_mosaic_dome_ITA201012--000...jpg
  • Closeup of Donatello's late sculpture in wood of the penitent Magdalen.  Her mournful face, tangled hair, ragged robe, and wrinkled hands are shown.
    Donatello Magdalen ITA201012--0029.jpg
  • Across the room, a similar cantoria sculpted by Luca della Robbia, 1431,  is placed high on the wall.  But copies of the panels are hung below at eye level so that they are easier to examine.  Children and adolescents playing musical instruments, singing, and dancing.
    DellaRobbia-cantoria-panel-ITA201101...jpg
  • Overall view upward looking at Donatello's Cantoria in the Museo dell-Opera del Duomo.  A harsh overhead light and the height of the work make it very difficult to study.
    Donatello-Cantoria-ITA201101--2021.jpg
  • Front panel of Donatello's cantoria, manipulated in Photoshop to correct perspective so that the figures can be examined more closely.  The exuberant figures, probably at least designed if not wholly worked by Donatello himself (my opinion), are tucked behind a row of columns studded with mosaic.  The repetitive ornament above and below was undoubtedly finished by his workshop.
    Donatello-Cantoria-adjusted-ITA20110...jpg
  • Yet another town house residence is the Casa Buonarotti, where the great Michelangelo's descendants maintained a home and a collection not only of his works but of other important artists.  The third floor consists of the residential area, a series of charming small rooms, decorated in 17th and 18th century style.   This charming dome drew my attention as a dome-collector, and the guard was willing to look the other way when I asked to make a picture, as long as I used no flash.  It has a delightful Rococo frivolity balanced with a severe geometric container.
    Dome-interior-18th-century-Florence-...jpg
  • Annunciation by Luca della Robbia is set into the arched vault of the Ospedale degli Innocenti.  The "Della Robbia blue" covers the background of the white figures of the angel and Mary.
    Della-Robbia-Annunciation -ITA201101...jpg
  • Close up, in compressed telephoto shot, of a campanile detail adjoining the cathedra.  The hexagonal reliefs at the lower right are copies.  The originals are in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.
    Florence_campanile_duomo_ITA201101--...jpg
  • Overall view of Ghiberti's "Gates of Heaven" on the Baptistry, with  marble sculpture of Jesus being baptized by St. John, made in 1505  by Andrea Sansovino (c1467-1529).  The angel looking on is a later 18th century work by a lesser sculptor, Innocenzo Spinazzi.  The gold doors in place are replicas of the originals which are kept in the museum.
    Florence_Baptistry_door_replica_ITA2...jpg
  • Looking up into the interior of Brunelleschi's dome, covered in the 16th century with frescoes by Giorgio Vasari, the hyperactive painter, writer, architect, and historian.
    Florence_cathedral_interior_dome_ITA...jpg
  • Construction cranes are everywhere as various monuments are patched and polished.  This view of the Palazzo Vecchio is from the courtyard of the Uffizi Gallery, a construction crane silhouetted against the sky, and the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio burnished by light from the setting sun.
    Florence-Palazzo-Vecchio-repair-ITA2...jpg
  • A pair of street artists working on a copy of a Raphael Madonna and child in the Pitti Palace.  Onlookers gather around.  Scallop-shaped dishes for offerings of money.  It is dusk so shop windows are lit.
    Florence-street-artists-copying-Raph...jpg
  • Florence, Arno river, view of apartments and shops along the river bank, reflected in the water.
    Florence_apartments_riverside_ITA201...jpg
  • Facade of Santa Maria Novella, designed by Leon Battista Alberti, 1456-70 on a commission by a local textile magnate, Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai.  The church itself, a Dominican foundation, was built 100 years previously.
    Florence-Santa-Maria-Novella-facade-...jpg
  • Closeup of Donatello's late sculpture in wood of the penitent Magdalen, about 1453-55.  Head, shoulders, and hands praying.
    Donatello-sculpture-Magdalen-ITA2010...jpg
  • Brancacci Chapel: St. Peter healing the crippled man.  The two foppish men on the right are by Masolino.  They are very commonly replicated.
    Scene-StPeter-beggar-Brancacci-ITA20...jpg
  • By the last quarter of the 15th century, Domenico Ghirlandaio was the star of fresco.  This is Sassetti chapel in Santa Trinita with frescoes of the Life of St. Francis, 1483-86
    Ghirlandaio-Sassetti-chapel-ITA20101...jpg
  • Sassetti chapel in Santa Trinita with frescoes by Domenico Ghirlandaio of the Life of St. Francis, 1483-86.  Group of well dressed men seem to be talking; two kneeling friars in their robes..  Self-portrait at the far right, looks out towards us.
    Group-Renaissance-men-fresco-ITA2010...jpg
  • Since many museums in Florence enforce a "no foto" order, I often found more interest in peoples' interactions with sculptures in the street.  Here, a "living statue," swathed in white fabric, stands in a spot near the Piazza della Signoria where there are real, not living, statues beside and behind him.
    Florence-living-statue-ITA201012-227...jpg
  • Parents with a stroller, seen from behind, watch a "living statue" hunker down to speak with a little girl.  Onlookers in the foreground, viewpoint over their shoulders
    Florence-living-statue-ITA201012-225.jpg
  • Brunelleschi is most famous for building the dome of the cathedral.  This monument has been so often photographed that I think it's impossible to find a new way of presenting it.  This is the best I could to at the time, showing part of the dome with a view along the south side of the nave, with scaffolding on the exterior of the south apse.
    Florence_cathedral_ITA201012-213.jpg
  • Narrow medieval streets of the historical district in Florence offer occasional partial looks at the famous dome of the Duomo, or Cathedral.
    Florence_street_near_Cathedral_ITA20...jpg
  • New polished wood door with shiny brass fittings, fitted into the arched entrance of  an old stone and brick house in Florence.  Shiny new apartment buzzer plate on the door jamb, with new drain pipes alongside.
    Florence-streetscape-old-new-ITA2010...jpg
  • Telephoto shot of the fronts of a row of 10 or 12 houses, different pastel colors, wooden shutters at various angles, TV aerials  above.  Santa Claus here is a second story man.
    Florence-streetscape-ITA201012-160cr...jpg
  • Christ Pantocrator between the Virgin and St. Minias, with Evangelist symbols.  Dated 1260 or 1297, by an unknown artist.  In the apse of the church of San Miniato al Monte, Florence.
    San-Miniato-apse-mosaic-ITA201012-14...jpg
  • Looking up at San. Miniato al Monte and the adjoining Olivetan monastery, built 11th and 12th centuries.  Stairs and terrace layers step upward toward the church at the top.
    Florence-San-Miniato-ITA201012-134.jpg
  • Brunilleschi's next major work after the Ospedale degli Innocenti was the Pazzi Chapel, next to the Santa Croce basilica, from 1441-1460.  The Pazzi family, rich Florentine bankers, conspired against the Medici brothers Lorenzo and Giuliani. In 1478 they succeeded in murdering Giuliano during mass in the cathedral.  Lorenzo escaped and became subsequently "Lorenzo the Magnificent."  The Pazzi chapel, however, is a gem of serene beauty.  This exterior shot is the usual one shown in books.  A few tourists come and go on the approach path.
    Pazzi-chapel-exterior-approach-ITA20...jpg
  • Closeups of faces in the crowd in Ghirlandaio's Adoration of the Magi.  His style has stronger lines and more insistent detail than we have seen before.  Many are probably portraits of specific individuals.  As my friend Patsy said, "they're so gossipy!"
    Renaissance-men-portraits-ITA201012-...jpg
  • Renaissance palace architecture exteriors are usually build of huge stone blocks heavily pilowed, with a bench below and a series of flambeau or torch holders along the wall.
    Torch_holder_detail_ITA201012-193.jpg
  • In contrast, a window in a newly refurbished building offered this sentiment:  "be stupid" , probably a reference to Diesel's campaign to encourage customers to take risks, stepping out of their comfort zone.
    Be_stupid_sign_ITA201101--0043.jpg
  • Closeup of Donatello's late sculpture in wood of the penitent Magdalen.  Her head is in profile, with partial view of her upraised praying hands.
    Aged_penitent_ITA201012--0029.jpg
  • I collect domes.  This looks straight upward at the central dome of the Pazzi Chapel with its pendentives and adjoining arches.  Medallions in the pendentives are the four Evangelists.
    Dome_interior_ITA201012-112.jpg
  • Even in January, Florence was very crowded.  This view is from the Palazzo Vecchio along the Uffizi Gallery.  The crowd is a mix of tourists and residents, apparently.  Note the live "sculpture" on the left.  We'll see him again later.  Banner showing a modern copy of a Renaissance portrait of a large-nosed man (Cosimo dei Medici?) hangs at right in advertisement for some feature on offer at the time.
    Crowds_outside_Uffizi_ITA201012-223.jpg
  • Telephoto view of the Uffizi Gallery river facade from across the Arno River, showing the late afternoon crowds, seeming like a row of ants creeping along the sidewalk behind the river bank balustrade.
    Uffizi_crowds_river_facade_ITA201012...jpg
  • The Bardini Gardens are a vantage point for another view of the city.  A statue of a girl on a horse is placed at a strategic point to be sure you see it.  The sculptor is a contemporary, Giuseppe Gavazzi.
    Florence_cityscape_modern_sculpture_...jpg
  • There are many postcard views of Florence and the Duomo, so it's not easy to be different.  One of the standard viewpoints is from the Piazzale Michelangelo, a hub for tourists, buses, and souvenir sellers.  The Duomo, Campanile, Baptistry, and Palazzo Vecchio are all visible.
    Florence_cityscape_ITA201012-129.jpg
  • View from S. Miniato al Monte of the medieval and Renaissance fortifications that Michelangelo worked on for a year or two when the Florentine Republic was at war with the Medici supporters.  Beyond, the terraces of the newly opened Bardini Gardens.
    Florence_fortifications_ITA201012-12...jpg
  • Hexagonal lozenge from the Campanile: woman at a loom, with another woman standing next to it looking on, denoting the Art of Wool-Making.  Attributed to Andrea Pisano.  Classical air of the drapery shows that the Renaissance has begun.
    Renaissance weaver ITA201012--0033 e...jpg
  • Hexagonal lozenge from the Campanile: apothecary in his shop with four women customers, denoting the Art of Medicine.  Attributed to Andrea Pisano.
    Renaissance apothecary ITA201012--00...psd
  • Head of Nanni di Banco's marble statue of St. Luke in the Museo dol'Opera del Duomo.  His facial expression seems to show a very condescending squint.
    Sculpture-portrait-Renaissance-ITA20...jpg
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