Today Mom and I received an education in Renaissance art! Two quick notes about this post: 1.Any pictures of art were not taken by me, due to gallery rules- I stole them from the internet. I promise we actually saw them though! J 2. Fair warning, there will be pictures of naked paintings and statues- what can I say, it’s classical art? We started out in the Uffizi Gallery, where we saw famous works such as Botticelli’s Birth of Venus
His Spring
One of Michelangelo’s few completed oil paintings
The Venus de Medici
We also saw sculptures by Donatello, works by Leonardo de Vinci, more Madonna and Child paintings than you could shake a stick at a whole bunch of naked people pictures (Note: I am not a very good art critic J), and so much more! All in all, it was a very impressive collection, and with our Rick Steves guide to educate us on what we were seeing, it was a very fascinating morning! We also had a beautiful view of the city from the gallery.
After a quick lunch to give us time to take in what we had seen, we were off to the next art gallery: the Accademia. While it doesn’t have the same breadth or variety as the Uffizi, it does have one pivotal piece, the statue of David by Michelangelo.
This statue was amazing- it was so much bigger than we expected, and the level of detail and skill involved in making it was astounding! All Mom and I could say was wow!!! We were so glad to have been able to see it!! From there, it was back to the hotel to clean up, then meeting Kim for dinner. We also said goodbye to Kim, as she leaves to return to the USA tomorrow. We were so glad that we were able to see her here, and even happier that she had such a wonderful time! However, Mom and I are still not done- we leave for Venice in the morning!
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