by Valerie | Dec 5, 2018 | art, Fashion, General interest, history, Italy, museums, people, travel
Fingers poised, I am about to type out a lecture on the period of art styled Mannerism, but am uncertain where to start. Yes, Florence again, not in the workshops that forged the talent of young Michelangelo and Raphael in the late 1400s, but in the Florentine court... by Valerie | Jun 7, 2014 | art, General interest, history, Italy, museums, people, travel
There was nothing for it. We had to join the relentless one-way traffic to end up in the Sistine Chapel, the goal of the masses. People are said to turn up at the museum pointing one index finger towards the other and almost shouting, ‘Where? Where?’ We could,... by Valerie | May 21, 2014 | art, General interest, history, Italy, museums, people
My computer has been out of service for days. It started with the screen turning upside down for no reason at all, like the screen on my camera going milky for no reason too – I didn’t drop it but had it strapped to my wrist! On our way to explore three cardinal...
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