This month’s ArtSmart Blogging Roundtable is all about architecture. With such a broad topic, it was hard to narrow down the choice. My interests range from art deco and art nouveau to Hindu temples and the modern work of Oscar Niemeyer, which I will be exploring this summer in São Paulo. Yet, despite the array [...]
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ArtSmart Roundtable: Outdoor Sculpture in Florence
This month’s ArtSmart Blogging Roundtable theme is outdoor sculpture, or public art. Though there are many, many fantastic sculptures to be found outdoors around the world, I couldn’t help but highlight the place I first felt the powerful presence of sculpture. Florence, Italy has been called an outdoor museum for good reason. Its streets are [...]
ArtSmart Roundtable: Reflections of the Renaissance in the Uffizi
This post is part of the first ArtSmart Blogging Roundtable, “Paintings in a Museum.” You can visit the posts of the other bloggers, listed at the bottom of this page, and connect with us on the Art Travel Bloggers page on Facebook. The Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy is the home of the world’s greatest [...]
The Brancacci Chapel: The Early Renaissance in Florence, Italy
I believe that the average traveler would be more likely to appreciate the often heavy, mostly religious art in Florence, Italy with a bit of context and background information. I hope that through this little art history lesson, travelers to Florence may have some tools to understand the rest of this city’s Renaissance treasures. Florence [...]
Florence: 5 not-quite-as-touristy things
Along with Prague, Florence is my favorite city. It has so much to offer, but it can be loaded with tourists, which can leave you feeling like just one of the pack, plodding along from one main sight to another. However, with a little planning and a willingness to spend more than just a [...]
Great Art Series: Santa Maria Novella
This is the first post in my Great Art Series– posts about art (of all types!) that has made an impression on me, or other art news from around the world. It’s fitting that the first post is from Florence, which is possibly my favorite place in the world. It was the first place I fell [...]
On our way out: a month in Europe
After living in the Czech Republic for 16 months, it was time to go. I actually wasn’t convinced of that but ended up being almost forced out by various circumstances. It took me a very long time to convince myself that I made the right decision in leaving. Our final hurrah was this: a month [...]
How I got started– study abroad & first trips to Europe
First trip abroad: I traveled a lot as a kid and moved every couple years, but my overseas travel started when I was 15. My father lived in Naples for 3 years, and I spent 2 weeks visiting him in Dec., 1987. We stayed in Naples and hit the other biggies– Rome, Florence, and Venice. I was [...]
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