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mercoledì 19 agosto 2015

-day two --Forte Belvedere show


My pictures!!!!! today bought the cable to connect to my PC and . . . VOILA'


hubbie looking out onto Boboli gardens below


the walkway that runs completely around the fort

view of Neptune's pool in Boboli




Pitti Palace in the distance

homes along the wall and in the distance Via S. Leonardo and the little church where I was married......
me there,  part of the line!

the Kaffehouse, one of the constructions in Boboli gardens, now unused.


K
Looking at Firenze!!!!!!!
These you've seen in the videos?
 









Bye for now!!!

martedì 18 agosto 2015

18 August - Show HUMAN - Sculptures by Sir Anthony Gormley


 I 120 uomini di Gormley  a Forte Belvedere


After weeks of being barricaded in the house in an attempt to escape the heat, we finally went out today!!! Alleluya!!!! The rains have cooled things down so we went to see this fabulous show in the most fabulous setting in Florence...Forte di Belvedere.

www.fortedibelvedere.it (unfortunately I FORGOT my camera but will insert links)  -sorry.

https://youtu.be/MY7AS2RrN1Ahttps://youtu.be/MY7AS2RrN1A

 Gromley himself states:" Rather than choose works able to adapt themselves to the measurements of   the  site, I DECIDED TO PUT IN THE SHOW WORKS THAT ARE THE DIMENSIONS OF MAN, WORKS THAT CONSENT TO THE MASS AND TO THE FORM OF THIS EXTRORDINARY CONSTRUCTION TO EXPRESS ITSELF."

He continues: " My desire is that the visitor reflect on the way in which he presents himself  confronting the space that surrounds him."

Each visit to the Fort is like climbing to the top of the world, the world of Florence anyway, the world of the Renaissance. We are high above Florence with a 360° view of the city: Brunelleschi's dome, the Pitti Palace, Piazza Micheangelo......every monument possible is at our feet, in miniature.

I tried to take pictures with my cell phone (old and not internet connected) so as soon as I can, IF I can, I'll post them....

The heat hasn't been conducive to painting but I have been preparing for my show in September, the show that was part of my being 1st prize winner in the juried exhibition last May. Doing things like checking out paintings I want for the show, preparing titles, re-writing a sort of statement. . .  etc, etc....Lots of  odds and ends.

Hope your summer is going well, (not as HOT as ours).  Will try to be back soon.....