Paris & Rome 2018

[Drunk Monk]

I figured you would prefer the Hell mosaic in the Florence Baptistry over the Duomo fresco. Maybe that's just my preference for Gothic over Renaissance. Did you catch the memorial painting of Sir John Hawkwood, the English mercenary near the entrance to the Duomo? (There's a great book about him called The Devil's Broker.)

And I was surprised you didn't Instagram one of the Captives in the Accademia; I thought they would be to your taste.

Both hell depictions were really impressive.  I think the whole Duomo experience added into my impression of it.  Being up that high and so close to piece made the Duomo piece hit me like a hammer.  But I did enjoy the Baptistry piece too, for sure.  Couldn't really shoot either of them.  The Baptistry was too far away for my little amateur point&shoot and the Duomo was behind grungy safety glass.  

I did take some pix of the slaves.  I'm not sure how they came out. I downloaded them this morning but I haven't really looked at them. Those slaves were awesome.  I liked The Atlas best because his head is still trapped by the uncarved block.

I was being more obtuse with my gramming.  I'm always that way there. I originally wanted my gram to be more personal and my fb more professional - but they both went their own direction despite my attempts to manipulate them. My more formal-ish pix will go up on facebook albums over the next few weeks.  Stay tuned.