Another week in Italy, another adventure. Friday was Holly's birthday, and she was a trooper to have to spend the first half of it in an art museum. We went to the Uffizi with our class to see up close the many pieces of artwork that we have all seen so many times: Lippi's Madonna and Child, Michelangelo's Holy Family and Botticelli's Birth of Venus. These are the three pictures above. Learning about these famous artists and then seeing their work in person is very exciting. It's also exciting to know that Michelangelo, Leonardo, Botticelli, Giotto, Fra Angelico, Donatello, Cimabue and many other great artists were either born or trained in Florence. Go to www.uffizi.com to see more info.
We're also working on a couple of projects in art class, one being to represent a piece of art. Mine is San Lorenzo church, which is an amazing church, and famous world-wide for being the first church built in Florence, then the first church to be rebuilt in the renaissance style. It houses some very famous works of art that are just awesome to see.
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