The Uffizi

Today I decided I would let myself sleep in  since classes this week were certainly exhausting. I woke up and made myself some espresso (out of my Moka of course!) and a breakfast of yogurt, proscuitto and toast with honey and ricotta. 

 

I then got myself all dressed up  (in the red, yellow and blue dress with all the flowers!) and went to the Uffizi! I was happy to find out that my roomates are as dorky as I am when it comes to museums, and we are all of the belief that it is unacceptable to go a museum in just any old clothes and out of respect for the art withing the museum, we must dress up!

 

So, I marched on down to the Uffizi and spent the entire afternoon. I saw every single piece of art that was able to be seen! NYU gives us these amazing little cards that not only give us free admission to many major museums in Italy, but also let us skip all of the lines! So I marched right on in for free. The museum was obviously unlike anything in the states. The building in itself is gorgeous and competes with the works that hang on its walls. I found myself spending so much time just in one room studying not only the walls but the intricate ceilings, frescoes, window trimmings, etc. 

 

One room I walked into was completely Gold. The cieling was covered with individual Gold flowers and the walls had these tiny little pieces of thwarted artwork all over them. This was my favorite room not only because it was all in gold and the detail was incredible, but the sculptures in this room were all from one story, (I don't remember which one) and they all depicted (exquistely of couse) movement. It was just really neat to see these larger than life motions frozen in stone. I spent at least an hour in there! 

 

Anyway, there is way too much to cover so I put some of my favorites on here. Later I will try to post some of the pictures I was able to illegally take, once I can figure out how!

 

Below are:

Rosalba Carriera, 

Portrait of Felicia Sarton

Giuseppe Crespi, Cupid and Psyche (or in Italian Amore e Psiche)

and Woman Rising from the Bed (or "The Flea")

Giovanni Bellini, 

Sacred Allegory

This picture doesn't even do it justice. The detail in this one is incredible, especially in the floor. 

Boticelli, Cestello Anunciation

and then 

Matthais Stomer's Caravaggio inspired Anunciation

 

Well the pictures didn't show up, but theres the names of some of my favs!

After the Uffizi I came home and did research about Lucca since we leave early tomorrow for there. Now I am exhausted so I am going to do some homework and go to bed! Baci!

 the blog page has been down lately so I will try to post more of my weekend later. Highlights include Lucca, The Chocolate Festival and my travel plans!