Making People Laugh in The New Yorker
The New Yorker is one of my favourite magazines and the first thing I do when I open it is to read all the cartoons. Some are hilarious and others…
Art
The foot of Faith by Piero Del Pollaiolo
I’ll be posting in some kind of loose random reverse order images from the trip. Here, Piero Del Pallailo’s foot of the figure of Faith. Once again, rooms in the…
Ariadne at the Uffizi
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Ucello’s Santa Monica at the Uffizzi
After drilling my eyes into The Battle Of San Romano panel, I turned to the right and found the Santa Monica. Charmed again, then saw it was also, as I…
Galileo at the Uffizzi
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The David outside the Uffizzi
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Adrift
I have yet to see anything that so sublimely and elegantly shows how mankind and nature can cohabit this planet, yet we continue to lay a massive pounding on the…
Police station, Venice, at Rialto
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Christo – Big Air Package
Big Air Package, an indoor installation for the Gasometer Oberhausen, Germany, was conceived in 2010 and is on view from March 16 to December 30, 2013. 90 meters high, with…
Cycling in Paris
Spotted this elegant young woman riding her bike in Paris. Filed under: art
Lovebots Invade Toronto
Lovebots are a fun art project that aims to fill Toronto with little concrete robots. The goal is to remind people that the city is a lovely place filled with…
Thoughts on traveling gadgets
If you are planning on using your iPhone as a camera consider bringing a battery pack for it. You can easily exhaust the built-in one in a day. HDR sucks…
Travel packing rules
1) no books 2) no books 3) no books 4) fewer clothes 5) more money 6) no books 7) no books 8) no wheelchairs 9) fewer clothes 10) more money…
The Pantheon 2
The 1700 year old part. Filed under: art Tagged: italy, Rome
The Pantheon
Raphael sleeps here. Filed under: art Tagged: italy, Rome
The wall outside Vatican City
All the secrets are inside. Filed under: art Tagged: italy, Rome, Vatican, wall
The Sistine Chapel roof
Just about the only reason, really, to see the Vatican. Filed under: art Tagged: italy, Vatican
Rome Vespa girl
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From the hotel at Pozzuoli near Naples
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Walter Benjamin – The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Probably the most important essay I have ever read in terms of becoming an artist, and understanding the political and art historical aspects of Photography. “ The uniqueness of a…