breakfast . .
and then a met museum visit . .
admiring beautiful paintings by luca carlevaris . .
imagining being in venice . .
a beautiful fresco of st. christopher by ghirlandaio, florence, 1448. pigments mixed with water were applied directly onto wet plaster. i remember visiting a special fresco exhibit here at the met in the 1970's with my sister and parents. i was very little and very impressed (i think it was actually in 1968 . . here's the book from the exhibition).
there's more to write but we're on our way to visit nana and nonno for the weekend.
We read about him in Gombrich's art history book! Great you could see an original by him.
ReplyDeleteI got two wonderful packages from the city :))))))))! More later, I have to teach tomorrow morning and it is soooo late!
Love to all!!
The frescoes are so beautiful, aren't they? I'll have to read up on Ghirlandaio now.
DeleteI didn't expect you to receive the package so quickly! It must have arrived Saturday?
I hope you had a good weekend. I enjoyed your post about all you had to do, but worried that it was too much. It's not easy to take it easy . . ! Sending strength and good help your way!
I never saw this reply! I think they did arrive Saturday, but now I don't remember. Maybe they even came Friday. We are having Peter's parents and sister here right now. Flora and Veronika are sick. Flora has a fever and a cold, Veronika so far just a cold. Peter is leaving for Kansas City soon and later in the month for Vienna. Life is busy right now.
DeleteI am glad you liked my post about being worried about getting everything done.
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