San Cristoforo

This is the church of San Cristoforo in Siena. A church I walk by everyday, I finally decided to take a break and draw.


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Porta San Giacomo

A beautiful 16th century Venetian entrance portal to Cittá Alta. Once a stronghold of the powerful Venetian empire, now the historic center of Lombardy's Bergamo.


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Chiesa di Santi Apostoli e Biagio

This is an excellent Romanesque church I bumped into in Florence. It's in a small piazza called Piazza del Limbo, which is connected by an alley way to the Lungarno. I was told by several people it is the first Florentine Duomo.


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San Ludovico di Tolosa

As I mentioned in my last post, I got to see an amazing exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence.

The show was consisted of Renaissance Sculptures in the early and mid 15th century. The exhibition was very well put together and the sculptures were all impressive.

I have to say my favorites were Saint Matthew by Ghiberti for Oraanmichele, Donatello's horse head sculpture for the king of Naples, and lastly this Donatello sculpture also for Orsanmichele:


This is Donatello's San Ludovico di Tolosa (1422) which is a bronze sculpture gilded in gold with jewels.

If you happen to be in Florence in the next month do yourself a favor and go see this exhibition.

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A completed sketchbook

I visited Palazzo Strozzi today and saw an amazing exhibition called Springtime in the Renaissance. I completed my sketchbook there.

I'll post the final drawing in the book, but before that I wanted to post this drawing of Santa Maria del Fiore. I found a great spot to sit and draw so I took my time and patiently drew this.


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Hanging out

This is a photo of the Pieve dei servi di Sant'Ippolito. That's me hanging out after some drawing.


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Beautiful Romanesque church

On our road trip we divided to stop at this church. It's on the top of a hill somewhere between Colle di Val D'elsa and Volterra. It's secluded to say the least. After a short hike we arrived and I was very pleasantly surprised by how beautiful this building was. It is mentioned in the 10th century, but is no longer in use. It's still an incredible thing to be able to see a building from 1,000 years ago.


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