Museum Day. Overwhelmed.

SO- today was a long day of Museums and classes...

it started with walking to the Design Center 10 minutes north of school to my Italian lanuage class- and then we had to leave early to meet my high renaissance class to go to the Opera Del Duomo- the works of the duomo, which many of in and around the actual place are now copies, so we went to see some original michealangelo works, and some things like the originals of the baptistry doors by ghiberti- those of which reside there in pubic are not real.

Then- we went to the Academia, where we had a reservation to go to see the David and the captives which Michealangelo carved. I do really wish that I was in the wednesday section of on-site field trips, so that we would not have been bombarded by lines and tourists. I would have enjoyed the experience much better.

Seeing these works in person was a really fun experience, however would have been more enjoyable if i wasnt trying to remember facts for a class. Maybe there will be a time i can go and (pay) and see it again to truly take in the details, instead of trying to pull facts from lecture to answer our professor's questions.

The last sunday of every month - state museums are free - therefor the accademia is as well... This means that maybe the end of november, since i wont be here for the next end of the month in october- SCOTLAND BABY- I will go and contemplate it in more depth. Until then I will contemplate the copy in palazza signorina.

Then i had to walk across the river to go see an italian artist Cabianca and his contributions to 19th century art history, that which are really interesting. Many impressionist and realist artists of his time were extremely influenced by the industrial revolution, however in Italy it was very different.

While much of europe was going through this change- Italy was just becoming one country. In the time period of 1860 to 1871 Italy united as one country instead of the smaller states that made up the area. This also was reflected in when they had their industrial revolution, which was much later than usual... into the 20th century. So- this is important because of the change in much of Italy's subjects in the movement of painting. Yes, in the idea of capturing a moment of time, and stylistically much of the Italian painging was the same, but the subject of painting was different- more about rural life- instead of the underground french painters etc.

Anyway- IM EXHAUSTED. 3 museums in one day. Enough. Shower time. LATER.