Sunday, March 29, 2009

Verona

So i lied again, haha sorry... it's been two days. 

I left off in Florence- at the end of which we (my class and two professors) jumped on a bus and began the trip to Venice. Along the way however we made two stops to see the two most important pieces of architecture done by a man named Carlos Scarpa. The first was the
 Castel Vecchio Museum in Verona, and the second, the Brion Cemetery in San Vito. 
The Castle Vecchio Museum is, as you could guess, a collection of medieval art (paintings, sculpture, artifacts) put into the old Castle Vecchio. Carlos Scarpa designed the entire thing- and the man was so crazy he'd only ever visit the job site at night so he could use his flashlight and inspect only that which was highlighted by the little cone of light. But it paid off. The details and connections were amazing- we
 stayed there for two hours just sketching and noting these details. 

Probably pretty boring to you all, haha, but I loved it. We ended up just getting lunch in the square and back on the bus to San Vito!

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for sharing. The photos are inspiring.
    Miss you.
    Love,
    Jayne

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