The day after the Uffizi Museum I had a little more time to explore. A group of us went to the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral where there was a big dome. We paid eight euros to climb the duomo, which was over 400 steps and it was totally worth it to get to the top.....

On the way to Florence

Duomo of Santa Maria del Fiore

Santa Maria del Fiore

 

On the way up to the duomo...haha!

The inner ceiling of the duomo. This was much more colorful in real life. 

From atop the inner duomo

View from the stairs up the duumo

From Duomo

Stairs of Duomo

The View of Florence from on top of the Duomo

The David statue on the left is an exact copy of Michelangelo's
David, but the real thing is much more impressive. Inside
this building is an art exhibition for a diamond skull, which is
the most expensive art piece that has EVER been made. 

Some statues in some Piazza

Medusa by Cellini

Italian Graffiti art

I don't know the meaning behind this, but it looks cool!

Sacra Famiglia by Michelangelo

This past weekend I went to Florence and Venice. It was a class trip so I had very little time to explore on my own. In Florence we went to the Uffizi Museum where I saw all the famous works by Botticelli, Carravagio, Titian, Parmigianino, DaVinci, Carravagio, Giotto, Michelangelo, and many many others. The day we spent in the Uffizi was mainly for everyone in the Renaissance/Baroque class to do their oral presentations. I did mine on Parmigianino's "Madonna of the Long Neck." Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take picture's, but I will post images from the internet of what I learned about specifically. I can now interpret these paintings pretty confidently as well!

Bacchus by Carravaggio

The Annunciation by DaVinci 

The Birth of Venus by Botticelli

Ognissanti Madonna by Giotto

Madonna of the Long Neck by Parmigianino
This is what I gave my presentation on and will be the
focus of my final paper for my Renaissance class.

Adoration of the Magi by DaVinci

Medusa's head by Carravagio
This is so much more colorful in real life!
It was definitely one of my favorites!

Venus of Urbino by Titian

The Primavera by Botticelli