The Uffizi Museum is consistently mentioned in listings of the best museums in the world. Our first trip to Florence was on a Monday and the Uffizi was closed so we made a beeline to it on this visit. We had to find the entrance, get in the correct line and then we were in. It is a big building built in a U-shape with galleries and art all along the way. We breezed in and attached our art looking eyes ready to see works by Botticelli, da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrant and more. We wandered along blissfully through the entire building,
A long hall to get in. On the left is the 1:30 and the line on the right is on the right.
this is when it pays not to be early.
A big snake!
This is the long part of the U
It appeared that this piece was made from two types of stone
Another two toned sculpture
The Moghul
Hair pulling is allowed
We have entered the icon room
Still a long wat to go
At least 10% of the works are of Mary and Child
The blue men!
We have a row of ladies
Hanging out with the Centaurs
Spring by Botticelli, painted in the 1470's and there are 500 identifiable plant species painted here
The Birth of Venus also by Botticelli from the 1480's
Another Botticelli but this one has a 3-D insert where the medallion is
No question anout the 3-D nature of this work
Great photorealism
In the Adam and Eve gallery
That is not really the name
But there were plenty of Adams and Eves in the room
The master stroke of the Italian museums is their settings
When the room is as beautiful as what is up on the walls, it is a better experience
This dog agrees
This fresco is painted in a museum and is a painting of a museum
I have never seen so many busts with two types of stone
Looking out the window I saw these two boats
Cupid has something to say to Psyche from the 2nd Century CE
A very Roman nose
Andromeda is about to be eaten by the sea-beast when Perseus comes in to save the day
Some naked light reading
the Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci in 1472
Adoration of the Magi is an unfinished da Vinci
Boy With Itchy foot
Buff Man With Bushy Arm Pit Hair
Now that is a beard, but the goat horns are a turn-off
The greenish stone is basanite from Egypt a very hard stone. This was a copy of an earlier Greek work, Doryphoros
More itchy parts
Doni Tondo by Michelangelo done in 1504
The unusual round frame
Had heads sticking out of it
Five heads all carved out of wood, this is the original frame
This could be a Rock and Roll star
Yes she is wearing white gloves
More great ceiling art in the hallway
Lots of arms up in the air as if it is something bad about to happen
Sure enough the gods are about to do some punishing
These are the Niobid's
Based on the myth that Niobid was boasting about having 14 children
A more powerful god only had only two kids and did not like the boasting. So all of Niobid's children were killed to teach a lesson in humility
The ceiling was much more peaceful
A veterinarian needs to see this horse about it's hooves
This horse ifs fine
We sat for a bit in the cafe, they have quite a view
The selfi folks are out in droves
Nive eyebrows
A Rembrandt self portrait downstairs on the first floor
In fact the exhibit was about artists painting artists
Some were male and some were female
Some were self portraits and some were portraits
Back on the street
Motorcycle row
A tight rope walker walking between two of the buildings
Muscle car
I heard a loud knocking
I looked over and it was the fabled wine window
So I knocked...
Recently cleaned
Not so clean
A beehive
The doors are reinforced
Boar's head meat
A carved wooden man
These fountains are not so appealing
A lost soul
A cute puppy back at the ternimal
The sad behavior of Italian smokers
More trouble on the bus rout on the way home...a pro-Palestinian protest
Thank goodness for this couple on the bus. They shepherded up to the right bust stop once the bus diverted from the prescribed route. We had to drive in the opposite direction for a while and we were ready to get out and walk, but he shouted out to the driver and determined what stop would be closest for us.
