Italy
As I ponder the meaning of “Renaissance” art, I travel back in time when my life might have made more sense. Soon I arrive in Venice in lovely Venice in 1500 A.D., its grandest time in history. The city glistens in and out of focus like water lapping through its canals, deep with reflections…(continued after images)
Villa Medici
Fountain of Vices II
Fountain of Vices II
Fountain of Vices I
Strolling Through the Gardens
Strolling Through the Gardens
Afternoon of the Faun
Afternoon of the Faun
Plant and Church at Sorrento
Lawn Spray III
Grand Canal
Sky Blue Pavillon
Temples to Saturn and Concordia
Looking Toward the Adriatic Sea
Floraia Ombrosa
Avenue of the Cypress II
Loggia
Avenues of Cypress I
Cypress Grove
Fontana del Cortile
Venetian Red Villa
Rape of the Sabine Women
Venus at Her Bath
Garden Screen of Roman Emperors
Three Arches
Red Roofs at Bellagio III
Red Roofs at Bellagio II
Shaded Pergola
Sea Nymph at the Gates
Across the Lake
Convento II
Convento I
Three Patriarchs
Along Grand Canal
Season of Winter
Garlands
Casa dei Cervi I
Casa di Sallustio
Casa di Argo
Sepulcri III
Casa di Apollo
Casa del Poeta Tragico
Casa del Menandro
Birth of Venus Plein Air Study
View of Vesuvius from Villa San Marco
Atrium Fresco
Atrio Tuscanico
Atrio Tuscanico
Casa di Paquio Proculo
Casa dei Cervi II
Casa Della Bella Cortilla
Albergo Giulia Felice
Necropoli di Porta Nocera
Pines of Rome II
House of the Faun
Garden View
Interior
Moonlight over Sorrento
Lawn Spray II
Lawn Spray I
Flying Spirit
Lament
Dressing for the Ceremony
Arise
Awakening
Mist above Mt. Vesuvius
View of Venice from I Giardini
Abandon Villa
Sorrento Toward Mt. Vesuvius
Pines of Rome I
Summer Tower
Palatine Hill Tempio
Il Convento a Fiesole
Sunday at San Dominico
Villa Doria Pamphili
Potted Plants at Villa Aurelia
Arbor at Villa Aurelia
Pincio Fountain
Morning at Villa Aurelia Fountain
Fountain and Hedge
Fountain and Pond
Tempio
Villa Stabie
Fish Pond
Ostia Antica
Ostia Antica Shrine
Sepolcri I
Teraazo d'Assisi
Sepolcri II
Florence Cemetery
Animal Chase
Morning of the Faun
Water Music
Water Music
Verdi's Lament I
Cypress Shade
Sunrise on the Terrace
Sunrise on the Terrace
House of the Vettii
The Old Rose
Guardians of the Sun and the Underworld
Mysterious Fresco II
Mysterious Fresco III
Guardians of the Sun and the Underworld
Mysterious Fresco I
Villa Oplontis
View of Oleander Gardens
Love at Three Fountains
Venere in Conchiglia
Peristyle I
Peristyle II
Evening Shadows
Evening Shadows
Giardini a Venezia I
Giardini a Venezia I
Ceres Gathers Her Grain
As I ponder the meaning of “Renaissance” art, I travel back in time when my life might have made more sense. Soon I arrive in Venice in lovely Venice in 1500 A.D., its grandest time in history. The city glistens in and out of focus like water lapping through its canals, deep with reflections…(continued after images)
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