Museum Mania: Are we done yet?

Florence 2

The day started with a long line at the Accademia. Jonathan was good enough to be the line-holder while Brodie and I went to a nearby museum which was a former cloister. All of the rooms were painted with religious scenes by Frior Angelico. Once we rejoined Jonathan, (and interrupted his discussion with some Belgians) the line went quickly and soon we were standing at the feet of the statue of David. The replications do not do it justice. Then we had a tour of one of the Medici’s Palaces that contained a collection of statues and a storybook like depiction of the Adoration of the Magi. The colorful painting was in a very stuffy chapel with its own guard. We were glad our sacrament meetings don’t get that stuffy.

The Uffizi museum was the next stop. It holds a significant and priceless collection, but the building is all stairs and no air conditioning. I was so excited to see Botticelli’s work up close that I did not mind. His ethereal scenes have been a favorite of mine since I first studied his work in high school. We ended the day by seeing the cathedral where Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, and others are buried.