Tag: Florence
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Simply red in photos!
Including a small area of red can sometimes do wonders for a photograph! With this in the back of my mind, I am always alert to something red appearing in my image finder! Whether it works or not, probably depends on a lot of other factors, like what else is in the photograph! But there…
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An Old Bridge
The Ponte Vecchio, or ‘Old Bridge’, is a mediaeval bridge across the River Arno in Florence. The existing bridge dates from 1345, although there were bridges at this location as far back as Roman times. It is of course, one of the most famous sights in the world, and huge numbers of tourists from around…
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An unexpected treasure
I stumbled across this gorgeous painting, almost by chance in Florence. I popped into this church – Santa Trinita – on a whim to have a quick look around. I noticed that the people inside were congregating around one painting in a small chapel (Sassetti Chapel) to the right of the altar. The main painting…
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Hand-made pasta in Florence
This girl was making pasta in the window of a restaurant in Florence. I took a grab-shot and then made eye-contact afterwards. She smiled and waved and did not seem to mind. I noticed that a number of restaurants in the city had people making pasta in front of a window onto the street; I…
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Sublime Tuscan sunset
People say that the light in Italy is special, and you only have to look at the art to appreciate the truth of this. One evening in Florence however, I witnessed this for myself. The light had been bright all day on 17th March, with a strong north wind blowing. Walking along the south bank…
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The gentle monk’s masterpieces
Fra Angelico (born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395 – 1455) has a confusing number of names. He was known to his contemporaries as Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (Brother John of Fiesole) as well as Fra Giovanni Angelico (Angelic Brother John). He is now called il Beato Angelico (Blessed Angelic One) in Italian, although he is known to the art…
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