Sunday, November 7, 2010

Firenze on my mind...


For us to go to Italy and to penetrate into Italy is like a most fascinating act of self-discovery—back, back down the old ways of time. Strange and wonderful chords awake in us, and vibrate again after many hundreds of years of complete forgetfulness.


~ D. H. Lawrence










The traveller who has gone to Italy to study the tactile values of Giotto, or the corruption of the Papacy, may return remembering nothing but the blue sky and the men and women who live under it.


~ E. M. Forster





(Masaccio's Expulsion from the Garden of Eden,
part of the fresco cycle in the Brancacci Chapel
in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine,
"sometimes called the Sistine Chapel of the early Renaissance")








6 comments:

Annie said...

Sigh. It's amazing how Italy can just capture our hearts. Love the photos and the quotes.

Happy Monday!

barb cabot said...

Ditto what Annie said...a captivating and tugging of my heart strings post! Would be fun to wander those little alley ways with you! So nice to start my Monday with these words and pictures. Thank you. Have a wonderful day yourself.

menehune said...

Ditto . Ditto.. I miss everything about Florence! Thanks for posting.

Trekcapri said...

Hi Anne, ditto from me too. Seeing your photos and reading those beautiful quotes makes me miss Italy so much.

Thank you so much for this wonderful post and for sharing your beautiful photos. Have a great evening.

sandrac said...

Wonderful photos, Anne. It seems Italy is always on my mind!

Marta said...

So beautiful and perfect and a windy cold November evening.

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