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Heavens Above: A few thoughts about ceilings

Heavens Above: A few thoughts about ceilings

Art History, Baroque, Michelangelo, Renaissance, Rome, Vatican

Tweet Recently I’ve been thinking about ceilings. Elaborately painted ones to be precise. A couple of weeks ago I took a group of 41 seventeen-year-old girls from the James Allen’s Girls’ School, plus their teachers, to see two of them. In the morning we visited the...
Jonah, the lynchpin of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

Jonah, the lynchpin of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

Art History, High Renaissance, Michelangelo, Rome, Vatican

Tweet 500 years ago today, Michelangelo was finishing work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. One of the most visited, discussed, celebrated, and indeed largest paintings in the history of art. An anniversary is always a good excuse for a blog post, and given that,...

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Roast chicken (of the sort that has roamed wild wh Roast chicken (of the sort that has roamed wild while being read poetry), roast potatoes, and the first agretti (which is basically grass) of the year.
Full moon. Full moon.
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Three years ago today it snowed in Rome. That was Three years ago today it snowed in Rome. That was pretty wild.
Obligatory #giovedignocchi shot. As ever from the Obligatory #giovedignocchi shot. As ever from the fair hands of Irene @trattoriapigneto. Always delicious.
Umbrella pine, palm, nymphaeum. Ostia Antica is ju Umbrella pine, palm, nymphaeum. Ostia Antica is just too glorious. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever taken exactly the same route twice. I’m doing a public live-streamed walk via Zoom webinar here next Friday (5 March). €25 per screen connection, 1 hour. Link in bio, DM or email to book.
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