roman quartet

daybreak 2011

couplet

misty gisborne, honey mead

the shrew of padova

padova is where the majority of "the taming of the shrew" is set. it is intriguing how much italy can be appealing to fans of shakespeare. it is also a charming and tranquil university town that is the home of giotto's schrovegni chapel. there are no images here of the chapel, in fact I recommend avoiding all images if possible and wait until you see it in the flesh (for your pre-reserved allotted 15 minutes) because it is very special. instead here is: Basilica di Sant'Antonio da Padova, a staggering fresco of a donkey receiving the eucharist!!! and an equestrian statue by donatello. ps giotto's donkeys are even better!

ruin-value

roman-esque

crucifix(s)

one by henri matisse (top) and one by lucio fontana (bottom). who knew that the musei vaticani had such a great collection of modern art?

arrangements

at the lake

two arrangements, bora constellations, lucy at twilight, the sun at breakfast.

recent acquisitions

an old globe, two dishes from a potter in tokomaru bay, each dish imbued with dimples, rounded marks from the potters fingers

hot bees

its incredibly hot here, the bees are hanging about on the outside of the hive, fanning themselves, cooling down, i think this is called a bee beard!

san barnaba

the man I buy my vegetables from (after carefully writing down what they all are in italian).

in fair verona, where we lay our scene...

from the top: l'arena, the walls of "juliet's house," "juliet's balcony," "giulietta" (you'll be lucky in love if you rub her left breast), verona is very pretty! the roman theatre and the duomo, veronese-style.

in the ghetto...

one of the old entrances to the ghetto, campo, an inscription, part of the holocaust monument, the back of a synagogue, near one of the old entrances, the italian synagogue & the sephardic synagogue.