This Tuesday, the interns, on our day off, were treated to a tour of the Gallerie dell'Accademia's exhibition L'Ultimo Tiziano. I've always been a Tiziano (Titian) fan, but even more exciting was that the director of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Philip Rylands, was our tour guide. His early studies were on Tiziano, though he also took us through the main galleries to discuss work by Bellini, Tintoretto and Veronese. Yesterday evening, we were again priveleged to have have Dr. Rylands give us his time. All the interns met in the Guggenheim library, where he answered any questions we had about directing the museum, collecting art, Venice and the history of the Guggenheim.
On Tuesday, after the tour at the Accademia, a large group of us went to a trattoria and had a worker's lunch. This is a multi-course meal usually meant for the blue collar workers of the city. Somehow one of our fellow interns finagled them into giving us the same deal. Three courses including wine for 10 euros!
After lunch, a few of us got gelato from Gelateria Nico, a Venetian favorite and sat on the Zattere enjoying the view.
We then headed over to Palazzo Grassi to see the Roma e i Barbari (Rome and the Barbarians) exhibit, as the Guggenheim will reimburse us for any museums we visited that day. The show was impressive because it contained numerous artifacts from the barbarians--it was almost overwhelming how many there were. The fact that they were as well preserved as they were was astonishing.
Much of yesterday, also a day off, was spent riding vaporetti. My roommate Christina and I went to Cemeterio, Murano and Burano. Photos of that coming soon!
2 comments:
You have so much fun...I love it! Love all your pics! Miss you mucho!
I got a postcard in the mail today from Modigliani! It was the coolest mail I've ever gotten. Lit had to explain that it was really from you, but it was still just as cool. Thank you! Do you get to look at his painting everyday?
Lit says to say that she likes your purple shirt. A lot.
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