We toured the Vatican Museum on Friday night. It is opened on Friday's until 9:30 pm, so in our usual tactic of visiting museums about 2 hours before they close, we made reservations for 7:30 pm. There were still a lot of people there - but it wasn't too crowded.
Honestly, the museums are starting to run together. But this one had a lot of statues with fig leave "coverings".
It also had an entire hall with old maps lining each wall. I literally had to drag Todd out of it.
But, of course, the start of the Vatican Museum is Michelangelo's greatest hit, The Sistine Chapel. We had a great audio tour thanks to Rick Steves and I managed to dredge up everything I knew from my Renaissance art class. The audio tour made a great link between an old Greek statue called the Belvedere Torso (also in the Vatican Museum) which Michelangelo revered and his work on the chapel. Fascinating.
Honestly, the museums are starting to run together. But this one had a lot of statues with fig leave "coverings".
It also had an entire hall with old maps lining each wall. I literally had to drag Todd out of it.
But, of course, the start of the Vatican Museum is Michelangelo's greatest hit, The Sistine Chapel. We had a great audio tour thanks to Rick Steves and I managed to dredge up everything I knew from my Renaissance art class. The audio tour made a great link between an old Greek statue called the Belvedere Torso (also in the Vatican Museum) which Michelangelo revered and his work on the chapel. Fascinating.
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| Man or Woman? I don't think Michelangelo cared. |
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| The Belvedere Torso. Michelangelo's inspiration. |
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