I have been to Rome for the second and third time. Hopefully many more. Every visit I threw a coin in the Trevi Fountain, so I hope my wishes can come true.
The Vatican city was in my agenda the last two visits. Also a thorough visit at the Pantheon. The best preserved Roman architecture, the magnificent dome reminded me of inverted chocolates. Well, coffered ceilings do remind me of inverted chocolate bars, or rather the molds from which they are made.
I loved the way shadow are made on the square patterns when light enters from the oculus. It is also where Brunelleschi drew inspiration before he devised a way to architecture the Dome of Florence.
As a little exercise for my Italian learning, I decided to write a little paragraph on my thoughts of the dome of the Pantheon:
"Il Soffitto del Pantheon, Roma
Sono andata al Pantheon due volte. Ogni volta, il soffitto a cassettoni sempre mi sbalordisce. L'ombra, quando la luce entra attraverso l'oculo è bellissima. Il monumento meglio conservato delle architetture Romane, il Pantheon è dove Brunelleschi ha raggiunto l'inspirazione per la cupola di Firenze."
The grammar wasn't perfect, but I was pretty happy with the new vocabulary I had acquired and quite minimal corrections. With some help of course.
When I first saw the dome of the Pantheon, I wanted to possess it. Possess it by capturing it in my sketch. I had a great time doing that ceiling. I looked really closely at the photograph to observe where the light and dark areas are.
Here's the Colosseo from another angle. It's not a spelling error. It's "Il Colosseo" in Italian, I prefer to keep its name in the native language.
I always try to find the end when I see something round or elliptical. We were walking around the Colosseo from one "end" until we came back to the same point. I liked seeing the "end" or "beginning" of it. There was a strike that day, so the monument was close to visitors. Several tourists were standing there and just staring at the notice, not able to believe their luck for flying miles to see it and not able to. Well, it's Italy! See some pissed off visitor who wrote their piece of mind at the bottom right hand corner?
As a little exercise for my Italian learning, I decided to write a little paragraph on my thoughts of the dome of the Pantheon:
"Il Soffitto del Pantheon, Roma
Sono andata al Pantheon due volte. Ogni volta, il soffitto a cassettoni sempre mi sbalordisce. L'ombra, quando la luce entra attraverso l'oculo è bellissima. Il monumento meglio conservato delle architetture Romane, il Pantheon è dove Brunelleschi ha raggiunto l'inspirazione per la cupola di Firenze."
The grammar wasn't perfect, but I was pretty happy with the new vocabulary I had acquired and quite minimal corrections. With some help of course.
When I first saw the dome of the Pantheon, I wanted to possess it. Possess it by capturing it in my sketch. I had a great time doing that ceiling. I looked really closely at the photograph to observe where the light and dark areas are.
Here's the Colosseo from another angle. It's not a spelling error. It's "Il Colosseo" in Italian, I prefer to keep its name in the native language.
I always try to find the end when I see something round or elliptical. We were walking around the Colosseo from one "end" until we came back to the same point. I liked seeing the "end" or "beginning" of it. There was a strike that day, so the monument was close to visitors. Several tourists were standing there and just staring at the notice, not able to believe their luck for flying miles to see it and not able to. Well, it's Italy! See some pissed off visitor who wrote their piece of mind at the bottom right hand corner?
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