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Friday, December 25, 2015

Ti Voglio Bene

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Dear Art Lover,      The Italians have two ways (at least) to say, “I love you.”   The one with which most foreigners might be famil...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Saints Remembered Florence Italy

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  Dear Art Lover,      A lot of cultures have quite exotic rituals about the dead, especially those they deem important dead.  Italy,...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Solstice Nature's Holiday

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I took this shot from my window on 7 Dec. Dear Art Lover,      The solstice has arrived again.  I hope that you have peace in your...
Friday, December 18, 2015

Silver and Gold Florence Italy

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Dear Art Lover,      Rudolph is one of my favorite Christmas programs on TV.  When I was at university, I even bought the videotape and ...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Stone Sculpture Museo dell’Opera Florence Italy

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Dear Art Lover,      I hope you are not tired of these posts from my visit to the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo in Florence, Italy .  Tod...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Niccolò Barabino Painter Florence Italy

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  Dear Art Lover,      In the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo in Florence, Italy, I discovered an artist to admire.  I had never before he...
Saturday, December 12, 2015

Florence Museo dell’Opera Stone Fragments Mosaic

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Dear Art Lover,      Fragments tend to interest me sometimes more than “perfect compositions.”  Maybe it is the idea of “less is more,...