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I had to look up this YouTube video recommended by @SamAnne and I just about died laughing. Here‘s the link, but viewer beware. Content may not be appropriate for all audiences, as evidenced by the fact that SNL felt it had to do this interview because a parent thought showing a picture of David when learning about Renaissance art was pornographic. That parent better never take the family to Italy!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=basNf0KaOrc

This happened today. Very exciting to have seen the Sistine Chapel and now David especially after reading the tagged book. If ever there were a time to read lots about the places you‘re visiting this was it. I understood so much more about what our tour guide was describing

By the way, daughter and I both agreed that David is quite good looking

Michelangelo was a grumpy and admittedly ugly man who was so talented it‘s almost unreal. A sculptor, he reluctantly accepted the commission to paint the Sistine Chapel with almost no knowledge of how to paint alfresco, much less of painting the correct dimensions of humans or anything else on curved surfaces that would look normal while standing 60 feet below. And yet he did, creating a monumental work of art I simply cannot wait ⬇️

My next audiobook, since I get to see the “Pope‘s Ceiling” next month!

Such a great struggle overcome by Michaelangelo to create a long lasting work of art. I appreciated all the details that weighed in and influenced the artist for either good or bad. The author provides a lot of useful info that helps understand the magnificence that it took to build this.

Well isn't this a pleasant surprise! Above is an image of The Battle of Cascina by Michelangelo and the bottom is a sketch of Leonardo da Vinci's The Battle of Anghiari from Ross King's history book entitled Michelangelo and the Pope's ceiling. #page24ofcurrentread #readjanuary

Just found out about #ReadJanuary and tried to find a book of my own that fit the January 18th #Royals theme. Well here it is. How does it fit the theme you ask? Well in 1508 the papal states were ruled by an Absolute Monarch who happened to be the pope. Also, the author's last name is King! What does everyone think? Does it fit?

I love art books. I'm not gonna lie- I was too lazy to take them off the shelf (they're way at the top and heavy!) so I just took a pic of the shelf mostly as-is (I tossed in a few that were on another shelf) but there you have it. #artrelatedbooks (Non-fiction). Pay no mind to photo-bombing Finger Puppet Jane Austen at the bottom. She is such an attention whore. #seasonsreadins2016