Saturday, February 24, 2007

Nike of Samothrace

Not a running shoe.

4 comments:

Forrest Proper said...

This picture reminds me of when we were in Florence and spent an afternoon wandering through the Uffizi. We kept having to dodge out of the way of tour groups, all doing about twice the speed of sound as they ricocheted down the hallways, the tour guide shouting wildy- “that’s a Corot, there’s a Michelangelo to your LEFT, and just around the corner –The Renaissance! Now everybody run, because we have 12 minutes to do the 17th and 18th centuries! RUN, DAMMIT!” (except in Italian, of course. It all sounds very artistic in Italian).

Joey Polanski said...

Is there a gargoyle in that pitchr?

Cissy Strutt said...

colonel: In the Islamic Art section of the Louvre, it is quiet, cool, dark & uncrowded. As we approached the wing housing the Big Three, we could hear the noise level rise, the temperature rose also, and it became bright & crowded. I almost gave up on La Giaconda, except I knew I would never go back for her. Escaping through the Dutch & Flemish masters, we found sumptuous, empty galleries.

joey: A gargoyle next post, just for you.

Anonymous said...

Are all those people helping her look for her head?