Made our way to the National Museum. It's actually made up of 4 different buildings, scattered across the city, and we went to the 2 that are close together.
First the main one, coins and currency history, chronologically organised Roman sculpture, frescos, and mosaics.
I very much preferred the Roman sculpture to the Renaissance stuff. It's more dynamic, and looks more human, more realistic to me. Especially the portrait busts, and statues of famous people; much more personality to them. You could actually recognise recognise someone from their statue. The mosaics were also incredible.
Lunched on a bit of lawn we found, dodged the druggies and their dogs, and went to visit the second museum which was located in an old baths complex.
Bunny mosaic for Dina!
In Italy you arn't told to stay off the grass, but to...
First the main one, coins and currency history, chronologically organised Roman sculpture, frescos, and mosaics.
I very much preferred the Roman sculpture to the Renaissance stuff. It's more dynamic, and looks more human, more realistic to me. Especially the portrait busts, and statues of famous people; much more personality to them. You could actually recognise recognise someone from their statue. The mosaics were also incredible.
Lunched on a bit of lawn we found, dodged the druggies and their dogs, and went to visit the second museum which was located in an old baths complex.
Bunny mosaic for Dina!
In Italy you arn't told to stay off the grass, but to...
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