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June 21, 2006
'Sometimes I Think Your Halo is Blocking my View'
Ever wondered why there is an enclosed second story to the Ponto Vecchio, the old bridge running over the Arno in Florence? It contains nothing but a hallway that runs from the Uffizi, now a massive art museum, to the Pitti Palace. Both, back in the day, were owned by the Medici family and the corridor allowed them to walk from home to work without mixing with the rabble. Now the corridor holds almost nothing but the Uffizi's collection of self-portraits. There is almost no variation in composition among these pictures (most are Renaissance-era), but one exception, by Marc Chagall, is below.
Posted by Adam Graham-Silverman at June 21, 2006 05:36 PM