Florence

For my final school field trip my Leonardo class went to Florence. It was actually a rescheduled trip from earlier on because a strike in November had caused us to postpone the Florence part of our trip. We visited the Uffizi (You-feet-see) and some other museum took look at Leonardo's work.

Gates of Paradise by Lorenzo Ghiberti

We got to see many wonderful pieces of artwork like art by Botticelli that my mom has a photo of in her bathroom. We even got see Leonardo's Annunciation and it was gorgeous, all the detail he puts into his work and how delicate he paints is just breathtaking.

Afterwords a couple of girls and myself visited the David and its just ...well quite simply it left me awestruck at it's size. You go around the first left hand corner and at the end of the hallway...there it is. I have definitely become more appreciative and understanding of art through this semester and my classes that dealt with it.

Before we when to the David we stopped in front of the Duomo, and while everyone was taking picture of that my friends and I noticed these doors. I had recognized them from Latin class and everypone had their backs to them. I mean they were almost all covered because the building was being renovated but these doors are iconic, and I've attached their photo below.