Double Rainbow

Milia Verborem Romani

This was a great little adventure. It took place last week and was tons of fun. If you have never been you must must go. I did it in three days, but it can be done in more time or less time. It depends on how much walking you do and if you want to see the lay of the land, or are taxi-fied!
The last day was amazing. Two thirds of the way through the trip my proper camera died so the last photos were taken again on my whiteberry, hence the slight fuzz. But, that being said my absolute most favorite place in Rome is the Pantheon. Nothing in my humble opinion holds a candle to it. Yes, the Vatican is covered in Michaelangelos, and the spaces in between are filled with Raphaels, works by Bernini or is completely gilt. That is nice, but i am really most impressed by the Pantheon's oculus, the symmetry of the structure, or the sheer space it creates. So that was the first landmark of the day, after which it was over to the Trastevere area, which is one of my favorite areas of the city as well. It is a bit rough around the edges still, the buildings haven't been refinished completely, and there is quite an active culture and nightlife. The restaurants there were quite charming and good.
On the way back towards the center of the city, there was a great street which had one of the oddest buildings; the temple of S. Maria dedicated to the prayer for death and the dead, covered in skulls and hour glasses with wings from 1737.

Behold the pictures! I want to go to there, again.

Sunset at 10pm.

No kidding. I took these at 9:50 in the evening. I can't call it night as it isn't dark enough yet.

Digital mapping and Our Lady of course....

So, there is this brilliant thing that the brainerds have figured out somewhere probably at CalTech or MIT that they can architecturally digitally map a structure, and as the know its facade depths can then project onto the surface and make it appear as flat. They can then make it look as if it moves, or is in the sunlight, on fire and so forth. They did this for the festival de Notre Dame on Notre Dame, which was something the Catholic church did to recruit new members. There was a live show and things like that preceding the below presentation. I recorded a small bit of it and put it on youtube so you can see what I mean. Unfortunately this was shot on my phone so it is a bit shaky and not too bright. I suggest you look at this full screen, on a bright screen, in a dark room.

The above photo is taken the night before when they illuminated the building and were testing to make sure that everything being projected onto the facade was matching up with the actual structure of what is on the facade. All the saint's robes were colored, and faces were drawn, and every detail was recreated. It was really quite amazing to see the entire building animated, as if it really moved. Video capture really doesn't do it justice. They are doing this more and more, so I think it will some come to a place near you.

Paintings show us things we've already seen

Hello there. I saw this (below) and thought to myself, this didn't just happen in romantic era paintings, it still happens today, and of course this got the ball rolling in my head. Perhaps my thought is true that paintings show us things that we already know, just in a new and unexpected way. Moreover it is showing us through the eyes of an editor of sorts, we are being shown something quite specifically through their perception of reality. Of course after that there is an argument that one isn't being shown actuality, but a fiction based in fact, lah di dah art speak. Enough of that; over all this was just quite beautiful. Lune sur la fleuve et cetera...

Also, just a quick update. Look at what is going on behind Our Lady's in the garden; pansies out. What's next? Guesses? More gothic garden or something a bit golden summer style.  The funny thing that still amazes me is that in the US this would've just stayed as a garden. No need to rip it out and start again from scratch, though if they are doing this twice a year, then not so bad as a whole and none of that just green kind of run down, on its last ends kind of garden.

Voitures j'adore CitroenDS, Autobianchi 112A

 

Gloaming cycle