MAIN STREET IN ITALY
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
“So this is not someone's driveway. It's the main road through town.”
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ITALIAN SUNSET • PURPLE
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
ITALIAN SUNSET • CORAL
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
ITALIAN SUNSET • ORANGE
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
ITALIAN SUNSET • PINK
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
LA DOLCE VITA
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
“Background: the marble mines of Carrara
Foreground: the Mediterranean sea from the southern end of the Italian Riviera where the waters are crystal-clear and people bring you drinks as you lounge on the beach. You know, if you like that sort of thing.”
THE MAIN ATTRACTION
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
“What a visit to Italy is all about for me.”
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BAY OF POETS
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
Wait, which end of the beautiful Bay of Poets guarded by a late Renaissance castle were we supposed to go to? Or, how can you get lost on a beach?
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CHIANTI CLASSICO
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
IL GALLO NERO
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
”Il Gallo Nero – the black rooster that signals the wine in a bottle is Chianti Classico; celebrated in the heartland of Chianti by a sculpture of a black rooster.”
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ITALIAN SCULPTURE • SAMPLE 1
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
“Renaissance sculpture of naked people pretending to be Gods and Biblical people and Romans and perhaps naked Roman Gods.”
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ITALIAN SCULPTURES • SAMPLE 2
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
ITALIAN SCULPTURE • SAMPLE 3
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
ITALIAN SCULPTURE • SAMPLE 4
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
David is a marble masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture, created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo. It’s 17 ft. tall.
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ANCIENT ITALIAN HOME
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
“Photos taken at a super-secret location somewhere in central Italy. I’m not allowed to give the name of the city. And yes, that Roman iconography is right there next to a Christian cathedral.”
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ATTENTI AI CANI
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
“Attenti ai Cani” means “Beware of Dog” but the mosaic artists in Pompeii had to get the attention of people who might not speak or read Latin.
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POMPEIIAN RUINS • SAMPLE 1
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
“The Pompeiian ruins, at least for me, gave a pretty good sense of what life was like 2,000 years ago.”
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POMPEIIAN RUINS • SAMPLE 2
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023
POMPEIIAN RUINS • SAMPLE 3
Bonus Photo by Erik Gunderson
October, 2023