On Monday it rained after one week of blue skies and sunshine. A good day to regroup, go over Brian Kelly's, Susan Whiley's, Mikela's and others must do list to prioritize and plan the weeks ahead. And a good day to prepare my talk to the Tulane U program in Architecture. Below is the nice poster that Giovanna (who heads the program) made for my talk. Also a nice day to have lunch at the AAR in the loggia protected from the pouring rain.
My talk was great fun. I enjoyed it and as always I enjoyed being with students (these being 4th year architecture students). The talk was followed by a lovely dinner at the Obika Mozzerela Bar with Giovanna and Marcella del Signore who is the other Tulane professor. It was a good set up for the walk I did Tuesday morning with the Tulane students and their walking guide, Prof. Davido Sabatello, who is a practicing architect in Rome and a walking encyclopedia of Roman history. The walk started at The Arch of Constatine, went by the Colosseum to Saint Clemente (incredible layers of history with three layers of churches built on top of each other) to Hadrian'sMarket (partially in a wonderful modern interpretive museum with beautiful installations), to S. Andrea al Quirinale (Bernini's Oval perpindecular to the nave), to S. Carlino alle Quattro Fontane (Borromini's Oval parallel to the nave) to the Pallazzo Barberini (Bernini's perfect palace, gardens and musuem, with a startling spiral stair by Boromini). Quite a day.
Back at the AAR now and looking forward to meeting with Architecture Fellow Catie Newell, who is teaches at U Michigian and whose study here is "Involving Darkness". Then meeting my friends Hunt and Deborah Williams who are visiting from Baltimore for a lecture and dinner.
Tired by happy.
Rainy rainy Monday
View from my room through the rain to the AAR
Wet pants drying
Walk to the Tulane talk
The lecture room awaits!
The students await!
Giovanna and Marchella at dinner after the lecture
Mozzerala desert!
7:30 walk from AAR to Arch of Constantine
Walk through Trastevere
waking up
This country wastes an amazing amout of money to pay guys like this to stand around and do nothing
Heading to school
Morning light in Trastevere
some grafitti for Perry
a quick espresso
neo modern crossing the Tiber
Walking adjacent to the Forum
Sighting of the Tulane Students!
Constatine's Arch
Tulane students and me
Davido our tour guide
The Colosseum in all of its brutal grandeur
thick and substantial
Davido holds court at S. Clemente
Layers of history revealed
Segways, like mopeds should be outlawed in Rome
what it was like to excavate the Forum
Construction sign describing the new subway
Look at the cantilever of the vault through these arches!
Trajan's market
Trajan's column
Site work
The Forum Museum - a masterpiece!
An original shopping mall - but better than any built since
Before and afters...........
Constatine - recently discovered
Beautiful details of modern additions
Trajan's market
Pope Sixtus
Class on the stairs of S. Andrea al Quirinale
Bernini at work
Borromini at work - S. Carlino alle Quattro Fontane
The Borromini trail
Tulane students testing compression
S. Carlino all Quattro Fontane - non geometrical geometry
S. Carlino all Quattro Fontane - non geometrical geometry
Quattro Fontane UNO
Quattro Fontane DUE
Quattro Fontane TRE
Quattro Fontane QUATRO
Palazzo Barberini
Borromini's stair
Luck to be with these guys
Bernini and Borromini - competing stairs
Optical Illusions
Optical Illusions
Optical Illusions
Palazzo Barberini galleries
The men in Italy might be more stylish than the women
Cars = the size of motorcycles - a good idea!
Vistas and lining things up works
Policeman hard ato work
Came across the Trevi Fountain by accident on the way to Saint Ignazio da Loyola
Lots of policeman hard at work, and lots of dogs
Stylish shy man
A beautiful shopping galleria
Saint Ignazio da Loyola recommended by my Vatican tour guide Michela as a "not to miss church"
More stylish men
Saint Ignazio da Loyola
Saint Ignazio da Loyola
Saint Ignazio da Loyola
Saint Ignazio da Loyola
Saint Ignazio da Loyola
Saint Ignazio da Loyola - looks like a scene from Game of Thrones
Need to see this for my Pops!
Renaissance and Baroque side by side
Home again, stopped by the library to do a little research
Looked like a great day.
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