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serge07 wrote:
...the weather in Florence has been fantastic the past two days and took the opportunity to take a few photos. The following few days, not so great which happens this time of year. The city is far more crowded than one would expect considering it is low tourist season.
Hi Serge,
overtourism is hitting Italy’s cities hard, and the result is a stressful experience for those who holiday there.
Italians are aware of this; actually, international tourism is growing by 4.6%, but the major absentees are Italian tourists themselves, with a 1.2% decline in domestic tourism, as more and more Italians are opting for foreign destinations.
However, for masterful artworks and excellent food, you don’t have to stick to the cities; some suggestions here
https://www.visititaly.eu/hidden-gems
Therefore, next time you come to Italy, skip "famous" destinations, rent a car, and visit the so many hidden gems. If you love Tuscany, visit Arezzo, Sansepolcro, Anghiari and enjoy Piero della Francesca paintings. Piero met the mathematician Fra Luca Pacioli, who was born in Sansepolcro and wrote, inspired by Piero, the Divina proportione treatise, whose subject was mathematical and artistic proportion, especially the mathematics of the golden ratio (the rule of thirds is one of its derivations) and its application in architecture. Therefore, a visit to Piero della Francesca paintings does represent a way to see connections between mathematics, art and photography, dating back to the Italian Renaissance.
Let me conclude by recalling what happened during WWII and referring to one of the most beautifully striking painting by Piero: "The Resurrection".
I quote from Wikipedia:
Sansepolcro was spared much damage during World War 2 when British artillery officer Anthony ('Tony') Clarke defied orders and held back from using his troop's guns to shell the town. Although Clarke had never seen the fresco, his diary records his shock at the destruction in Monte Cassino and, apparently remembering where he had read of Sansepolcro, ordered his men to hold fire just as methodical shelling had begun. A lover of art, Clarke had read Huxley's 1925 essay describing the Resurrection, which states: "It stands there before us in entire and actual splendour, the greatest picture in the world." It was later ascertained that the Germans were in retreat from the area – the bombardment had not been necessary, though Clarke had not known this when he ordered the shelling stopped. The town, along with its famous painting, survived. When the events of the episode eventually became clear, Clarke was lauded as a local hero and to this day a street in Sansepolcro bears his name.
Edited on Nov 17, 2024 at 06:49 AM · View previous versions
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