Last Friday, the art history class went to the Vatican Museum...that was a LONG day (the professor is one of the most long winded professors I've ever had. He's worse than Karl Wirth). Damn. Here are some pictures that I took. The first few are pre Renaissance, so they weren't what we were looking at, but they were interesting all the same, and since I was in the Vatican Museum, it's not like I wasn't going to take pictures.
The guy in the purple is the art history professor. Interesting.
We were mainly there to look at some of Raphael's art, which was pretty spectacular. We saw the Sistine Chapel (duh), but unfortunately, you're not allowed to take pictures in there. I can't describe being there in person though...it's quite incredible. It's funny when you walk in because EVERYONE is standing with their necks thrown back to look at the ceiling...
The Transfiguration I can't remember what these other two are called...
Can you tell which one was done first, second, and last? I guess what's interesting is that you can see how Raphael's style gradually gets more sophisticated. Transfiguration came last, the one in the middle second, and the one on the right was the first one.
Here are some other miscellaneous shots from around the museum
Some more of Raphael... Constantine's Battle of the Milvean Bridge
Random Acorn and a spinning globe in the courtyard
St Peter's Basilica
A Ceiling....kinda hard to tell, but it's called the 'Liberal Arts' Ceiling
Well, there's that. The Ancient City class went to Alba Fucens yesterday, so I got to see some mountains! but I'll update later
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