Rome # 2

                                                                     Rome # 2

 Left: Hotel Dining Room At Night - Water Drips Down Wires Into A Small Pool. Right: Restaurant During Breakfast. Pillars From  Ancient Times

Besides The Eggs, Yogurt, Meats And Veggies, There Is A Pastry Station And Crape Station - YUM!

                We Always Scrape Our French Butter; Don't You? 

   Villa Borghese - Wealthy Family Commissions Famous Artists

     Our Breath Was Taken Away When We Entered Main Area

           Plenty Of Statues And Busts Of Famous Romans

                        The Rape Of Proserpina by Bernini

It Was Quite A Feat By Chiseling Marble To Make It Look Like Real Skin. Technical Ability To Make Fingers Pressing Into Flesh Is Amazing! 

            Everywhere We Looked Brought Smiles To Our Face 

         Takes A Steady Hand and Patience To Restore A Painting

Caravaggio Was Bored - Nothing To Do - Waiting For A Commission - Created This Piece. It's Unfinished Due To Getting A Commission

       Egypt Room: Artists Painted Figures Looking Like 3-D

Many Models Were Family And Local People. This Piece Was Commissioned For A Church. Artist's "Review Board" Banned Painting After Second Installation Day - Too Risqué! Older Woman Was Too Wrinkled. Madonna Had Too Much Cleavage; Besides, In Real Life "Model Madonna" Was a Prostitute. Jesus Was Depicted More Like A Seven Year-Old Than A Baby 

Most Paintings Of This Era Were Symbolic Or Representing Some Aspect Of Life; Thus The Wilted Leaf In The Lower Right Corner

                            Another Breath-Taking Room

                Notice The Marble Mattress - Looks Very Real!    

David Is Concentrating - About To Use Sling To Slay Goliath. Apparently, The Netting Of The Sling Broke. Somehow, It Was Repaired Without Using Super-Glue!

                    Notice The Detail Of The Girl's Hear

                Entering The Jewish Ghetto Area Of Rome

                    The Area Is Know For Fried Artichoke

                        Menu Depicts The Hebrew Alphabet

                                        Fried Artichoke

                    Visited Jewish Museum: Torah Covers

                                                    Bimah Covers

                                    Jewish Catacomb 

                                            Catacomb Art

                        Items Representing Various Holidays

   "Thousands" Of Items Stolen and/or Destroyed By The Nazi's

                                   

                         Torah Scroll Top --> Tree Of Life

                                            Small Chapel 

               Magnificent Old Synagogue Left Intact During WWII

                                 Still Used For Services

  Left: Women Seated On Second Level. Looking Up At Ceiling