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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:57:51 MDT

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the huge bargello. it used to be a prison and they would torture and hang people within the corridors.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:56:38 MDT

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bandinelli's adam and eve. i had to take this picture from behind a column so the guards wouldn't see me. teehee. sucks cuz i couldn't get a frontal shot.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:56:27 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:56:11 MDT

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I GOT DONATELLO'S DAVID!!!!!!! i had to wait twenty minutes for the guard to finally take a bathroom break! i didn't even care about taking pictures after this one. i was so excited!

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:56:02 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:55:31 MDT

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the guards getting ready to lock the door. i was the last person to leave. haha.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:55:24 MDT

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one of the many coat of arms covering the walls of the bargello

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:55:14 MDT

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COSTANZA BUONARELLI BY GIAN LORENZO BERNINI!!!! this was a tiny room but luckily the two guards were women and were gossiping against a wall so i snapped this really quick. bernini is AMAZING!!! i love how he includes the fat in her chin. it's just enough to make her seem real.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:55:07 MDT

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see, this is why i don't go into oceans. i think creatures this scary really exist under water.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:19:37 MDT

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their engineering was incredible. how did they erect huge columns without machines?!

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:18:49 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:18:33 MDT

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i don't like ionic columns. they're boring.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:18:17 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:17:58 MDT

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there were small nooks like this everywhere. i wonder what they used them for.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:17:42 MDT

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i can't even imagine what pompeii looked like before it was buried

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:17:20 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:16:53 MDT

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i want to learn how to read this

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:16:28 MDT

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there were SO many places to explore. we were there for four hours and didn't even go into every building.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:16:20 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:16:02 MDT

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i'm not into architecture but i love alternating motifs

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:15:31 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:14:50 MDT

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out of all the casts, this one gave me goosebumps. i can just imagine this guy tilting his head back and struggling to breath

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:14:38 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:14:11 MDT

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i love taking pictures of hands and feet. not many people think about what their hands and feet are doing so they have an expressive quality that other parts of the body don't have

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:13:58 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:13:14 MDT

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the ceiling of a public bath

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:12:57 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:12:21 MDT

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i couldn't remember much about this mosaic when i first saw it but i do remember the skill of foreshortening of the horse's rear end

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:12:12 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:11:39 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:11:15 MDT

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people were drinking out of these fountains. yuck! i bet they got diarrhea after.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:10:59 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:10:51 MDT

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i remember reading an art magazine where a couple designed their foyer in a "pompeii style" and copied the murals onto their walls. i want to ask pauly if we can do that!

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:10:37 MDT

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one of the rooms in the athlete's training center

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:10:24 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:10:06 MDT

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taking a break in the athlete's rooms

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:09:46 MDT

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loved the murals filled with romance

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:09:34 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:08:45 MDT

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lesbian scene. man catches wife with another woman and kills her lover while the wife watches. hmm. i wonder if homosexuality was typical in pompeii.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:08:26 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:07:53 MDT

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this was a cool layout for a house. the stairs led down to a large fountain right in front of the entrance

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:07:37 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:07:25 MDT

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mural in a family dining room. you can see the adult figures leading the children through the doors. maybe it was their version of a family portrait?

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:07:04 MDT

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i can't believe i'm in pompeii!

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:06:39 MDT

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in front of the theatre

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:06:11 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:06:00 MDT

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shade! yay!

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:05:49 MDT

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garden of the fugitives

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:05:24 MDT

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this garden was built by a family in this spot because mount vesuvius could be seen in the background. imagine the family standing in the garden and watching the volcano explode right before pompeii was buried

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:04:56 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:04:27 MDT

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fetal style position and covering his/her face. i'm used to seeing deceased bodies laying flat, with no emotion. but these people were suffering and their body language proves it.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:04:04 MDT

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one of the thirteen figures found in the garden of the fugitives. im assuming they were all related since it was a family garden.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:03:41 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:03:26 MDT

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incredible

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:03:13 MDT

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a child's body

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:02:59 MDT

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the temple of isis, an egyptian goddess.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:02:33 MDT

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stairs leading up to the temple of isis

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:02:07 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:01:58 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:01:41 MDT

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hot hot day with barely any shade

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:01:23 MDT

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i was tagged on a wall in pompeii! =)

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:00:59 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:36 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:33 MDT

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mmmm. italians have the BEST food

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:32 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:21 MDT

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taking a break from sippin wine. except for me. i sipped water. =)

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:20 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:19 MDT

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october 6, 2012 is supposed to be the day when everything works out perfectly. i hope that doesn't mean i'm going to get into grad school in 2012!! aaah!

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:18 MDT

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my question was "will i get into grad school?" and this is what he showed me

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:17 MDT

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it was cool that he wrote "art" on my palm. he said the lines on my hand are pointing me toward that field. whoo!

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:16 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:15 MDT

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i got my palm read and a tarot card reading too. of course i didn't believe everything he said, but it was cool to do. i've never been to a psychic before.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:14 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:13 MDT

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it's true when people say "the entire city of florence is a museum." you can't walk more than two blocks without running into one or seeing something historic. i love this city.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:12 MDT

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the duomo! gorgeous gorgeous building. i can walk to it in five minutes from my apartment. it's how i find my way home when i'm lost.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:11 MDT

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:10 MDT

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if i hadn't been told it was cow stomach and intestines, i probably would have ate more.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:09 MDT

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eating tripe...an italian delicacy consisting of cow stomach and intestines.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:08 MDT

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i love how the sabine woman's soft body is contoured perfectly against the roman soldiers muscular torso. and the way his fingers create dents in her hip is beautiful.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:06 MDT

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i took about fifteen pictures of just her feet. i can't stop looking at the tension in her heel but then seeing how her big toe softly grazes the back of her other leg. breathtaking.

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gelevado — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:57:05 MDT

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michelangelo's david and bandinelli's hercules. michelangelo's genius is apparent in his figure's delicate contrapposto compared to the stiff, non dynamic stance of hercules.