Obviously we went into a lot of churches and saw a ton of art. When I heard people say that you get overloaded on art and it becomes a blur after a while, I didn't believe it. How could you pass by gorgeous sculptures and paintings and not appreciate it??
But it's true.
Also, when you don't know the religious stories behind the art, this can be a really crazy experience. One thing that totally stuck out for me were the skeletons.
Here, once again is our street with the beautiful church at the end.
Once you get closer though, you see it has skulls all over it!
....more skeletons on the ceiling of the Duomo in Florence.....
And my favourite creepy skeletons....inside The Friar in Venice. We were seriously spooked when we saw these.
This is only an example - they were everywhere.
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Love it. I have a well developed inner goth and I really enjoy skeletons and creepy things.
Amazing!
Oh man, these spookies are right up your alley!
I think the skeletons have to do with the bones of friars and displaying them for the masses? Some holy rite.
Or we can just go with goth, my second choice.
Love!! If you ever go to the Czech Republic, there is a whole church in Kutna Hora (45 mins outside of Prague) filled to the brim with skeleton art. The whole village died from the plague, and the monks and priests used all of the bones to build some really beautiful chandeliers, crests, etc. Creepy but awesome at the same time.
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