Italy Fermata 01: Firenze
see art, take photo; see art, take photo;
Voice of the tour guide: Make sure you pick the right gallery for the art you want to see. David and Venus do not live in the same house. Also don’t be mad, the classics that you are looking for are not immediately there at start. You will first have to skim through the early Italian political press of the 20th century - from the futurists to the fascists.
Oh don’t mind the crowds, everybody wants to take a photo of the masterpieces. Oh that’s just Venus, I am sure you have seen her before. Yes, this is the real thing. Why of course, everything looks better in real life. Yes it is the one and only. Why don’t you take a photo, just mind everybody else who is doing the same…maybe you can crop them. It really is the original copy, from which all online copies are derived.
No that gentleman from the Middle Ages is not staring into your soul. Brianne of Tarth? No, not her. Yes Judith really was killing the patriarchy. I am not sure if a photo of the statues will pass social media community guidelines. No, the opening credits of White Lotus were not shot here.
Take a photo, but pace yourself,
there are still 999 pieces of art to see on your way out.
Take a photo, as many as you wish,
prove it to all your people that you saw art all in real life.
But tell me, how did it feel to see it live?