[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="The houses on the island of Burano are technicolor! It's so beautiful and very fun to paint."]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="I thought this quote captured the vibe of the islands"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="A chandelier in the showroom of the Murano glass blowing studio I visited. I thought it looked like it should belong in Willy Wonka's factory."]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="The entrance to the cafeteria at the Biennale"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="I found this exhibit in the Korean pavillion. There was a square room with giant "mirrors" on all four walls. The frames were mirror frames, but the "mirror" was actually a monitor. As you walked in the room there was the sounds of glass shattering and it looked like there were bullets going through the glass, in a slow time lapse. Apparently the artist worked on this piece for the last 20 years."]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="I found this piece at one of the Bienniale satellite exhibits along the Canal Grande in Venezia. Its like a make up compact but the pressed powder is the floorplan of a church! Love!"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="There are other cool things in Pisa than the leaning tower. This scaley dome for example, has great texture."]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Detail on the leaning tower"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="Gorgeous terraced gardens at Frances Mayes' Bramasole"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Some guerilla photography in the Sistine Chapel. That's right, the SISTINE CHAPEL. Holy Cow. Michaelangelo was a pure genious."]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="The architectural genious of the ancient Romans, the width of the Pantheon is the same as its height."]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="Terraced gardens at the Medici home in Fiesole, as painted in many backgrounds of Renaissance works."]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="Ceramic tile detail from the garden"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Looking up the Il Campo tower stairs in Siena"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="Stained glass window behind alter at St. Peter's"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Gorgeous turquoise ceiling detail in the basilica in Assisi"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="At night the shops on the bridge close up, it's like a giant patchwork of wood doors, locks and bolts"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Reflection of the Ponte Vecchio over the Arno"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="I love the contrast of this uber modern lounge sitting in a very old piazza"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Lovely pattern on a doorway in Naples"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Regal pattern on the ceiling of the Palagio Guelfa"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="Decorative tile on the island of Capri"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Gorgeous tile water fall on the wall of the most delicious Gelateria in Sorrento"]
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="Roof top at the Palagio Guelfa where we had orientation"]
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