May Travel News
Hi from Rick: Reconnecting with Europe’s Art
Now that I'm back in Europe, I'm savoring every opportunity to stand in the presence of world-class art. And on my spring trip, my guidebook research responsibilities have given me some quality time with Europe's greatest artists, in its greatest museums, in its greatest cities.
Pre-Raphaelite dreamboats in London's Tate Gallery…a romantic raft survival scene (with a whiff of cannibalism) in Paris's Louvre…street art churning like a pot boiling over in Athens…Mussolini murals manhandling civility in Milan…ancient bronze horses held captive upstairs at a basilica in Venice…David with Renaissance rocks ready to sling in Florence…the exuberance of Rococo, dancing like everybody's watching across palace ceilings in Munich…Cranach's Eves that look like both Venus and Renée Zellweger in Vienna…and… Read more