Reply #45: Get thee to Florence to see this!

[CTyankee]

Google his "Holy Trinity" which is a textbook example of the use of linear perspective...it is in the church of the Santa Maria Novella, which I passed every day walking from my hotel...

We walked over to the Brancacci Chapel from the convent of St. Marco where we viewed the Annunciation by Fra Angelico and his frescoes in all of the monks cells...it is said he painted the crucifixion scenes with tears streaming down his face. We passed a della Robbia on the facade of the Spedale degli Innocenti...

Florence is like this...you wander around and can't help bumping into some of the most magnificent art masterpieces of western culture...it is profound...and relentless!