Looking over my posts, I realized that I have been focusing a lot on my weekend adventures but have posted little about a typical week. I thought that this was a perfect week to describe becuase it was very enjoyable (maybe thats because both weekends were extended but whatever) My Monday Italian class got moved to Tuesday since we had all been traveling last weekend so I began the week with Photography Tuesday morning. First of all, I never thought I would be that into photography (and I can't say I am very good at it) but I am absolutely loving our class. Our teacher Mauro is a professional photographer (why is he our teacher I don't know) but he's so cool! We got to visit his studio in Verona on Tuesday. There he showed us his computer, software printer (the size of a piano) etc. he also uploaded our pictures for the assignment of last week (foreground and background, did not go so well for me). We then learned a little more about the photography process then got to look at books of photographers we have talked about so far (check out Maggie Taylor she's really famous and her stuff is kind of creepy but cool, Mauro put together one of her books). We were then off with our next assignment finding things that are blue and yellow, which I have yet to complete, guess I'm procrastinating until Monday. After that we had a break for lunch then our Italian conversation class. I think I'm improving?
Wednesday was a very artsy day. We started in the Morning with art history. I am absolutely loving this class and our teacher Andrea. It is quite possible that I am annoying the rest of the class with my constant questions and mumblings about history to myself, but it is nice to feel somewhat in my element, yet realizing that I am appreciating something at a new level. Right now we are talking about iconography and symbolism in Italian art, both Roman and Christian. We also got a beautiful book filled with wonderful prints of Italian art from Roman times to the present. I haven't fully gone through it yet, but I definitely intend to. In the afternoon we had painting which I am feeling so/so about. We are copying famous paintings and I just feel like the teacher sometimes helps me too much. I know that she is making it look better, but I prefer to do things on my own, so we'll see how the next assignment goes. I returned home, had dinner caught up on Glee and talked to some people at home, all around successful day.
Thursday was by far the best day. Andrea our art history teacher took us around "ancient Verona" which is really just the center telling us all about the history and art related. We walked in places that I have been a million times, but I learned so many new things about the history and the past and present function of certain things all over the city. I was the only one in the class furiously taking notes in a little notebook while we were walking but I know I will appreciate it later. (by the way they have these really fun pens here that they only sell in art stores in the U.S. and the look really pretty and are in all different colors, obsessed, but definetely very doodle prone). I came home very tired but excited for the weekend.
As for today, we are off to asiago in the mountains with Claudio. I know that it's going to be cold and there's going to be cheese and that's about it. Update coming soon.
Ciao!
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