Today, after we went to Vatican City, we went to the Borghese museum.
This was my favorite museum I have seen so far in Italy because there is more art than just statues of heads, naked bodies, and Christian paintings. At the Borghese, we saw objects made out of this very pretty purple stone (porphyry). All of the porphyry in the world comes from one mountain in Egypt.
We also saw a bunch of paintings that were painted in a technique that makes it look 3-D. It was incredible and I kept thinking they were actually 3-D!
Although there were less statues of heads and naked people than in other museums, there were still some at Borghese. What I really don’t understand is why a naked woman in a painting is wearing a fancy hat. Are accessories more important than basic clothes to cover the private parts?
Something I found impressive at the museum was an inch and a half tall statue of a man, where you could still see all of his muscles even though he was tiny. Many of the statues of people (usually normal sized) I have seen in the past few days have all of the muscles and veins sculpted impeccably. It is quite amazing.
Although I am not the biggest fan of museums, I enjoyed my time at the Borghese (it also helps that I was only there for about an hour).
-Naomi
P.S. I don’t have any photos in this post because I wasn’t allowed to take photos at the museum.