The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci between 1494-1498
The Crucifixion by Giovanni Donato da Montorfano from 1495
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Royal Library
Ok, being the nerd I am, I went to the Royal Library of Turin which was founded in 1831 by King Carlo Alberto of Savoia-Carignano.
They would not let me take picture and because not many people go to a library, there weren't enough people in there for me to sneak and take some, but there are 3 major Leonardo da Vinci pieces housed in this one library....how cool! (I know, I'm a nerd!)
1-The famous self portrait completed in red chalk...this is picture from the Internet so you know what I'm talking about.
2-Prepatory Sketches of the angel, Study for the Angel's Face, for the painting The Virgin of the Rocks.
3-Codex on the Flight of the Birds (18 sheets of drawings, notes and thoughts about the movement of birds).
So cool!!!!
Shroud of Turin
Copy of the shroud of Turin. (According to the museum, all official copies of the shroud have touched the original shroud.)The Shroud of Turin is an old linen shroud with the image of a crucified man. Many believe it's the image of Jesus Christ and the that this cloth was used to wrap his crucified body. Many studies have been performed on the Holy Shroud, in fact it may be the world's most studied artifact. So far there's no conclusive evidence to either prove or disprove these beliefs.
Hologram of the shroud
First camera used to take pictures of the shroud
The original storage box of the shroud
Agree deciding that a wooden box might not be the safest place to keep the shroud, it was placed in is metal box, decorated with bright jewels and it was wrapped around a cloth covered metal pole, with weights attached to keep it pulled tightly to decrease wrinkling.
Another copy located in the church that houses the museum.
Finally the ORIGINAL Shroud of Turin!
You can not see the actual shroud unless you get lucky enough to be in Turin when it is on display (only happens like every 10 years or so. This piece of cloth has changed possession many times and has been through two fires and is now housed in the Cathedral of Turin, which is dedicated to St John the Baptist,mother patron saint of Turin. It is located just to theft of then alter, in the chapel of thenHoly Shroud.
At the top of the chapel is the royal box where the Savoy family used to sit and at the bottom is the new conservation and display case which houses, conserves and protects the Shroud.
Monday, August 5, 2013
Shorts, maps, tour bus, water bottle...check. That's right---pure TOURIST in Torino!
It's been a busy day in Torino....forgot how hard it was being a tourist!
1st stop--the Royal Palace and Armory
I would hate to feed all the people this table would hold and there were so many dishes, glasses and piece of silverware that even the best trained would get confused in ettiquette.
Marble carvings, like cameos hung on the four walls.
This is the ballroom...they must have been very short. If I had been in high heels at a ball here, my head would be in the chandelier.
Painted windows
2nd stop--The Mole and Cinema Museum
Took the glass elevator to the top to get a beautiful view of Torino!
Inside the Mole (symbol of the city) s one of the largest collections of movie props, and artifacts from the film industry.
Shadow movies
How to make shadow puppet goose
Looking through a camera obscura
Flip animation using still images on a revolving backing , looking at images through a mirror...optical illusion
Film stip being run through the machine that you look into the top of.
The Rodger Rabbit door
Scene layout and shooting notes
Microphone and old sound recorder
Old editing machine
Prop used in Jurassic Parlk for a single shot
How they shot some of the Wizard of Oz
Look, I'm flying a space invading aircraft...green screens!
My flying again!
Mask from Star Wars
Story boarding my Martin Scorsese
Shooting notes by Martin Scorsese
More storyboards
Standing outside a prop house that was used for different movies.*these pictures are very dark because in the center of the building, you could kick bck in recliners nc watch old black and white silent films.
3rd stop--Hours of riding the open top city sight seeing bus
The Po
The Lingotto...fiat factory where the racetrack is on top.
The Olympic Arch and building used for speed skating in the 2006 winter Olympic Games.
Olympic Village from 2006
The Lingotto again.
Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium and torch stand
Random modern art
Blue tunnel (in center of photgraph) is where cars are brought for wind tunnel testing to calculate their coefficient of drag. Torino is home of the Fiat!
Roads were built over train tracks and in order to mark the prior existence of the track, the light lines and poles mimic the lives and poles used for trains.
Old and new trains
Roman city gates 
One of the many squares in Torino
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