Those who know me best know of my infatuation with all things associated with being 27 years old and up. I dream of my adorable and wildly unrealistic first apartment in Back Bay, Boston, pencil skirts, and six--err--five figure salaries. I'm a present day Jennifer Garner in the film "13 Going on 30."
I organize all of these thoughts, goals, and dreams on my Pinterest board, which emulates a woman who's probably in her late twenties, or her early thirties. My older sister Kelly rolls her eye at this.
My biggest infatuation is of course, weddings. Color schemes, length of bridesmaids' dresses, rings, location, you name it I've thought about it all, considered each options, pinned them, and in most cases chosen the best fit for my late August, early September nuptials to my unnamed husband.
In fact, up until recently I dreamed of marrying at Star of the Sea church in Marblehead, MA--my hometown. No, recently, my standards have changed--many thanks to the churches of Ancient, Renaissance and Baroque Rome.
The churches here are exquisite. Doused in mosaic detailing, the best way to describe them is "indescribable". Pictures on the most advance iPhone stand no chance at doing them the justice they deserve.
My favorite church thus far has been Santa Prassede.
Built by St. Paschal I (817-824),
the interior glistens with vibrant mosaics that done symbolic characters and objects
interior has three naves.
admire the splendid floor cosmatesco,
preserves two masterpieces of the Middle Ages Roman mosaics of the triumphal arch of the apse and the Chapel of San Zenone.
When the church is bathed in evening twilight, the mosaics are artificially lit: the best time to enjoy the absolute beauty.
A set of mosaics that is unequaled in the Middle Ages the Roman Empire, for chromatic fantasy, complexity and richness of symbols: the Heavenly Jerusalem which come the elect, Christ surrounded by angels and saints, themes of the Apocalypse. The mosaics in the apse were inspired by the wonderful mosaics of the church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in the Forum: the same blue skies, the same palms of paradise.
The Chapel of San Zenone was built by Paschal I, as a mausoleum mother Theodora.
Located in the right aisle of the church, a Greek cross, it has the once completely covered with gold mosaics.
an environment full of enchantment, the most exquisite mosaic chapel that there is in Rome,
To admire the structure, should go without lights; when the eyes become accustomed to the darkness and begin to identify the reflections of the stones of the mosaics, the lights will enhance the glitter of gold.
The time is the culmination: four elegant angelic figures supporting a garland around her shoulders and the head of the Saviour.
My biggest infatuation is of course, weddings. Color schemes, length of bridesmaids' dresses, rings, location, you name it I've thought about it all, considered each options, pinned them, and in most cases chosen the best fit for my late August, early September nuptials to my unnamed husband.
In fact, up until recently I dreamed of marrying at Star of the Sea church in Marblehead, MA--my hometown. No, recently, my standards have changed--many thanks to the churches of Ancient, Renaissance and Baroque Rome.
The churches here are exquisite. Doused in mosaic detailing, the best way to describe them is "indescribable". Pictures on the most advance iPhone stand no chance at doing them the justice they deserve.
My favorite church thus far has been Santa Prassede.
Built by St. Paschal I (817-824),
the interior glistens with vibrant mosaics that done symbolic characters and objects
interior has three naves.
admire the splendid floor cosmatesco,
preserves two masterpieces of the Middle Ages Roman mosaics of the triumphal arch of the apse and the Chapel of San Zenone.
When the church is bathed in evening twilight, the mosaics are artificially lit: the best time to enjoy the absolute beauty.
A set of mosaics that is unequaled in the Middle Ages the Roman Empire, for chromatic fantasy, complexity and richness of symbols: the Heavenly Jerusalem which come the elect, Christ surrounded by angels and saints, themes of the Apocalypse. The mosaics in the apse were inspired by the wonderful mosaics of the church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in the Forum: the same blue skies, the same palms of paradise.
The Chapel of San Zenone was built by Paschal I, as a mausoleum mother Theodora.
Located in the right aisle of the church, a Greek cross, it has the once completely covered with gold mosaics.
an environment full of enchantment, the most exquisite mosaic chapel that there is in Rome,
To admire the structure, should go without lights; when the eyes become accustomed to the darkness and begin to identify the reflections of the stones of the mosaics, the lights will enhance the glitter of gold.
The time is the culmination: four elegant angelic figures supporting a garland around her shoulders and the head of the Saviour.