{"id":786,"date":"2010-01-16T17:51:46","date_gmt":"2010-01-16T15:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenedwards.org.uk\/image\/?p=786"},"modified":"2021-11-09T10:54:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T10:54:27","slug":"ponte-vecchio-firenze-in-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenedwards.org.uk\/image\/2010\/01\/16\/ponte-vecchio-firenze-in-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"ponte vecchio: firenze in winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kenedwards.org.uk\/image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Ponte-Vecchio.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-787\" title=\"Ponte Vecchio\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kenedwards.org.uk\/image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Ponte-Vecchio-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a>a lot of people avoid <em>firenze<\/em> out of season\u2009\u2014\u2009it\u2019s damp in winter, quite cold, often rainy. the narrow streets with their overhanging eaves dripping rainwater, take on a&nbsp;brooding, melancholy demeanour, in very stark contrast to the sweating heat of summer, ice cream guzzling school trips, and the glittering <em>chiaroscuro<\/em> of sunlight falling sharply between the walls of <em>palazzi<\/em>. this picture was taken about ten years ago, when it was still permitted to take photographs from within the uffizi gallery (or perhaps when i&nbsp;was still brave enough to flout rules about taking pictures on private property). it\u2019s a&nbsp;popular view\u2009\u2014\u2009one which clearly shows the private corridor which gave access from the <em>uffizi<\/em> to the <em>pitti palace<\/em> over the river, allowing <strong>the medici<\/strong>, and other nobles to avoid the common populace. so\u2009\u2014\u2009an objectification of the emergent class divisions of the middle ages\u2009\u2014\u2009the dynamo of the <em>renaissance<\/em>. pretty. the ruling class above, the shops of the traders perched over <em>the arno, <\/em>the common herd on the streets below.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>for the technically-minded, this is not a&nbsp;digital image. it was taken from a&nbsp;35mm film&nbsp;scan.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a lot of people avoid firenze out of season\u2009\u2014\u2009it\u2019s damp in winter, quite cold, often rainy. the narrow streets with their overhanging eaves dripping rainwater, take on a&nbsp;brooding, melancholy demeanour, in very stark contrast to the sweating heat of summer, ice cream guzzling school trips, and the glittering chiaroscuro of sunlight falling sharply between 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