Villa Farnesina and a Walk Through Trastevere

Hello! This weekend I visited many museums including Villa Farnesina. The Villa is situated by the Tiber and has beautiful frescoed ceilings walls. 

Above is Raphael's Galatea. This fresco is particularly famous because although the scene is chaotic, Raphael creates a balance of movement and harmony in the composition of his figures. 

So... it's pretty. 

Here is a picture of a ceiling that Raphael also frescoed. Can you imagine having your entire house covered in paintings? It would be very beautiful, but I think it would be really hard to decorate. 

I thought it was interesting that Raphael painted empty niches. 

He imitated marble, and then didn't fill the space. Why?

This is a cool fireplace by Sodoma.

Here, the niche has a painted marble lady.

Posing outside the villa.

We went to Trastevere for lunch and then walked around.

Kitty on a motorcycle. Meoom...Meoom

Santa Maria in Trastevere

Another cat!

There are so many birds in Rome right now! Thousands, millions of birds flying around. All those black specks in the picture above are birds. It's crazy and I've seen people carry newspapers and bags above their heads to avoid being dropped on.