Tuscany: The Whilrwind Tour
"So we're off to see Bellini!" "No, Cellini!"
"No! Bellini! -
and I must get some zucchini, for I've not got much for
lunch..."
"And we must see Donatello - there's a fellow, Donatello!"
"...I suppose it's not important, we've prosciutto at a crunch..."
"Botticelli?" "Signorelli!" "Bandinelli?" "And THE MAN!"
"Pisanello?" "And
Ucello!" "Rafaello?" "If we can...!"
"Verocchio?" "Pinocchio!" "Masaccio?"
"And the rest...!"
"Lippi - Dad and Lad?" "Of course!" "Michelangelo's the
best...."
"I vote della Francesca!....Or Mantegna....or Andrea...."
"Caravaggio?" "Corregio!" "Giotto...when at prayer...?"
"Bronzino!"
"Perugino!" "Sansovino....and Sansetta....?"
"Vasari!" "Veronese!"
"Tintoretto!" "Oh, that's better.......!"
"Pontormo?....then there's
Titian....?" "Brunelleschi and Ghiberti?"
"We'd better get a move on, the
train leaves at 10.30......."
Philip Henderson
Philip owns
Il
Mulino dell'Opera, a pretty villa outside Lucca that he shares with
guests.
