Kickstart my heart

YES! The time is now to bring this character to life. I am lucky enough to be traveling back to Italy this summer for 5 weeks and will be living outside of Siena. This is perfect timing to bring the culmination of over a year of research into short documentary form. Most of the work regarding research and animations have been done, I just need that last extra push to make it an exciting documentary for a wide range of audiences and film festivals.  Check it out, and take a journey to Siena with me! Grazie mille!

Taccola - First Vitruvian Man

I was lucky enough to present at the 2013 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference held at the Newberry Library in Chicago a few weeks ago. It was a fantastic experience and the presentation was well-received. I presented a paper highlighting the crescendo of my thesis subject which I am finishing this semester at Kent State to complete my MA in Art History.  This also represents the culmination of all the work I've been doing the last year and a half, traveling to Italy and Germany for further research.  I created a video combining the powerpoint presentation with my paper so I hope you enjoy! And if everything starts falling into place I will have more exciting news soon. Grazie mille.

Taccola - First Vitruvian Man from Andrew Bly on Vimeo.

Estate di Andrew

T-minus 34 days until I'm under the shadow of Brunelleschi's dome yet again. This time it's on my own with a lot to accomplish but there isn't any other place in the world I'd rather spend 3 months.

ci vediamo presto l'Italia...

heartbeat. my heartbeat.

"Nostalgia is denial - denial of the painful present... the name for this denial is golden age thinking - the erroneous notion that a different time period is better than the one ones living in - its a flaw in the romantic imagination of those people who find it difficult to cope with the present."

Just watched Midnight in Paris and would highly recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Woody Allen, art history, great movies or beautiful women. (such as Marion Cotillard above)

Firenze sulla mente

Another semester in the books and one closer to that MA! A lot of work to be done before I can call myself a Master of Art History but all should be done by December. In one month I will be back under the shadow of Brunelleschi's dome and I couldn't be more excited. Trying to finalize travel plans which include finally making it to Spain which just raises the level of excitement. So stay tuned this summer for pictures, I'm going to go camera crazy since last time I was in Italia I had a 1 megapixel digital camera....

Ciao a tutti!