Daniel senses my bubbling enthusiasm and invites me to tour his school, The Florence Academy of Art, along the via Aretina on the city’s outskirts. To enter is to be drawn back centuries. The 100 artist-students, of all backgrounds and ethnicities, might be dressed in 21st-century casual, but one immediately sees Botticelli, Vasari and Nelli in their figures and faces. Some seem to be adorned in 16th-century robes of hemp, palette in one hand, Mahl stick to support the brush hand in the other, a parade of fine artists floating in the natural white light.
That was a little more than a year ago. Now students are separated by plastic, painting through some odd looking-glass in order to stay safe and healthy. The plague has been in these parts before, devastating, debilitating and deadly, but the art of Florence persisted then, as it does now, while the world slowly rights itself. For the moment, the school is not a place for visitors, so Daniel, master painter, founde
Pleasant, dry days are ahead Share Updated: 5:40 PM CDT Apr 18, 2021 Share Updated: 5:40 PM CDT Apr 18, 2021
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Show Transcript 5: 69 PLEASANT DEGREES WITHOUT ANY RAINFALL DANIEL. THAT IS SO NICE THAT WE FINALLY ARE GONNA GET THIS BREAK AND IT’S GOING TO BE AN EXTENDED BREAK SO IT WE’VE BEEN PRETTY DRY TODAY AND THAT’S GOING TO CARRY WITH US INTO NEXT WEEK MAY NOT BE SEEING AS MUCH SUNSHINE AS YOU HAVE WANTED TODAY, BUT SOME SPOTS DEFINITELY STILL SEEING THAT AND WE’LL SEE MUCH MORE OF IT GOING INTO THE WORK WEEK AHEAD. WE HAD A LOT OF RAINFALL SO FAR. THESE ARE RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE MONTH. WE’RE ON THE 18TH DAY OF APRIL AND WE’VE ALREADY HAD ALMOST 15 INCHES OF RAIN IN GULFPORT OVER 13 IN PONCHATOULA ALMOST 13 OVER AT THE NEW ORLEANS AIRPORT OVER 11 INCHES IN GALLIANO AND ALMOST 10 INCHES IN GONZALES, AND THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE SPREAD OUT. SO WE’VE HAD SOME WIDESPREAD RAINFALL SO FAR THIS MONTH AND A LOT OF THIS MORE
Sunny start to the week, then rain chances return Share Updated: 6:42 PM CDT Apr 4, 2021 Share Updated: 6:42 PM CDT Apr 4, 2021
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Show Transcript THERE. THERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST TONIGHT ON THE NORTH SHORE AND STILL GOING TO BE A BIT OF A CHILL IN THE AIR WITH A CLEAR. TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING INTO THE 40S AS WE GET INTO THE MORNING SOUTH OF THE LAKE SLIGHTLY MORE MILD, BUT YOU’LL STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHILL WITH SOME MID-FIFTIES AND THE SUN WILL BE SHINING WHEN YOU WAKE UP TOMORROW SATELLITE AND RADAR QUIET FOR US AS IT HAS BEEN ALL HOLIDAY WEEKEND, BUT A CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE GULF AND INTO TEXAS AND WE’LL EVENTUALLY START TO SEE SOME OF THAT HEADING OUR WAY AS WE LOSE THIS DRIER AND COOLER AIR THAT HAS BEEN AROUND SO YOUR FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT NOW LOOKING TOO BAD. THOSE TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING. THAT’S WHERE YOU SEE THE 40S AND 50S TO GREET YOU OUT THE DOOR TOMORROW MORNING NO ISSUES ON Y