The j took a visit to the Getty yesterday, and so did I. I as in me, not the letter i. Such a great place with more than enough to keep the camera busy. Then you have the Da Vinci exhibit, and that took it to another level. The 'sketches' and sculptures were something else. If I was an art writer or critic, I would have all sorts of great words and emotions to describe the pieces, but I am not. So, I say, they were fantasmic. Got it?

The statue sculptures by Rustici were my favorite. Their scale and emotion immediately captivated the viewers, and they were drawn in from surrounding rooms. Keep in mind, when looking at the photo below, that I am about 6'4 and I came to just about their knees. Wow, dudes are big.

Photo Below: John the Baptist Preaching to a Pharisee and a Levite, 1506–11, Giovan Francesco Rustici. Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence. Courtesy the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence. Photo: Mike Jensen, 2009