We the People Should Not Fund the Arts
I’m back from wonderful two weeks in Italy!
Aside from the heat, the schlepping, the great food, and the gorgeous scenery, I saw a lot of art. It was my first trip to Italy, so I took in all the standard touristy pieces of art, many of which are now stricken from my bucket list: The Sistine Chapel’s magnificent ceiling and Last Judgement fresco, the statue of David, Giotto’s frescoes about the life of St. Francis in Assisi, the Trevi Fountain, and Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus (or, as I have