How about another trip to Italy? Let's go to ancient Rome, to be exact. Jim Ackerman tells the story behind today's featured painting of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Italy (TR026).
"I'm not quite sure why Mom chose the Baths of Caracalla to paint for me. Maybe it's because she thought I had a fetish. I guess I may, I love to search out ancient bath houses. It didn't end with the bath houses, though - it extends to latrines, outhouses, call them what you will. There are well preserved ruins of both bath houses and latrines at Ephesus and Pammukalle in Turkey, Pompeii and Rome in Italy and other ancient cities in Greece and Morocco. We've seen many ruins of bath houses, but the Baths of Caracalla were special. It was a huge, ornate, bath house, where everybody who was anybody (as long as they were male) would go to relax in a hot tub or sauna, for a rub down, to close a deal or further a personal agenda. I couldn't live like that, but it is interesting to see how they did thousands of years ago." -- Jim Ackerman
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"When my grandparents took my cousin, Peter, and me to Italy for our 13th birthdays, Florence was one of my favorite places. The city is marvelous and colorful and in the midst of it is an old bridge, Ponte Vecchio. It is full of character and charm and lined with shops. The painting Grandma made of the bridge hangs in the entryway of our home and serves as a reminder of an amazing trip." -- Stephanie Harlan
This painting is from a trip that I took with a group from my family in October 2002. The group included my Grandpa and Grandma (Dick and Phyllis), Father and Mother (Jim and Denise), and Aunt Lisa. We spent two days during our time in Italy on the Isle of Capri. We spent our time wandering throughout Capri and Anacapri. This painting is of a cafe in Anacapri. I was searching for a marble chess set, and this cafe was next to the store where I ended up purchasing the chess set. Capri was my favorite part of the trip, and this painting reminds me of our time spent there. It hangs in my sunroom in a handmade A.R. Bos frame.
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