Looking up

 It seems that every surface both inside and out is covered with art and or decoration of some sort in Venice, Florence and Rome. It can be overwhelming to the point of artistic overload and in the 1980's Italian medical researchers  gave it a name Strendhal's Syndrome for the 19th century French author who first described it. Symptoms include dizziness, panic, confusion, fainting and overwhelming exhaustion caused by trying to see to many works of art in too short a time.  From An Art Lover's Guide to Florence by Judith Testa
 Tomorrow I'll show what I did to avoid the syndrome.  --Ann--