Rome - The Foot Museum

Not actually a foot museum, but it did feature large foot statues. This place, AKA Musei Capitolini, was impressive. It was full of incredible statues. The best was the colossal statue of Mars (pictured above). Even though it was in pieces, you could imagine how big it would have been standing. I said to my girlfriend that the Roman's were crap at proportion accuracy because his feet were somewhat smaller than his face. However, she was quick to put me down by saying that was on purpose so that when you look up at it, it is actually proportioned to the eye.

Type was another great thing. It's mental to think that the ancient Romans' had typography skills. This tablet shows knowledge about kerning, serifs, x-heights and so on. I guess the Romans pretty much invented standardised type? (Actually no they didn't, it had something to do with the Greeks, welllll BC I think). The typeface itself, elegant and attractive. The 'Q' is fit. This stuff has to be seen to be appreciated, you can read about it in books, but you just don't think about it in the same way as when you see it for yourself, in situ.