Когда началось?.. Занятно - кажется, человек занимался эпатажем совершенно в современной форме. Просто очень современный был человек скульптор Леонгард Керн 1588-1663 фигуры, пластика - ну просто 19 век. http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=4494 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Leonhard_Kern
Eep. I may have enough of my brocade to make a matching jubon so I can wear skirt and sleeves with that as a regular saya :) My sleeves however are another matter. They somehow got stained with what looks to be rust (??!!??) and I am not able to remove the colour. I'm loathe to get some Oxymagic in there as the silk will likely go yellowish. There should be enough ofr the fabric though to make ...
Time is flying by at an alarming rate...I haven't posted here about Medieval Faire at the Cloisters Museum in NYC this coming Sunday! I will be vending and attending for the first time, but have been to this beautiful place twice before and can't wait to go back. This is a free event, Sunday Oct 4 (rain date Oct 11) Medieval Festival can't wait to gaze at the beautiful collection at the ...
Today was the last day of the American Impressionism & Realism exhibit at the QueenslandArt Gallery, something I've been meaning to go to for months. Impressionism is one of the few artistic movements I "get" and for which I actually have some affinity for (I've always favoured representational art over abstract forms; I understand what, say, Surrealism or Cubism are about and can appreciate ...
Решила рассказать вам. До чего же приятно вновь разглядывать программку с выставки Александра Васильева «Ар Деко и мода. Золотые 20-е!» Хоть экспозиции на эту тему существуют и в NY( Met ), и Лондоне ( Victoria and Albert Museum ), эта выставка всё равно была незабываемой - редчайшие вещи, с любовью отобранные самим А.А.В. из личной коллекции для этого события. И так ...
... perfectly pretty! I think the painting I most locked on to was called the The Bathing Pool by the artistHubert Robert (official Met image: http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/european_paintings/the_bathing_pool_hubert_robert/objectview.aspx?collID=11&OID=110001924 ). We did lunch at the Junior's in the Grand Central Station food court. Finally, got to try ...
Money and value are both abstractions. Abstractions which are unfortunately very difficult to ignore. The issue of selling something revolves around how much you can get someone to pay for it. A sucker is born every minute, they say, and so we become a society of suckers. Its all about manipulation. Such a beautiful life, manipulating and being manipulated. So the cost of living keeps going up ...
... he was aware he was not alone. Again he pulledthe sword from the scabbard, this time far more seriously, pullinghimself to his feet. "We are armed! Show thyself!" ooc: http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/arms_and_armor/presentation_smallsword_james_morisset/objectview.aspx?page=1&sort=5&sortdir=asc&keyword=&fp=1&dd1=4&dd2=25&vw=1&collID=25&OID=40001141&vT=1
