Museum Musings at the Victoria and Albert
Largest, Oldest, Most Famous. These adjectives catch my attention. Continuing on this thread of new Islamic art wings at major museums (the Louvre, The Met), we’ve crossed the channel to London’s...
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Winged Victory of Samothrace: she was meant to be viewed from the right, so the detail of her left side isn’t so well carved – compare to the next photo (photos taken from www.Wikipedia.org) The...
View ArticleThe Prado’s Gioconda
La Gioconda contemporary copy, 1503 – 1516, Museo del Prado, taken from Wikipedia The other day I touched on Spain’s Span Across Europe in the general. It’s true that Spain’s reach was just so broad...
View ArticleRègles en Français – Rallye au Musée du Louvre!
Chasse au trésor ou rallye au Musée du Louvre célèbre pour l’abondance des ses oeuvres remarquables. Découverte le Louvre (ou le Musée d’Orsay, avec “THATd’Or“) avec nous pour une approche originale,...
View ArticleTHATd’Or Photos, part I
Should the new THATd’Or website be in color or Black + White? (oh who am I fooling, B+W is my thing…) Recently my attention has taken a handful of dips south of the Seine to the lovely Musée d’Orsay....
View ArticleTHATd’Or Photos, part III
Continuing on the photo series started here and here, I’ve been having fun depositing candidate shots for the imminent THATd’Or website. If you have any faves of the below I’d love to hear from you!...
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