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Showing posts with label grottesca. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grottesca. Show all posts
Monday

Grotesque Obsession: Uffizi Revisited

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Here is a beautiful video of one of my favorite spots in Florence, featuring the grottesca ceilings in the East Corridor of the Uffizi. ...
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Friday

Grotesque Obsession: Pulchrior in Luce

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In which we relive another great moment found by peering through doorways "Pulchrior In Luce" ~   More Beautiful in the Light ...
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Broken

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detail of a ceiling in the Uffizi My heart is broken , I said.  So is your ankle, he said. The ancient cobblestones in this ancient c...
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Monday

The Hermitage: four times in a week

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In which we make repeated visits to the world's most fabulous museum and find we are not a bit jaded. "The Gallery of the Histo...
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Thursday

Grotesque Obsession: The Art of Carolina d'Ayala Valva

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linen table runner by Carolina d'Ayala Valva for Nina's Home Artists for Textiles recent designs from Nina's Home Artists...
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Wednesday

Grotesque Obsession: Uffizi East Corridor

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detail of grottesca ornament, East Corridor, Uffizi I have had this recurring dream in the past few years, that I would encounter R...
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Tuesday

The Private Bathchamber of the Grand Duchess

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a clever detail in the Grottesche ornamentation of the bath at "La Ferdinanda" Corner of the bathchamber Last March we v...
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