31 May 2021

Museum Monday 2021/22



 from the Joan of Arc Series, I: The Vision and Inspiration, by Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC; 30 May is the feast of Saint Joan

28 May 2021

Friday Photo 2021/22

 


the statue of Joan of Arc outside of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco; 30 May is the feast of Saint Joan

24 May 2021

Museum Monday 2021/21


detail of the tomb effigy of Alonso de Mera by Juan de Montejo; in the background is part of The Crucifixion by the Master of the Urbino Coronation; now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

21 May 2021

Friday Photo 2021/21

 


the Lohengrin-inspired swan boats in the Boston Public Garden, June 2019

17 May 2021

Museum Monday 2021/20

 


column with ducks, from Egypt in the reign of Akhenaten, now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

10 May 2021

Museum Monday 2021/19

 


detail of Sarah Bernhardt as La Dame aux Camélias, a poster by Alphonse Maria Mucha, which I saw at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as part of the 2019 exhibit Toulouse-Lautrec and the Stars of Paris

03 May 2021

Museum Monday 2021/18

 


Python necklace by David Bielander, made of anodized titanium, seen by me in 2017 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston