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I love New York

amoonshadow wrote 5 days ago: What a cliche! But its true and I couldn’t find a better way of expressing my three day advent … more →

Tags: Art, Humor, Monty Python, ramblings, Albrecht Durer, Ascension of Christ by Hans Suess von Kulmbach, Hans Suess von Kulmbach, Jackson Heights, New York City

Coco Chanel, Pioneer of French Fashion and The House of Chanel

thelovekey wrote 1 week ago: “Fashion does not only exists in dresses; fashion is in the air, it is brought in by the wind, on … more →

Tags: fashion 2009, Fragrance, haute couture, Self Empowerment, Fashion Books, History of Fashion, Fashion Trends, 2009 fashion, Celebrities

The Fourth in New York1 comment

lavienouveau wrote 1 week ago: It’s funny. Neither me or frank are really “romantic” about any holidays. We don … more →

Tags: Review, Travel, Photography, summer, Art, New York, NY, Manhattan, Chelsea

New York stories, vol. 61 comment

scottfilkins wrote 2 weeks ago: I’ve visited New York City a number of times, under a number of circumstances: for work, with … more →

Tags: New York, Travel, Coney Island, mcsorleys pub, New York City

Cloisters Chapel6 comments

Bo wrote 3 weeks ago: in Metropolitan Museum of Art The Cloisters, located in upper Manhattan, is part of the Metropolitan … more →

Tags: Architecture, Olympus E-3, Photography, Travel, Wisconsin, Altar, b&w photography, Chapel, Manhattan

Candelabra at the Cloisters6 comments

Bo wrote 3 weeks ago: 39. Candle(light) So I had to stretch the theme a bit here. No, there is no candle “light … more →

Tags: Photo-a-day, Photography, Candelabra, The Cloisters

New York May Regulate Deaccessions and Met Museum Lays Off 14% of Staff

artmarketmistress wrote 3 weeks ago: Two very interesting articles in yesterday’s NYTimes.  The first that caught my eye was about … more →

Tags: Art, art market, Business, Art Business, Government, Museums, economic downturn, deaccessioning, deaccession

The Entertation Index: June 23

C.M. Tomlin wrote 3 weeks ago: Batman – The British pop website Redshirt has unearthed one of Batman’s trickiest situat … more →

Tags: The Entertation Index, Ed McMahon, Black Eyed Peas, Ripley's Believe It Or Not

Musing about Fashion

mmwm wrote 3 weeks ago: NPR’s story about the ‘Models as Muses’ fashion show at the Metropolitan Museum of … more →

Tags: Visual Art & Photography, Mimetic Theory, consumption & advertising, pop culture icons, Glamour, Sexuality, History, Beauty, ideals

horus.

dcumming27 wrote 3 weeks ago: A group of Wiccans celebrate the summer solstice by chanting prayers at the four corners of the Obe … more →

Tags: photos, New York City, solstice, obelisk, central park

Lumieres: photography as art

vaidyg wrote 4 weeks ago: Light, 1991 Another favorite: [Light] by Jean-Marc Bustamante: Following his apprenticeship to Willi … more →

Tags: Jean-Marc Bustamante, lumières, Photography, slow snapshots

Don't crowd me when I'm looking at Rembrandts.

vaidyg wrote 4 weeks ago: Portrait of a Man, 1632 Every wrinkle, the pink of the cheeks, and a collar made to look like parchm … more →

Tags: oil on wood, Painting, Potrait of a Man, rembrandt, Rembrandt van Rijn

Scriptoria

I, Enoch wrote 1 month ago: Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages at the Met includes this Crucifixion by Opicinus de C … more →

Tags: art of the book, Biblioteca Apostólica Vaticana, Drawing, Illustration, Medieval Art, Medieval Drawings, medieval manuscripts, Opicinus, Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages

4 Quiet Places in New York1 comment

starlagurl wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes the sights and sounds of New York City can overwhelm a person. Sometimes you just need a p … more →

Tags: TravelPod Buzz, New York, New York Botanical Garden, quiet places in new york, Roosevelt Island, roosevelt island aerial car, The Cloisters, U. S. A.

fashion at the met

beautifuliving wrote 1 month ago: images from The Met image from The Met on flickr Last week my husband and I went to The Metropoli … more →

Tags: met, Model as a muse, museum

The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion

oliviaosullivan wrote 1 month ago: On that same trip to NYC last month, I was determined to get to the new exhibition by the Costume I … more →

Tags: Travel, Fashion, Photography, New York, model as muse

Medieval Drawings-images to delight1 comment

petermsalmon wrote 1 month ago: Years ago when I was a regular visitor to New York, I was a regular visitor to the Metropolitan Muse … more →

Tags: Commentary, Miscellany, knowledge, LinkedIn, the ECONOMIST, History, Medieval Drawings, Art, New York

Face Value: The history of supermodels plays out at The Met.1 comment

thefameflame wrote 1 month ago: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has made the supermodel comeback official with a comprehensive retros … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Adriana Lima, alessandra ambrosio, Celebrities, Cheryl Tiegs, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, cosmetics advertising, Daria Werbowy

THE BONE VAULT

ruthyr wrote 1 month ago: FICTION:  THE BONE VAULT – LINDA FAIRSTEIN/SCRIBNER – 2003  This is another book from the Strand bin … more →

Tags: Books, The Cloisters, The Museum of Natural History, Mummies, linda fairstein, curators, district attorney, Sex crimes


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