Ornamentation Designed to Lay Over the Neckline of a Robe
Gemstones and Inlay include: Gold, Turquoise, Garnet, Pyrites
Tillya Tepe (Afghanistan), 1st century AD/CE
National Museum of Afghanistan (Currently on Exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales)
Month: May 2014
Scenes from Europe
Stunning Art from Thai Peck (Blog laroseedespetiteschoses) . . . Beautifully done!
Dig In to Your History
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”
**Marcus Garvey
Current Exhibition: “Museum of Russian Icons Peeks into Romanov Cupboards”
“Museum of Russian Icons Peeks into Romanov Cupboards”
by Sebastian Smee via “Boston Globe”
WHAT:
“The Tsar’s Cabinet: Two Hundred Years of Russian Decorative Arts Under the Romanovs”
WHERE:
“Museum of Russian Icons.” 203 Union St. Clinton, MA 01510 Hours: Tues.-Fri. ~ 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Sat. ~ 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.WHEN:
March 27, 2014 – May 24, 2014
HOW MUCH:
Generally: Adults: $9 Seniors: $5 Students: $2 Children: $2 Children (under 3): Free Special Free Admission: Varies, for more details, see here.DETAILS:
“CLINTON — The romance of the Romanov dynasty — in odor so like certain over-evolved orchids — has been affiliated, aptly enough, with fragile accessories forever. One thinks, above all, of the products of the House of Fabergé, but more generally of the decorative arts (particularly porcelain) produced specifically for the Romanovs between the 18th and early 20th centuries, when the dynasty came to its bloody and unambiguous end.
The Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton is currently hosting a show called “The Tsar’s Cabinet: Two Hundred Years of Russian Decorative Arts Under the Romanovs” that’s filled with porcelain, as well as glass, lacquer, enamel, and other luxury materials.
Drawn from the private collection of consultant Kathleen Durdin (who, according to a biographical note in the show’s catalog, used to collect magazine advertisements that featured the Forbes Fabergé collection), the show summons the rich history of Romanov rule.
It comes to Clinton at the end of a five-venue tour of Canada and the United States. It was organized by the Muscarelle Museum of Art, which is on the campus of the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in collaboration with International Arts and Artists, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. . . . .
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“Do the Humanities Help Us Understand the World in Which Live?”
“Do the Humanities Help Us Understand the World in Which Live?”
by Daniel R Schwarz via “Huffington Post”
“What do the Humanities do? I would argue that they help us understand ourselves and the world in which we live. When we read, we listen to words, respond to behavior, and try to judge what people’s mindset is. We “read” human behavior every day in our interaction with colleagues, family, friends, and public figures, and our reading improves our knowledge, perspicacity, judgment, and sensitivity. In other words reading helps us make sense of our lives and the world we live in.
Reading literature and experiencing music, dance, live theatre, and the visual arts are as much part of our life experience as other events and can have a similar impact. The Humanities contribute to our moral, historical, and political awareness; this occurs even if the events described in a literary text, a painting or sculpture, or an operatic or theatrical performance are more imaginative than factually accurate.
Thus Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1898), with its stress on European imperial greed and racist exploitation of Africans, helps us understand the history of the country now called the Democratic Republic of Congo — formerly the Belgian Congo — and to some extent other former colonies in Africa. E.M. Forster’s Passage to India (1924) helps us understand India, particularly the continued divide between Muslims and Hindus and the more recent efforts in India to move beyond both its caste system and its colonial past to define itself as an inclusive democracy.
Let me turn to a current event, namely, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s seizure of Crimea from the Ukraine. What follows is not an apology for Putin’s outrageous and duplicitous behavior but an effort to understand it through the lens of literature. . . . .”
The Cultured Muse 