Carolyn McDowall
La Pala D’Oro at St Mark’s Venice
The history of Venice over its 1100 years is littered with wars, profiteering from other nations wars and counting the loot brought home. An amazing statistic is that in all of history there has only been three million Venetians and it’s staggering to believe a city the size of New York’s central park was paramount [...]
Following an Eastern Star to The Wilder Shores of Love
The Wilder Shores of Love is a terrific tale about four women who were summoned by the eastern star. It is the exotic true-life stories of some of the key women in history Isabel Burton, Aimee Dubucq de Rivery, Jane Digby, and Isabelle Eberhardt. They all took great risks, whether their choice or not, and ended up either pursuing their passion for romance, or making the best of it.
Modernism – Innovating Design Styles in the 20th Century
Modernism is a term the art and design community of our contemporary western world has adopted to describe a diverse range of architectural and interior decorative styles, as well as applied and graphic arts created between approximately 1880 and 1940 on an international scale.
St Mark’s Basilica at Venice
St Mark’s Basilica at Venice is one of Italy’s most famous Roman Catholic churches described by nineteenth century English art critic John Ruskin as ‘a vision out of the earth…a treasure heap it seems, partly of gold and partly of opal and mother of pearl’. The great domes of St. Marks were originally much lower [...]
Silk – Being ‘At the Bar’ is not a Barrier to Success
Written by BAFTA award winning writer Peter Moffat, Silk is a TV series about a bevvy of junior barristers working in ‘chambers’ at London where they are attempting to “take silk” and become a Queen’s Counsel. Then, and only then will they be allowed to wear the robes, made of coloured silk, that go with the position
Monet’s Garden – The Rhythm of Nature Refreshing the Heart
Monet’s garden at Giverny, renowned for the divine flowers that herald the arrival of each season, will be on show at The New York Botanical Garden from May 19, 2012
Mossgreen Auctions – Collection Thomas Hamel and Martyn Cook
On May 20 at Sydney Mossgreen Auctions will offer for sale a collection from Thomas Hamel Interiors and Martyn Cook Antiques of art antiques and decorative arts
Thomas Chippendale – Eighteenth Century English Furniture
An 18th century village master craftsman, who designed and made furniture in rural Yorkshire Thomas Chippendale (1718 – 1779) was a progressive ambitious chap
What is an Antique?
What is an Antique? An antique is something made in a previous era. However, according to antique dealers, their associations and the tax man, it is not really that simple at all.
Lasting Impressions – Paintings, Pools and Plants at Giverny
Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) celebrated the real art of gardening in the creation of his now world famous garden at Giverney, in Normandy. Monet’s painting of Spring at Giverny (1886) is a vision of the village clothed in the softest pinks. It is a first impression of a region full of magic light and charm the country that seduced and held him captive for the rest of his natural life.
First Impressions – Monet, Pisarro, Sisley & Renoir
It would be safe to say we have today gained an impression that a garden is a timeless expression of man’s relationship with nature. Just as our world is constantly changing to accommodate man’s overpopulation of it, so must our minds remain open to new ways of exploring how that relationship can, and will continue.
Marvellous Music @ Brisbane in May & June
The city of Brisbane in Queensland has an amazing musical life, despite there being a real lack of large venues. However the intimate musical experience thrives. Music making impressions for May & June includes: ORGAN GALA (4MBS Festival) Saturday 19 May , 7.30 pm St Andrew’s Uniting Church (Creek Street) featuring virtuoso keyboard artists PETER [...]
The Impressionists – A Painterly Pleasant French Revolution
The art of the Impressionists became popular because people from all walks of life, nationalities and cultures understood that its message was all about celebrating life
Winged Lions of Venice
Wherever you walk in Venice you will find images of lions, who are part of the legend of its founding. Some eight hundred years before when he was on his way to Rome, Mark the Evangelist, it had been believed, had been told in a vision by an angel that one day his body would [...]
Flights of Garden Fantasy – Inspiring the Human Spirit
Growing beds of flowers is part of the delights of gardening and only one aspect of an ever evolving story that satisfies the human spirit to a profound degree.
Castle & Beckett Always – Secrets Surprises & Relationships
At last Kate Beckett seals the deal with Ric Castle at the end of the Season 4 finale episode “Always”, by revealing her feelings and rushing into his arms.
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