Jane Austen and Her First Impressions – Woman of Influence
If she were alive would Jane Austen be amused by amounts of money given for notable editions of her First Impressions – is pride or prejudice dictating price?
First Impressions
The Impressionist’s Style – Full of Painterly Possibilities
The Impressionists were “terribly popular, terribly familiar and terribly commercialized”. They became popular because people from all walks of life, all creeds and all backgrounds were able to plug into it their art movement and its message about life. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was the people painter of the bourgeoisie…
Editorial – Muse News January 2011
We have started the year talking about gardens including Flora, First Fleet to Federation. Then there is First Impressions and Lasting Impressions with the art of gardens in France. And, in Japan we talk about the bountiful beauties of old gardens that are really breathtaking. Our On Line Video of the month is Culture in the Colonies just in time for Australia Day.