Blazes of Light: Looking in the Windows
The Hindu Festival of Diwali takes place this week, an event of light and color, fireworks and gifts and good …
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Masters and Servants
The verb “To lord” is defined by the OED as “to play the lord, behave in a lordly manner, assume …
Image, Illusion and Attire
The adage “clothes make the man” – and by extension, the person – says a great deal about the nature …
Transformers
My ideal sculptor, growing up, was Michelangelo. My father gave me a big heavy book filled with photographs for an …
Klimt’s Precipice
The iconic painting by Gustav Klimt, called “The Kiss” has been reproduced so many times that we feel we know …
Roman Legacy
One notices, traveling around Europe, that the Romans were everywhere. I have seen the remains of Roman walls, temples, arenas, …
STITCHES IN MIND
For anyone who has collected, or even occasionally seen, needlework samplers from the 18th and 19th centuries, it is always …
Snow
Snow serenity Falling Hiroshige-style, Big grey cities hushed A recent visit to the Art Institute in Chicago allowed me the …
Balanchine Lace
At the Museé des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle in Alençon, France, there are works made of linen and air …
Poets' Sinews 