#venetian victoria

[tragediambulante]

Self-portrait as a young man, Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), about 1548

#art history #art #italian art #painting #self portrait #tintoretto #16th century #rinascimento #venetian art #v&a museum #victoria and albert museum

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Candy pink at the V&A museum

#v&a museum #victoria and albert museum #pink #aesthetic #venetian glass #glass #figurine

[threadtalk]

There are so few extant gowns from the 17th century--even Queen Elizabeth I's wardrobe is almost entirely lost (save for some fabric that was found in a church).

This stunning saffron satin gown dates from between 1610-1620--the fabric is Italian but the embroidery and lace are local to Saxony. It is an absolute delight of a gown, too, with all that metallic thread, lace, and texture going on. There are even sequins on this gown, tear-drop shaped (sequins have been around a lot longer than you might think) and miles of gold and silver details.

The shoulders are reminiscent of Venetian wedding styles of the time, and the whole gown is just covered in embroidered stars and scales. Truly a spectacular piece of history and a timeless treasure.

We also know who wore this: Electress Magdalena Sibylla of Saxony, the 7th great-grandmother of Queen Victoria of England.

From SKD Online museum.

#fashion history #threadtalk #textiles #costume history #historical costuming #silk dress #history of fashion #costume #17th century #renaissance #17th century fashion

[garadinervi]

Jean-Pierre Hébert, Dynamics of a Venetian Red Flow, (plotter drawing), 1989 [Victoria and Albert Museum, London. © Jean-Pierre Hébert]

#art #drawing #plotter drawing #computer art #computer drawing #geometry #pattern #jean pierre hébert #victoria and albert museum #1980s

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Known as The Mummified Mansion, this home in Australia has been on the market since Feb. and has finally received an offer. The time-warp home was custom-built by a prominent Italian family in the mid-1970s and was listed for $1M. 

Double red doors open to wall-to-wall green and red Axminster carpet, a bejeweled double staircase, stained glass round window, chandelier and mirror ball columns.

Accessed via two sets of steps, there’s ample room to host plenty of friends and family.

This is a huge area and it leads into the dining room and kitchen.

The kitchen flows onto the dining area, with statement butter-yellow and red cabinetry, and some unforgettable Italian doors to the veranda.

Upstairs, as well as the bejeweled balustrades, select interior doorways are framed with stained glass – the others with ornate cornicing.

The most spectacular feature has got to be that pastel-hued, domed skylight, encircled by Rococo-style filigree and cherubs.

More Venetian Murano glass chandeliers are suspended upstairs, this time with matching rainbow features.

You don’t have to take the stairs, b/c there’s a lift.

The living area on the second level is home to a second dining room, another gigantic entertaining area, plus a second kitchen.

Three bedrooms can be found on the upper level, two of which also have fittingly extravagant, velvet-curtained en suites.

These are the balconies in the front of the house.

The outdoors are for entertaining, with multiple large paved and tiled areas perfect for parties.

Our Lady of Lourdes is looking over you, so don’t get too crazy!

https://perthisok.com/homes/teague-street-victoria-park/

#weird mansion for sale #unique mansion #unique decor #the mummified mansion #long post #architecture

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Lady Victoria Hervey in Venice during a photo shoot with Venetian dresses

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#80th Venice International Film Festival #Lady Victoria Hervey

[thermodynamic-comedian]

three songs for each oc

rovin - 2econd 2ight 2eer (that was fun, goodbye.) by will wood, dr. sunshine is dead by will wood and the tapeworms, deus in absentia by ghost.

n/a - city of ashes by jhariah, exit music (for a film) by radiohead, respite on the spitalfields by ghost.

lithium - feel again by sir chloe, call me little sunshine by ghost, when somebody needs you by will wood.

lead - heart-shaped box by nirvana, high and dry by radiohead, mama by mcr.

juno - son of may by subvision, ritual by ghost, victoria by jukebox the ghost.

escher - laplace's angel (hurt people? hurt people!) by will wood, venetian blind man by will wood, subterranean homesick alien by radiohead.

#frey's silly little ocs

[themuseumwithoutwalls]

MWW Artwork of the Day (7/18/22) Canaletto [Antonio Canal](Venetian, 1697-1768) Bacino di S. Marco: From the Piazetta (c. 1750) Oil on canvas, 131.4 x 163.2 cm. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Canaletto painted evocative rather than topographically accurate renderings of Venice, taking subtle and very effective liberties with the placement and proportions of buildings, and with perspective, in order to create balanced and appealing compositions. The view in this painting is that looking southwest from the small square known as the Piazzetta San Marco, into the San Marco Basin (the body of water adjacent to the Piazzetta, the Giudecca and the neighboring island of San Giorgio Maggiore, and the opening of the Grand Canal). To the right are the Sansovino Library and the Column of St Theodore, which dominate and anchor the composition. Canaletto consistently produced these idealized scenes, showing Venice at its most splendid, and it is little wonder that he was the artist chosen by Holbech to paint mementos of the Englishman’s favorite city.

Canaletto is one of the featured artists in this MWW gallery/album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.473455999426441&type=3

#canaletto #Bacino di S. Marco #italian artist #vedute #venice

[joostjongepier]

Wat?   Venetian Boy Catching a Crab (1892-1893) door Henrietta Skerrett Montalba, Helen of Troy, (na 1812), Theseus and the Minotaur (1782) en The Three Graces (1814-17) door Antonio Canova, The Fallen Angel (1895-1900) en The Age of Bronze (gemodelleerd 1876-77, voor het eerst gegoten in brons 1880) door Auguste Rodin en Thetis Dipping Achilles in the River Styx door Thomas Banks (1790)

Waar?   Victoria & Albert Museum, Londen

Wanneer?   10 januari 2023

Het is decennia geleden dat ik het Victoria and Albert Museum (meestal V&A genoemd) bezocht. Wat me er nog van bijstaat is een grote verzameling mode en een afdeling met heel veel muziekinstrumenten. Van kunst is me van dat bezoek weinig bijgebleven. Op de laatste middag van mijn bezoek aan Londen besluit ik het V&A opnieuw te bezoeken. Vanaf het metrostation leidt een lange tunnel naar een ingang van het museum die direct uitkomt op de afdeling sculptuur. Ik heb het hele museum bekeken. Nou ja, bekijken is natuurlijk een te groot woord voor zo’n immens museum volgepakt met duizenden voorwerpen. Ik zag fraaie schilderijen van Constable en Turner, kartons van Rafaël en Tippoo’s Tijger. Maar omdat je nu eenmaal niet alles goed kunt bekijken, besloot ik me te concentreren op de afdeling beeldhouwkunst. Deze bevat een zeer fraaie verzameling werken met grote namen.

Centraal in de hal staat een werk dat ik herken, maar waarvan de kunstenares mij volledig onbekend is. Het gaat om Venetian Boy Catching a Crab van Henrietta Skerrett Montalba (1848-1893). Ze studeerde aan de National Art Training School (nu: Royal College of Art) en aan de Accademia de Belle Arti in Venetië. Ze specialiseerde zich in portretbustes van terracotta, waarmee ze talloze prijzen won. Het fraaie beeld van de Venetiaanse vissersjongen werd in 1893 tentoongesteld in de Royal Academy en op de World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

Hoewel zijn werken erg gladjes zijn, ben ik toch een immens bewonderaar van Antonio Canova. Zijn Amor en Psyche in het Louvre behoort (met werken van Bernini) tot de allermooiste beeldhouwwerken die ik ken. Hier in de V&A staan een aantal werken van zijn hand. Naast een buste van Helena van Troje, is dat Teseus and the Minotaur. De held uit de Griekse mythe heeft de Minotaurus (een monter, half-mens, half-stier) gedood. Op de rots liggen de spoelen met draad die Theseus moeten helpen uit het labyrint te komen. Canova was in de twintig toen hij dit indrukwekkende beeld maakte. En dan is er als derde The Three Graces. Zij representeren vrolijkheid, elegantie en jeugd en schoonheid. De hertog van Bedford gaf opdracht voor dit beeld toen hij Rome bezocht. Hij plaatste het in een speciaal ontworpen ‘tempel’ in zijn huis.

Van de geïdealiseerde beelden van Canova naar de veel ruwere en modernere beelden van Rodin. The Fallen Angel toont een geveugelde figuur die op de grond is gevallen en vastgehouden wordt door een naakte vrouw. Het beeld is bijna een zoekplaatje. Waar houdt het ene lichaam op en begint het andere? The Age of Bronze was Rodin’s eerste levensgrote beeld. Hij gebruikte een soldaat als model omdat hij de houdingen van professionele modellen te conventioneel vond. Toen het werk voor het eerst werd tentoongesteld, vond men het zo levensecht dat critici de kunstenaar ervan beschuldigden dat het een afgietsel was. Rodin moest bewijzen dat de kwaliteit van het beeld te danken was aan zijn zorgvuldige observatie.

Een paar dagen gelden schreef ik dat het altijd leuk is om een werk tegen te komen dat je herkent, omdat je het eerder in een totaal andere context hebt gezien. Dat is ook vandaag weer het geval. In januari 2020 bezocht ik de tentoonstelling Troy, myth and reality in het British Museum. Daar zag ik een beeld, dat blijkbaar thuis is in het Victoria & Albert Museum, namelijk Thetis Dipping Achilles in the River Styx. Uit mijn kunstdagboek van toen: “Thetis, de moeder van Achilles, doopt hem in de rivier de Styx om hem zo onkwetsbaar te maken. Omdat ze de baby vasthoudt bij zijn hiel, vormt dat, inmiddels spreekwoordelijke, lichaamsdeel later zijn enige kwetsbare plek. De hiel zal hem uiteindelijk fataal worden.”

#henrietta skerrett montalba #antonio canova #auguste rodin #thomas banks

[phynxawakenings]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: NWT Victorias Secret PINK Mesh Plunge Swimsuit.

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Halloween decor: Venetian Victoria

by Grandin Road

#grandin road #Halloween #halloween decorations

[dougrobyngoold]

Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, & Just A Few Other Things - London, England

We started our day off with a walk through Kensington Gardens - one of many large green spaces in London. We came across a memorial garden for Princess Diana:

Then we wandered past Kensington Palace, where people were queued up waiting to get in:

We walked a bit further around the park, coming upon the Albert Memorial - quite an elaborate monument:

Across the street from the memorial was the Prince Albert Hall:

We continued our walk through Kensington Gardens, eventually we crossed over into Hyde Park. We enjoyed walking along the water and watching all the people hanging out in the park. We decided to stop for an early lunch and ended up stopping at the Hard Rock Cafe, since it was the first place we came across that was open and we were in desperate need of a bathroom! We got seated pretty quickly, which was amazing since we didn't have a reservation. After we were seated, we found out that this was the ORIGINAL Hard Rock - we were really fortunate that they had a table for us! We enjoyed all the memorabilia hanging on the wall - definitely a cool place to stop in at. We attempted to do a tour of their museum, but it was going to be 45 minutes before the next tour, so we decided to pass on that.

Our next stop was the Albert & Victoria Museum - this place was HUGE and it was free (as are all national museums in the UK). We loved it, but there was just too much to see. You could easily spend the entire day exploring this place.

The front of the museum, don't let its unassuming appearance fool you - it was amazing!

Here are a few of my favorites from inside:

This table was built around 1686, probably built to celebrate the Venetian recapture of the seaport Napflio during the war with the Ottoman Turks. The marquetry top depicts battle scenes.

A glass virginal, dated from 1604-1620, the instrument was designed to be part of an elaborate princely collection. However, it could also be played.

There was an extensive display of jewels in the museum, this is a diamond and sapphire coronet that Albert designed for Queen Victoria.

This photo was taken from a walkway that overlooked two galleries that were filled with replicas of famous artworks from all over the world. There were several walkways that overlooked different exhibits throughout the museum. This allowed us to take in a bit more, without actually wandering through each exhibit.

Pictured above is a spiral staircase from the central hall of a townhouse in Brittany, dated 1522-1530. Pictured below is the facade from Sir Paul Pindar's London house, dated about 1600. I loved these displays, there were multiple architectural remnants mounted on the wall in this exhibit.

We were getting a bit wiped out, so we wrapped up our museum visit - it took us a bit of work to find our way to the exit!!!

We found this monument along the side of the Albert & Victoria Museum.

One last stop on our agenda for today - the Royal College of Music. A beautiful building, located by Albert Hall. It housed a small musical museum, which was free and came with an audio guide. It was a delightful and educational stop, full of beautiful old instruments:

We were done! We hopped on the bus and headed back toward our Airbnb. Along the way, we decided to hop off the bus and drop into a pub for drinks and dinner. We got off the bus and walked back to a pub we had just passed. As we were attempting to cross the street (with the green pedestrian crossing light), along with a large number of people, a group of about 30 bicycle riders just plowed through our group of pedestrians. It was actually quite disturbing, luckily none of us were injured, but the cyclists definitely were in the wrong and not concerned with that at all. We had a pleasant experience at the pub, watching a little football and making friends with a few of the locals.

#london #england #museums

[sammyblindsandshades]

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Frye Kenzie Venetian Cognac Leather Work Casual Everyday Pointy Wood Flat Loafer.

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