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Author Archives: Art for Housewives
November 22
Doves in a Freize, via Tagliamento, Rome Related: Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi per le Arti Decorative, il Costume e la Moda dei secoli XIX e XX + Villino Vitale with Duilio Cambellotti freize
Posted in Rome/Italy
Tagged Arti Decorative, Decorative Arts, doves, fregio sottotetto, freize, via Tagliamento
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November 20
Casina delle Civette ceiling with stained glass and stucchi
Posted in JOTS, Rome/Italy
Tagged Casina delle Civette, stained glass, stucchi, villa Torlonia
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November 19
Women and Windows Woman at the Window, Street Art, San Lorenzo, Rome Why are there so many paintings by male artists depicting women at a window? The window defines an ambiguous space….that existing in between here and there. Some voyeurs … Continue reading
November 18
“La falsa civiltà” di Duilio Cambellotti Sanpietrini via Tagliamento Pope Sixtus V almost fell out of his carriage because the road was so bad. He decided that the streets of Rome needed to be paved. Thus the production of stone … Continue reading
The Tears of Things
The boldness of the sun forced me out of bed. Spring was finally here and the air was so tart it pinched me into action. Today was the day of pulizie di primavera (spring cleaning) and I decided to start … Continue reading
Posted in Roman Diary, Rome/Italy
Tagged : Nanna Risi, Aeneas, Aeneid, Anchises, Ascanius, Augustus, Creusa, Cumaen Sibyl, Helen of Troy, Juno, lacrimae rerum, Lavinia, Queen Dido, Trojan War, Venus, Virgil
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