Category Archives: Art Narratives

Shadow Decor

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Art for Housewives

“Another good reason that we ought to leave blank, unvexed, and unencumbered with paper patterns the ceiling and the walls of a simple house is that the plain surface may be visited by the unique designs of shadows” writes Alice … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Narratives, Conditions of Possibility, female consciousness | Tagged Alice Meynell, Art History, grounding, Leo Tolstoy, shadows, The Vicar of Wakefield | Leave a comment

Two Plants in a Pot

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Art for Housewives

If you water one, you water the other. As part of my research regarding women involved in the arts neglected by history, I continue to ready essays by Alice Meynell (1847-1922). However, reading Alice, I realize that the past is … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Narratives, Books, Conditions of Possibility, female consciousness | Tagged Alice Meynell, Archive.org, Art History, baby sunrose ground cover, Esther Johnson, historians, Jonathan Swift, patriarchal stress disorder, Rebecca Dingley, yucca | 1 Comment

Rear Face Rowing

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Art for Housewives

(from STORYBOOK © “13 Drawings”) -30-

Posted in Art Narratives, Drawings & Paintings, storytelling | Tagged 13 drawings, boat rowing, Grace Darling, Mary Cassatt | 1 Comment

La Matadora

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Art for Housewives

(from STORYBOOK © “13 Drawings”) -30-

Posted in art, Art Narratives, Just One of the Crowd, storytelling | Tagged 13 drawings, Antoinette Tuff, bullfighter, Gustave Dore, matador | Leave a comment

Smoke in the Eyes

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Art for Housewives

(from STORYBOOK “13 Drawings” ©) -30-

Posted in Art Narratives, Crafts, Just One of the Crowd, storytelling | Tagged 13 drawings, love, Smoke Gets in your Eyes, STORYBOOK | Leave a comment