Tag Archives: windows
Pentimento
In Johannes Vermeer’s A Maid Asleep, a young maid is dozing at the table after drinking too much wine. One glass of wine in front of her is empty whereas another vine vessel has fallen on the rumpled table carpet. … Continue reading
Observatory
Even a window has two points of view–one looking out, the other looking in. One belongs to me, the other belongs to you.
A Desk with a View
Lucy Honeychurch, protagonist of E. M. Forester’s A Room with a View, arrives in Florence only to be disappointed by the view from her room at the Pensione Bertolini–an insignificant internal courtyard. The eccentric and generous Mr. Emerson offers to … Continue reading
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



