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Monthly Archives: April 2016

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Hamilton vs. Seabury (Hamilton 14)

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteFebruary 20, 2018

Now available: print versions (in full color) of Alexander Hamilton: A Brief Biography and Alexander Hamilton: A Friend to America, volume 1 and volume 2, which includes all my Hamilton blogs posts. For a 40% discount offer, scroll to the end of this post. By 1774, … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Music | Tagged Hamilton, Portraits

Art is long, commutes are longer (What I’ve been reading, 1)

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteFebruary 20, 2018

February 2016 Gore Vidal, Burr: A Novel. Read it for the second in my series of posts on Hamilton: An American Musical. Vidal is a great storyteller, and who tells your story really does matter a hell of a lot. Since Vidal is … Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Nonfiction | Tagged Book recommendations

New York, New York (Hamilton 13)

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteFebruary 20, 2018

Now available: print versions (in full color) of Alexander Hamilton: A Brief Biography and Alexander Hamilton: A Friend to America, volume 1 and volume 2, which includes all my Hamilton blogs posts. For a 40% discount offer, scroll to the end of this post. New York … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Maps, Music | Tagged Hamilton, New York City

Saint Gaudens and His Sherman

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteFebruary 20, 2018

Sculpting the Sherman Monument Augustus Saint Gaudens, recognized since his Farragut, 1880, as one of America’s most skilled and innovative sculptors, was already ill in 1891, when he accepted the commission for an equestrian sculpture of William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891). Saint Gaudens was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Sculpture | Tagged New York City sculpture

“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts” (Great Quotes on Advertising, 3)

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteMay 18, 2016

On the goal of advertising Advertising says to people, “Here’s what we’ve got. Here’s what it will do for you. Here’s how to get it.” —Leo Burnett So Kennedy said to me, “Do you know what advertising is?” I said, “I … Continue reading →

Posted in Nonfiction | Tagged Advertising

Angelica Schuyler (Hamilton 12)

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteFebruary 20, 2018

Now available: print versions (in full color) of Alexander Hamilton: A Brief Biography and Alexander Hamilton: A Friend to America, volume 1 and volume 2, which includes all my Hamilton blogs posts. For a 40% discount offer, scroll to the end of this post. In 1776, … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Music, Painting | Tagged Hamilton, Portraits

Velazquez, Juan de Pareja (Metropolitan Museum Favorites, 8)

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteFebruary 20, 2018

If I had a list of ten favorite portraits, this would be on it, and near the top. First of all, the subject looks intelligent and dignified; but that’s the way most sitters wanted themselves represented. So, second: in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Painting | Tagged Metropolitan Museum of Art, Portraits

New Tappan Zee Bridge

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteFebruary 20, 2018

Did you ever wonder why the Tappan Zee Bridge was built at the Hudson River’s widest point? To be as close to New York City as possible, without being within 25 miles of the Statue of Liberty. All bridges and tunnels within … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Fiction | Tagged Bridges, New York City

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense (Hamilton 11)

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteNovember 3, 2017

The pamphlet Common Sense, which Angelica mentions in “The Schuyler Sisters,” was published anonymously in Philadelphia, on January 10, 1776. Within a few months, British expatriate Thomas Paine was known to be the author. Although others had made many of the same … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Music | Tagged Hamilton, Portraits

America’s Response Monument at Ground Zero

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteFebruary 20, 2018

I’m happy that the there is now one figurative sculpture at the World Trade Center site: it honors the Americans who fought in the wake of 9/11. While construction on the WTC site continues, the sculpture is behind a cyclone fence. … Continue reading →

Posted in Sculpture | Tagged New York City sculpture

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