The first post in this series is here, the second here. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/RsQ_Sp_g1vE. Chapter 10 Millet, peasant woman sewing by lamplight: Millet, Woman…
As an art historian and long-time New Yorker, I loved Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace - partly because I when I read it, I could call to mind almost every…
In 2023, I emailed 215 art-related items to supporters of my Sunday Recommendations list. This week: my favorites in architecture and museums. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/a1XBBQGXRsM .…
These are my favorites among the thousands of photos I took in the past year in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida. To make the cut, the subject of the…
On the history of Beauport, see last week's post. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/evxgzEEpFdM . This week: some of the upstairs rooms, and the harbor-facing facade…
And now for a complete change of architecture and style from Wharton's The Mount (on which, see first post of 6 here) - even though it was begun only a…
For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/bjYuA02O-MU . Working areas of the house Fascinating stats. Edith…
For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/c9J3HQZh6U4 . Bedroom floor In Book 1 of Virgil's Aeneid,…
For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/gyPVUmG8bEo . Wharton and Codman's The Decoration of Houses notes:…
For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/LubSvEROliY. Ground floor & stairs This is the side of…