Read more about the article Visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, part 5
John Singer Sargent, Portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1888. Gardner Museum, Boston. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante

Visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, part 5

I’ve posted earlier on my five favorites from the Gardner Museum (see here), but those were chosen from artworks I found on the Net. In August 2020, I visited the Gardner…

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Read more about the article Visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, part 4
School of Veronese, Marriage of Hebe, ca. 1580-1589. Gardner Museum, Boston. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante

Visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, part 4

I’ve posted earlier on my five favorites from the Gardner Museum (see here), but those were chosen from artworks I found on the Net. In August 2020, I visited the Gardner…

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Read more about the article Visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, part 3
Carlo Crivelli, St. George and the Dragon, 1470. Gardner Museum, Boston. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante

Visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, part 3

I’ve posted earlier on my five favorites from the Gardner Museum (see here), but those were chosen from artworks I found on the Net. In August 2020, I visited the Gardner…

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Read more about the article Brooklyn Historical Society: facade sculptures
Olin Levi Warner, Viking, 1881. Brooklyn Historical Society. Photo copyright © 2019 Dianne L. Durante

Brooklyn Historical Society: facade sculptures

Date: 1881Sculptor: Olin Levi WarnerMedium & size: Terracotta heads, just over lifesize Location: 128 Pierrepont at Clinton, Brooklyn Heights George B. Post, Brooklyn Historical Society, 1878-1881. Photo: Gnarly / Wikipedia.…

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Read more about the article The Bridges of Central Park
Spur Rock Arch (destroyed). Photo: Victor Prevost, 1862

The Bridges of Central Park

Given the size of Central Park, it was obvious to engineer Egbert Ludovicus Viele that roads would have to be built across it for use by commercial traffic. In his…

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Read more about the article Favorite Photos from 2019
Sunrise in Fort Myers, waiting to catch the ferry to Key West.

Favorite Photos from 2019

One of my hobbies is snapping photos as I take long walks around New York City ... and this year, in Chicago, Philadelphia, Memphis, and Florida as well. These are…

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