Decorative Arts – Dianne L. Durante, Writing Addict + Adept

Timeline 1800-1899 now available, print & digital

Timeline 1800-1899 (The Integrated Timeline, book 2) is now available! Amazon print version (KDP ISBN 9798187547777) $62.00 Ingram print version (ISBN 9798240820236) $70.00 PDF (non-flowable ebook) via Gumroad: $20 Index (free download)…

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September 14, 2026

Architecture / Christmas / Decorative Arts / Photography

Favorite Photos of 2025

These are my favorites among the thousands of photos I took in the past year in the Northeast, Hawaii, Florida, and Quebec. To make the cut, the subject of the…

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January 2, 2026

Decorative Arts

Capitalist Christmas 2025

DianneDuranteWriter.com is dedicated to art that’s inspiring, thought-provoking, skillfully executed, and/or breathtakingly beautiful. Once a year, I stretch that to include fabulous events, decorations, clothing, and jewelry on display during the…

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December 21, 2025

Architecture / Decorative Arts / Furniture / Landscape architecture / Photography / Sculpture

Favorite Photos of 2024

These are my favorites among the thousands of photos I took in the past year in Italy, Canada, aboard the Celebrity Constellation, and in the United States (New England, New…

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January 15, 2025

Architecture / Christmas / Decorative Arts / Landscape architecture / Photography

Capitalist Christmas 2024

This website is dedicated to art that’s inspiring, thought-provoking, skillfully executed, and/or breathtakingly beautiful. Once a year, I stretch that to include fabulous events, decorations, clothing, and jewelry on display during…

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December 22, 2024

Architecture / Decorative Arts / Furniture / Painting

Ca’ d’Zan, part 4: third floor & Belvedere

For more on the Ca’ d’Zan, home of John and Mable Ringling, see this post, which includes photos of the ground floor. For the last two weeks we've seen the bedrooms…

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April 23, 2024

Architecture / Decorative Arts / Furniture / Painting

Ca’ d’Zan, part 3: second floor, cont’d.

For more on the Ca' d'Zan, home of John and Mable Ringling, see this post, which includes photos of the ground floor. Last week's post had photos of John Ringling's…

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April 16, 2024

Architecture / Decorative Arts / Furniture / Landscape architecture / Painting

Ca’ d’Zan, part 2: second floor

For more on the Ca' d'Zan, the Sarasota home of John and Mable Ringling, see this post. When I visited the Ca' d'Zan for the first time, the upper floors…

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April 9, 2024

Read more about the article Museum of the American Arts & Crafts Movement, part 2

Sarah Alice Toohey, mantel facing with waterlilies, ca. 1904. Landscape overmantel, ca. 1912. Both from the Rookwood Pottery. Museum of the American Arts & Crafts Movement, St. Petersburg, FL. Photos copyright © 2024 Dianne L. Durante

Decorative Arts / Furniture

Museum of the American Arts & Crafts Movement, part 2

For more on the Museum, see part 1 of this series. This is the second and final post. A video of it is at https://youtu.be/K1p6AeOIj8Q. Lamps Below, left: Hanging lighting…

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April 2, 2024

Architecture / Decorative Arts / Furniture / Painting

Museum of the American Arts & Crafts Movement, part 1

The Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement is one of the newest museums in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida - it opened in 2021. It is privately funded by…

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March 27, 2024