J.C. Leyendecker exhibition, 2019: part 2
J.C. Leyendecker, Couple on a Raft, 1909. Reynolda House exhibition, 2019.

J.C. Leyendecker exhibition, 2019: part 2

For more on Leyendecker and this 2019 exhibition at Reynolda House (Winston-Salem, NC), see Part 1 of this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/uA89KSj0SNY. 1907+: July…

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J.C. Leyendecker exhibition, 2019: part 1
J.C. Leyendecker, Hockey Player, 1906. Reynolda House exhibition, 2019.

J.C. Leyendecker exhibition, 2019: part 1

These photos were taken back in 2019 at an exhibition of the work of J.C. Leyendecker at Reynolda House in Winston-Salem, NC. I've arranged the works in chronological order. Much…

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Five Favorites: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
Young Hermes Seated on a Rock, late 4th or early 3rd c. BC; Roman copy before 79 AD. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. Photo: Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikipedia

Five Favorites: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples

In 79 AD Mount Vesuvius, just north of Naples, erupted with devastating effects on the towns of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Boscoreale, which had been built on Vesuvius's slopes as vacation…

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Florence Griswold Museum, part 2
Willard Metcalf, Thawing Brook (Winter Shadows), 1911. Florence Griswold Museum.

Florence Griswold Museum, part 2

On the Museum (in Old Lyme, CT) and Miss Florence, see last week's post. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/QenyUAtgeIQ. This week: a handful of paintings from…

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Florence Griswold Museum, part 1
Florence Griswold Museum.

Florence Griswold Museum, part 1

This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/EctiIFjpxsw. In the early 1800s the town of Old Lyme, on the Connecticut River near Long Island Sound, was a prosperous shipbuilding…

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Timeline 1900-2021, part 11: 2000-2009
US soldiers in Afghanistan, 2011. Photo: Wikipedia. Tea Party sign, 2012. Photo: Quinn Dombrowski_2 / Wikipedia. Steve Jobs announces the release of the iPhone, 2007. Photo: Blake Patterson / Wikipedia

Timeline 1900-2021, part 11: 2000-2009

Eleventh of 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. For more on the timeline and a link to the book on Amazon, see here.…

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Timeline 1900-2021, part 10: 1990-1999
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997. George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire series), 1996. EvAngelos Frudakis, Reaching, 1996 (Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante).

Timeline 1900-2021, part 10: 1990-1999

Tenth of 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. For more on the timeline and a link to the book on Amazon, see here.…

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Timeline 1900-2021, part 9: 1980-1989
Jackson, Thriller, 1982. Madonna, Like a Virgin, 1984. Hammer, Feel My Power, 1986. Schönberg & Boublil, Les Miserables, 1987.

Timeline 1900-2021, part 9: 1980-1989

Ninth of 12 posts with an illustrated decade-by-decade timeline for the years 1900 to 2021. For more on the timeline and a link to the book on Amazon, see here.…

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