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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Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, 7
Gardens at Aspet. Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, Cornish, NH. Photo copyright © 2022 Dianne L. Durante

Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, 7

For more on the the Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, see the first post in this series. In this post: Saint Gaudens's home, Aspet (named after the birthplace of his father),…

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Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, 6
Helen F. Mears, Augustus Saint Gaudens, 1898. Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, Cornish, NH. Photo copyright © 2022 Dianne L. Durante

Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, 6

For more on the the Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/V00vKbC8ZAQ. In this post: more sculptures…

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Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, 5
Augustus Saint Gaudens, William Maxwell Evarts, 1873-1874. Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, Cornish, NH. Photo copyright © 2022 Dianne L. Durante

Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, 5

For more on the the Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/mng0nfgGyJw. In 1948, two decades after…

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Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, part 4
Augustus Saint Gaudens. Study of a child: Louis Paul Clark, 1892. Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, Cornish, NH. Photo copyright © 2022 Dianne L. Durante

Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, part 4

For more on the the Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/5OMKXdZynQA. This week we look at more…

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Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, part 3
Augustus Saint Gaudens. Dr. Henry Shiff (or Schiff), 1880; frame by Stanford White. Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, Cornish, NH. Photo copyright © 2022 Dianne L. Durante

Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, part 3

For more on the the Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/mjG1yrmXBrw. This week we look at some…

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Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, part 2
Augustus Saint Gaudens, Victory, part of the Sherman Memorial, 1903. Saint Gaudens National Historical Park. Photo copyright © 2022 Dianne L. Durante

Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, part 2

For more on the the Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, see last week's post. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/6CBhkexXSog. This week we take a quick look…

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Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, part 1
Augustus Saint Gaudens, Adams Memorial, 1891; replica. Saint Gaudens National Historical Site. Photo copyright © 2022 Dianne L. Durante

Saint Gaudens National Historical Park, part 1

This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/TZE0CvVg5gE. Augustus Saint Gaudens (1848-1907) was one of America's best sculptors. In 1885, when his career was taking off, he and his…

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Untermyer Gardens, Yonkers, part 1
Untermyer Gardens: Walled Garden. Yonkers, NY. Photo copyright © 2022 Dianne L. Durante

Untermyer Gardens, Yonkers, part 1

This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/taZEyc54pQo. History of the Gardens As a corporate lawyer, Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940) was reportedly the first to earn a million-dollar fee. Eventually…

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