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Enomoto Chikatoshi, Skier, ca. 1936-1940. Ringling Museum, Sarasota. Photo copyright © 2021 Dianne L. Durante

Ringling Museum, Sarasota, part 2

For more on the Ringling, see last week's post. Gardens Between the wings of the Ringling Museum is a formal garden with a couple dozen bronzes, mostly famous works from…

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Detail of a Lettuccio with symbols of the Strozzi and Medici families, Florence, 1508? Ringling Museum, Sarasota. Photo copyright © 2021 Dianne L. Durante

Ringling Museum, Sarasota, part 1

The grounds of the Ringling estate in Sarasota include a fabulous art museum (mostly European art of the 15th-19th centuries), the Ca' d'Zan (home of John and Mable Ringling), and…

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Read more about the article Favorite Recommendations from 2020, part 2
Gardens at Naumkeag, Stockbridge, MA.

Favorite Recommendations from 2020, part 2

In 2020, I emailed 157 art-related items to members of my free Sunday Recommendations list. (To join, just ask: DuranteDianne@gmail.com.) For supporters, I recommended 51 more items. The items in this…

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Simon-Louis Boquet, Archimedes, 1788. Louvre. Photo: Wikipedia

Favorite Recommendations from 2020, part 1

In 2020, I emailed 157 art-related items to my members of my free Sunday Recommendations list. (To join, just ask me: DuranteDianne@gmail.com.) For supporters, I recommended 51 more items. The items…

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Read more about the article Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 9
Left: Arthur Wesley Dow (design attributed to), Marsh Scene, ca. 1905; from the Marblehead Potteries. Right: Addison Le Boutillier (design attributed to),Turtle, ca. 1902-1910, from the Grueby Pottery Company. Both: Wadsworth Atheneum.

Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 9

More American art of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The introduction to this series, about the Wadsworth family and the Wadsworth Atheneum, is here. For all posts in the series,…

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St. Pete Pier, Christmas 2020. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante

Capitalist Christmas 2020

This site – and my email list – are dedicated to art that’s inspiring, thought-provoking, skillfully executed, and/or breathtakingly beautiful. Once a year, I stretch that to include fabulous decorations, clothing, and/or jewelry…

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Read more about the article Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 8
Abastenia Saint Leger Eberle, Rag Time, 1911. Wadsworth Atheneum

Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 8

This week we move into a gallery of American art of the early twentieth century. The introduction to this series, about the Wadsworth family and the Wadsworth Atheneum, is here. For all…

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Read more about the article Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 7
Frederic Church, Niagara Falls from the American Side, 1867. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.

Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 7

The introduction to this series, about the Wadsworth family and the Wadsworth Atheneum, is here. For all posts in the series, click here. Niagara Falls was considered the greatest natural…

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Frederic Remington, The Bronco Buster, 1897. Wadsworth Atheneum. Photo copyright © 2020 Dianne L. Durante

Visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum, part 6

The introduction to this series, about the Wadsworth family and the Wadsworth Atheneum, is here. For all posts in the series, click here. This week's post continues the galleries devoted…

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