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A Hunter’s Themes

Dear Friends of THATLou, Just a quick note. For the next two weeks El Argentino, STORSH and I are going on a little adventure. First to good old ‘Stamboul for a wonderful dose of Byzantium, and then,...

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Consulate Comparisons – Culture

Take a look at that desk in the distance This is the last of a 4-part series comparing the US and Spanish Consulates in Paris. In February 2011, when STORSH was 5 weeks old, El Argentino (half...

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What’s a-Buzz About the Grand Palais?

This is the second of a three-part series about the Grand Palais, a loose tip of the hat to Walter Benjamin. All photos in this series are taken by Daisy de Plume. The Grand Palais is divided into...

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Pitting the Beauty against the Beast

Ladies versus Bestiary… Such a quandary is on my mind, as I can’t decide which theme to do for the next Treasure Hunt at the Louvre (on Sunday 1 July, from 2.30 – 5pm*). Apologies for a recent dearth...

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Cranach’s Three Graces

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472 – 1553) was friends with all of the big hitters of his Renaissance Germany: painter Albrecht Durer, reformist Martin Luther, and the various Electors and Emperors for whom...

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Greek Week

detail of the Attic Black-Figure Dinos painted by the Gorgon Painter, at the Louvre, taken from http://www.Wikipedia.org With a handful of new Treasure Hunt themes up my sleeve (existing hunts are...

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Just Do It

Winged Victory of Samothrace — she was meant to be viewed from the right, so the detail of her left side isn’t as well carved – compare to the next photo  - taken from www.Wikipedia.org The Winged...

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Food in Art!

Jan Davidsz de HEEM, A Table of Desserts, 1640, at the Louvre, taken from Wikimedia Commons A TABLE OF DESSERTS Jan Davidsz de HEEM (Utrecht 1606 – Antwerp 1684) 17th Century, Flemish JD de Heem was...

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THATLou Christmas Count Down

Annunciation – Carlo Braccesco, Italian 16th Century The Annunciation is one of the most popular subjects in religious art. The story comes from Luke — Archangel Gabriel comes to the Virgin Mary out of...

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Announcing Christ(mas)

Annunciation 1440, Rogier van der Weyden (1399 – 1464), at the Louvre  Yesterday’s Christmas Countdown reviewed the symbolic elements that usually appear in The Annunciation, accompanied by some really...

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3 Kings Day THATLou!

Bernardino Luini’s Adoration of the Magi, 1520-25, au Louvre (from Wikipedia) Today is the eve of Epiphany, 6 January! A day of merrymaking, the 12th Day of Christmas has more than 12 drummers drumming...

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