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,...
View ArticleConsulate 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...
View ArticleWhat’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...
View ArticlePitting 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...
View ArticleCranach’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...
View ArticleGreek 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...
View ArticleJust 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...
View ArticleFood 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...
View ArticleTHATLou 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...
View ArticleAnnouncing 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...
View Article3 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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