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gallimauphry musings: The Moviegoer: Midnight in Paris
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Monday, May 30, 2011. The Moviegoer: Midnight in Paris. Woody Allen created a love song to. In his movie of the same title, filling it with beautiful images of the city. Over thirty years later, he has created another love song, this time to Paris. The opening images before the credits are glorious images of the city from morning to evening. If you have never been to Paris, this opening may just convince you to go. An article from the New York Times. There is a salute to that wonderful moment from. Many ...
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gallimauphry musings: Cartes de Visite: Civil War Children
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Saturday, September 04, 2010. Cartes de Visite: Civil War Children. Ca 1864, the original Jersey City Boys. Carte de visite. JT Green's Union Gallery. 36 Montgomery St. Corn. Greene St. Jersey City, [NJ]. The card has a George Washington 2 cent stamp making the date between 1864-. Civil War Cincinnati Sisters, ca 1864. No 373 Central Ave, opp Court,. The girl at right wears a crinoline frame under her skirt. Labels: carte de visite. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Stumbleupo...
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gallimauphry musings: The Movie Goer: The Tree of Life and Beginners
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011. The Movie Goer: The Tree of Life and Beginners. Death ends a life, but it does not end a relationship which struggles on in the Survivor's mind toward some resolution which it may never find." So says the main character in Robert Anderson's I Never Sang for My Father. There are many great works which deal with the father-son issue. Anderson's. Work, Steinbeck's East of Eden. Lee's To Kill a. To name only a few. Unfortunately for me, The Tree of Life. My friend had told me there wa...
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gallimauphry musings: Dressing Cleopatra: The Cleopatra Costume in the Arts
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Friday, September 05, 2008. Dressing Cleopatra: The Cleopatra Costume in the Arts. I spent the summer writing a book. Are five pages dealing with the Cleopatra costume on stage and the screen. Since November 2002, I have had 241,809 visitors to the site. This summer I decided to expand my research, include research into some of the Cleopatras from paintings and eventually publish a book starting with the information that I already had online. Into the twentieth century, we have Leon Baskt’s design ...
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gallimauphry musings: Seen in the Dark
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Thursday, July 26, 2012. Seen in the Dark. Http:/ seeninthedark.blogspot.com. I challenged myself to seeing and reviewing 100 films in 100 days. I'm calling it Seen in the Dark. To check it out, click here. Labels: Seen in the Dark. Totally cool concept - how is it going with the movie watching? This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. Carla, as of yesterday I did 100 films in 98 days. Drop by and see: http:/ seeninthedark.blogspot.com. Im sure I will continue it. View my complete profile.
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gallimauphry musings: Theda Bara's Cleopatra, 1917
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Monday, October 16, 2006. Theda Bara's Cleopatra, 1917. This past week I’ve been intrigued by a silent film classic which I will never be able to see, since the last surviving copies of it were destroyed by fire during the 1950s (one of the problems with storing nitrate film which was highly flammable). The 1917 film, considered by some to be Theda Bara’s most important work, was called simply,. Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara. Theda Bara: Just a Nice Jewish Girl from Cincinnati. An artwork is a di...
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gallimauphry musings: Otto Wagner
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Sunday, June 04, 2006. At a garage sale yesterday, I found this lovely print of the work of Austrian. Art Nouveau architect, Otto Wagner. Labeled "Galerie fur Werke der Kunst Unserer Zeit" [? Gallery for Art of Our Time], it has wonderful Art Nouveau murals running across the front of the building. They would have been spectacular. I can't find evidence, however, that the piece was more than an academic piece. According to information online. Wagner's poster is a great addition to my office wall. An artw...
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gallimauphry musings: Understanding Egyptian Frontal Based Art
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Wednesday, August 03, 2005. Understanding Egyptian Frontal Based Art. An artwork is a dialogue between an artist and the viewer. Sometimes that dialogue needs explanation. Have you ever looked at an Egyptian painting and tried to figure out what is gong on? Perhaps you’ve asked yourself why the figures look so different than our way of drawing? Part of the reason the people look so different is that they are rendered in what is known as. The Hidden Tombs of Memphis. Sethos I offering Isis a treat. Th...
