Gods and Foolish Grandeur
Life And The Arts...From A Retrograde Perspective
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Charles James' "Butterfly" dress, 1955
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Charles James (July 18, 1906, Sandhurst - September 23, 1978, New York City), American fashion designer. This dress, one of James' mo...
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Saturday, October 19, 2013
Two great "Latin Lovers" of the silent screen - one born, one fabricated - Moreno and Cortez
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Antonio Moreno Ricardo Cortez *** Antonio Moreno (September 26, 1887, Madrid – February 15, 1967, Beverly Hills), born Anton...
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Friday, October 18, 2013
"A View of Naples Through a Window", 1824
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Franz Ludwig Catel (February 22, 1778, Berlin - December 19, 1856, Rome), a German painter who spent most of his career in Rome.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Trois Musiciens
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Antoine Vestier (April 28, 1740, Avallon – December 24, 1824, Paris) Rose Renaut, singer, 1791 Cellist, 1788 Mademoiselle R...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Visconti and Delon
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Luchino Visconti by Horst P. Horst, 1936 Alain Delon by Cecil Beaton, 1960
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Louis Gauffier (1762, Poitiers –1801, Florence)
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Gauffier studied in Paris but, after winning the Prix de Rome in 1784, and apart from a brief return to the French capital in 1789, he woul...
Monday, October 14, 2013
The awfully chic Bette Davis of Now, Voyager
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Bette Davis was never a "glamor girl". (No matter how much, early on, Warner Brothers tried to force her into that mold.) Sh...
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