Gods and Foolish Grandeur

Life And The Arts...From A Retrograde Perspective

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis - "Princess TNT" - at the April in Paris Ball, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 1987

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Gloria, Princess von Thurn und Taxis (born Maria Gloria Ferdinanda Gerda Charlotte Teutonia Franziska Magarethe Frederike Simone Johanna...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Sculpture class and model, circa 1912

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I have no further information on this photograph. And I certainly have no explanation for the pose. I suppose we're therefore free ...
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Sunday, May 24, 2015

Viewing large - David and Boilly (and Joséphine)

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" Le Sacre de Napoléon ", 1807. The painting contains well over one hundred figures, each of them an actual portrait. The p...
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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Voodoo - Marlene vs. Shirley

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Dietrich in costume for the famous/infamous "Hot Voodoo" number from her fourth American film, 1932's "Blonde Venus...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Lana Turner, publicity for "Ziegfeld Girl", photograph by George Hurrell, 1940 or 1941

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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Des portraits d'hommes, comme toujours

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William B. Ogden, by Anders Zorn, 1895. Jacques-Joseph de Cathelineau, by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, circa 1822. Portr...
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