In his 1908 manifesto Ornament and Crime, Adolf Loos laments the use of ornament as a means of architectural decoration at the expense of simple lines and plain white walls-walls he associates with Zion, the holy city (reprinted in K. Smith, Introducing Architectural...
Thomas Gainsborough, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, c. 1750, oil on canvas, 69.8 x 119.4 cm (The National Gallery, London). George Washington arrives home to Mount Vernon, Virginia. Despite overthrowing the British Government in the Revolutionary War, early settlers such...
By the 18th century, the picturesque movement had taken hold in England and Germany as people grew weary of the more rational ideas associated with the enlightenment. Picturesque inspired paintings, sculpture, and landscape design featured asymmetrical compositions,...
Claude Lorrain (1641). Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula. Oil On canvas, National Gallery, London. St. Ursula, a British princess (in yellow), who refuses to marry a pagan king, holds the flag with her emblem. She is returning to...
I am pleased to announce I will be offering a lecture in the Topsfield Town Library this coming spring in conjunction with my award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. The focus of this year’s lecture will be connecting the picturesque movement in England...
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