That's So Renaissance

Erdem, Resort 2014. Bold patterns and nods to ruffs. 

Scientists and bone experts intend to open coffin under carefully controlled conditions over the coming winter

Casually reading some medieval French erotic poetry, examples including 'Trollops and Troupers' and 'The Ring That Controlled Erections' #nojoke #somedieval

Proof: Anna Karenina is a beach read #profoundexperiencesinart @annaroserussell (at Rome Point Beach)

The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore #SoRenaissance #WaltersArtMuseum (at Walters Art Museum)

Solo date night at @philadelphiashakespearecompany #PhillyShakes #Othello (at The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre)

Thesis: Anna Karenina is a beach read. @annaroserussell, we shall see! #profoundexperiencesinart #thatssorussian

Saint Michael #somedieval #metmuseum (at The Cloisters)

The medieval garden at The Cloisters #SoMedieval #metmuseum (at The Cloisters)

Alison Manges Nogueira discusses Giovanni Bellini's Madonna and Child, Italian ca. 1470

The 360-seat theater is set to open next January... which gives me a fair amount of time to start planning my trip overseas!

Reading List.

Cesare Vecellio at Princeton Art Museum #sorenaissance @lucykmcl (at Princeton University Art Museum)

Dreams. 

This recently authenticated portrait of Queen Elizabeth I is one of the few images which depicts her in her old age. Always one to carefully control her image, here we catch a rare glimpse of the Virgin Queen in her later years.