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Nonsuch
V&A acquires earliest picture of Henry VIII's lost palace of Nonsuch
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/dec/09/v-and-a-acquires-earliest-picture-henry-viii-lost-palace-nonsuch
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Byatt book (half) on William Morris
A.S. Byatt has written a nonfiction book about William Morris and Mariano Fortuny (I'm only familiar with the former ( Read more... ) -
let there be gall enough in thy ink; though thou write with a goose pen, no matter
Gleaned from links in the previous post, here is a video on the V&A website showing a writing box decorated with the arms of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon ( Read more... ) -
*sigh* for faraway things
The "Shakespearean London Theatres" Project, or ShaLT:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/2411/date/20130423/
I would go to *all* of these, if I could. -
perseus
Poking around on the internets for images led me to the V&A website, which led me to a sketch model of the head of Medusa for Cellini's statue of Perseus ( Read more... ) -
well, that's pretty yay.
The V&A has combined its medieval and Renaissance galleries:
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article6941409.ece
I really hope "medaissance" doesn't catch on, though. -
is this the prologue, or the posy of a ring?
In British Rings, 800-1914, Charles Oman includes a brief list of posies, or brief inscriptions, commonly used on love rings (both love tokens and engagement/marriage rings, though it can be hard to tell which is which) from the seventeenth century. These are the sorts of things one might expect: Death only parts united hearts; I rejoice in thee my ( Read more... ) -
and speaking of my love for the V&A
Reading lists, etc. from their website:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/resources/index.html
Jenny Tiramani talking about costuming at the Globe [1 min 30]: renaissance clothing, i heart the v&a, clothing not of the renaissance, london, the great globe itselfI'm actually a bit surprised that I don't have a tag for "morbidity."
It's a running joke with a college friend that I am rather morbid. I don't actually think this is true; mostly I'm a comedies girl through and through. I rather think that any morbid tendencies I have are safely confined to watching the way authors use morbid subjects to think about things. Er, and old ballads, and songs by the Decemberists. And ( Read more... )