One of my favorite fashion designers from the late eighties is Romeo Gigli. His boutique in the Marais in Paris created a whole new concept in retail. A bare loft in an 17th century building, his garments hung from poles, suspended from the ceiling. He was the master of silhouette and craftsmanship, his use of color unique and subtle, I therefore cry out: where is the Romeo Gigli of today?
As we were already on the subject of Florence yesterday, I can not resist talking more about the Renaissance and amongst other things, the discovery of the use of perfect perspective in art.
The painter Masaccio (1401 – 1428), was one of the great Italian painters of the Quattrocento period. As Donatello and Brunelleschi were the first to incorporate linear perspective into their sculptures and architecture, Masaccio was the first in painting.
On a visit to Houston recently, I spent time at the wonderful Museum of Fine Arts. They have a very fine archeological department where I fell in love with this exquisite gold wreath. I could not believe how old it was, dated between 330 and 250 BC! The workmanship is mind blowing, you just about feel the paper thin leaves quiver in the wind…I assumed it was a Laurel Wreath, but in fact it is a Myrtle Wreath, associated with the goddess Aphrodite, which made it even more appealing!
GREEK Myrtle Wreath 330-250 BC Gold 12 x 1 3/8 inches
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This famous quotation from Gertrude Stein’s poem “Sacred Emily”, was parodied by Ernest Hemingway: “a stone is a stein is a rock is a boulder is a pebble.”
Photograph by Rene Stoeltie
THE MUSIC ROOM by SATYAJIT RAY
I saw this film many years ago with my late husband Gilles, a French aristocrat and film buff, who took me to the many small “cinema’s” in Paris to see the most beautiful films from around the world in ORIGINAL VERSION!
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