Monday Morning Museum: Elsa Schiaparelli

Elsa Schiaparelli – Wednesday 10 September 1890 Rome, Italy to Tuesday 13 November 1973 Paris, France

Italian-born French Designer

I really like the use of different materials in Schiaparelli’s – Pin, circa 1950s – and having blue in the pin only adds to my appreciation of the flower bouquet accessory.



Last Monday’s Artist – Félix Henri Bracquemond
Next Monday’s Artist - John Constable

Images:
Left: Evening Jacket, circa 1936-1938 from the website collections.wam.ac.uk
Center: Apollo of Versailles, Winter 1938-1939 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Belt, Evening, circa 1938 from the website metmuseum.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Queen Dragonrider Anne Inez McCaffrey Goes Between And Pern Fans Mourn - Thursday 1 April 1926 To Monday 21 November 2011

I was living in Massachusetts the first time I read a Pern story in an anthology borrowed from the local library. I continued to read and began to buy Pern and other of her series (Crystal, Ship, Talents) during my first residence in California. Then it was onto Europe and I’m sorry to say that during my stay there I did not often seek out Pern novels. Now I am in my second residence in California and I have revisited the Pern world thanks to Anne’s son Todd.

Anne McCaffrey was one of thirty women writers I featured in this blog during March 2010. The post began…

"I want to be a Dragonrider of a Golden queen and lead my Weyr in the fight against Thread! From the first novel, Dragonflight, I have loved the tales of Pern penned by Anne McCaffrey. They just touch something in my imagination. How wonderful it would be to ride a dragon and have such absolute connection with another living creature. Even though I prefer my science fiction located in space and with extra-terrestrial interaction, the Pern Series is a wonderful, different perspective."

Though I may never really ride a queen dragon or fight Thread, through Anne McCaffrey’s Pern novels and short stories I will always be an eager visitor to the planet Pern and its amazing dragons. You may have gone Between Anne, but you’ll always remain Beside in all the journeys of Pern.

Images:
Left: Anne McCaffrey from the website irishtimes.com
Center: Signed Bookplate for Dragon’s Time
Right: Anne McCaffrey from the website empmuseum.org

Monday Morning Museum: Félix Henri Bracquemond

Félix Henri Bracquemond – Wednesday 22 May 1833 Paris, France to Thursday 29 October 1914 Sèvres, France

French Art Nouveau Engraver


There’s no particular reason why I’m featuring Bracquemond’s – Soleil Couchant, 1875 – other than it has a bit of color while most of his designs lack pigmentation.





Last Monday’s Artist – Alvin Langdon Coburn
Next Monday’s Artist – Elsa Schiaparelli

Images:
Left: Eaux-Fortes, 1854 from the website digitalgallery.nypl.org)
Center: Soup Plate (part of a set of 3), circa 1866-1875 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Frontespizio per il catalogo della collezione di stampe di Philippe Burty, 1878 from the website digitalgallery.nypl.org
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Monday Morning Museum: Alvin Langdon Coburn

Alvin Langdon Coburn – Sunday 11 June 1882 Boston, Massachusetts to Wednesday 23 November 1966 Rhos-on-Sea, Wales

American-born British Tonalist Photographer


This image by Coburn – Cadiz, 1908 – I like because of the angular outline of the photograph’s central subject and its use conveys the illusion of looking through an unusual porthole.




Last Monday’s Artist – Francesco di Giorgio Martini
Next Monday’s Artist – Félix Henri Bracquemond

Images:
Left: Spider-webs, 1908 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Center: The Octopus, 1912 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Vortograph, 1917 from the website masters-of-photography.com
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Monday Morning Museum: Francesco di Giorgio Martini

Francesco di Giorgio Martini – 1439 Siena, Italy to 1502 Siena, Italy

Italian Early Renaissance Painter and Sculptor


My ideal city would incorporate greenery and places to sit, elements which are missing from Martini’s – Ideal City, circa 1477 – although I do like the open plaza and fountain, I’m not loving the placement of the background structures




Last Monday’s Artist - Eugène Atget
Next Monday’s Artist – Alvin Langdon Coburn

Images:
Left: Architectural View, circa 1477 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Center: Design for a Wall Monument, circa 1490 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Interior of the Church, 1484 to 1490 from the website wga.hu
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent