The abundance of yellow and the wall-to-wall tomes in a square room of not too large a scale make it very cosy. Having said that I think I would want to be sticking my head around the door at the Picasso, Gainsborough and tapestries in the sitting room next to it; not to mention that music room.
What an interesting comparison of cultures; from the appreciation of the English eye; a view of Italy; reflected through Indian translation for English visitors. The influence of European Engravings from the 18th century is obvious; an interesting reference point to the exhibit of engravings of Venice, also in the museum, though finishing today you can view some of the images online.
for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.
Boxes of stones lie awaiting placement, sometimes sitting for years on the workshop walls until such time as they will be called upon to provide the right shade of shadow on a lemon, or the right tone of pink on a cheek.
While recently swooning in Florence I couldn’t keep my eyes from the ceilings. In the Pallazo Vecchio the entrance court is covered in the most heavenly and hellish grotesques.
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