The Renaissance Revival Chair of a Victorian Child
Posted by admin on June 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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Category Art (all inclusive), Interior, Most Recent · Tags childrens victorian chair, childs furniture, damask, Gothic Revival Chair, Hand Carved Victorian Furniture, Miniature Furniture, Renaissance Revival Style, Victorian Antiques, Victorian Chair
The Little Germantown House of Gilbert Stuart, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posted by admin on June 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Little Germantown House of Gilbert Stuart, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Taken from a newspaper clipping of the late 19th century:
“Gilbert Stuart was, strictly speaking, not a resident of Germantown, and his sojourn in the place was of short duration, but while he was here he painted one of his most famous portraits of Washington, and for this [...]
Category Absurd Mansard, Architectural History, Art (all inclusive), Built Environment, Historic Context, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Pennsyltucky, Philadelphia, Residential Architecture · Tags Architectural History, Curator of Shit, Germantown Architecture, Germantown Avenue History, Germantown Philadephia History, Gilbert Stewart Philadelphia, Gilbert Stuart Studio, History Germantown Avenue, Oscar Beisert, Philadelphia Museum of Art Gilbert Stuart, Philadephia Architecture
The Traditional Victorian Bedroom of William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967), Rittenhouse Square Townhouse Interior, 222 South 19th Street, Philadephia, PA
Posted by admin on April 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Traditional Victorian Bedroom of William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967), Rittenhouse Square Townhouse Interior, 222 South 19th Street, Philadephia, PA
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Category Architectural History, Art (all inclusive), Historic Context, Historic Preservation, History, Interior, Location Location Location, Most Recent, Oldie But Goodie, Pennsyltucky, Philadelphia, Residential Architecture · Tags Bedroom History, Period bedroom, Philadelphia Architecture, Philadelphia History, Philadelphia Interior, Victorian Houses, Victorian Interiors, William C Bullitt, William Christian Bullitt
A Nasty Weimar Society Dame by Otto Dix of German Expressionism
Posted by admin on November 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
While we have not made a study of the artist, Otto Dix; Weimar society; or specific German Expressionists, we know German Expressionism well enough to see its characteristics in this flea market item seen this summer in Pennsylvania.
Among the most noted artists of German Expressionism and Neue Sachlichkeit, Otto Dix [Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix] (1891-1969, [...]
Category Absurd Mansard, Art (all inclusive), Most Recent · Tags Architectural History, Art History Germany, Berlin Art, Curator of Shit, Early Modernism, Expressionism, Flea Market Art, German Art, German Expressionism, Modern Art, Otto Dix, Weimar Society
What’s Really Being Memorialized Here?
Posted by admin on July 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
What’s Really Being Memorialized Here?
Symbolic Grave – Symbolic Monument – Symbolic Cemetery Head Stone
We have no facts as to the creator of these tomb stone; however, we have a pretty good idea what was going through the tomb stone designer/carver’s mind when he broke the mold for these bad boys…
So, we ask you:
Are there others [...]
Category Architectural History, Art (all inclusive), Built Environment, Historic Preservation, Memorial Architectural and Art, Most Recent · Tags Architectural History, Curator of Shit, Ghost Cemetery, Graves, Historic Preservation, Old Cemetery Markers, Old Cemetery Plot, Old Tombstones, Phallic Head Stone, Phallic Symbol, Rural Cemetery
Posted by admin on July 18, 2011 · 4 Comments
Omnia Ab Uno: Nicolas Cage’s Tomb Is Not Dumb, You Are!
Nicolas Cage’s Tomb, St. Louis Cemetery, Basin Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
So after only reading ten different rants regarding Nicolas Cage’s bazaar tomb???, we realized that our bloggers and social commentators on celebrities are far dumber than the somewhat defamed actor.
The following quotes prove their idiocy, along [...]
Category Architectural History, Art (all inclusive), Built Environment, Cultural Landscapes, Eygptian Revival, Gothic Revival (1820-1880), Historic Preservation, History, Location Location Location, Louisiana, Memorial Architectural and Art, misery maven, New Orleans, Oldie But Goodie, Public Architecture, Style Section..., Urban Landscape · Tags Curator of Shit, Egyptian Revival Architecture, Historic Preservation, New Orleans Architecture, New Orleans Cemeteries, Nicolas Cage Grave, Nicolas Cage Grave Pyramid, Nicolas Cage Tomb
Bazaar Convention Center Art, Cincinnati, Ohio…
Posted by admin on July 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Bazaar Convention Center Art, Cincinnati, Ohio…
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Odd Headstone at Holt Cemetery Gate…New Orleans
Posted by admin on July 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Odd Headstone at Holt Cemetery Gate…New Orleans
Holt Cemetery, 635 City Park Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana
Among the graves in City Park Avenue’s Holt Cemetery, there were many works of Folk Art among other curious graves and cultural artifacts; although, the wording on this particular memorial near the entrance was rather strange to our curatorial agents…
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Category Architectural History, Art (all inclusive), Built Environment, Cultural Landscapes, Folk Art, Folk Culture, Historic Context, Historic Preservation, Historical Humanity, Memorial Architectural and Art, Most Recent, Public Architecture, Urban Landscape · Tags African American Cemeteries, African American History, Architectural History, Folk Art Graves, Folk Culture, Historic Preservation, Holt Cemetery, Holt Cemetery New Orleans, Memorial Architecture
WWII Poster Or Is Jesus Behind Gay Marriage?
Posted by admin on July 10, 2011 · 1 Comment
WWII Poster Or Is Jesus Behind Gay Marriage?
New Orleans Procurement, Religious War-related/Service-related Poster, $40, Antique Mall, Magazine Street…
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Even Vogue Magazine Enjoyed New Orleans Architecture…
Posted by admin on July 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Even Vogue Magazine Appreciates New Orleans Architecture…
Critical Analysis of Buildings/Paint Jobs, Vogue Magazine, 1941
The archivist was coming so its a bit blurry…otherwise we should not share at all…
We also like the folkish quality of the drawing.
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Category Architectural History, Art (all inclusive), Built Environment, Commercial Architecture, Curious Clippings, French Colonial, Location Location Location, Louisiana, Most Recent, New Orleans, Public Architecture, Residential Architecture, Style Section... · Tags Architectural History, Cast Iron, Curator of Shit, Historic Preservation, Iron work, New Orleans Architecture, Vogue 1941, Vogue Magazine
