tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post7437376556124877985..comments2024-01-10T10:30:16.780+00:00Comments on paintings prints and stuff: Visiting the museum archivesvivienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-82158583463888526502009-04-19T13:58:00.000+00:002009-04-19T13:58:00.000+00:00Jean - That's a really interesting article wit...Jean - That's a really interesting article with great insight - thank you for the link :>)vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-27363362704212096432009-04-18T22:12:00.000+00:002009-04-18T22:12:00.000+00:00Thanks for the website. I checked it out and actu...Thanks for the website. I checked it out and actually was impressed by the range of topics covered--but nothing on eye miniatures. So I googled and came up with this interesting blog http://needled.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/the-precious-the-miniature-the-mundane/Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-12384864601388936602009-04-18T20:23:00.000+00:002009-04-18T20:23:00.000+00:00me too Jeanette - the living, breathing 'real' his...me too Jeanette - the living, breathing 'real' history of daily life<br /><br />Dinah that's fascinating and I didn't know that - incredible that he got it so well<br /><br />have you seen that etching he did of someones feet? they are just AMAZING as wellvivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-9529335602860670562009-04-18T02:15:00.000+00:002009-04-18T02:15:00.000+00:00When Durer did that rhino he was working from the ...When Durer did that rhino he was working from the pretty far-fetched field notes of the time. Everyone thought it was a drawing of an imagined beast. But compare it with a modern photograph. Go on, have a look. Durer has almost god-status in this house!<br />And Leicester's got one!Yay!dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-51149437310883973382009-04-17T23:39:00.000+00:002009-04-17T23:39:00.000+00:00I'm so envious! I live and breathe history like t...I'm so envious! I live and breathe history like that and would have loved to see what you saw. <br /><br />And Durer - one of my favourite artists - such a precise and expert artist. <br /><br />What a lovely outing you had.Jeanette Jobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935974758134419990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-53975759762115772802009-04-17T22:12:00.000+00:002009-04-17T22:12:00.000+00:00I think I read somewhere that Durer had never actu...I think I read somewhere that Durer had never actually seen a rhino in real life so all the more amazing for that. Your visit sounds absolutely fascinating.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14223691871102821084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-56826852927204602062009-04-17T17:49:00.000+00:002009-04-17T17:49:00.000+00:00Robyn it certainly IS an etching true!!!! and how...Robyn it certainly IS an etching true!!!! and how!!<br /><br />I would have LOVED to have been let loose with my camera for a few hours there! but no :>(<br /><br />Lucky lucky teacher <br /><br />Jean - this one http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council--services/lc/leicester-city-museums/museums/nwm--art-gallery - not a very good site I'm afraid.vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-7320324063362510822009-04-17T17:33:00.000+00:002009-04-17T17:33:00.000+00:00This is really interesting. I had no idea about t...This is really interesting. I had no idea about the eye miniatures. Which museum did you visit?Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16927229.post-69324815916953805852009-04-17T16:57:00.000+00:002009-04-17T16:57:00.000+00:00Now that's an etching! ;)
I guessing, Vivien you...Now that's an etching! ;)<br /><br />I guessing, Vivien you weren't permitted to take your camera into the archives. I'd love to have seen that paintbox. My printmaking teacher unearthed something similar in an antique market here. A real treasure that reminded me of the old medicine chests people travelled with many years ago.Robyn Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663604160297996421noreply@blogger.com