And what a crackingly good long read it is too!
Do you read the Guardian on-line or in the paper form? The range of its' journalism is broad and bang of subject. It covers everything and then throws in extra 'goodies' which are excellent long reads.
The one that she found today was outstandingly good, she came across it by reading the long story of the movement of art around the world for exhibitions.
Have you ever wondered what goes on when an exhibition is put on by a gallery or museum, the logistics of getting the artwork from point A to point B?
Arranging the shipping fine art of any medium around the world is a highly organised business and the amount of detail involved is huge and they start way before you think they do.
The RA - Royal Academy - is showing some beautiful drawings and she is gong to see them next Monday.
They are part of the Royal Collection. Last year she went five, yes, five times to see the collection of King Charles 1st. It was the first time the collection had been together since the Puritans sold it and it was dispersed.
It was breathtakingly magnificent. What was also breathtaking was the tragedy of what happened to Queen Henrietta Maria's art collection which she had at her palace in Greenwich, the Puritans burnt most of it and the rest was thrown into the Thames.
She was the daughter of Henry 4th of France and Marie de' Medici and you 'could' say that she had grown up surrounded by good art of many forms!
A little known fact for you is this.. the American state of Maryland was named after her.
The drawings that are on show at the RA are by Michelangelo.. well worth seeing and see them she will, they are being shown alongside Bill Viola's work.
Oh, how lucky we are that people lend their priceless goodies to museums for us to see and wonder at.
GeeGee Parrot.
March 21st, 2019.
Do you read the Guardian on-line or in the paper form? The range of its' journalism is broad and bang of subject. It covers everything and then throws in extra 'goodies' which are excellent long reads.
The one that she found today was outstandingly good, she came across it by reading the long story of the movement of art around the world for exhibitions.
Have you ever wondered what goes on when an exhibition is put on by a gallery or museum, the logistics of getting the artwork from point A to point B?
Arranging the shipping fine art of any medium around the world is a highly organised business and the amount of detail involved is huge and they start way before you think they do.
The RA - Royal Academy - is showing some beautiful drawings and she is gong to see them next Monday.
They are part of the Royal Collection. Last year she went five, yes, five times to see the collection of King Charles 1st. It was the first time the collection had been together since the Puritans sold it and it was dispersed.
It was breathtakingly magnificent. What was also breathtaking was the tragedy of what happened to Queen Henrietta Maria's art collection which she had at her palace in Greenwich, the Puritans burnt most of it and the rest was thrown into the Thames.
She was the daughter of Henry 4th of France and Marie de' Medici and you 'could' say that she had grown up surrounded by good art of many forms!
A little known fact for you is this.. the American state of Maryland was named after her.
The drawings that are on show at the RA are by Michelangelo.. well worth seeing and see them she will, they are being shown alongside Bill Viola's work.
Oh, how lucky we are that people lend their priceless goodies to museums for us to see and wonder at.
GeeGee Parrot.
March 21st, 2019.
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