Awesome Eyecandy!
Apr. 7th, 2009 12:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
viennabelleRealizing that unless I make a mad dash to NYC next weekend, I probably missed the big exhibit ‘Twixt Art and Nature,” an exhibition of embroidery from 17th-century England at Bard College. So, to make up for it, I ordered the catalog, which is available at Amazon. Yesterday, the delivery guy arrived at 4 pm (stunning, since I had just received notification that it shipped at 12:30--but according to the courier, it came from an Amazon facility located in my town).
Wow. This is a stunning book. Every photo is huge and clear. There are lots of articles and background information on the pieces in the exhibit. It is quite simply, jawdropping.
I have barely been able to stop myself from peering at it today! One thing I learned--costume historians don't actually know how forecloths were worn (and there I thought I was just painfully stupid about that)!
The New York Times has a cool interactive feature about the exhibit here.
Well, I have work to get to...so, it's been a test of fortitude to not peer into the book some more. However, now I am really tempted to make a mad dash to NYC to catch one the last days of this exhibit (it closes on Sunday)!
Wow. This is a stunning book. Every photo is huge and clear. There are lots of articles and background information on the pieces in the exhibit. It is quite simply, jawdropping.
I have barely been able to stop myself from peering at it today! One thing I learned--costume historians don't actually know how forecloths were worn (and there I thought I was just painfully stupid about that)!
The New York Times has a cool interactive feature about the exhibit here.
Well, I have work to get to...so, it's been a test of fortitude to not peer into the book some more. However, now I am really tempted to make a mad dash to NYC to catch one the last days of this exhibit (it closes on Sunday)!
