Swords, alone and in series, by Judith |
Heavy metal, by Janet K |
Joyce found dogs in paintings -
I went downstairs to see if there might be an exhibition, but no. However the plumage flanking the passage to the loo caught my eye...
The drawing -
Looking closer.... they turned out to be 18th century Italian sculptures -
The goddess Diana |
Figure representing Asia (the turban is the signifier) - possibly part of a set of the four continents |
Figure representing the Americas |
Feathers wrought in stone |
A jumble of details - curls of hair (Diana and Asia), the feathers, the goldwork around the plinths - and a number added by the museum -
No comments:
Post a Comment