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ustinov: diversity in identity
At one time in the late 1950’s, early 1960’s it became virtually impossible to turn on television without finding Peter Ustinov. He might appear as a traffic policeman- first British, then French, then Austrian. He might do his own version … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged David Garrick, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Paar, Laurence Olivier, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Morley Safer 60 minutes, Noel Coward, Orson Welles, Peter Ustinov, Peter Ustinov Hammersmith is Out, Richard Burton, Samuel Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Somerset Maughan, Theodore Tenley
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high on the hog: boastful splendiferous types
…Of what there is no doubt is that this life was wasteful, extravagant, ostentatious- an appalling contrast, as Dr. Samuel Johnson noted, to the human wretchedness of rural or urban slums; yet it was saved both by its humanity and … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged David Garrick, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Earl of Egremont, George Macaulay Trevelyan, George Stubbs, Henry Fielding, James Boswell, Johann Zoffany, John Berger, Jonathan Jones Guardian, Madame Pickwick, Sir Robert Walpole, Thomas Gainsborough, William Hogarth
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the good ole’ days: conspicuous they were
The noble houses of eighteenth century England and the regal lifestyles that accompanied them. Life was good if you had money and bling was king… As with paintings, so it was with all that was rare, exotic, and costly: nobleman … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend
Tagged Benjamin West, David Garrick, Dr. Pepusch, George Macaulay Trevelyan, James Brydges Duke of Chandos, Johann Zoffany, Lord Egremont of Petworth, Lord Stavordale, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Pompeo Batoni, Pompeo Batoni paintings, Princely Duke of Chandos, Sir Peter Beckford, Sir Robert Walpole
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Canaletto: not quite picture perfect
Canaletto in London in 1746. He painted A View of the Thames from Lambeth Palace; the best of cities on a sparkling summer day. But what was really happening behind those walls and in those narrow streets on that sunny … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Alexander Pope, Canaletto A View of the Thames, Canaletto in England, Charles de Brosses, David Garrick, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Henry Fielding, James Gibbs, Mrs. Cibber, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Owen McSwiney, Peg Woffington, Ranelagh gardens London, Robert Griffier painter, the Adam brothers design, Tobias George Smollet, Wedgewood pottery
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canaletto: from venice to the thames
Canaletto’s iconic painting, A View of the Thames from Lambeth Palace is a picture perfect postcard, but behind this idyllic view of eighteenth century London was simply too pleasant. Only a tourist could believe it. In fact, much was happening … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Alexander Pope, Canaletto, Canaletto in England, Catchpenny prints, Charles Dickens, David Garrick, Henry Fielding, Hyde Park floggings, Judith Dufour, London eighteenth-century, London the Spectator, London the Tatler, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Richard Sheridan, Robert Griffier, Samuel Scott painter, Smith's Square London, Tyburn public hangings
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HENRY FIELDING :LONDON CALLING & POETIC FAITH
London calling to the faraway towns Now war is declared – and battle come down London calling to the underworld Come out of the cupboard,you boys and girls London calling, now don’t look to us Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous
Tagged Alexander Pope, Alexander Welsh, Aphra Behn, Brian McCrea, Claude Rawson, David Garrick, G.M. Godden, Gay, George Bernard Shaw, Horace Walpole, John Gay, Jonathan Swift, Larry Laban, Manfred Weidhorn, Martin C. Battestin, Matthew Wickham, Ralph Allen Bath, Robert Walpole, Robin Bates, Russell A. Hunt, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Richardson, Simon Varey, Thomas R. Cleary, Thomas Rowlandson, William Hogarth, William Makepiece Thackeray
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