Tag Archives: James J. Rorimer

platonic painter and patron

Isabella Stewart Gardner. A dashing individualist, with the showmanship of Ziegfeld and the temper of Toscanini, she took Boston by storm. A passion for old master art, young men and music all seemed to come together in one of the … Continue reading

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

window to another world

James J. Rorimer, former director of the Metropolitan Museum and a former director of its medival branch, The Cloisters, said that Isabella Stewart Gardner was the first person in the United States to incorporate specimens of Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque and … Continue reading

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment