Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Renaissance Tapestries


detail: Triomphe de Minerve
after Giovanni da Udine, from the Triomphe des dieux  woven c. 1560
 Paris, Mobilier national  photo© P. Sébert

 Opening today, the Manufacture des Gobelins is presenting an exhibit of the golden age of tapestry, L'Éclat de la Renaissance italienne. The twenty-odd tapestries are primarily from the collection of Louis XIV and three were acquired for the Musée des Gobelins at the end of the 19th  century. The works were woven from paintings or specially made cartons for tapestries by  three great Renaissance artists: Raphaël (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), Giovanni da Udine (Udine 1487 – Rome toward 1564) et Giulio Romano (Rome 1499 – Mantoua 1546). The exhibit will last until the 24th of July 2011.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

A Closer Look

photo St Tyl

Once again, I'm presenting you with the exhibit, L'Orient des Femmes - this time with my own photographs.

photo St Tyl

Quelle lecon d'expression personnelle sur un theme donné, quelle habileté à aborder la figure imposée, pour nous qui vivons dans un monde normalisé où chaque écart de couleur détonne dans l'uniformité.

What a lesson of personal expression in a given theme, what skill in taking on the required task, is shown to those of us living in a standardized world, where each divergence of color clashes
with its uniformity.

Christian Lacroix


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L'Orient des Femmes, Musée du quai Branly

Monday, April 4, 2011

Smart Dummies


Here's a new twist on the historic Stockman by Emmanuel Bossuet of Studio EEM. Each of the 3 models, covered with specially designed printed fabric, is entirely handmade in the Stockman ateliers. The number of mannequins in each design is limited to 10.  

Saturday, April 2, 2011

April in Paris

photo St Tyl

photo St Tyl

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photo St Tyl

windows, decorations of the department store le Printemps

St Tyl's Smile

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photo St Tyl
Stamp Collection: Fabrics of the World
from French museums

Friday, April 1, 2011

Netting

photo St Tyl


This World, Next World
by Paul Klee

 “One eye sees, the other feels.”

To understand this painting, best remember the metaphor of weaving so present in our lives.