Personally, I think that they are wrong about the public mood — after so many months of dull clothes, when office work returns, people will be eager to indulge the sensual and theatrical side of personal style again, and will bring their beautiful ties out of the closet with a great sens...
The Death of the Gentleman May 26, 2016 This is my first post since Frank Sinatra’s 100thBirthday. I have been busy with audit season and just didn’t make time to blog. However over the past few weeks, I have met several people through the course of my travels and they were askin...
Ladies and Gentleman the figurine in front of you is called “The Venus of Willendorf”, and it is the oldest female figurine statuette. It most likely symbolizes female fertility. Now some of you may be wondering why this figurine is half naked. The reason for this again ties back to ...
For those of us who are close to average in size, proportion can become a problem when we purchase from high-end fashion designers or pick up vintage pieces from thrift shops. Average-sized men should try to wear ties ranging in width from 3 to 3.75 inches. Anything wider or thinner is ...
G. B. Moroni, Portrait of a Gentleman, (Conte Faustino Avogadro(?), c. 1560, National Gallery, London, oil on canvas, 202 x 106 cm. It’s almost as if the idea of ruin permeates the whole portrait; the portrait becomes a ruin in the sense that it undermines the illusion of pros...
Wandshop, and the names of each actor, crew member, editor, and anyone else who worked on the film had their name on a wand box. A great gentleman was working in there to point out specific boxes if you wanted to find a certain person, and he also offered some great trivia and ...
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On June 27, 1657, the former work was in the collection of Johannes Renialme, a young "gentleman dealer" who came from a distinguished family with members in Antwerp and Venice. AWhile the young painter must have been justifiably pleased to have his work in a reputable art collection, it...
Close up of the Gentleman in Lorenzo Lotto’s painting galleriaaccademia.it The face of this young man is quite serious. Though not necessarily downcast, it certainly is not smiling with joy. One of Lotto’s techniques was to have his subjects look out at the viewer of the painting. Her...
A sunlit, sepia-toned image depicts a stylish European gentleman, complete with a handkerchief peeking out of his pocket and a cigarette poised between his fingers, amidst a group of men garbed in bisht and keffiyeh. This snapshot freezes a moment from Jacques Cartier’s inaugural voyage to ...