We are now in the astrological sign of Sagittarius the Archer. It is also the sun sign of Porcelains and Peacocks friend Kirk Phillips of Shears & Window. The Archer is a centaur, half- man and h...
Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees. Faith Baldwin The vivid colors of Autumns foliage and harvest have inspired many writers and artists. Belgia...
November is a golden month with the birthstone of yellow topaz and the birth flower Chrysanthemum. During the Middle Ages the topaz was thought to be a talisman that could heal illnesses of both the ...
October is a favorite month for Porcelains and Peacocks because of the wonderfully pagan holiday of Halloween. Going back to the Celts. the last night of October was viewed as a portal between the wo...
Courage easily finds its own eloquence. Plautus As we reflect on the tenth anniversary of September 11, we remember the courage of the heroes and heroines of this tragic event. Courage or Fortitude i...
Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of Heaven, Blossom the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Although it is still August, Porcelains and Peacocks is...
Recently Porcelains and Peacocks had the pleasure of meeting Leonard Greco Jr. of the artfully esoteric blog Babylon Baroque, www.babylonbaroque.wordpress.c om. He had come on his first visit to San F...
"The only horrible thing in the world is ennui, Dorian. That is the one sin for which there is no forgiveness." The Picture of Dorian Gray Porcelains and Peacocks has been remiss about postin...
In observing the 4th of July we also celebrate the diverse physical beauty of the United States. Luminism was a poetic art movement of the late nineteenth century that captured light as it played acr...
Spanish Basque painter Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta (1870-1945) created dramatic images using the culture, landscape and folklore of Iberia. Although he studied painting in Rome and Paris it was the gr...
The month of June is named for the Roman Goddess Juno. Her Greek counterpart Hera was associated with the peacock. It was the goddess who retrieved the hundred eyes of her slain servant Argus and set...
Perugian born Cesare Ripa (1560 -1622) wrote Iconologia, an emblem book depicting allegorical figures of virtues, vices, passions, arts and sciences. The woodcut Verita personifies truth as a naked w...
In Aesop’s Fable of The Wolf and the Lamb, a tyrannical wolf justifies taking the life of an innocent lamb. French Art Deco artist Benjamin Rabier (1864-1939) illustrated the tale in the 1906 copy of...
When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree: Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet; And if thou wilt, remember, An...
Ill go home to my parents, confess what Ive done And Ill ask them to pardon their prodigal son. And, when theyve caressed me as oft times before I never will play the wild rover no more. ~The Wild Ro...
Thirty-one years is a short time in the life of an artist. Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (1887-1918) was born in Northern Portugal, studying architecture in Lisbon. On his nineteenth birthday he left for b...
The Ardagh Chalice is considered one of the premier examples of Insular or Hiberno-Saxon art and craftsmanship. Dating from 8th century AD the footed silver cup is embellished with complex gilt...
Now that the red and green of Christmas and the blue and silver of Hanukkah are gone scarlet hearts will replace them for Valentines Day. The day named for martyred saints became a holiday asso...
Now that the red and green of Christmas and the blue and silver of Hanukkah are gone scarlet hearts will replace them for Valentines Day. The day named for martyred saints became a holiday...
Thank you Lynda at Elegance Reclaimed for nominating me for Kreativ Blogger Award. You can catch her excellent blog at: /elegancereclaimed.blogs pot.com/ And now for the seven requi...
'Cartier and America' is currently on exhibit at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Of the many bestiary designs created by the French jeweler perhaps the most iconic is t...
On the last day of 2009 Chintz of Darkness posted intriguing photos of Sedlec Ossuary in the Czech Republic that contains skeletons of 40,000 to 70,000 people used as archite...
The Muses of Ancient Greece were Goddesses who inspired the Arts and Sciences. Mortal muses have also influenced artists. Marie Spartali Stillman (1844 –1927) was known as one of "The Thr...
Masks were often used in European folk celebrations to symbolically chase the darkness of Winter and usher in the light of Spring. In ancient Rome the word persona meant mask and related t...
The month of January is named for the Roman God Janus, the deity of exits and entrances, endings and beginnings. He was known as the custodian of the universe. His unique duality of havi...
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