Today we’re focusing on…TALE OF TWO CITIES, one of my all time favorite musicals/plays/movies/books đ A… Storming of the Bastille by Jean-Pierre Houel (1789) R… Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens T… My favorite Sydneys in no particular order! Ronald Colman (film) Â Charles Dance (Audio) James Barbour (theater) (also be sure to check […]
Books
A to Z Challenge 2017: R is for Rebecca &tc.
4 of the best Maxim de Winter actors from REBECCA movie and musical adaptations.
O is for… Oliver
Today we’re focusing on… Oliver Oliver is of course one of Charles Dickens’ most cherished and loved characters in Oliver Twist and the title of the beloved Lionel Barry musical. When buying a copy of the book, be sure to get an illustrated copy, preferably by George Cruikshank such as the Barnes & Nobles Classics series copy. […]
A to Z Challenge: J in the Arts
Discover J in the Arts.
A to Z Challenge 2017: H is for Harlamov to Homer
A – Alexei Harlamov Harlamov was a true success story. He was born the son of serfs in Russia who didn’t gain their freedom until he was approximately 10 years old and rose to such eminence that he was considered a favorite of Empress Maria Fedorovna and Queen Victoria. Portrait of a Young Woman. R – Homer […]
A to Z Challenge: The Golden Bowl
Kate Beckinsale’s Maggie in The Golden Bowl movie (2001) tugged at all my heartstrings.
F: Forsyth
A: William J. Forsyth (U.S.A.) William Forsyth was an American Impressionist known to belong to the Hoosier Group of Indiana artists. His daughter and fellow painter, Constance Forsyth, summed up his career: “Perhaps his most outstanding characteristic was his independence. He painted what he wanted to paint and in the way he wanted to paint […]
A to Z Challenge: ESTHER HAASE to EVER AFTER
Can you name an artist, movie, and book that start with the letter “E”? Discover my A to Z Challenge post about Esther Haase, Jane Austen’s Emma, and Ever After.
D: Dionisius to Davy Crockett
A: Dionisius (Russian) Crucifixion of Jesus, 1500. I could easily go for the obvious “D” artists but lets try to broaden our horizons and hopefully each of us can take away something from learning about Dionisius, an acknowledged head of the Moscow school of icon painters (1440-1502). One of my all-time favourite paintings of the […]
A to Z Challenge: C in the Arts
For my 2017 A to Z Challenge, I was not sure quite what I wanted to blog about. Numerous ideas were coming to mind but each seemed to require even more energy and strength. So I’ve decided to focus on an acronym for ART: A – Artists (musicians, painters, photographers, writers, etc.) R – Reading (books, […]