Saturday, October 06, 2007

the courtyard at the V&A


compare and contrast gandharan buddhas

gandharan buddhas c.4th century from brighton and from the V&A

? looted from the same temple ?





Monday, October 01, 2007

to south kensington and the V&A for an excellent ( and free ) sunday lecture



















the V&A ... the excellence of every art must consist in the complete accomplishment of its purpose








































these panels above the main entrance to the V&A were made by Drury, the same man that made those huge figures on the downstream side of vauxhall bridge

http://emotionalblackmailers.blogspot.com/search?q=allegorical+figures+by+drury

in the norfolk house music room ... saved for the V&A from the 1938 demolition


cornelia parker's "breathless" at the V&A

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/british_galls/galleries/55/index.html



chaucer, on glass, and on paper ... by william morris


just how long does it take to cook a dragon's head ?


strawberry hill gothick transferred to the V&A


in the ironwork gallery


model of medusa for a statue of perseus by benvenuto cellini

http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/33762-popup.html


the american blacksmith albert paley's bench at the V&A