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Divine Intervention in the Time of a Pandemic

04/08/2020•architecture, church, Health

St. John the Divine Field Hospital

The Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City is the largest Gothic style cathedral in the world and the 6th largest church building. Begun in 1892, the cathedral remains unfinished. As of Monday, the 610 foot cathedral became an emergency field hospital. Nine medical tents capable of holding up to 200 patients will be erected in the nave; the crypt will be used as a staging area for medical personnel. The cathedral is across the street from Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, which will staff the field hospital.

Spotlight Squared

01/07/2020•architecture, design, museum

Spotlight

Part of the Heavenly Bodies exhibition at the Cloisters, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,  in New York City, 2017  Apse from a Spanish church. Wedding dress by Balenciaga.

Join Becky’s January Squares 6: Light. There are only two rules. The photo must be square and the theme must end in the word light: sunlight, penlight, candlelight, searchlight, starlight, headlight, stoplight, tailligh, flashlight, moonlight, fanlight, taperlight, floodlight, torchlight, skylight, gaslight, streetlight, and twilight. Or whatever word(s) ending in light.

Sepia

11/08/2018•design, museum, Photography

Final Vows

Bride of Christ, “Hyménée” Wedding Dress, 2018, House of Dio, Marc Bohan, original design 1961, Dior Heritage Collection, Heavenly Bodies,The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York

Displayed in The Cloisters as part of the Heavenly Bodies exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The dress is from the House of Dior’s Dior Heritage Collection:  “Hyménée” Wedding Dress, 2018, Marc Bohan, original design 1961.

Join Bren’s Photo for the week-16-Sepia

Angel Wings

09/11/2018•art, design, imagination

Midnight Angel

Midnight Angel, featuring “Madonna” ensemble, House of Dior, 205/06, fashion designed by John Galliano.

Join K’lee & Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge: Wings Across the Sky

Silent Sunday

09/09/2018•art, design, imagination, religion

Evening dress, Valentino, 2017/18. Inspired by Franciscan monk’s robes.

Heavenly Bodies

09/07/2018•art, design, imagination

If you are going to be in New York City before October 9th, you must take the time to see Heavenly Bodies, an exhibit at two locations of the Metropolitain Museum of Art. Today I went to The Cloisters, part of the Met, to see what is actually the second part of the show. Medieval art and architecture are juxtaposed with 20th and 21st century haute couture fashion. Incredible. I can’t wait to see the rest tomorrow.

The Cloisters is a combination of architectural elements from European medieval churches and church related buildings, including four complete French cloisters. I don’t have a lot of information on each area.

Apse from a Spanish church. Wedding dress by Balenciaga. Wonderful lighting design.

By Viktor & Rolf, Dutch, 2018, original design 2000.

Thom Browne, wedding dress, in hall of unicorn tapestries. The Unicorn in Captivity, c. 1495.

John Galliano, House of Dior, 2006, inside staircase possibly belonging to King Francis I. Design relates to Machiavelli, whose writing were outlawed by the church.

Valentino, 2015 and The Annunciation triptych. Painting, workshop of Robert Campin, c.1427.

House of Dior, 2018, original design 1961, Marc Bohan. Wedding dress.

A few of my other favorites.

The last one is by Alexander McQueen, 1997/1998.

On a side note. I am so pleased with the quality of the photos from my new Samsung 9+. Only one of the photos has been edited

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