Madonna Rising
“Madonna Ensemble,” Thierry Mugler, 10th Anniversary Collection, 1984/84, exhibit “Heavenly Bodies,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 2018,
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Museums Are My Muse
“Madonna Ensemble,” Thierry Mugler, 10th Anniversary Collection, 1984/84, exhibit “Heavenly Bodies,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 2018,
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White Pelicans, Walvis Bay, Namibia
A trio of white pelicans lazing their way in Walvis Bay, Namibia.
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Store Window, Old Cairo, Egypt
I blend in quite well among the vintage Egyptian wares in a store front in Old Cairo. This challenge was a good use of a bad photo.
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Temple of Nefertari, Abu Simbel, Egypt
The Temple of Nefertari is one of two massive 13th-century BCE rock-cut temples at Abu Simbel, a village in Nubia, part of southern Egypt. They are dedicated to Pharaoh Ramses II and his favorite wife, Nefertari, whose giant relief images decorate the of the temple, and commemorate the Pharoah’s victory at the Battle of Kadesh. Neferatri wasn’t granted equal status on the temple dedicated to Ramses II, who had an inflated ego based upon the number of representations of himself he commissioned.
Abu Simbel is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the “Nubian Monuments.” Between 1960 and 1980, through the use of international campaign, 19 temples or monuments were rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser after construction of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River. The monuments were dismantled, carved up and moved to other sites. Fifteen were reassembled in six groups along the shores of the lake; Egypt donated four temples to countries whose efforts had greatly contributed to the success of the salvage and rescue operation. Between 1964 and 1968, Abu Simbel was cut into blocks, dismantled and relocated to a location 65 meters higher than its original location on the western bank of the Nile River.
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Ceiling Decoration, Queen’s Boudoir, Palace of Queluz (Palácio de Queluz),
Ceiling decoration from the Queen’s Boudoir in the Palace of Queluz (Palácio de Queluz), an 18th-century Portuguese rococo palace, located at Queluz, now a suburb of Lisbon. Construction began in 1747 as a summer retreat for Dom Pedro of Braganza. He later married his niece, Maria (December 1734–March 1816). In 1777, Maria became Dona Maria I, Queen of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves; Dom Pedro became king consort. The early years of Maria’s reign were successful, but following Dom Pedro’s death in 1786, she grew increasingly unstable, suffering from religious mania and melancholia. Her mental illness made her incapable of handling state affairs after 1792. In 1794, Queen Maria and her court took up official residence at Queluz, where she could be shielded from the public. Queluz Palace remained the official residence of the Portuguese prince regent John V, Maria’s eldest son, and the royal family although he ruled from Lisbon and the palace at Mafra. In 1807 the royal family, including Maria, fled to the Portuguese colony of Brazil following the French invasion of Portugal. Maria died in Brazil in 1816; she was known as Maria the Pious (in Portugal), or Maria the Mad (in Brazil).
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The New 3 Rs: Retire, Recharge, Reconnect 