Home Interior Paintings
Which presidential candidate will be better at ending the housing recession?
I don’t care about political parties or ideological issues. Simply, which president will be better at ending the housing recession?
I’m a working artist whose income primarily comes from creating wall-sized still-life paintings in new constructions. For example, I just completed a work in a home whose main interior colors were black and white. I custom painted a sepia toned, 1800s-looking Western bar theme for the wall that the owners really seemed to like. There are only 10 or so people in the country who do this. But with the housing recession, my sales are down due to lack of opportunities. I’ve had to take a part-time job teaching at the local junior college.
(Besides, my wife, a successful attorney who likely will vote Republican, has been getting on my case about my idle time, but I post that stuff in the Marriage forum here.)
Which presidential candidate would be better for a mid-career working artist like myself? I don’t use federal grants, so don’t need help there.
You occupy a niche that probably won’t do well in a recessive economy. No President will have a great effect on the housing market. The housing market does what it does all on its own. I’d suggest you figure out something else to paint to supplement what will probably be a declining income.
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6Feet Tall Double Sided Works of Degas Room Divider $125 OFN2040: Features: -Room divider.-Subjects of both paintings, as with many of Degas’ most acclaimed works, are ballet dancers.-Front image is Blue Dancers, circa 1890 featuring dancers in deep sapphire blue tutus in front of a lovely mottled background.-On the back is the Dance in the Foyer at the Opera on the Rue Le Peletier, circa 1872 , featuring ballerinas in white studying their craft.-Both sides are fine quality reproductions of two of Degas’ most engaging, compelling works of art.-This multi-purpose room divider provides attractive interior design elements for your living room, bedroom, dining room, home office or business.-Easily block light from a bedroom window or doorway.-For dividing a space, redirecting foot traffic, hiding unsightly areas or equipment or for providing a background for plants or sculptures.-Use to define a cozy, attractive spot for table and chairs in a larger room. Color/Finish: -Two extra large, beautiful art prints – printed with fade resistant, high color saturation ink. |
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Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago $45 The Arts and Crafts movement in architecture, interior design, and decorative arts reached its peak between 1880 and 1910 in Britain and North America. The movement’s emphasis on aesthetic quality and a high level of craftsmanship, promoted as an antidote to the ubiquity and uninspired appearance of machine-produced products, remains much admired today. Arts and Crafts enjoyed special resonance in Chicago, the home of Jane Addams’s Hull House, where immigrants and women received training in handicraft skills not only to beautify domestic life but also to provide them with viable, honorable work. Apostles of Beauty presents outstanding examples by the movement’s British originators, such as William Morris and Charles Robert Ashbee, as well as its greatest American practitioners, such as Gustav Stickley and Frank Lloyd Wright. The volume highlights a wide range of objects, including ceramics, furniture, metalwork, paintings, photographs, and textiles. It focuses on Chicago’s absorption and interpretation of the movement, featuring works from the Art Institute, the University of Chicago, the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Crab Tree Farm, and private collections. Contributors to the book explore the complex influences of the Arts and Crafts style and provide a thematic history of the movement, including a section on design and collecting in Chicago. |
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Art Reproduction Oil Painting – Jaded Spirit & Brief Happiness (panel 1) with 2 3/8 wood frame with black finish. 36 X 48 (interior dimensions) – 40.75 X 52.75 – Hand Painted Framed Canvas Art $568 Young has created a humorous and eye catching collection of art for sale; funny undergarments and disturbing graphic art. To translate that into the gallery, he recreated the underwear with stencils, paper and graffiti. Simple shapes create a pleasant and friendly face on the briefs, available in blue, yellow, and green. The last piece depicts a large black rounded head on an off white background. Dark magenta slits are the eyes, and written along the top of the ghoul like head is, Your dreams are my breakfast. The artwork was created in the eighth episode of the second season of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. The artist was tasked with creating a piece of street art that could work in both a gallery and street vendor setting. Young’s art catches the eyes from any passerby. It would be a welcome addition to any fun-loving household. Born in Skokie, Illinois, Young Sun has traveled the world for his art. He studied at Goldsmiths College in London, Kunsthochschule Fur Medien in Germany, and graduated with a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He works in installations, performance pieces, paintings, and photography. While running and curating a gallery in New Zealand, Young was named one of the top 10 artists to watch by the New Zealand Herald’s Canvas magazine. He has even had his art produced as a public billboard in Auckland, NZ, as well as at New Zealand Fashion Week. He has sold many of his pieces in the United States, New Zealand, France, and Germany. Young wants to expose his art to a wide audience, and sees his art as a way to express his beliefs; he philosophizes while getting his hands dirty . Frame Description: 2 3/8 wood frame with black finish. 36 X 48 (interior dimensions) |
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Art Reproduction Oil Painting – Van Gogh Paintings: Cafe Terrace at Night with 2 3/8 wood frame with black finish. 36 X 48 (interior dimensions) – 40.75 X 52.75 – Hand Painted Framed Canvas Art $565 36 X 48 Oil Painting On Canvas Cafe Terrace at Night, also known as The Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum, is a painting by the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh which was done in Arles, France in September 1888. Today it has been carefully recreated detail by detail, color by color to near perfection. Why settle for a print when you can add sophistication to your rooms with a beautiful fine gallery reproduction oil painting? In this painting Van Gogh depicts a cafe in Arles, then Cafe Terrace and today it is called Cafe van Gogh. The style of the painting is unique for Van Gogh with warm colors and depth of perspective. This is the first painting Van Gogh used starry backgrounds. He went on to paint star filled skies in Starry Night Over the Rhone, painted the same month, and the better known Starry Night a year later. Vincent Van Gogh’s restless spirit and depressive mental state fired his artistic work with great joy and, sadly, equally great despair. Known as a prolific Post-Impressionist, he produced many paintings that were heavily biographical. This work of art has the same emotions and beauty as the original by Van Gogh. Why not grace your home with this reproduced masterpiece? It is sure to bring many admirers! Frame Description: 2 3/8 wood frame with black finish. 36 X 48 (interior dimensions) |
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Art Reproduction Oil Painting – Van Gogh Paintings: Starry Night Over The Rhone with 2 3/8 wood frame with black finish. 36 X 48 (interior dimensions) – 40.75 X 52.75 – Hand Painted Framed Canvas Art $565 36 X 48 Oil Painting On Canvas Hand painted oil reproduction of a famous Vincent Van Gogh painting, Starry Night Over the Rhone. The original masterpiece was created in 1889. Today it has been carefully recreated detail-by-detail, color-by-color to near perfection. Why settle for a print when you can add sophistication to your rooms with a beautiful fine gallery reproduction oil painting? Starry Night over the Rhone is one of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings of Arles at night; it was painted on the banks of the Ronne River. The night sky and the effects of light at night provided the subject for some of his more famous paintings, including Cafe Terrace at Night and the later canvas from Saint-Remy, Starry Night. The challenge of painting at night intrigued Van Gogh. The point of view he chose for Starry Night over the Rhone allowed him to capture the reflections of the gas lighting in Arles across the glimmering blue water of the Rhone. The sky is illuminated and in the foreground, two lovers stroll by the banks of the river. Vincent Van Gogh’s restless spirit and depressive mental state fired his artistic work with great joy and, sadly, equally great despair. Known as a prolific Post-Impressionist, he produced many paintings that were heavily biographical. This work of art has the same emotions and beauty as the original by Van Gogh. Why not grace your home with this reproduced masterpiece? It is sure to bring many admirers! Frame Description: 2 3/8 wood frame with black finish. 36 X 48 (interior dimensions) |
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Art Reproduction Oil Painting – Van Gogh Paintings: Starry Night with 2 3/8 wood frame with black finish. 36 X 48 (interior dimensions) – 40.75 X 52.75 – Hand Painted Framed Canvas Art $565 36 X 48 Oil Painting On Canvas Need Help Decorating your Home? Click Here to get Inspired! Hand painted oil reproduction of one of the most famous Van Gogh paintings, Starry Night. The original masterpiece was created in 1889. Today it has been carefully recreated detail-by-detail to near perfection as a complete canvas art reproduction. Why settle for a print when you can add sophistication to your rooms with a beautiful fine gallery reproduction oil painting? One of the today’s most recognized paintings, Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh is a classic painting that invokes emotions from the serenity of the church steeple to the wild abandon of color used for his late night sky. Imagine the movement of the painter as he twists and turns his brush to create the dance between the stars and the clouds under the calm, peaceful village. Vincent Van Gogh’s restless spirit and depressive mental state fired his artistic work with great joy and, sadly, equally great despair. Known as a prolific Post-Impressionist, he produced many paintings that were heavily biographical. This work of art has the same emotions and beauty as the original by Van Gogh. Why not grace your home with this reproduced masterpiece? It is sure to bring many admirers! Frame Description: 2 3/8 wood frame with black finish. 36 X 48 (interior dimensions) |
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Artistic Interiors $60 <P><I>Artistic Interiors</I> is an extraordinary volume featuring the work of prestigious architectural interior designer Suzanne Lovell. Hundreds of full color photographs feature her unique approach toward designing couture environments that create an expressive home through the integration of architecture, sophisticated materials, and fine art. Exploring more than a dozen residences, Lovell takes the reader on a journey through homes with sumptuous interiors, finely crafted details, and exceptional collections. A lifestyle architect practicing at the intersection of architecture and interiors, design and art, Lovell’s work incorporates an expansive array of paintings, drawings, and photography, ceramics and sculpture, textiles, custom furnishings, and antiques. Suzanne Lovell is the go-to designer for the passionate collector and <I>Artistic Interiors</I> offers a glimpse into her distinct design process through striking images of her work.<BR><BR>Praise for <I>Artistic Interiors</I>:<BR><BR>’For Suzanne Lovell, a well-designed room serves as a frame for the art it displays. In more than twelve featured projects, Lovell tailors her aesthetic to highlight her clients’ collections, resulting in graceful, harmonious spaces that are enhanced with works by Kara Walker, Vik Muniz, and Henri Matisse, among others.’ –<I>Architectural Digest</I></P> <P style=’MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt’ class=MsoNormal> ‘Perfect for gift giving; the holidays fast approach.’ –<I>Ebony<BR></I></P> <P style=’MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt’ class=MsoNormal><BR></P> <P style=’MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt’ class=MsoNormal>’An instant education in how art and furniture can live in harmony.’ –<I>Chicago</I> magazine</P> <P style=’MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt’ class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style=’MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt’ class=MsoNormal>’This book will have a special appeal to those looking for a sophisticated point of view in Midwestern abodes.’ –<I>Library Journal<BR></I></P> <P style=’MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt’ class=MsoNormal> </P> |
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At Home: The Domestic Interior in Art $16.8 Paintings by more than 100 artists from the past four centuries celebrate the home and domestic life.No genre in the history of art has such immediate, and such lasting, popular appeal as the domestic interior, shown here in more than 150 paintings. And yet behind these evocative scenes lies an important reassessment. The domestic interior has had a hidden life in the history of art, and Frances Borzello, in a delightfully written text, shows why it has misleadingly been neglected as a category in art.The story starts with the interiors of the Dutch artists of the seventeenth century and takes in a long period in which the interior was frowned upon or ignored by the rules of artistic propriety. During the nineteenth century social and economic change encouraged new concentration on depicting the home environment, culminating in the interior’s greatest golden age in the late nineteenth century. The evolution of the genre in our own time challenges conventional wisdom that domesticity was the enemy of the avant-garde.The book includes reproductions of ravishing works by more than 100 artists, from Maes and Vermeer to Sargent, Bonnard, and Cassatt to Hopper and Tanning. 160 color illustrations. |
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Authentic Decor: The Domestic Interior 1620 – 1920 $47.98 Used – “A compendium of domestic interiors from 1620 to 1920….This indulgence-of-a-book is one you’ll hoard and pore over for weeks….From New York to France to Denmark and Poland… paintings, diagrams and sketches illustrate the arrangement of furniture, prominent architectural details, favorite loose furnishings and prevailing moods of each design era. Page after page delight the eye and spark the imagination.”–”Century Home. |
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Authentic decor : the domestic interior 1620-1920 $30 Used – “A compendium of domestic interiors from 1620 to 1920….This indulgence-of-a-book is one you’ll hoard and pore over for weeks….From New York to France to Denmark and Poland… paintings, diagrams and sketches illustrate the arrangement of furniture, prominent architectural details, favorite loose furnishings and prevailing moods of each design era. Page after page delight the eye and spark the imagination.”–”Century Home. |
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Charles Faudree’s Country French Living $19.99 One of America’s top 100 designers, Charles Faudree has worldwide appeal with his interpretation of Country French. Charles Faudree’s Country French Living features his newest room designs. From the entryway to the dressing room to walls, dining rooms, and outdoor spaces, Charles teaches principles of design that make a house a Country French home:The importance of the bedroom and how to make it a soothing sanctuary, deserving as much attention to beauty and detail as the rest of the home. How to identify a pivotal fabric, a dominant color, or one magnificent antique that will dictate the style and design for a whole room. How books can create an inviting atmosphere and add a warmth all their own.How a valance is the ultimate decorating deceit, and how window treatments express the personality of a room and add a proper finish.How to use walls as they are meant–as a stage on which to display one’s favorite collections. How to use symmetrical groupings that provide a sense if balance and order in a roomCharles Faudree’s Country French Living also shows how to make the most of accessories like lamps, pillows, baskets, paintings, and more to finish a room and provide the charm and character so important in a well-designed French Country setting. Country French Living reveals that the true test of a beautiful room is in the details. Charles Faudree’s clients are found throughout America as well as in Spain and Jamaica. Five individual homes designed by Charles, including his own, have been featured on HGTV. During his twenty-five-year career as an interior designer, his work has appeared in many design magazines and decorating books. Six of his own homes have been featured in Traditional Home magazine, where he was a Design Award Winner in 1995. He has also been featured in Better Homes & Gardens Special Interest Publications, Renovation Style, Veranda, Southern Accents, and House Beautiful. In 2002 he was named one of America’s |
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House Beautiful 750 Designer Secrets: Exclusive Design Ideas from the Pros $24.95 We all want to be daring interior decorators, but who among us can combine true whimsy with exquisite taste? In this natural, fully illustrated follow-up to 750 Decorating & Design Ideas, the editors of House Beautiful offer a bounty of imaginative design ideas for every room in your home. With succinct descriptions and over 400 photos, these experienced pros share secrets about decorating with color and pattern; enhancing atmospheric lighting; creating family-friendly spaces; and “expanding” small spaces. Sample tip: “Turn a small entrance vestibule into an exclamation point by layering it floor to ceiling with abstract paintings.” Simply superb. |
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House Proud: Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection $45 In the nineteenth century, it became fashionable for aristocratic and upper-class homeowners in Europe to commission watercolor paintings of their domestic interiors and to collect them in albums. House Proud: Nineteenth-century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection commemorates the recent gift of 85 nineteenth-century watercolor interior drawings–the largest collection of its kind in America–to Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum by Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw. Essays analyzing these beautiful, exquisitely detailed watercolors and their significance to the Museum”s collection, accompanied by the watercolors and related objects from the permanent collection, document the evolution of the domestic interior in the nineteenth century, revealing the impact of economic, social, and political developments on the concept of the home. |
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Imagined Interiors $85 This innovative book examines the changing ways in which the domestic interior has been represented in the West over the last 500 years. Looking at a rich array of depictions of the home, including paintings, novels, television, film, diaries, sketches, and photographs by such artists as Vermeer, Hogarth, Alfred Hitchcock, Bill Brandt, and many others, Imagined Interiors features everything from grand decorative schemes to simple cottages. It takes a completely new and original look at a subject not previously covered in this depth and breadth. |
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Imagined Interiors: Representing the Domestic Interior Since the Renaissance $44 Used – This innovative book examines the changing ways in which the domestic interior has been represented in the West over the last 500 years. Looking at a rich array of depictions of the home, including paintings, novels, television, film, diaries, sketches, and photographs by such artists as Vermeer, Hogarth, Alfred Hitchcock, Bill Brandt, and many others, “Imagined Interiors” features everything from grand decorative schemes to simple cottages. It takes a completely new and original look at |
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Imagined Interiors: Representing the Domestic Interior Since the Renaissance $44 New – This innovative book examines the changing ways in which the domestic interior has been represented in the West over the last 500 years. Looking at a rich array of depictions of the home, including paintings, novels, television, film, diaries, sketches, and photographs by such artists as Vermeer, Hogarth, Alfred Hitchcock, Bill Brandt, and many others, “Imagined Interiors” features everything from grand decorative schemes to simple cottages. It takes a completely new and original look at a |
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Imagined Interiors: Representing the Domestic Interior since the Renaissance $44.01 This innovative book examines the changing ways in which the domestic interior has been represented in the West over the last 500 years. Looking at a rich array of depictions of the home, including paintings, novels, television, film, diaries, sketches, and photographs by such artists as Vermeer, Hogarth, Alfred Hitchcock, Bill Brandt, and many others, Imagined Interiors features everything from grand decorative schemes to simple cottages. It takes a completely new and original look at a subject not previously covered in this depth and breadth. |
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Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall: An Artist’s Country Estate $24.5 This beautiful book focuses on Laurelton Hall, Louis Comfort Tiffany’s extraordinary country estate in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. Beginning in 1902, Tiffany (1848–1933) designed every aspect of the immense home, which had eighty-four rooms and eight levels, and extensive grounds into which the house was carefully integrated. Tiffany’s residential masterpiece was also a quasi-museum, for he filled it with his own works—windows, glassware, pottery, enamels, lamps, oil paintings, and watercolors—as well as with objects from his collections of Islamic, Asian, and Native American art.Laurelton Hall burned down in 1957, but about ten years earlier most of its contents had been removed and sold. Every aspect of the estate is examined and re-created in this volume: its terraced gardens with fountains and pools; the many outbuildings; and Tiffany’s life there. The interior decoration of Laurelton Hall, a particular focus of the book, is represented by both numerous period photographs and newly commissioned color photography of surviving artworks and salvaged architectural components from the estate. For all who admire Tiffany and his work, this book presents a unique portrait of his remarkable home. |
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Making Prints from Nature: Storey’s Country Wisdom Bulletin A-177 $3.95 Since 1973, Storey’s Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.Author Biography: The works of artist Laura Donnelly Bethmann appear in corporate and private collections all over the northeastern United States, London and Paris. Her watercolor paintings, nature prints, drawings and calligraphy have been commissioned through interior designers, galleries and art shows. Laura is primarily self-taught and has been self-employed since 1982. Her artistic knowledge is prevalent and helpful in her Storey Book, Nature Printing with Herbs, Fruits & Flowers. Laura has also co-authored a book filled with beautiful branch and twig projects called Rustic Accents For Your Home. Laura has taught courses and workshops in painting, drawing, calligraphy, and many other medias. She presents demonstrations and workshops at garden centers, women’s clubs, museums, art organizations and college art departments, among other locations. Laura is an active member in The Nature Printing Society in Santa Barbara, California. She has appeared on Home Matters (Discovery Channel) and The Carol DuVoll Show (HGTV). She lives and works in her home studio in New Jersey where she lives with her husband and two daughters. |
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My Gaze Is Turned Inward: Letters 1934-1943 $17.87 Events of the time are a bit like Impressionist paintings . . . which combine into a recognizable whole only when observed from a distance.-Gertrud Kolmar, in a letter to her sister, October 22, 1939 So a picture of Gertrud Kolmar, a gifted Jewish writer struggling to sustain her art and her family in the midst of the encroaching horrors of Nazi Germany, emerges clearly from these eloquent and allusive letters. Written in the stolen moments before her day as a forced laborer in a munitions factory began, the letters tell of Kolmar’s move from the family home in Fikenbrug to a three-room flat in Berlin, which she and her father must soon share with three other displaced Jews. They describe her factory work as a kind of learning experience, and assert, in the face of ever-worsening conditions, that true art, never dependent on comfort or peace, is capable of triumphing over . . . time and place. Indeed, her letters are a triumph of art, transforming an externally adverse fate and communicating the freedom of the human will in the midst of unfreedom. Prevented by the strict censorship of the time from saying too much too directly, Kolmar nonetheless manages to convey the intensity and determination of her inner world as well as the relentlessness of the outer world bent on crushing her. For their insight into the mind and soul of a poet paradoxically submitting to and defying fate, and for their interior vision of one of history’s darkest moments, these letters can be read as a unique document of literary, historical, and spiritual power. |
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Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures: Orientalism in America, 1870-1930 $57.5 Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures explores complex American attitudes toward the Near East–as revealed in collected paintings, interior design, and multiple vernacular forms–at the formative moment of industrialization and the crystallization of a truly mass culture. Published to coincide with the multimedia exhibition that opens at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and travels to the Walters Art Gallery and the Mint Museum of Art, this catalogue considers how urban, mercantile, Protestant America represented the Islamic world of the Middle East and North Africa in ways that say more about itself than the foreign culture.This gorgeously illustrated volume first looks at the use of Orientalist stereotypes by some of the country’s most important high art painters of the nineteenth century: Frederic Edwin Church’s treatment of the exotic terrain through a lens of deep religiosity; a more cosmopolitan reading of the harem girl by John Singer Sargent; the perfumed alternative to industrial capitalism conjured in the landscapes and market scenes of Samuel Colman and Louis Comfort Tiffany; and interpretations of the Orient as emancipatory by Ella Pell, the only major woman Orientalist. The book next traces the popularization of Orientalism in the decorative arts (including a few treasures from Olana, Church’s Moorish-style home on the Hudson), on Broadway, and in Hollywood, as well as through advertising that linked consumer products with visual suggestions of exotic sexuality and through cultural objects, such as the Shriners’ fez.The generous color plates show both an innocent romanticization of the Orient and a darker, heavily eroticized version of Oriental “otherness.” Anexcellent chronology and bibliography, in addition to expert essays by both Americanists and Islamicists, give context to absorbing images. Though a perfect companion for visitors to the exhibition, Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures is also for anyone seeking an uncommon take on the |
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Set of 2 Rich Red Floral Tibetan Poppy Wall Mounted Decor 31.5 $144.99 Tibetan Poppy Wall Decor Item #47296-2 Dimensional flowers pop off the canvas with rich red hues in this set of two paintings Can be displayed together for a bold interior statement or apart for a more subtle accent Dimensions: 31.5 H x 31.5 W Material(s): canvas/fir |
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The Palace of Holyroodhouse $4.74 The Palace of Holyroodhouse, in its exceptional setting at the end of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, has played a central role in Scotland’s history ever since its foundation by King David I of Scotland nearly 900 years ago. Rebuilt by James V of Scotland, it was to become the home of his daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots, and the scene for many of the most dramatic and tragic events of her reign, culminating in the murder in the palace of her secretary, David Rizzio. Rebuilt again by Charles II after the Civil War, the palace became a showplace of baroque architecture and interior decoration. It was the Edinburgh headquarters of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745, a refuge after the French Revolution of 1789 for the future Charles X of France, and from the time of the visit of George IV in 1822 onwards, one of the foremost attractions in the Scottish capital. Today visitors are drawn to the Palace as much for its association with Scotland’s past as for its role as The Queen’s official home in Edinburgh. The palace also houses a significant part of the Royal Collection, with paintings and works of art on display both within the palace and in the Queen’s Gallery. This fully illustrated guide includes an introduction to its fascinating history, a plan of the palace, and a tour through the state rooms, including Charles II’s splendid baroque interiors and the hauntingly atmospheric chambers of Mary, Queen of Scots—scene of the famous murder. |