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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: Maggi Young on September 14, 2020, 02:39:41 PM

Title: Meanwhile - in Italy or, A look back through time!
Post by: Maggi Young on September 14, 2020, 02:39:41 PM: John Grimshaw was at Musei Vaticani & Cappella Sistina. Rome, Italy .......
"Early members of the Alpine Garden Society/ Scottish Rock Garden Club/ North American Rock Garden Society (etc) admire a trough."

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Detail from the Madonna de Monteluce by Raphael, Giulio Romano and Il Fattore, 1505-25.

Well-spotted by John Grimshaw - so few of these early memories are in colour! ::) ;D ;) :D
Title: Re: Meanwhile - in Italy or, A look back through time!
Post by: cohan on September 14, 2020, 05:55:54 PM: wow-- I didn't realise the venerable clubs were quite so venerable!
Title: Re: Meanwhile - in Italy or, A look back through time!
Post by: ArnoldT on September 14, 2020, 07:33:07 PM: John's being a bit clever. If you have a look at the entire painting they are responding to something above their heads

https://www.wga.hu/support/viewer_m/z.html

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Title: Re: Meanwhile - in Italy or, A look back through time!
Post by: fermi de Sousa on September 15, 2020, 02:06:16 PM: He's obviously making some sort of Assumption ::)
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Meanwhile - in Italy or, A look back through time!
Post by: cohan on September 17, 2020, 04:54:59 PM: Quote from: fermi de Sousa on September 15, 2020, 02:06:16 PM
He's obviously making some sort of Assumption ::)
cheers
fermi

oh dear.. the whole thing is clearly (floating on a cloud) over my head!