In a Painter's Studio (129 books)

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1	Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 778,381 ratings score: 1,167, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4.13 avg rating — 1,855,938 ratings score: 871, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Unknown Masterpiece by Honoré de Balzac 3.81 avg rating — 6,238 ratings score: 596, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 45,434 ratings score: 573, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James 3.80 avg rating — 84,987 ratings score: 492, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 3.81 avg rating — 213,353 ratings score: 486, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.28 avg rating — 749,042 ratings score: 482, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 3.64 avg rating — 163,519 ratings score: 477, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk 3.87 avg rating — 61,101 ratings score: 467, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey, #7) by Dorothy L. Sayers 3.77 avg rating — 14,817 ratings score: 447, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Masterpiece by Émile Zola 3.98 avg rating — 5,395 ratings score: 386, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Matisse Stories by A.S. Byatt 3.75 avg rating — 3,241 ratings score: 376, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Painter of Signs by R.K. Narayan 3.65 avg rating — 2,609 ratings score: 372, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Bernini Bust (Jonathan Argyll, #3) by Iain Pears 3.63 avg rating — 1,453 ratings score: 369, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham 4.12 avg rating — 27,056 ratings score: 287, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland 3.74 avg rating — 41,009 ratings score: 278, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Lust for Life by Irving Stone 4.28 avg rating — 31,530 ratings score: 275, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok 4.24 avg rating — 43,380 ratings score: 274, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Frida by Bárbara Mujica 3.82 avg rating — 4,343 ratings score: 268, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Artists in Crime (Roderick Alleyn, #6) by Ngaio Marsh 4.02 avg rating — 9,729 ratings score: 259, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Painter of Battles by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 3.66 avg rating — 5,070 ratings score: 257, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25) by Agatha Christie 4.03 avg rating — 91,710 ratings score: 250, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	After the Funeral (BBC Radio 4 adaptation) by Michael Bakewell (Adapter) 3.87 avg rating — 158 ratings score: 247, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Hand in Glove by Ngaio Marsh 3.95 avg rating — 2,716 ratings score: 247, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Third Girl (Hercule Poirot, #40) by Agatha Christie 3.69 avg rating — 37,610 ratings score: 244, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 35,837 ratings score: 242, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 by Barbara W. Tuchman 4.12 avg rating — 9,649 ratings score: 238, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Portrait of a Marriage: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson by Nigel Nicolson 4.06 avg rating — 4,509 ratings score: 230, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Gothic Image: Religious Art in France of the Thirteenth Century by Émile Mâle 4.03 avg rating — 180 ratings score: 221, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Pictures from an Institution by Randall Jarrell 3.45 avg rating — 515 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Gently with the Painters (Inspector George Gently 7) by Alan Hunter 3.61 avg rating — 263 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 13,131 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Another Part of the Wood: A Self Portrait by Kenneth M. Clark 3.89 avg rating — 54 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Roderick Hudson by Henry James 3.70 avg rating — 1,152 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays by Tennessee Williams 3.97 avg rating — 742 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Still Life (The Frederica Quartet, #2) by A.S. Byatt 3.90 avg rating — 2,585 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Group Portrait with Lady by Heinrich Böll 3.92 avg rating — 3,804 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Life Studies: Stories by Susan Vreeland 3.76 avg rating — 1,176 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart 3.94 avg rating — 6,926 ratings score: 173, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 43,833 ratings score: 169, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Modigliani Scandal by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author) 3.33 avg rating — 14,893 ratings score: 168, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Portrait by Iain Pears 3.48 avg rating — 2,000 ratings score: 165, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	In the Frame by Dick Francis 4.11 avg rating — 5,388 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Inside the Painter's Studio by Joe Fig 4.21 avg rating — 819 ratings score: 145, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe by Laurie Lisle (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 2,413 ratings score: 140, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Art Through the Ages by Fred S. Kleiner 3.81 avg rating — 45,176 ratings score: 119, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Story of Painting by Wendy Beckett 3.97 avg rating — 4,226 ratings score: 117, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Light That Failed by Rudyard Kipling 3.56 avg rating — 1,238 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Ghost Painter by Marilu Norden (Goodreads Author) 2.91 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Night Studio: A Memoir Of Philip Guston by Musa Mayer 4.21 avg rating — 317 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Marchesa Casati: Portraits of a Muse by Scot D. Ryersson 4.37 avg rating — 73 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Portrait of a Girl Running by J.B. Chicoine (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 111 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Stardust and Sheets by Saiber (Goodreads Author) 4.51 avg rating — 96 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Art of Peeling an Orange by Victoria Avilan (Goodreads Author) 3.31 avg rating — 807 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Clear Seeing Place by Brian Rutenberg (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 221 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Mother Mother by Jessica O'Dwyer (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 114 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Shimmering Ghost of Riversend by Norma Lehr 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Golden Key by Melanie Rawn 3.83 avg rating — 3,685 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary 3.97 avg rating — 1,622 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Scumbler by William Wharton 3.69 avg rating — 415 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	De zaak Magritte by Toni Coppers 3.65 avg rating — 680 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 4,893 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Letters to a Young Artist by Peter Nesbett (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 172 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin by Lawrence Weschler 4.34 avg rating — 2,452 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Georgia O'Keeffe Museum by Peter H. Hassrick 4.23 avg rating — 57 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Night Street by Kristel Thornell 3.41 avg rating — 155 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Het Boleyn Mysterie (Magdalena, #4) by Kathleen McGowan (Goodreads Author) 3.09 avg rating — 70 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa by Michael Kimmelman 3.90 avg rating — 3,173 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	What Painting Is by James Elkins 4.10 avg rating — 535 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Painter of Silence by Georgina Harding 3.49 avg rating — 1,631 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Georgia O'Keeffe: One Hundred Flowers by Georgia O'Keeffe (Editor) 4.34 avg rating — 737 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Sidewalk Artist by Gina Buonaguro (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 456 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Self-Portrait: Trina Schart Hyman by Trina Schart Hyman 4.33 avg rating — 138 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Warpaint by Alicia Foster (Goodreads Author) 3.14 avg rating — 85 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1) by Louise Penny (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 282,120 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Summer in February by Jonathan Smith 3.68 avg rating — 831 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	A Giacometti Portrait by James Lord 4.18 avg rating — 958 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Getting the Picture: A Novel by Sarah Salway 3.20 avg rating — 120 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Thin Ice by Joyce Holms 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque by Jeffrey Ford (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 983 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter by César Aira 3.86 avg rating — 4,415 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #5) by Lawrence Block (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 3,114 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Murder at Wicklow Mensa (Mensa Mystery, #5) by Clare O'Beara (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Raw Silk by Janet Burroway 3.95 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Gift of Asher Lev (Asher Lev, #2) by Chaim Potok 4.19 avg rating — 8,553 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Good Living Street: Portrait of a Patron Family, Vienna 1900 by Tim Bonyhady 3.89 avg rating — 228 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Tweeting Da Vinci by Ann C. Pizzorusso (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 24,899 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s by Otto Friedrich 4.11 avg rating — 1,147 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	The Portrait of Molly Dean (Alex Clayton Art Mystery #1) by Katherine Kovacic (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 510 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	The Terror of St. Trinian's and Other Drawings by Ronald Searle 3.79 avg rating — 145 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Underpainter by Jane Urquhart 3.68 avg rating — 2,916 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Cotton-Pickers by B. Traven 4.03 avg rating — 288 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Primary Colors by Anonymous 3.63 avg rating — 6,166 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	The Raphael Affair (Jonathan Argyll, #1) by Iain Pears 3.53 avg rating — 3,888 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Titian Committee (Jonathan Argyll, #2) by Iain Pears 3.62 avg rating — 1,864 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Giotto's Hand (Jonathan Argyll, #5) by Iain Pears 3.62 avg rating — 1,367 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh 3.81 avg rating — 3,898 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Black As He's Painted (Roderick Alleyn, #28) by Ngaio Marsh 3.80 avg rating — 2,280 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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129 books · 37 voters · list created November 13th, 2010 by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (votes) .

Tags: brushes, canvas, colors, cotton, covers, crayons, drawing, easel, frame, oil-paint, paint, painter, painting, palette, pencil, portrait, rags, still-life, studio, watercolor

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message 1: by Bettie (new)

Nov 13, 2010 06:39AM

Musical interlude

:O)

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message 2: by Bettie (new)

Nov 13, 2010 07:04AM

Musical interlude #2

hee

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message 3: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Nov 13, 2010 07:36AM

Bettie wrote: "Musical interlude

:O)"

Love that song!!

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message 4: by Bettie (new)

Nov 13, 2010 07:46AM

Themis-Athena wrote: "Love that song!!"

So do I dear TA, played it through 3 times backtoback whilst my mind did a back flip through time.

:O)

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message 5: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Nov 13, 2010 07:56AM

... and through space, to the South of France ... ;)

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message 6: by Bettie (new)

Nov 13, 2010 08:01AM

To the flats above Epsom Fire Station was where my recollections took me. lol

*le sigh*

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message 7: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Nov 13, 2010 08:11AM

Epsom Fire Station?

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message 8: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Nov 13, 2010 08:21AM) (new)

Nov 13, 2010 08:17AM

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message 9: by Bettie (new)

Nov 13, 2010 08:20AM

I had a spat with a brat about the merits of this song. The brat was him that I had convinced myself that I loved. Twasn't to be LOL

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message 10: by Bettie (new)

Nov 13, 2010 08:33AM

You found the picture that inspired the song. Van Gogh and Don Maclain ... that duet is heartbreakingly beautiful.

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message 11: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 03:40AM

The version of the picture that I posted is actually a mural on a wall in Venice Beach, CA! :)

How can anyone not love that song? (Err, and that picture?)

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message 12: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Dec 03, 2010 11:27AM

I've just been reading a book about some people who hated such "degenerate" art - The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War.

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message 13: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 11:50AM

Yes -- it's one of the most disgusting "side effects" of the Nazi period ("side effects" compared to the mass murder of Jews and other undesirables, that is). Particularly considering that while the Nazis were quick to condemn as "Entartete Kunst" (degenerate art) pretty much all art produced, say, approximately post-1870, they had absolutely no qualms about looting right and left, all they could get, in every single German-occupied country. The folks at the Louvre had to repeatedly change the hiding place of the Mona Lisa in order to safeguard it against being "confiscated"!

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message 14: by Bettie (last edited Dec 03, 2010 12:09PM) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 12:07PM

I saw there was an exhibition in Berlin of Entartete Kunst sculpture - they recently excavated for a car park in Berlin and found a câchè. Cant remember the name of the museum but it was where I visited Nefertiti - the building has steps up in front of a green (next to the opera house?)where H delivered some important speech. Let me see if I can re-find the details

ETA here we go http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/...

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message 15: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Dec 03, 2010 01:03PM) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 12:38PM

I wish I had the opportunity to go to Berlin to see this.

(Still missing out on the restored and enlarged Bode Museum and the restored Pergamon Museum where Nefertiti now resides, too, for that matter ...)

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message 16: by Bettie (new)

Dec 03, 2010 12:48PM

Oh TA give us a clue - we can both picture in the mind's eye the museum where we viewed Nefertiti (it was not her normal residence) but cannot get the name. I walked uo the steps where H gave his speeches and not enough rain has fallen to cleanse the shoes or mind.

As for visiting - throw a sickie and get yourself there - do it for yourself and your GR pals!

BTW - is Germany going to give back Nefertiti's bust?

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message 17: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 01:03PM

As for the latter: Probably not before the BM, the Louvre and the Metropolitan relinquish their Egyptian treasures, too ...

Can't throw a sickie just now, alas, because all next week we'll be locked up in a conference room having a discussion (or hearing, rather) that we've been working up to for the past 3 years. (This, too, by way of an explanation in case I should drop out of the picture next week, which is highly probable.)

As for Mr. H's speeches, you probably mean Altes Museum near the "Lustgarten" park?

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message 18: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 01:06PM

This one?

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message 19: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 01:10PM

When I first "met" Nefertiti, she was residing here, btw: The Egyptian Museum (Ägyptisches Museum) in Charlottenburg, which was her home pre-reunification.

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message 20: by Bettie (new)

Dec 03, 2010 01:15PM

Themis-Athena wrote: "This one?"

YES! thank you thank you thank you - Christmas eve 2 years ago

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message 21: by Bettie (new)

Dec 03, 2010 01:18PM

The steps were slick with slush and it was dark and chilly but the plundering from the pottery site of ancient Armana was beautifully displayed. *sigh*

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message 22: by Bettie (new)

Dec 03, 2010 01:19PM

Can't throw a sickie just now, alas, because all next week we'll be locked up in a conference room having a discussion (or hearing, rather) that we've been working up to for the past 3 years

Are you in the arts?

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message 23: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 01:36PM

Nope -- as prosaic as you can get, job-wise, alas. Just fascinated with Ancient Egypt ... and with a merry hodge podge cross section of the world's history of art, for that matter, including but not limited to medieval illuminated manuscripts, Van Gogh, Chinese ink drawings and Native American arts and crafts. ;) Which to some extent or another is probably true for a good portion of the folks on this site ...

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message 24: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 01:42PM

Bettie wrote: "The steps were slick with slush and it was dark and chilly but the plundering from the pottery site of ancient Armana was beautifully displayed. *sigh*"

Yeah, Berlin in winter can be extremely dreary -- but I get the feeling you had a good time anyway!

Can you imagine the Place de la Concorde without the obelisque in its center? And to think that the clock which the French gave the Egyptians in exchange never even worked ...

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(Not that any other Western nation was any more charitable about this, either, of course.)

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message 25: by Bettie (last edited Dec 03, 2010 01:47PM) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 01:46PM

Themis-Athena wrote: "Nope -- as prosaic as you can get, job-wise, alas. Just fascinated with Ancient Egypt ... and with a merry hodge podge cross section of the world's history of art, for that matter, including but n..."

Chinese ink - I recommend The City Of Light: The Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China Four Years Before Marco Polo. Don't cheat on the cheap versions as apparently the drawings are the first to go. Have a good lock-in; hope there is enough good crisp wine on offer.

:O)

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message 26: by Bettie (new)

Dec 03, 2010 01:56PM

The worst scenario was the Elgin Marbles - cleaned with brillo pads if you please OH NOES!

I was invited to Manchester to witness the first catscan done on an egyptian mummy - then shown how thay reconstruct faces using computer virtually, and clay/plastic in reality. We all take this tech for granted but 'back then' I was riding the wave.

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message 27: by Bettie (new)

Dec 03, 2010 02:00PM

the clock which the French gave the Egyptians in exchange never even worked

No!!!! lol. In an ideal world, all would be back in situ

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message 28: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Dec 03, 2010 02:58PM) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 02:46PM

Bettie wrote: "The worst scenario was the Elgin Marbles - cleaned with brillo pads if you please OH NOES!

I was invited to Manchester to witness the first catscan done on an egyptian mummy - then shown how thay reconstruct faces using computer virtually, and clay/plastic in reality..."

Wow -- that must have been truly fascinating!

(Bit flat-headed, King Tut, wasn't he? Go figure ...)

"Elgin marbles" and "Paris obelisque" are probably the catch phrases you hear most often in Egypt when it comes to the return of the country's treasures ... (brillo pads ideed!!) The guide we had (also on a trip 2 years ago, btw) was very philosophical about the whole thing -- though he DID tell the story about the non-working clock with obvious relish when we were visiting Muhammad Ali Mosque in Cairo (where the ominous clock is located) ... and of course in Luxor he pointed out the remaining obelisque and commented with a sort of deprecating grin: "So the French got the twin of this -- and in exchange they gave us a beautiful, completely useless clock ..."

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message 29: by Bettie (new)

Dec 03, 2010 03:23PM

The British Museum has always claimed that the sculptures were well cared for, but that is not the case. In the 1930s, they were cleaned, more or less with a Brillo pad and a wire brush, in the mistaken belief that they were originally brilliant white, and in doing so some of the residual ancient paint was taken off, as was the honey-coloured patina of ages.
The Parthenon cannot come to London. Reunification would be voluntary, and it would not entail ceding legal titles of ownership and rights. The new museum on the Acropolis opens on 20 June. It is on the same alignment as the Parthenon, slightly below it on the foothills of the Acropolis.

read more - http://www.dismore4hendon.com/180509-...

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message 30: by Bettie (new)

Dec 03, 2010 03:33PM

OK - I'm nosy/inquisitive - who is you

http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/i...

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message 31: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 03:34PM

He is right, of course! But will any of this stuff go back to where it belongs any time soon? I doubt it ...

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message 32: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Dec 03, 2010 03:51PM

Sounds unlikely to me.

That museum Bettie saw the Nefertiti bust in - very National Socialist architecture!

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message 33: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 03:56PM

Bettie wrote: "OK - I'm nosy/inquisitive - who is you

http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/i..."

Pretty darn well hidden! (Not behind the camera, though.)

2nd row of those standing, 3d from right

and

2nd row of those standing, 2nd from left.

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message 34: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 04:01PM

Susanna wrote: "Sounds unlikely to me.

That museum Bettie saw the Nefertiti bust in - very National Socialist architecture!"

It isn't, actually -- it's neoclassical, built between 1823 and 1830 by Schinkel. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altes_Mu...)

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message 35: by Bettie (new)

Dec 03, 2010 04:10PM

Ah - hah! seen you *hugs and bugs and rock and roll*

You have helped me a lot tonight dear TA and I thank you. What a good discussion, and if I dream tonight it will be filled with ,metal brushes, Egyptian needles. nefertiti's beauty and hitler's footsteps in the snow walking up steps.

Have a good week but first, have a fab weekend
xx

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message 36: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Dec 03, 2010 04:11PM

Themis-Athena wrote: "Susanna wrote: "Sounds unlikely to me.

That museum Bettie saw the Nefertiti bust in - very National Socialist architecture!"

It isn't, actually -- it's neoclassical, built between 1823 and 1830 b..."

Interesting. I can see why the Nazis didn't tear it down, though.

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message 37: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 04:26PM

Bettie wrote: "Ah - hah! seen you *hugs and bugs and rock and roll*

You have helped me a lot tonight dear TA and I thank you. What a good discussion, and if I dream tonight it will be filled with ,metal brushes, Egyptian needles. nefertiti's beauty and hitler's footsteps in the snow walking up steps.

Have a good week but first, have a fab weekend
xx "

And the same to you!! :)

P.S. I'm wearing those socks every single day -- they got here just in time before winter hit us with snowfall and freezing temperatures!

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message 38: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 04:34PM

Susanna wrote: "Themis-Athena wrote: "Susanna wrote: "Sounds unlikely to me.

That museum Bettie saw the Nefertiti bust in - very National Socialist architecture!"

It isn't, actually -- it's neoclassical, built b...

Interesting. I can see why the Nazis didn't tear it down, though."

(It's also a UNESCO World Heritage site -- has been since 1999 ... considered one of the world's foremost neoclassical buildings ... ;) )

Here's a shot from the 1880s:

and this one was taken from the former site of the East German parliament:

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message 39: by Bettie (last edited Dec 04, 2010 07:33AM) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 04:47PM

Goodness - you are such an interesting source. I need to get some shut eye but cannot stop myself refreshing and there you are with more scrumptious info about stuff I love.

So that was the e parliament - sheeeeit, and we have a piccie (somewhere) of me standing next to that waterway

ETA - Here is my photo of the building work on the castle/E German parliamentary site...

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message 40: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 05:52PM

Ha - now I want to see that picture, too, of course! :)

Moi, a source? :P I disclaim any connections with Mr. Asange ...

The East Germans purposely built their parliament in the spot where once the Prussian kings' castle had stood -- actually pulled down the castle for the purpose in order to make a point ... now the parliament building has been razed in turn, in favor of a reconstruction -- of sorts -- of the castle! Talk about history coming full circle ...

Now be good to yourself and GO TO BED! It's bad enough one of us is still up at this hour ...

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message 41: by [deleted user] (last edited Dec 04, 2010 10:54AM) (new)

Dec 03, 2010 11:19PM

Themis-Athena wrote: "He is right, of course! But will any of this stuff go back to where it belongs any time soon? I doubt it ..."

Italy has most of the obelisks from the ancient world. They finally gave back the Obelisk of Axum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelisk_... , better late than never!

Thanks for the fab discussion, ladies! Wow!!

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message 42: by Bettie (last edited Dec 04, 2010 07:38AM) (new)

Dec 04, 2010 07:16AM

Here is me! - I detest personal photos so it is rare occurrence that you would get to see my front.

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message 43: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 04, 2010 09:00AM

Hmmm ... (TA pulls out giant looking glass. :) )

I know how you feel about this, though! That's why I tend to hide in one of the back rows even in group photos ...

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message 44: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 04, 2010 09:07AM

Hayes wrote: "Themis-Athena wrote: "He is right, of course! But will any of this stuff go back to where it belongs any time soon? I doubt it ..."

Italy has most of the obelisks from the ancient world. They finally gave back the Obelisk of Axum..."

Interesting, I didn't know that so many obelisks ended up in Italy!

Seriously, though, one would think that Italy might have a particular incentive to return "borrowed" treasures to their respective countries of origin. The number of Ancient Roman and historic Italian artefacts in museums all around the world must range in the (tens or hundreds) of thousands as well!

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message 45: by Bettie (last edited Dec 04, 2010 09:09AM) (new)

Dec 04, 2010 09:09AM

There's a better one at Newgrange

hahahahaha

I honestly don't think that I have a full face piccie of myself but am still trawling through the files.

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message 46: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 04, 2010 09:21AM

At least we know your hair color now. That's a start! :)

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message 47: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Dec 04, 2010 10:02AM

Italy has a lot of obelisks because the Romans took them from Egypt.

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message 48: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 04, 2010 10:23AM

Oh yes, of course -- that figures!

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message 49: by [deleted user] (new)

Dec 05, 2010 12:09AM

Themis-Athena wrote: "The number of Ancient Roman and historic Italian artefacts in museums all around the world must range in the (tens or hundreds) of thousands as well! "

The problem is that the art and artifacts that Italy has here are not being taken care of (see Pompeii: two structures have collapsed in recent days!) so the art is better off out of Italy. There are Caravaggios and similar works rotting in museum basements, Roman statues being stolen out of galleries and no one notices!

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message 50: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 05, 2010 03:35AM

All the while half the sites you would very much like to visit seem to be "in restauro" at the precise moment you get there ... ;)

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