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Day two of epic art gallery shmoozing:

Roy Lichtenstein

Titian

Giovanni Paolo Panini

Sebastiano Ricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Artist whose name escapes me right now.

Caneletto

Giovanni Paolo Panini

Diego Velázquez

Albrecht Dürer

Hans Holbein The Younger


Hendrick ter Brugghen

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Vermeer



Edgar Degas

More photos to come as soon as I receive a copy of the photos I took on my friend's camera after mine died... and before hers died too.

XLVIII.

I'm home! I also have some wonderful photographs from the first day to share while my Chick-Fil-A sweet tea caffeine rush wears off:

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Francisco de Goya

Fragonard

Chardin

Bellini

Paul Gaugin

Edgar Degas

Lots of Degas...

"If this were in the 21st century, girlfriend on the left would be on her cell phone." -Caroline

Auguste Rodin

Plenty more where these came from!

XLVII.

Greetings from Washington D.C.! I have been having a fabulous time trying something new everyday I've been here- gay clubbing, attending a major league soccer game, trying Belgian food, etc.. I've also browsed most of the National Gallery and photographed some incredible works from post-medieval to impressionism... until my camera died... and my friend's camera died. I was really sad because we ended up passing an I. M. Pei piece on the way to the metro. I have many works to post once my camera charges again. Get stoked!

XLVI.

A jewelry company I adore, Pyrrha is no longer available in Virginia Beach. The boutique and interior design store (Wild Orchid- VB's equivalent to Anthropologie) that carried the line sadly went out of business just last month. I was lucky to snatch up a necklace and a jewelry stand during their closeout. I love Pyrrha because first they start as silver, gold, or bronze blobs, then the blobs are melted down, cooled a bit, stamped with a 19th-century wax seal, trimmed, and then become necklaces, rings, or bracelets. Another cool thing is that each seal stands for something like "Love conquers all" or "I change only in death," etc. There's a whole seal interpretation site.

XLV.

These bad boys are at the top of my wishlist. My last pair of Wayfarers was stolen and I haven't been able to find that specific tortoise finish since; must've been discontinued. The above pair is the closest thing. The funny thing is, the day after my glasses were stolen, I had already bought a pair for my boyfriend's birthday a month prior. As you could guess, I was bitter about Wayfarers for a while, so instead of buying a new pair in a different color, I ended up buying the Clubmasters:


I do love them but it's just not the same. They look amazing and they boost any outfit, but they're so heavy- they leave red marks on my nose for most of the day. On a better note, Ray-Bans last forever and make pretty much everyone look awesome; it's no wonder they're the top-selling sunglasses brand in the world. If I could, I would buy a pair for every day of the week. I can't get enough of them:

XLIV.

So whilst looking through the Chrylser's database to see if there are any pieces they're hiding in their catalogues, I found...

(Hagar)

and

(Sarai)

by Nancy Witt! Why are they hiding these masterpieces? The public needs to feast their eyes.

XLIII.

More beautiful works. I couldn't help myself.

(Misc. Buddha)

(Giovanni Battista Pittoni)

(Thomas Couture)

(William Merritt Chase)

(Georges Braque)

(Arshile Gorky)

(Henry Stone)

I'll post works from my laptop as soon as I can. Otherwise, I just struck gold. See next post.