Dose of Culture

Additional scenes from this week:

~ My art studio set up ~

~ Parmesian Squash Cakes (preferring more cheese and less shallots) ~

From my trip to the Flagler Museum:

~ Front of Flagler Museum ~

~ Opulence to the left ~

~ and opulence to the right ~

~ Lion head which is a symbol of the sun ~

~ Me, taking in the gloriousness of it all ...

Most recent fascinations:

•  The reign of Queen Victoria with Prince Albert (after watching Young Victoria) 
• Accomplishments of Henry Morrison Flagler (recently inspired after a visit to his prior house turned museum)

After my exposure to the paintings from the museum, I skimmed through general paintings of old and made a modest list of some of my favorites:

Painter: John William Waterhouse
St. Cecilia
The Danaides
Psyche opening the Golden Box
A Tale from Decameron
Destiny
The Shrine
Fair Rosamund
Pandora

Painter: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
The Finding of Moses
Vain Courtship
The Baths of Caracalla (love)

Painter: William Adolphe Bouguereau
The Dance (love)
Two Girls (Childhood Idyll) (love)