LONDON
Early Renaissance Art and Modern Theatre
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I stopped making rude gestures at the coffee maker in my room and went to the National Gallery to see a special exhibit, Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350. I loved it. Here are a few pieces.
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| Duccio The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels About 1290-5 |
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| Diptych with the Glorification of the Virgin and the Crucifixion Paris, France, 1325-50 |
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| Pietro Lorenzetti's Pieve Polyptych 1320 |
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| The Limbourg Brothers The Belle Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry 1405-8/9 |
I then went to a play nearby at the Harold Pinter Theatre. The Years, based on Annie Ernaux's memoir, was simply sensational.
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RANDOM SHOTS OF THE DAY
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| A lady showed me her neat shoes. The brand is Ganter. |
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| Vermeer's A Young Woman Standing at a Virginal |
Manet's The Execution of Maximilian
After Manet's death, his family cut up the canvas and sold individual fragments separately. Degas acquired the surviving fragments, and the National Gallery bought them in 1918. They were finally combined on one canvas in the late 1970s.
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