Art Friday: All about bling!
Art Friday: Bling
Todays art is all about jewels worn by rich and famous of the time — generally members of the royal families of Europe. This is serious jewels worth $$$$$ and some more $$$!! I often wonder about the weight that some of these ladies have to wear and how much it makes their necks and heads ache.
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| Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon |
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| Maria Feodorovna (born Princess Dagmar of Denmark), Empress-Consort of Alexander III of Russia |
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What an interesting post, thank you my dear friend, there are some details in the paintings and in the photograps you've shared so charming about jewels !
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Dany
I alos noticed all that detail, it is amazing how an artist can place a blob of paint and turn it into a beautiful pearl!
DeleteLovely. Can't wait to show Sophia. She's all about bling and accessories.
ReplyDeleteThis is a lot of bling!!! I hope Sophia enjoys it :)
DeleteSuch gorgeous jewelry. But I wonder, where are they now?
ReplyDeleteChristine - you thought the very same question I did - where are they all now. I would assume that some have been melted down and turned into other jewels, but i wonder how many went missing in all the many wars that have criss-crossed Europe over the years - for example, what happened to all the jewels from the Tsars in Russia?
DeleteSome pretty pieces of jewelry there (especially in the last collage), and some really gawdy ugly ones!! I don't like the really heavy-looking pieces... The more delicate jewelry is far more pretty - like the middle tiara in the last collection.
ReplyDeleteI am sure some pieces must have left the wearing with a migrant with all that weight. When I was young (quite young) I would make tiaras and wear them with my dress-up clothes pretending to be a princesses!! Auntie Helen had a stack of books on the young princesses Elizabeth and Margaret and I use to pretend I was one of them!!
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