Month: May 2013
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PEEP THIS…Sistine Chapel wants to suction it all away
Millions have visited with millions more on the horizon. So how to prevent the built up of human humus and environmental mire reeking havoc on priceless one-of-a-kind artistic treasures? As featured in ARTNews April 2013 issue the Vatican plans to better preserve the great works of the Sistine Chapel. Years of grit, grime, dust and…
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Four Good Dresses
Once again it’s spring, and spring means summer dresses! Indeed, I know that many of you are in draping labs working on term garments of this sort, even as I type. During the last dozen or so years of her life, the designer Pauline Trigere came every spring to FIT, to give a lecture on…
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“Equal parts jock and dandy”
The perfect American Male (answering the Gibson Girl, of course), an illustrator able to capture the moment of the new American sportswear, the growth of the ad campaign, and gay subculture… Submitted for your delectation: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-perfect-american-male/ Thank you, J. C. Leyendecker!