Winter is trying to hang on. A little snow here, a little there; pity the poor beast. It's death is so near. We currently have no snow on the ground, but for the 15th or 16th time this season, that will change this evening. Yesterday morning we awoke to a "snow globe" snowfall, as if someone had shaken the Amherstburg globe. And then it melted. I managed a number of chilly walks this week, and hope to continue on into Spring. Not much to report around here. Deb has completed another episode in Yorick's adventures; I continue to struggle with my piano pieces due to eyesight reading problems. The 28th can't come fast enough. I suspect that I will need a different strength for each eye, as no reading glasses seem to work for me. However, I am able to read books. It's the mid-range computer and piano music distance that is causing me grief.
We still have no travel plans, other than a short jaunt to Cleveland in April, and another to Sudbury in early May. If Deb is accepted into their film festival again, we will return to Cincinnati in August.
Today's offering from the DIA is a Gobelin Tapestry, from around 1535. Hope you enjoy!
Winter, Gobelin Tapestry (17th C.) from The Seasons of Lucas Series, designed ca. 1535.
7 m x 4 m. Detroit Institute of Arts.
This is one big tapestry! Unfortunately, it is rarely on display. Created 30 years before Bruegel's famous Seasons landscape series, there are some people who believe his painting was strongly influenced by such tapestries. This is easy to believe, as there are many details in there that remind us of Bruegel, including skaters on the frozen moat, a fire in the background, with people rushing towards it with ladders, and that ominous stormy sky approaching the castle.
Detail of right side, showing the barren forest.
The busy central area, with skaters, a grand castle, and views into the distant background.
Detail of the left side, showing a large number of people in the foreground,
and others rushing to a large fire in the background.
Mapman Mike
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