National art and national identity: Visiting St. Petersburg’s Russian Museum
You know that quaint and vaguely demeaning phrase, “always a bridesmaid, never a bride?” Well, it sort of fits the subject of this post,…
Wacky, Whimsical, Wonderful Wednesday, British Edition!
Hello everybody, and welcome to Wacky, Whimsical, Wonderful Wednesday, British edition. Grab a cup of tea (forgive me, a cuppa) and a pack of…
“Appalling” and “Totalitarian:” Oslo’s Must-See Gustav Vigeland Sculpture Park
Because, for once, I didn’t do my history homework, I wandered into the Gustav Vigeland Installation at Oslo’s Frogner Park unaware that I was…
Wacky, Whimsical, Wonderful Wednesday, III
Happy Wednesday, everybody! Apparently, along with being wacky, whimsical, and wonderful, this Wednesday is also "Russia day" here at Through History-Colored Glasses. Purely by accident, the first two pictures I…
Of Propaganda and Painted Ceilings: My Visit to the Old Royal Naval College
I really didn’t intend to spend the day in Greenwich.
Madrid’s Other Must-See Museum
When in Madrid, if you like history or art, even a little bit, or are a person who prioritizes seeing the “major” sites in…
Art, propaganda, and history: Visiting the Bayeux Tapestry
Turning into the courtyard of the Bayeux Museum, my first impression was not of the 17th-century façade or the neatly-manicured path, but of these…