[Northkeep] Are you coming to Castellan?

Tina Michael tinabetta at gmail.com
Mon Jun 1 17:44:50 PDT 2009


But can we dress up????
 Tina
 Tudor Barbie

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Jennifer Carlson <talana1 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> The Castellan site closes at 9:00 am on Sunday morning, but don't plan on
> heading home immediately!  Because a collection of Renaissance drawings is
> on exhibit at the Philbrook Museum in Tulsa:
>
> "From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci: A Century of Italian Drawings from
> the Prado" is a fantastic collection of works by fifty artists, daing from
> 1520 to 1620.  All the major Italian schools are represented, and a few
> Flemish artists as well.  Names you may recognize include Giovanni Balducci,
> Passignano, Federico Zuccaro, Paolo Veronese, Jacopo Tintoretto, and Georgio
> Vasari.  The centerpiece is three drawings by Michelangelo, two of which are
> anatomical studies for figures in the Sistine Chapel.
>
> All the works are concept sketches, or preliminary drawings for larger
> paintings.  They are all on paper, some in chalk, some in ink, some on large
> sheets trimmed to scale for the final work, and some on odd scraps of paper.
>  One is even on the reverse side of a page from an account ledger.  The
> subjects include classical and allegorical themes, historical and Biblical
> scenes, votive pictures, and ornamental designs.
>
> The Philbrook Museum, built in the style of a grand, Italian villa, is the
> former home of oil magnate Waite Phillips.  The collections include
> everything from African art to Native American basketry, antique coins to
> Rodin sculptures, but the heart of the collection is its Renaissance
> paintings from the 1400s thorugh the 1600s.  The museum also has
> Elizabethan-era canvaswork chairs, carved baroque chests, a 16th century
> portable desk with magnifcent enamelled panels on the drawer fronts, and
> terra-cotta panels from the workshop of della Robbia.
>
> Master Diarmaid has some photos of the museum and some of its holdings on
> his Flickr account at: www.flicker.com/photos/imarcc
>
> The museum is open on Sunday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.  General admission
> is $7.50; $5.50 for seniors, students, and groups of 10 or more.  Call ahead
> for group arrangements at (918) 749-7941 or (800) 324-7941.
>
> No cameras are allowed in the special exhibit.  Non-flash photography is
> permitted in the rest of the museum and on the grounds.
>
> Check out the museum website at www.philbrook.org for more information and
> directions.
>
> In servicio,
>
>
> Talana
>
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