Tag: New Jersey
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Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart: the Gothic Spirit in America
The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart is a beautiful, massive Gothic Revival church in Newark, New Jersey. There, I recap my recent visit.
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At Atlantic City by William Trost Richards
This painting by Luminist William Trost Richards seems to show an otherworldly fairyland… but it actually depicts a casino town on the New Jersey shore.
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A Review of the Zimmerli Art Museum
The Zimmerli Art Museum is located on Rutgers’s New Brunswick campus. The museum holds a large collection of Soviet Nonconformist art, among other things.
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Princeton University Art Museum Review (the old building)
A review of the Princeton University Art Museum in Princeton, NJ. Information about the collections, the experience, and what to keep in mind if you visit.
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Think gargoyle-ly, act locally
I spent my Saturday morning gargoyle hunting, and I found these charming little grotesques on a small house on the grounds of a church I sometimes attend. (To be more accurate, I already knew of their existence. I didn’t find them as much as I sought them out to take their picture.) Interestingly, I didn’t spot a single gargoyle…
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My Experience Seeing a Live Painting Demonstration
Last Sunday afternoon (January 29th), I had the opportunity to see a live painting demonstration. This was exciting because I had never before watched a painting be made right in front of me. I met Gerard Amsellem, one of the two artists involved, at a studio tour event last fall. He and his friend/frequent collaborator Mikel Frank reached…
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Kip’s Castle – My Visit to a New Jersey Mansion
Updated with news photos from my Christmas 2017 visit to Kip’s Castle. Click on the photo gallery below! I recently took some time to visit a local landmark – Kip’s Castle in Verona, New Jersey. The former home of textile industrialist Frederic Ellsworth Kip and his family, Kip’s Castle is a sprawling stone mansion at the very top…
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Where in the world is this place? Not where you might think.
The house pictured above might look like an English manor house or a French chateau, but it is actually a country estate near where I live in the United States. I went to visit this turn-of-the-century Beaux Arts mansion one day this past week. The home is now privately-owned and no longer decorated according to the…
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The Gargoyles of Princeton University
Meet the gargoyles of Princeton University.
