tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post1321801847586825003..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: MORONI: the portrait as a portal to the past – Elizabeth FremantleMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-66938092444784482062015-01-14T13:46:53.924+00:002015-01-14T13:46:53.924+00:00Excellent post. I thought it was a wonderful exhib...Excellent post. I thought it was a wonderful exhibition too and urge everyone to go if possible. It was great going with my daughter, who'd just 'done' the Reformation for AS and was a. most excited that Moroni had been at the Council of Trent and b. able to explain things to me.Lydia Sysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613876235125755967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-68066157530530986462015-01-13T11:15:38.947+00:002015-01-13T11:15:38.947+00:00Thank you - I love these portraits, especially the...Thank you - I love these portraits, especially the girl. She looks a bit of a mardy cow, but as if she'd have some interesting things to say.<br /><br />As for smiling portraits - there is a wonderful Titian of a rather plump girl laughing her head off as she holds a serious stone portrait plaque of herself.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-34491827179731815842015-01-13T10:32:59.816+00:002015-01-13T10:32:59.816+00:00I love Moroni's work. But please note the RA e...I love Moroni's work. But please note the RA exhibition finishes on the 25th of January, not 29th!Mark Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17271587070391155947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-76177350909746839922015-01-13T10:13:58.378+00:002015-01-13T10:13:58.378+00:00Wonderful portraits with characters that speak to ...Wonderful portraits with characters that speak to the now as well as the past. To me, the tailor and the young girl both have variations of the same expression - slightly wary and a bit prickly. A question born of pure curiosity. Does anyone ever smile in portraits of this era?Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62747887001607761942015-01-13T09:37:55.822+00:002015-01-13T09:37:55.822+00:00Thanks, Elizabeth - I love the National Portrait G...Thanks, Elizabeth - I love the National Portrait Gallery. The portrait of the young woman - she's just THERE, isn't she? Terrific.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-76662522338089466782015-01-13T07:20:44.602+00:002015-01-13T07:20:44.602+00:00Wonderful, Elizabeth, thank you.
Wonderful, Elizabeth, thank you.<br />Carol Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837854482139736944noreply@blogger.com