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Living the old ways ~ The Amish Culture.
Antiche, anzi antichissime sono le origini culturali che governano ancor'oggi queste comunità d'altri tempi che sopravvivono al progresso rifiutandolo per portare avanti vite vissute ed organizzate...
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Elizabeth Keckley, from Slave to Mrs.Lincoln's Dressmaker and Confidant at...
Elizabeth reached Washington without any money, without any friends and a house, but she soon found a work as a seamstress for two dollars and a half a day and a room at a boarding house. She had...
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The fascinating Wisteria and the roots of its name.
The Chinese call it Zi Teng, or 'Blue Vine',the German people know it with the most romantic name of 'Blauregen', i.e.'Blue Rain',we call it 'Wisteria' which is simply its botanical name ...Have you...
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Forgotten Victorian names.
When we think about the names dating back to the Victorian age, when everything was much simpler and more essential than today, we're led to think that everyone then were called John and Mary ... yes,...
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Do you know Elizabeth Brontë?
We know so little about Maria Brontë, the firstborn and tragic genius of the family, but the least known of all the Brontë sisters is the second, Elizabeth.Don't you think it's time to get to know her...
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And our Valley Sings its Summer Song ...
See what delights in sylvan scenes appear! Descending Gods have found Elysium here. In woods bright Venus with Adonis stray'd, And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. Come lovely nymph, and bless the...
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EARLY VICTORIAN AGE (1837 - 1848): New Fashion for Dressing the Hair.
As soon as she ascended the throne, on June 20th, 1837, Queen Victoria became immediately a model to be admired and emulated for all the people whom she had been called to govern.Not very interested in...
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MARIE ANTOINETTE: how She and Her sad Life were seen in the eyes of the...
Quando guardiamo alla storia ed ai suoi personaggi ci rivolgiamo ai critici ed agli storici più vicini ai nostri tempi, alle autorità più moderne, ma ci siamo mai chiesti come talune figure che hanno...
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VICTORIAN ETIQUETTE FOR A BALL-ROOM: rules for bachelor Gentlemen.
“Remember that a ball-room is a school of politeness, and therefore let your whole conduct be influenced by that strict regard to Etiquette such a place requires.”Etiquette for Gentleman or the...
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Marie Louise von Wallersee and her beloved Aunts: Aunt Sisi (Tante Kaiserin)...
Denk daran, Marie, Schweigen ist Gold.Kaiserin Elisabeth von Österreich UngarnRicorda, Marie, il silenzio e d'oroImperatrice Elisabetta d'Austria UngheriaQuella del Duca Max Joseph in Baviera e della...
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Lancelot 'Capability' Brown and the Serpentine Style of Garden Design.
Intorno alla metà del XVIII secolo va consolidandosi un tipo particolare di architettura del paesaggio di cui i grandi proprietari terrieri britannici avanzano richiesta per la creazione dei loro...
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The Brontës' children teeny tiny books available on-line.
That of ingeniousness is a characteristic that cannot be acquired, it is a gift of nature which you have to be born with, and, with the passing of time, it can only be cultivated and refined.And the...
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PORTRAIT OF A LADY ~ Maud Humphrey (Bogart), Edwardian American Illustrator.
Born on March 30th, 1868 to a well-to-do family in Rochester, New York, Maud Humphrey performed a precocious, deep talent in the field of arts promoted and refined by evening lessons taken starting...
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'L'Agave senza Spine': l'Imperatrice - Regina Elisabetta d'Austria - Ungheria...
Questa Imperatrice e Regina non conosceva per la sua forza che un solo impero e un sol regno: la vita interiore. Nessuno ha fornito una più sicura testimonianza d'aver compresa la parola del Vinci:...
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HISTORY OF FASHION ~ XVIIIth cent. fashionable caps (and straw hats).
Women's fashion has always wanted that the head had to be covered:in accordance with the different styles, contexts and ages, never the hair of a lady, at least until the contemporary era, had to be...
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Katya, the favorite of Tsar Alexander II.
Love, love madly,love as much as you can and if they tell you it's a sin,love your sin and you'll be innocent.William Shakespeare, Romeo & JulietEkaterina Mikhailovna Dolgorukova - Katya -...
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What Jane Austen ate - Typical dishes for Regency meals.
A maid taking soup from a pot, painting by Pehr Hilleström (1732 - 1816)Just think that the 'French cuisine' enjoyed prestigious fame already at the end of the 17th century, which caused a large...
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Eight Words which became part of the English Language after the American...
Photograph by Andrew Gardner, originally Brady's apprentice, depicts the staff of Brigadier General Andrew Porter in 1862. George Custer (of the Battle of Little Bighorn fame) is shown reclining next...
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The ancient art of sewing.
From the manner in which a woman draws her thread at every stitch of her needlework, any other woman can surmise her thoughts. ~Honoré de BalzacGrandmother Emma, mom's Mom, after completing her...
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James Hayllar, English Victorian Painter and beginner of a dinasty of artists.
The Centre of Attraction~ JAMES HAYLLARD'S BIOGRAPHY ~ Born in Chichester - at that time Sussex, now West Sussex, James Hayllar begun his studies at the Cary's Art Academy in London (in 1851 he painted...
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