In a message dated 2/10/2006 9:10:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Don't forget the National Gallery, A truly great art museum....with a room full of el Grecos, 4 Vermeers, a portrait by Leonardo and one by Holbein [you see those all the time, right? :-P] my fave Gainsborough [Mrs. Sheridan] and Whistler's "Symphony in White". And the East Wing has a room of Calder sculptures and lots of Rothkos, which I love. I think around the time you're there a big Rousseau exhibit will be there too. None of that had to do with costume and clothes but this does.... You MUST see the Museum of the American Indian!!! It is amazing! And full of amazing garments. It's so beautiful, even before you walk in. It's right next to the smooth, shiny, sleek, rectangular, right-angled, polished stone Air and Space museum. But it is earthy yellow, rough hewn, curving, with zero right angles. There is flowing and cascading water all around and it was landscaped with maize and tobacco. Inside, everything is designed. The exhibits are unusual and beautiful. There isn't one for clothes but garments are everywhere...mainly in the tribal religion exhibits on the 4th floor. My fave garment is from a Northern Canadian tribe: a parka made of seal intestine. It looks just like a regular parka: y'know mid thigh length and a hood and all. But it's composed of horizontal strips a few inches wide that are translucent, like wax paper. I'll bet it's water proof. And a South American tribe weaves these cotton poncho-like shirts with intricate 3-D geometrics in white on white woven into the fabric. So beautiful! I want one. The cafeteria and gift shop have unusual and wonderful stuff [but of course expensive...but, what the hell, you only live once]. A friend of mine had just had a baby; I almost got her a cradle board for her papoose. [I should have] Anyway..have fun! _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
