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Côté Sud, Oct-Nov 2006

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I was putting together today's post and while the image was uploading, my mind wandered. I was lost in thought until I found myself focusing in on a novel here in my bookcase next to my desk..."Venus of Urbino" was looking back at me and seemed to be suggesting this folly here.

It's interesting isn't it? How a single piece of art has the potential to change our entire perceptual experience of a room?

Two novels by Sarah Dunant:

"In The Company of the Courtesan"

Jacket art: Tiziano Vecellio, "Venus of Urbino"

Uffizi, Florence

and "The Birth of Venus"

Jacket art: Raphael, detail of Saint Barbara

from Sistine Madonna 1512

Update: Just received a lovely message
(see comments below)
from the designer of this room:
Elise Valdorcia

~A very talented interior designer,
sculptor and furniture designer.
So happy you introduced yourself, Elise!