Today our history/sketching class went to the pantheon, which was really crowded so I was glad I had been before. I sat outside and sketched part of the portico, but it wasn't too detailed because we only had about 1/2 hour. On the way to our next stop (Ara Pacis) there was some kind of small riot going on. There were a bunch of police on scooters.
Afterwards we went to the Ara Pacis museum which was built by Richard Meir. It was designed to house the Ara Pacis which was an old sacrifical altar.
The museum was having an exhibit on Valentino's dresses, it was incredible. The first part of the exhibit was a little creepy because there were a bunch of bald manikins wearing fancy gowns.
But downstairs there was an exhibit with a ton of his famous Academy Awards dresses (worn by the likes of Halle Berry, Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Reese Witherspoon). Below is a shot of a dress Halle Berry wore.
Behind the dresses were gorgeous sketches that Valentino did. I can not describe the detail with which he drew, it was incredible.
My favorite detail was the veil on a wedding gown. The gown itself was a little ugly, it was a bit too much for my taste. But the veil was very delicate.
2 comments:
no nuns and priests count? and could you buy me one of those dresses? they looked so pretty!
Those mannequins have strangely long necks
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