A Tale of Three Citi-Slickers: Time for an Update, donchya think?

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Time for an Update, donchya think?

So...we live in NEW YORK now! :D I realize I've been here for a month, but finally our apartment is rid of boxes and pictures are on the walls, and I feel like I can show my beautiful apartment to you all! Here are some of our pictures! By the way, Michael picked this apartment {insert applause here} I am seriously in love with our place :D

And that's our apartment! :D

3 comments:

Kaitlin EllingsonSeptember 23, 2010 at 8:45 PM
love it! you are just an amazing home decorator! Miss your guys faces mucho! Hope you guys are doing great!
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AudreyOctober 15, 2010 at 9:21 AM
this is beautiful! and... i miss you. a lot.
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Michael & SiriOctober 15, 2010 at 11:10 AM
I miss you girls too! I'll actually be in UT for a couple days in December-Michael's sister is getting married in Rexburg, so we're comin out west! It'd be so fun to see you all and do a big group date! :)
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The Essentials

Artwork of the Week

The Entombment of Atala (aka The Funeral of Atala) by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, 1808. The first place I wanted to go when I was in the Louvre was the 19th century Romantic Era Painting Hall. If you’ve been there then you’ll know the room by its gorgeous red walls and giant oil paintings. It was there that I first encountered this image, and it was standing in front of it that I fell madly, deeply, and forever in love with it. It’s characteristically part of the Romantic Movement filled with passion, and drama, eroticism and of course completed on a grand scale. It’s based on the tale of forbidden love by Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, which was published in 1801 and extremely popular. It tells the Romeo/Juliet-esque story of Atala a Christian maiden who’s sworn herself to God, service and a life of chastity, and Chactas an Indian brave whom she frees from his enemies and hides in the cave of a religious recluse, Father Aubry. When Atala realizes she’s falling in love with Chactas and breaking her vow she takes poison and commits suicide. After her suicide Chactas vows from then on to be a Christian. The pure grief on Chactas face in this work is what originally drew me in, his love for Atala so great that he can’t bear to let her be buried and taken away forever. If you get really close to the work you can see a tiny tear trailing down his face. The bold colors, subdued brushstrokes, and ephemeral light bring a peace to the scene that is intensified by the illuminated cross in the background, a confirmation of heaven's acceptance of Atala.