little augury: Really, Joan?

28 August 2010

Really, Joan?

"Gentle Dauphin, my name is Jeanne la pucelle.
The King of Heaven has sent me to bring you and your kingdom help."

(Saint Joan to Charles at Chinon)

Ferndinand Fonssagrives

Contours 1954-58

read LA PUCELLE d'Orleans by Voltaire here, and here
read VOICES AND SAINTS here

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UnknownAugust 29, 2010 at 2:12 PM
Truly an arresting photo. Is it a bodysuit, a trick of the light, a sister from another planet? I commend you on posting the best images on the web. Your only rival is the equally divine Bibliodyssey. Thanks ever so!
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P.Gaye Tapp at Little AuguryAugust 29, 2010 at 4:52 PM
Nancy- I think this is a pattern occurring over the body- almost a naturally occurring phenom- to the far right the pattern obscures more. I wonder? and that is high praise - never rivaling Bibliodyssey-and thank You.
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Christina @ Fashion's Most WantedSeptember 8, 2010 at 10:13 PM
Great picture. I learn from this that Fonssagrives must have been the inspiration for a photographer I've worked with called Sølve Sundbø. He did some fantastic spot pictures xx
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My book HOW THEY DECORATED, for Rizzoli, was published in April of 2017. I have been an interior designer for over 30 years & have an abiding passion for the original, & history. Little Augury was born on New Year's Eve 2008. It began as a way of continuing a conversation with a beloved mentor & the promise to keep just a bit of his wit & wisdom alive by sharing it whenever possible. Little Augury focuses on interior design, art, literature, fashion & social history with an eye, always looking back to the past, in hope of understanding what is authentic & what will endure & what connects us to our environment. Always listening for the footstep on the old stair-the sound of lives that walked that way.

28 August 2010

Really, Joan?

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