Cathedral

Chesterfield

Winchester

Castaño

Chestnut

 

Proverbs 3:35

“The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.”

 

 

 

 "weigh the present enjoyment of your pleasures against the necessary consequences of them"~~~Lord Chesterfield

 

 

 

Chesterfield Sofa/Couch
A Chesterfield is a classic style of sofa or couch known for its distinctive design features:

Deep button tufting.

Rolled arms that are the same height as the back.

Often made of leather, though fabric versions also exist.

A timeless, elegant look associated with traditional British furniture.

The Chesterfield sofa originated in the 18th century and is named after Lord Philip Stanhope, the 4th Earl of Chesterfield, who is said to have commissioned the first design.

"weigh the present enjoyment of your pleasures against the necessary consequences of them"~~~Lord Chesterfield

 

 Pero, ojo!, Mariana, no es lo mismo SOFA que FOSA....

 

 

Chess: "Cathedral" "Chesterfield" "Winchester" "Castaño" "Chestnut"

Leighton-Blackstone

"LA NEGRITA" Y LA PIEDRA BLANCA
Leighton
Blackstone
Winchester

 

 

Psalms 63:8
“My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.”

 

 

 “The touchstone of an art is its precision” ~~~Ezra Pound

Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon, Frederic Leighton c. 1869

"The 'touch stone' of democracy is..."~~~Eleón Musk

 

 

Chess: "Leighton" "Blackstone" "Winchester"

 

 

 

Winchester

 

WINCHESTER

 

 

"And the foam of his gasping

lay white on the turf"~~~Byron

 

 

“The touchstone of an art is its precision” ~~~Ezra Pound 

 

 

Psalms 63:3

“Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.”

 

 

 

 

Protest and Communication

The Riemenschneider figures show very clearly the character of northern man at the end of the fifteenth century. First of all, a serious personal piety - a quality quite different from the bland conventional piety that one finds, say, in a Perugino. And then a serious approach to life itself. These men (although of course they were unswerving Catholics) were not to be fobbed off by forms and ceremonies - what at the time were, rather misleadingly, called 'works'. They believed that there was such a thing as truth, and they wanted to get at it. What they heard from Papal legates, who did a lot of travelling in Germany at this time, did not convince them that there was the same desire for truth in Rome, and they had a rough, raw-boned peasant tenacity of purpose. Many of these earnest men would have heard about the numerous councils that had tried throughout the fifteenth century to reform the organisation of the Church. I am reminded of them when I attend a meeting of UNO : the time spent on points of procedure, the speeches made for home consumption, the result a foregone conclusion. These grave northern men wanted something more substantial.”~~~Kenneth Clark: Civilisation. Ch 6.

 

 Chess: “Winchester”