text by Konrad Zaręba In 1893, Oscar Wilde composed the one-act drama Salomé, which retells, as its title indicates, the biblical narrative of Salome and the execution of John the Baptist. Because the play portrays biblical figures, it was prohibited in Britain and did not receive a public performance there until 1931. At the time […]
text by Paweł Rutkowski The Royal Collection contains an extraordinary picture of Christ as “Salvator Mundi”, a copy from 1798 of the painting by the Baroque Italian artist Carlo Dolci. What makes this replica unusual is that it was not painted but… embroidered. The artist who produced it was Mary Linwood (1755-1845), who was undoubtedly […]
text by Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko, photos by Dorota Babilas, Anna Krawczyk-Łaskarzewska, Paweł Rutkowski Last month, we were hosting another From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria conference. The theme of QAQV9 was the past which, according to the well-known line by William Faulkner, “is never dead” and is “not even past”. It was the second conference organised […]
