Bosco Parrasio
Blog URL http://boscoparrasio.blogspot.com/
Located Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Tags Architecture, Melbourne, Gardens, Garden History, Art, Art Deco, Italy, Art History, Prints
Photos, discussion and musings on art, architecture and gardens. Based in Melbourne with forays into other cities.
Latest Blog Posts
- Weekend Reading on Nov 20, 2009 in Fakes Louvre Weekend Reading Umberto Eco 18th century
I have been planning some new posts, but I also have the most enormous pile of marking that I have been studiously avoiding and now have to spend the whole weekend on. So just imagine me under a pile of papers with a coffee or a wine (depending on wh...
- Fitzroy Snapshot on Nov 17, 2009 in Fitzroy Snapshot
I spotted this picturesque, ivy-covered brick chimney in Fitzroy. It rises up in the middle of the block bordered by Cremorne St and John St, between Bell and Moor St. I have done a quick search of the Victorian Heritage database and google but can't...
- Art and Architecture related events this week. on Nov 16, 2009 in Contemporary Art Lecture Parkville Shrine of Remembrance Melbourne
A heads up about a couple of art and architecture related events on this week. I am hoping to get to both.Amelia DouglasRecipient of 2009 Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in the PhD, University of MelbournePierre Huyghe and the Association of Free...
- Snapshot Thornbury - View from a Tram on Nov 11, 2009 in Trams Urban landscapes Thornbury Snapshot
A shaft of early evening sunlight is all it takes to illuminate a pedestrian suburban scene and make it beautiful.
- Cloister Garden and Interior of San Lorenzo, Rome on Nov 7, 2009 in Rome Italy Hidden Rome 12th century Architecture Gardens San Lorenzo 17th century
I am busy scrabbling around trying to finish up a chapter on something I originally worked on in early 2006. I have been flicking through files from that time and thought I should put up some pictures I took in Rome in February, just before a confere...
- Snapshots - Greeves St, Fitzroy on Nov 2, 2009 in Doorways Fitzroy Flowers Snapshot Churches
Signs of spring and other things...
- Snapshot, Carlton. on Oct 29, 2009 in Classically inspired houses Snapshot Carlton
A pretty façade I noticed yesterday in Carlton. Reminds me of applied stucco grotteschi type decorations from places like Hadrian's villa.Stucco ceilings from the Ninfeo Fede at Hadrian's Villa. Image from www.villa-adriana.net.
