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The House for an Art Lover : Building the Dream of Charles Rennie Mackintosh – Part 2 Mackintosh House for an Art Lover © 2007 Scotiana After our virtual visit of Queen’s Cross Church, let’s open the gates of the House for an Art Lover. Who could believe that this [...] Queen's Cross Church, Glasgow, Scotland © 2007 Scotiana Quenn's Cross Church, Glasgow, Scotland © 2007 Scotiana Queen’s Cross Church story begins when John Honeyman of Glasgow’s Honeyman & Keppie architectural practice was given, from the Free Church of St Matthew, the contract to build a new church, near Maryhill, a poor neighbourhood with [...] Hi everybody! No green leaves on the trees yet, but my window is wide open this morning and a very pleasant spring atmosphere is coming up from the garden! Here’s the spring, at last! This winter seemed to be a never ending one this year! House for an Art Lover – Dining room – [...] Germany – Art Nouveau – Sheet 3 Stamps As a “suite” to the great post that Mairiuna wrote about Mrs Kate Cranston’s tearooms, revealing Charles Rennie Mackintosh as the artist behind the magnificient decorative style of its interiors, I would like to emphasize today on the symbolism that lies underneath Mackintosh’s creative designs. But first, to put ourselves into [...] The Willow Tea Room Sauchiehall Street © 2007 Scotiana Hi everybody ! Try to imagine we’re all sitting on a Mackintosh chair round a Mackintosh table, in the very special atmosphere of the Willow Tearooms in Glasgow, chatting about everything Scotland, our favourite subject ! Jane Haining To begin with, have you [...] |
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