wtorek, 10 września 2019









        Well it's 1650's and as far as tents go, this is the finest, though often overlooked example. They certainly knew how to disable a female in in the XVII c. court of Spain! If Maria Louisa's Grande Habit was a nice modern dome tent, it’s spanish predesseor would be a yurt. Fancy spending a hot, spanish july day in it? The only comfortable thing about this dreadfully beautiful thing was, that you could rest your elbows on the skirt (useful when you’re sipping a long dring I suppose). Apart from that it’s a disaster. Heavy, big and a pain to wear. Not very colorful either. Spanish court liked it religious, rigid and sombre. Black, white, dark brown, a bit of red thrown in and that’s all folks. Other colours were just way too jolly. But what they lost tint-wise (is there such a word??), they made up for in volume. Look at the painting - there is the Dress and somewhere in it, barely sticking out, is the girl! Together they are so goddamn huge they hardly fit in the picture. If they decided to turn around the dog  would surely get squashed to pulp. Or catapulted out of the room at least! Do not mess with that gal. She is wearing a yurt and has a tiny gun tied to it on a blood red ribbon as an accessory!

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