Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Glenan Daffodil, Brittany: Some further art history inquiries, newly with Google Bard generative AI conversation 'visuals' into the Tomb of Francis II, last Duke of Brittany in the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, which replica Andrew Carnegie himself may have had made by a French sculptor and procured in the first decade of 1900-1910. What does it signify possibly regarding the loss of Celtic sovereignty, and Breton sovereignty in the late 1400s and early 1500s until now? Asked the following questions in Google Bard, Google Search and Google Voice ...




Some further art history inquiries, newly with Google Bard generative AI conversation 'visuals'  into the Tomb of Francis II, last Duke of Brittany in the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, which replica Andrew Carnegie himself may have had made by a French sculptor and procured in the first decade of 1900-1910. What does it signify possibly regarding the loss of Celtic sovereignty, and Breton sovereignty in the late 1400s and early 1500s until now?


Asked the following questions in Google Bard, Google Search and Google Voice ... 


What does the Tomb of Francis II, last Duke of Brittany look like in Nantes Cathedral? 


Bard answered with an image - 


(See 2 different drafts in the Bard prompt history in worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com) ... 

The Tomb of Francis II, last Duke of Brittany is a beautiful and ornate tomb located in the Cathedral of St. Peter in Nantes, France. It was commissioned by Anne of Brittany, Queen of France, who was the daughter of Francis and his second wife Margaret of Foix. The tomb was originally located in the chapel of the Carmelites in Nantes. Francis II had wished that his body rest there, to join the remains of his first wife Margaret of Brittany. The tomb eventually received the body of Francis and both his wives, though only his second wife (Anne's mother) is depicted.

Tomb of Francis II, last Duke of Brittany, Nantes Cathedral

The monument consists of a rectangular sarcophagus 3.90 m long, 2.33 m wide, and 1.27 m tall. The gisants (recumbent effigies) of the deceased couple are lying prostrate with hands raised in prayer. Their heads rest on thick pillows held up by three angels. Margaret's feet are on a greyhound, a symbol of fidelity; Francis's feet rest on a lion, representing strength. At the four corners of the tomb stand four statues, each representing one of the cardinal virtues: Courage, Justice, Temperance and Prudence.

The tomb is made of white marble and is decorated with intricate carvings. The figures of Francis and Margaret are beautifully rendered and their expressions are serene and peaceful. The tomb is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture and is one of the most important works of art in Nantes Cathedral.













I Google searched - 

When did Francis II last Duke of Brittany die?


Sept. 9, 1488
Francis II, (born June 23, 1435—died Sept. 9, 1488, Couëron, Brittany), duke of Brittany from 1458, who succeeded his uncle, Arthur III; he maintained a lifelong policy of Breton independence in the face of encroachments by the French crown.Apr 19, 2023









I prompted Google Bard -

Please show all the replicas of the tomb of Francis II last Duke of Brittany, including in the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pgh PA. How many replicas are there in total?


There are 2 known replicas of the tomb of Francis II, last Duke of Brittany. One is located in the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the other is located in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.

The tomb of Francis II was originally located in the Cathedral of Saint-Denis in Paris, but it was destroyed during the French Revolution. The Carnegie Museum of Art acquired its replica in 1907, and the Louvre Museum acquired its replica in 1912.

The tomb is made of marble and is decorated with sculptures of Francis II, his wife, Queen Claude of France, and their children. The sculptures are considered to be some of the finest examples of Renaissance art.

Here are some more details about the replicas:

  • Carnegie Museum of Art replica: This replica is 8 feet tall and 6 feet wide. It was made by the sculptor Paul Dubois in the early 1900s. The replica is on display in the museum's European Decorative Arts and Sculpture galleries.
    Carnegie Museum of Art replica of tomb of Francis II, last Duke of Brittany
  • Louvre Museum replica: This replica is 9 feet tall and 7 feet wide. It was made by the sculptor Louis-Ernest Barrias in the early 1900s. The replica is on display in the museum's Department of Sculpture.
    Louvre Museum replica of tomb of Francis II, last Duke of Brittany

In total, there are 2 known replicas of the tomb of Francis II, last Duke of Brittany. One is located in the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the other is located in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.







I prompted Google Bard -  

Who acquired the replica in 1907 of the
Tomb of Francis II last Duke of Brittany in the
Carnegie Museum of Art ? Is there a picture of Andrew Carnegie with this replica? 


The replica of the Tomb of Francis II last Duke of Brittany in the Carnegie Museum of Art was acquired by Andrew Carnegie in 1907. There is no known picture of Andrew Carnegie with the replica.

The replica was made by the sculptor Paul Dubois in the early 1900s. It is 8 feet tall and 6 feet wide. The replica is on display in the museum's European Decorative Arts and Sculpture galleries.

The tomb of Francis II was originally located in the Cathedral of Saint-Denis in Paris, but it was destroyed during the French Revolution. The replica was acquired by Carnegie as part of his effort to build a world-class art collection for the people of Pittsburgh.








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I asked in Google Search -


When did Carnegie die?


Carnegie died August 11, 1919, but his legacy lived on though the libraries and universities that he gave so generously to establish, as well as the cultural institutions like Carnegie Hall and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh that he built.









I prompted Google Bard further -


Did sculptor Paul Dubois in the early 1900s make both replicas of  the Tomb of Francis II last Duke of Brittany in rhe Carnegie Museum of Art Pgh PA and in the Louvre? Please show a picture of Paul Dubois.



Bard 

Yes, sculptor Paul Dubois made both replicas of the Tomb of Francis II last Duke of Brittany in the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Paul Dubois sculptor

Dubois was a French sculptor who was born in 1829 and died in 1905. He was a student of François Jouffroy and won the Prix de Rome in 1853. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1857 to 1905 and was awarded a gold medal in 1867. Dubois was known for his realistic sculptures of children and animals. He also created a number of public monuments, including the statue of Joan of Arc in Rouen.

The replicas of the Tomb of Francis II were made by Dubois in the early 1900s. They were commissioned by Andrew Carnegie, who wanted to add them to his collection of art at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. The replicas are made of marble and are based on the original tomb, which was destroyed during the French Revolution.

The replicas of the Tomb of Francis II are considered to be some of the finest examples of Dubois's work. They are realistic and expressive, and they capture the beauty and dignity of the original tomb. The replicas are on display in the European Decorative Arts and Sculpture galleries at the Carnegie Museum of Art and in the Department of Sculpture at the Louvre Museum.







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I also asked Google Voice in talking beforehand at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh with the woman at the front desk, Abby, and mentioning a realistic virtual earth for museums, and also regarding her upcoming travels to Bath, England. How could people wiki-add pictures to Google Street View with time slider and build out a realistic virtual Bath England when the Romans were there and presumably soaking in these baths, 2000 years ago, and even soak in these Bath, England, baths 2000 years ago in VR headset, and from our home bathtub? - 


Romans were in

Britain

from about 48 CE to about 383 CE











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Carnegie Museum of Art (& Bicycle Heaven Museum, Pittsburgh)

Greetings, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museums, (& Bicycle Heaven Museum, Pittsburgh), 

Not long ago I came into the Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland, and was seeking to learn more about the Tomb of Francis II, and his second wife Marguerite, 1502-1507, in the corner of what is sometimes called the Xmas tree room. The reason I'm writing however is to explore how best to add all the objects of all 4 Carnegie Museums to a Realistic Virtual Earth For Museums, and make them available to the public in a new way (which is a project MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch is developing, for all museums ever), and for anyone also to be able to wiki-add pictures or videos, for example, of an 'objet d'art,' and into a Physical-Digital #RealisticVirtualEarthForMuseums -https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthForMuseums?src=hashtag_click - regarding the main Museums wiki subject at WUaS  https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Museums (planned in all ~7151 known living languages with machine translation) - and think adding to Google Street View with time slider, Maps, Earth and with TensorFlowAI, and where little Pegman in Street View could become an iterating Francis the II. This would involve potentially creating an iterating database of all pieces of art ever, each a Wikidata Museum #. Think San Francisco's Exploratorium Museum on steroids (at WUaS museums). 

What are many aspects of the art and history of this Tomb of Francis II 'piece,' for example? Could it even be symbolic of the end of Breton Celtic sovereignty, in what is now northwest France? I've actually asked Google Voice, searched in Google Search, and newly asked Google Bard generational AI conversation software (which just added 'visuals') about this aspect, and many other aspects of the piece, and haven't been able to learn anything about it, the pieces provenance (annotations, history at the Carnegie Museum of Art, or if its a replica, where the original is in France, or elsewhere for example). I've also wondered how one could even bring this Tomb of Francis II 'alive' with augmented reality and robotics possibly, so we could possibly 'talk' with the figures in the piece, of which there could be 10-15 sculptures of humans.

Mr. Diehl at the desk in front of this hall one day recently gave me your email addresses and cards, Galleryinfo@cmoa.orgIssaiasT@carnegieart.orgSegretij@carnegiemuseums.org. And he tried to look up "The Tomb of Francis II" in the CMOA database as I was standing there, and surprisingly or not couldn't find even the piece mentioned in the CMOA database. 

In a related set of Tweets - 

WOULD LIKE TO BRING #sculpture from 1502-1507 ALIVE w #FilmTo3D App fr #WUaSphoto & TALK w each HUMAN figured here, & learn their stories in iterating #AIconversation #ChatGPT #GoogleBard #TombOfFrancisII #LastDukeOfBrittany #NWFrance in #RealisticVirtualEarthForMuseums #WUaSHow?






Think of this above set of Tweets as a beginning example of bringing the Tomb of Francis II 'alive' and with iterating #FilmTo3DApps - and as a way to begin to ask new questions of this art, and engage it in new ways, possibly by conversing with the actual sculptures of people, and thanks to artificial intelligence, and machine learning, and natural language processing, and Google Geospatial Creator. (World Univ & Sch has been in Google Education since about 2015).


Further, MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch seeks to facilitate this https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthForMuseums?src=hashtag_click , for example, for the visionary amazingly creative Bicycle Heaven Museum and Shop in Pittsburgh too. 

How best, please, could World Univ & Sch explore a collaboration with the Carnegie Museums of Art in some of these regards, and as a start to wiki-bringing all of the USA's and world's museums online, and for access by the public for example? 

Possibly in a related vein, I've just read that the Carnegie Libraries are holding - 

"Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Strategic Planning - Community Engagement Sessions" - 
https://www.carnegielibrary.org/events/list/?tribe-bar-search=strategic+plan

... and World Univ & Sch is seeking also to create 200 online free world class university research libraries, in 200 countries' languages, as part of major online MIT OCW-centric wiki World Universities and Schools in 200 countries - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States - and potentially in a Realistic Virtual Earth For Libraries (think in Google Street View with time slider too) - 

Realistic Virtual Earth For Libraries

https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthForLibraries?src=hashtag_click


https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1597977907686936578?s=20

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1595960401392734208?s=20

... and potentially in collaboration with the Carnegie Libraries Free to the People's vision and organizations, about which I've emailed Jen Styran above (in the past). Am seeking to attend the meeting this evening in East Liberty in some of these regards. 


How to learn more about the Tomb of Francis II, how could the Carnegie Museum for Art make the information, and PROVENANCE (annotations, etc., since it got this piece ... ie could Andrew Carnegie himself have procured this piece, and could it have meant something to him from his growing up in another Celtic country, ie Scotland, for example?) easily available and online especially, eg given that Mr. Diehl wasn't even able to locate the piece by name in the CMOA's art database he looked in while I was there with him?

Looking forward to developing this CMOA & CMNH plus, Bicycle Heaven Museum < > online World Univ & Sch Museums & Libraries' conversation further with time.  

See some of you this evening in East Liberty regarding museums? 

Thanks, best wishes, Scott
 



PPPS
Tomb of Francis II Last Duke of Brittany
And of Marguerite De Foix his 2nd wife

French Renaissance ca 1502-1507 AD

 

Nantes Cathedral, or the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of Nantes



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Carnegie Museum of Art (& Bicycle Heaven Museum, Pittsburgh) 


Greetings, Craig Morrow, visionary creator of Bicycle Museum Heaven and Shop, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museums, Pgh PA, (& Bicycle Heaven Museum, Pittsburgh), 

As a further follow up - 

How best to create a Realistic Virtual Earth For Museums (https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthForMuseums?src=hashtag_click - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/museums), further, - for all museums ever, and online, and for Physical-Digital conversation in something like Google Street View with time slider and TensorFlow AI? 

Here are two small robotic bicycles, for example, that Craig Morrow, visionary creator of Bicycle Museum Heaven and Shop in Pgh, PA, could conceivably include in his museum collection, but seems unlikely that he would acquire them physically, but if possible, it might be fascinating to add pictures of these to Google Street View, and further 'wiki'-develop the Bicycle Museum Heaven online, and just like that, easy as pie - 


Bicycle Heaven Museum - 


Looking up further the history of the replica Tomb of Francis, Last Duke of Brittany in the Carnegie Museum of Art, in Oakland, - and even regarding how and why the museum might have acquired it, regarding its provenance too (annotations etc. in the museum's collections, which adds mightily to a work of art's significance through time) ... and even regarding whether it could signify the loss of Celtic sovereignty of Brittany and Breton (a Celtic language) speaking people in what is now the northwest of France, I found that the Edict of Union happened in 1532 

,and that Francis II of Brittany died in 1488, and his tomb, in Nantes' Cathedral in France now, was made from 1502-1507 ... seems possible that there could be a connection. Further art history research ahead. (See initial notes below in PS)

How to add such images of this tomb in the Carnegie Museum of Art to an emerging virtual Carnegie Museum of Art in Google Street View with time slider, I wonder - 

Carnegie Museum of Art - 

- and even in an artificial intelligence informed, iterating Realistic Virtual Earth For Museums? And how to do so for art history research, potentially with what I'm calling 'Text in the Sidebar' of Google Street View with Time Slider - https://twitter.com/hashtag/TextInTheSideBar?src=hashtag_click ? 


All the best, Scott
Art History wiki subject at World Univ & Sch and check out the MIT OCW courses - 

Re robotic bicycles, here's the -

Electric_and_Hybrid_Vehicles wiki subject at World Univ & Sch and check out the MIT OCW courses -  

Have created a further blog post with this today here - 




PS


Francis II, Duke of Brittany

23 June 1433 – 9 September 1488)



where is tomb of Francis ii besides in the Carnegie museum of art? 


The tomb of Francis II, Duke of Brittany is a monument located in Nantes, in the Cathedral of St. Peter. The project was commissioned by Anne of Brittany, Queen of France, who was the daughter of Francis and his second wife Margaret of Foix,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Francis_II,_Duke_of_Brittany


his second wife - 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Foix

his daughter - 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Brittany



Why and how and when did the  Carnegie museum of art Pgh PA acquire a replica of tomb of Francis ii last duke of Brittany?


"Tucked away among the 140 plaster casts of architectural treasures in Carnegie Museum of Art’s Hall of Architecture is the spectacular tomb of Francis II, the Duke of Brittany. It includes an intriguing feature that can be easy to miss: a figure with two faces. The original tomb, made of Carrara marble in 1507 by sculptor Michel Colombe, was located in Nantes Cathedral in France. A masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, it was commissioned by Anne of Brittany, the queen of France and daughter of Francis and his second wife, Margaret of Foix, who is shown lying beside Francis. The duke had hoped the cathedral would be his final resting place with his first wife, Margaret of Brittany, and the tomb actually houses Francis and both wives, though only Anne’s mother is depicted. At the tomb’s four corners stand four figures, each representing one of the cardinal virtues: courage, justice, temperance, and prudence. Prudence has two faces: at the back is an old man, said to be the sculptor, implying the wisdom of the past; at the front is a young woman looking to the future, who holds in her hands both a compass and a mirror."

https://carnegiemuseums.org/carnegie-magazine/winter-2021/125-years-a-history-in-objects-2/



Legend has it that Carnegie sent the clipping with a $10,000 check to Museum Director William J. Holland with the directive to “buy this for Pittsburgh.

https://carnegiemuseums.org/carnegie-magazine/125-years/



When did Brittany lose sovereignty to France?



"It was then that Brittany saw its golden era, becoming an unchallenged maritime power. A kingdom then a duchy, Brittany was forced to unite with France by the union of its sovereignty in 1532."


"In the 9th century Brittany began to emancipate itself from its Carolingian neighbours. Nominoë, duke of Brittany and Erispoë, and his son, the king, expanded the territory and made it into the form it retains today. Torn between France and England, the Montfort dynasty (14th/15th centuries) managed to keep the country independent. It was then that Brittany saw its golden era, becoming an unchallenged maritime power. A kingdom then a duchy, Brittany was forced to unite with France by the union of its sovereignty in 1532. Having become a province, Brittany retains many privileges (specific legislation, tax collection)."


https://www.eurominority.eu/index.php/en/brittany/#:~:text=It%20was%20then%20that%20Brittany,of%20its%20sovereignty%20in%201532.




"Roman times through the 13th century
According to Julius Caesar, Brittany (fr. Bretagne) was historically part of Celtic Gaul as Armorica (Gallic for "Place by the Sea"). On the fall of the Roman Empire, it was integrated into the Gallo-Roman domain of Syagrius.  ... "


"The King of France as Duke of Brittany jure uxoris
Charles VIII became Duke of Brittany jure uxoris upon his marriage to Anne of Brittany. During their marriage, Charles prohibited Anne from using the title of Duchess of Brittany, and imposed his own rule on the Duchy through a Royal Governor from the House of Penthièvre. However, when the king died leaving the royal couple childless, the Duchy of Brittany reverted to Anne. She returned to Brittany and re-established her independent rule. Anne's actions underscored that the Duke of Brittany's line of succession was governed by the Celtic nation's peculiar form of Semi-Salic Law rather than the strict Salic Law governing the Kingdom of France. Her actions also demonstrated that the Duke of Brittany and the King of France, at least at this time, remained distinct and separable titles. ..."

de Mauny, Michel. Traité d'union de la Bretagne à la France. Celtics Chadenn, 2002. ISBN 2-84722-016-X.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Brittany_and_France



Brittany became a part of France when Anne, heir to Brittany, married two successive kings of France, Charles VIII and Louis XII. In the formal treaty of incorporation into France in 1532, the province was guaranteed local privileges.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Brittany-region-France/History#:~:text=Brittany%20became%20a%20part%20of,province%20was%20guaranteed%20local%20privileges.



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Thu, Jun 1, 4:27 PM


Carnegie Museum of Art (& Bicycle Heaven Museum, Pittsburgh)

Greetings, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museums, (& Bicycle Heaven Museum, Pittsburgh), 

Not long ago, I came into the Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland, and was seeking to learn more about the Tomb of Francis II, and his second wife Marguerite, 1502-1507, in the corner of what is sometimes called the Xmas tree room. The reason I'm writing however is to explore how best to add all the objects of all 4 Carnegie Museums to a Realistic Virtual Earth For Museums, and make them available to the public in a new way (which is a project MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch is developing, for all museums ever), and for anyone also to be able to wiki-add pictures or videos, for example, of an 'objet d'art,' and into a Physical-Digital #RealisticVirtualEarthForMuseums -https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthForMuseums?src=hashtag_click - regarding the main Museums wiki subject at WUaS  https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Museums (planned in all ~7151 known living languages with machine translation) - and think adding to Google Street View with time slider, Maps, Earth and with TensorFlowAI, and where little Pegman in Street View could become an iterating Francis the II. This would involve potentially creating an iterating database of all pieces of art ever, each a Wikidata Museum #. Think San Francisco's Exploratorium Museum on steroids (at WUaSmuseums). 

What are many aspects of the art and history of this Tomb of Francis II piece, for example? Could it even be symbolic of the end of Breton Celtic sovereignty, in what is now northwest France? I've actually asked Google Voice, searched in Google Search, and newly asked Google Bard generational AI conversation software (which just added 'visuals') about this aspect, and many other aspects of the piece, and haven't been able to learn anything about it, the pieces provenance (annotations, history at the Carnegie Museum of Art, or if its a replica, where the original is in France, or elsewhere for example). I've also wondered how one could even bring this Tomb of Francis II 'alive' with augmented reality and robotics possibly, so we could possibly 'talk' with the figures in the piece, of which there could be 10-15 sculptures of humans.

Mr. Diehl at the desk in front of this hall one day recently gave me your email addresses and cards, Galleryinfo@cmoa.orgIssaiasT@carnegieart.orgSegretij@carnegiemuseums.org. And he tried to look up "The Tomb of Francis II" in the CMOA database as I was standing there, and surprisingly or not couldn't find even the piece mentioned in the CMOA database. 

In a related set of Tweets - 

WOULD LIKE TO BRING #sculpture from 1502-1507 ALIVE w #FilmTo3D App fr #WUaSphoto & TALK w each HUMAN figured here, & learn their stories in iterating #AIconversation #ChatGPT #GoogleBard #TombOfFrancisII #LastDukeOfBrittany #NWFrance in #RealisticVirtualEarthForMuseums #WUaSHow?


in their languages (eg Breton and medieval French)... 






Think of this above set of Tweets as a beginning example of bringing the Tomb of Francis II 'alive' and with iterating #FilmTo3DApps - and as a way to begin to ask new questions of this art, and engage it in new ways, possibly by conversing with the actual sculptures of people, and thanks to artificial intelligence, and machine learning, and natural language processing, and Google Geospatial Creator. (World Univ & Sch has been in Google Education since about 2015).


Further, MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch seeks to facilitate this https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthForMuseums?src=hashtag_click , for example, for the visionary amazingly creative Bicycle Heaven Museum and Shop in Pittsburgh too. 

How best, please, could World Univ & Sch explore a collaboration with the Carnegie Museums of Art in some of these regards, and as a start to wiki-bringing all of the USA's and world's museums online, and for access by the public for example? 

Possibly in a related vein, I've just read that the Carnegie Libraries are holding - 

"Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Strategic Planning - Community Engagement Sessions" - 
https://www.carnegielibrary.org/events/list/?tribe-bar-search=strategic+plan

... and World Univ & Sch is seeking also to create 200 online free world class university research libraries, in 200 countries' languages, as part of major online MIT OCW-centric wiki World Universities and Schools in 200 countries - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States - and potentially in a Realistic Virtual Earth For Libraries (think in Google Street View with time slider too) - 

Realistic Virtual Earth For Libraries

https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthForLibraries?src=hashtag_click


https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1597977907686936578?s=20


https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1595960401392734208?s=20

... and potentially in collaboration with the Carnegie Libraries Free to the People's vision and organizations, about which I've emailed Jen Styran above (in the past). Am seeking to attend the meeting this evening in East Liberty in some of these regards. 


How to learn more about the Tomb of Francis II, how could the Carnegie Museum for Art make the information, and PROVENANCE (annotations, etc., since it got this piece ... ie could Andrew Carnegie himself have procured this piece, and could it have meant something to him from his growing up in another Celtic country, ie Scotland, for example?) easily available and online especially, eg given that Mr. Diehl wasn't even able to locate the piece by name in the CMOA's art database he looked in while I was there with him?

Looking forward to developing this CMOA & CMNH plus, Bicycle Heaven Museum < > online World Univ & Sch Museums & Libraries' conversation further with time.  

See some of you this evening in East Liberty regarding museums? 

Thanks, best wishes, Scott
 



PPPS
Tomb of Francis II Last Duke of Brittany
And of Marguerite De Foix his 2nd wife

French Renaissance ca 1502-1507 AD

 

Nantes Cathedral, or the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of Nantes



- Scott GK MacLeod  
Founder, President, CEO & Professor
CC-4 licensed MIT OCW-centric. Wiki, 
World University & School (WUaS) 
- PO Box 442, Canyon, CA 94516 
- 210 East End Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15221

1) non-profit World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org  

2) for profit general stock company WUaS Corporation in CA - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

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