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“Art and design should never be frozen in time.”

--Ana Cela, director of the museum shop and publications at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, on the museum's inspired accessories line inspired by Renaissance master Domenico Ghirlandaio's portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni. “I see these beautifully crafted accessories and I’m instantly ‘feeling Giovanna,’ ” she said noting that, while not replicas of objects in the painting, the pieces transmit “the same Renaissance aesthetic.”  [http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/travel/05Heads.html">Renaissance Portrait Inspires Gift Shop Goods | NY Times ]

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