The Glass House, outside New Canaan, Connecticut is renowned for the 1945 design by Philip Johnson. The 50 acre grounds around the small house have been preserved, along with several other buildings he designed. Philip Johnson himself was immensely wealthy, through a gift from his father.
Capitolfest is a celebration of old movies in a restored vintage theater.
Rome New York is between Syracuse and Utica.
It was the 'Oneida Carrying Place' portage between the Mohawk River (Hudson drainage) and Wood Creek (which flows toward Lake Ontario). The Oneida nation belonged to the Iroquois Confederacy.
During the American Revolution, Fort Stanwix, below, was the site of important battles between the Continental patriot army, the British and Native American allies of both.
An abandoned steel mill shows one of the industries that have left town. Others include Revere Copper Products and the Griffiss Air Force Base.
Northern New York forests, Potsdam above and near Ithaca below.
A few Swiss artists from the Art Museum in Bern Switzerland.
https://www.kunstmuseumbern.ch/en/startseite-englisch-121.html
The artwork there has labels showing history of each piece going back to the artist. The museum probably is very careful with provenance, as it received the bequest of Cornelius Gurlitt on his death in 2014. Lawsuits charging that the Gurlitt family had received artwork stolen by the Nazis got international attention. His gift must have been a mixed blessing for the Kunstmuseum Bern. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Gurlitt_(art_collector)
Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918), Die Nacht/The Night, 1889
Unknown Artist, The Sexton Attends the Mass for the Dead; 1505. Diptych wood altar.
Johannes Itten (1888-1967), Komposition in Blau/Composition in Blue; 1918
Paul Klee, Ad Parnassum, 1932; Casein and oil paint on canvas
The Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern holds about half of the 9,600 works he produced over a 40 year artistic career. The Zentrum has archives, does research, hosts educational programs and mounts exhibitions. The 2022 exhibit was called "A Shining Secret. Kids Curate Klee."
https://www.zpk.org
