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Painted Ladies
Welcome Page |
Welcome to the Painted Ladies of Saint
John! |
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IntroTrompe l'oeil |
What is Trompe l'oeil ? |
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World View of Trompe
l'oeil and Decorative Painting |
Trompe l'oeil painting has been used to
create three dimensional architectural features on featureless walls and
ceiling for over two thousand years. |
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Pictures World
View |
Pictures of Trompe l'oeil and Decorative
Painting by artists Andrea Mantegna, Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo and Bernardo
Vittone. |
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Canada
View |
Trompe l'oeil and Decorative Painting
first became popular in Canada around 1810. |
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Pictures Canada
View |
Different types of painting found in
Canada, such as painted stuccowork wall and ceiling frieze, murals, free-hand
walls and ceilings. |
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Saint John
View |
Decorative painting in Saint John dates
back to the early 1800's. |
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Location
Map |
Location of houses containing trompe
l'oeil and decorative paintings in Saint John. |
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Clifden
Terrace |
In 1856 William Parks built a 2 1/2 story
stone Gothic Revival house which was given the name "Clifden
Terrace." |
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Picture Clifden
Terrace |
Pictures of marbleizing and a plaster
medallion. |
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Tale of Brothers -
in-law |
Aaron Hastings and his brother-in-law
Robert Armstrong purchased land at the top of Chipman's Hill in 1853.
Construction of two homes , one for each brother-in-law , commenced shortly
thereafter. |
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Pictures Chipman Hill
House1 |
Pictures of the discoveries of paintings
in Chipman Hill House 1, owned by Aaron Hastings. |
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Pictures Chipman Hill
House 5 |
Pictures of the discoveries of paintings
in Chipman Hill House 5, owned by Robert Armstrong. |
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Craigie
Lea |
Alexander Jardine was born in February
1814 at Girvan, Scotland. With his brother Robert, they were two of the most
influential businessmen in Saint John during the mid-nineteenth century.
Alexander Jardine built Craigie Lea around 1859. |
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Pictures Craigie
Lea |
Pictures of stained glass and paintings
found in Craigie Lea. |
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Keystone |
Keystone consists of two seperate buildings. The
first is very simple in its structure. The second and much more substantial
residence, was completed in 1872. |
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Pictures of Keystone |
Pictures of illusionistic ceiling medallions and
parlour cornice. |
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Painted Ladies' Credit
Page |
Information about the creators of this
section. |
