As for The John & Mable Ringling Museum, this was the other place we visited in Sarasota, and it was so huge we didn't have time to see everything. We focused our visit on the Circus Museum, and Ca' d'Zan, John and Mable's winter home. John Ringling, in case you didn't know, was part of the Ringling Brothers Circus, which by 1889 was large enough to need to travel by rail. There's a whole diorama of the trains and then the depot and then the circus spread out over a large area with tents for everything. It was so cool and I took lots of pics. Next week I'll show you Ca' d'Zan, but today, it's the Circus!
I'll leave you with this last pic of a monkey statue that there's no way I'd have in my house. He's wicked cool, but oh, so creepy...
Have an awesome weekend :)
Glad you broke through the barrier - obviously the vacation was good for your creativity.
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine setting all of those scenes up? Or seeing Ringling back during its height?
And no, I don't want the monkey in my house either.
I know! Aren't they fantastic?! Each stage of the diorama had info about the circus and one of the plaques said how the US Army studied the Ringling Circus' strategy for moving so many people and everything they'd need to set up.
DeleteAnd oh yeah, creepy monkey!
Huge fan of professional dioramas. Thanks for sharing these pictures. I never would have guessed that last one is a monkey; it kind of looks like a demonic cat.
ReplyDeleteHuge fan of professional dioramas. Thanks for sharing these pictures. I never would have guessed that last one is a monkey; it kind of looks like a demonic cat.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely demonic, and I love dioramas, too; they're so cool!
DeleteCongrats on the work you've gotten done.
ReplyDeleteNeat pics.
I am pretty certain that the monkey would like to serve severed heads on that tray... Beyond creepy.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your progress.
omg, that's EXACTLY him; I can totally see him in some horror film.
DeleteOnce upon a time I was fascinated by circuses.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a fan of circuses, per se. but I sure did enjoy the museum.
DeleteHow amazing - all that detail! It never occurred to me they'd put costumes on the horses and turn them into something else - shells? roosters? Who knew? My current WIP takes place in an Eastern European traveling circus. It'll be a fun thriller if I can ever get my butt moving and write it. Good luck to you on yours! And definitely no creepy monkeys for me - he reminds me of scary Oz monkeys! Eek!
ReplyDeleteI love those beautiful miniatures!
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