"I've been hearing that gallery walls are "out" now for a while - from designers, tastemakers, and even friends who aren't even all that into decorating. To this, I say the following: impersonal gallery walls, sure. But a salon-style arrangement with variety that means something to its owner? This kind of gallery wall will never not be great. I'm definitely a "more is more" person when it comes to art. So I'm not giving up gallery walls or their close cousins, gallery clusters, anytime soon."
"According to the gallery descriptions at the Frick, portrait medals date back to at least the 15th and 16th centuries in Italy, where they were used during the Renaissance to commemorate people's lives, wealth, and influence. Typically made of stone, wood, or metal, these disc-like pieces are essentially tiny sculpture-biography hybrids. They usually featured a given person's likeness on one side and a list of their achievements, qualities, or important events in their life on the reverse."
Salon-style gallery walls with varied, personally meaningful works remain compelling even as impersonal gallery walls fall out of favor. Embracing a museum-inspired element can refresh gallery walls by adding small historical objects with sculptural presence. Portrait medals originated in 15th–16th century Italy as disc-like stone, wood, or metal objects commemorating lives, wealth, and influence and typically paired a likeness on one side with achievements on the reverse. Plaster intaglios became popular from the 17th through 19th centuries as classical-inspired souvenirs for European travelers. Both forms draw on classical motifs and enrich domestic art displays.
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