{"id":46,"date":"2019-03-05T03:37:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T03:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/?p=46"},"modified":"2019-05-04T04:48:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T04:48:51","slug":"rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/2019\/03\/05\/rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A postcard, sketch, and note from a visit MacIver took to a blue mosque. I haven&#8217;t yet been able to learn where exactly this mosque was, but I believe she came across it during her travels in Europe in the 1960s.\u00a0 It makes sense that such an airy, cool toned, magnificent building would appeal to MacIver&#8217;s sense of space and color, and her notes offer a wonderful sense of the way she described spaces she hoped to paint.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-307 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-307 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-dark fg-round-full fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-307\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/04\/postcard.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Blue Mosque Postcard\" data-attachment-id=\"310\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/04\/postcard\/1201592529.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Blue Mosque Postcard<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/04\/bluemosquesketch.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Blue Mosque\" data-caption-desc=\"Sketches completed during MacIver&#039;s visit to the blue mosque.\" data-attachment-id=\"309\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sketches completed during MacIver&#039;s visit to the blue mosque.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/04\/bluemosquesketch\/2138599704.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Blue Mosque<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Sketches completed during MacIver's visit to the blue mosque.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/04\/bluemosquenote.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"&quot;Blue Mosque  airy, light \/but stately, cool as \/ spring water-- \/  covered with suggestions of \/  tile--ornamentation--all \/ over, like a flower garden \/ pattern in rugs echoing \/ this&quot;\" data-attachment-id=\"308\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/04\/bluemosquenote\/2024981111.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">\"Blue Mosque  airy, light \/but stately, cool as \/ spring water-- \/  covered with suggestions of \/  tile--ornamentation--all \/ over, like a flower garden \/ pattern in rugs echoing \/ this\"<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A postcard, sketch, and note from a visit MacIver took to a blue mosque. 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