
Midi Unlined Journal - Alma-Tadema Spring
Elegant hardcover Midi Unlined journal featuring one of the J. Paul Getty Museum's popular paintings, Spring, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema.- Dimensions: 4.75 x 7 x .75 inches- Interior: Unlined- Page Count: 144- GSM (paper weight): 120- Closure: Elastic Band- Cover: Hard- Includes interior memento pouch and ribbon marker- Item #: 978-1439798065Additional Features:FSC-certified text paperAcid-free sustainable forest paperA procession of women and children descending marble stairs carry and wear brightly colored flowers. Cheering spectators fill the windows and roof of a classical building. Lawrence Alma-Tadema here represented the Victorian custom of sending children into the country to collect flowers on the morning of May 1, or May Day, but placed the scene in ancient Rome. In this way, he suggested the festival's great antiquity through architectural details, dress, sculpture, and even the musical instruments based on Roman originals.Alma-Tadema's curiosity about the ancient world was ins