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Best upscale chain restaurants?
I would like to know what are some of the best upscale restaurants that you guys eaten at? Also..name some dishes that you guys thought were great? I like seafood and my favorites are McCormick & Schmick's followed by Bonefish Grill. Cheesecake Factory is great as well. I ordered the miso mahi mahi from McCormick & Schmick's and it was fantastic. I ordered various types of fish at Bonefish Grill. The rainbow trout was alright but the halibut, grouper, and artic char were outstanding. I would recommend the miso salmon and cajun jumbalaya at Cheesecake Factory. The price points are pretty high at upscale restaurants due to them being "upscale" but they blow the Ruby Tuesday's and Applebee's out of the water.
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Raleigh is getting a McCormick & Schmicks that should be opening at Crabtree Valley most any time. Please elaborate on why your meal was bad. It could save those of us in the triangle area some time and money.
re: goodeatsinadive
We were seated at 9:30 for our 8:00 reservation. We were out of towners and fell into the "just a few more minutes" dance. The Caesar salad I had tasted like nothing. Bland, bland, bland. My salmon was "fishy" and overcooked and was supposed to be served with rice but wasn't because they ran out (no substitution was offered or made). Dh's steak had a huge section of grissle through the middle and was well done even though he asked for medium rare. And we had to ask for everything...menus, wine list, water, bread, the check....you get the picture.
re: Janet from Richmond
With all due respect, after an hour and a half wait for a reserved table you probably should not have been surprised if everything else went south. I'd have walked out and picked up a hot dog from a 7-11 before I'd wait that long anywhere.
re: laulauman
Roy's is my favorite as well. I have not been in a few years, so unfortunately I can't remember any of the dishes I ordered.
re: laulauman
Oh I forgot...what's upscale to some may not be to others. In my area...the upscale chain restaurants are Cheesecake Factory, PF Changs, McCormick and Schmick's, Ruth Chris, Bravo, California Pizza Kitchen, Gordon Bierch, Kincaid's, and I may have forgotten one or two. We don't have Flemings, Maggianno's Little Italy, Texas De Brazil, Morton's, Roy's, Chammps, and alot of others. I live in the Virginia Beach and Norfolk (Hampton Roads) area of Virginia and we usually get retailers/restaurants last...if at all due to our area not being affluent and consisting of alot of military population.
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Chart House is great. I didn't even know there were any locations outside of California and Hawaii. (I don't see the Honolulu location listed on the Chart House website, so it may not be related to the others.) I guess the landlocked locations must be located on a river or something, because part of the appeal of this place is spectacular waterfront views.
re: Thefoodczar
You just have to watch out for local "Chart Houses" that aren't part of a chain. I know of a few independent places called Chart House that absolutely suck.
I wonder if Fogo de Chao and the other churrascaria chains belong on here?
Buddakan is very good, though not very widespread (more regional than national) as far as chains go. Houston's, while not particularly exciting or special, is reliable for good food in an upscale atmosphere.
I consider Roy's and Flemings upscale, along with Ruth's Chris. All of them a place I would visit on a special occasion. Bonefish is good, but not great. Although my husband does really like it. Went to McCormick and Schimick last month and the crab appetizer in the bar was very fishy, but I loved my Moscow Mule cocktail and would go back just for that.
Capital Grille is very good, and they have several seafood dishes on their menu. They popularized the now common "RI-style" fried calamari with hot peppers -- Capital Grille started in Providence around 1990 -- but we suspect they might have "borrowed" the recipe from a little establishment on Federal Hill called Trattoria del Antuono.
But whatever the origins, the calamari is a great dish, and CG does tuna and swordfish very well too (two meaty fishes, now that I think about it).
re: Bob W
Second Capital Grille. Have been to several locations around the country and have never had a bad meal plus the service is always excellent. Although the menu is pretty standard steakhouse faire, the specials are usually great. And don't forget to get a Stoli Doli! I live on the water so I'm not a fan of any of the seafood restaurant chains.
re: irishnyc
I know Cheesecake Factory is a bit overrated, but, barely better than Applebee's?
Applebee's has the worst food, service and price across the board. I've been to a few of their locations, always at the bequest of others, and everything, from the drinks (soda is watered down) to the apps (gross) to the meals (the riblets had bone splinters in them) to the desserts (still frozen) are awful. At least at CF I can enjoy the bread (awesome) and there's so many choices on the menu that you can't really go wrong. And the Jambalaya Pasta is awesome.
re: Philthadelphian
I've been twice and never liked anything I or my dining partners ordered, and it's certainly not even close to good enough to justify the wait.
re: irishnyc
I really don't like Cheesecake Factory; everything I've ever had there has been pretty mediocre. But that's still better than Applebee's where everything I've had there has been bad.
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I like Firebirds Rocky Mountain Grill. They have a cilantro and buttermilk marinated grilled chicken that comes topped with a smoky cheese sauce - it is AMAZING. Even their salad is wonderful. They call it a BLT salad and it comes with chopped tomatoes, bacon and a garlic ranch dressing. Not only is the bowl chilled - but they even chill the FORK! This place really takes the term chain restaurant up a notch!
When I lived in the Detroit area, I always enjoyed The Capital Grill. McCormick & Schmicks & J.Alexanders for better chain food...
Roy's is my favourite upscale chain (and now we have one in Anaheim GardenWalk!). I wouldn't consider CF upscale, but rather, a nicer mid-scale restaurant.
re: jonrogan
I love Houston's and their Key Lime Pie is the BEST... They only serve it in the spring and summer.


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On Wednesday morning before her daughter's body was discovered, Miriam Saunders posted on Facebook that she and her husband and children were getting strength from the public's prayers.
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Before her remains were found Halifax police said they were treating Saunders' disappearance as a homicide. Essex County OPP found Saunders' car in Harrow on Feb. 18. They also arrested her roommates - Blake Leggette, 25, and Victoria Henneberry, 28. They are in police custody in Halifax, charged with theft of a motor vehicle.
Saunders, 26, was last seen Feb. 13 in the Cowie Hill Road area of Halifax where she lived. Her family reported her missing Feb. 17.
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I recommend only watching one and half quarters and then turning it off. I have the game on DVR and only watched it once because I got completely disgusted watching the Giants poor execution on offense and Jason Witten playing one on one with Romo.
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Tommaso Portinari (1428–1501), member of a prominent Florentine family, was the representative of the Medici bank in Bruges. During his tenure there, he made large and extremely risky unsecured loans to Duke Charles the Bold that were never repaid, eventually leading to the ruin of the bank. However, at the time that Hans Memling painted these portraits of Tommaso (then about thirty-eight) and his wife Maria (only fourteen), Tommaso was a favored councilor of the duke and at the peak of his reputation in Bruges. These portraits were most likely commissioned around the time of the couple's wedding in 1470.The two portraits were certainly the wings of a devotional triptych, the center panel of which was a now-lost Virgin and Child (Waldman 2001). But these representations are not solely indicative of the couple's piety; they also express their social status and connections at court. The plain black backgrounds of the paintings presented a type that was popularized by Rogier van der Weyden and was favored by Burgundian court circles. Memling's innovation was to place the sitters before a trompe-l'oeil frame, boldly suggesting their relationship with the viewer's space. Tommaso and Maria are dressed in the height of fashion. Maria in particular wears an ostentatious necklace very similar to one worn by Margaret of York at her wedding to Charles the Bold in 1468, which Tommaso and Maria attended. X-radiographs of Maria's portrait show that her hennin was originally adorned with a V pattern and the initials T and M in pearls for Tommaso and Maria, as she wears in Hugo van der Goes's Portinari Altarpiece (right wing; Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence). Her hennin was also positioned at a steeper, more vertical angle and overlapped the upper edge of the fictive frame. This can be seen as a pentiment, visible to the naked eye.The two portraits are in remarkably fine condition—among Memling's best preserved—except for the general darkening of the costumes that appear to blend into the background; the pattern on Tommaso's purple jerkin and the details of Maria's hennin have become obscured. Even so, the likenesses are marvels of naturalistic observation and exquisite execution. The subtly blended flesh tones describe not only the smooth sheen of the flesh, but also the sculptural form of the physiognomy. Extraordinary attention is given to such details as the scar on Tommaso's chin, the lines at the edges of his eyes, and the wrinkles of flesh at the knuckles of the hands. Memling's clever balance of verisimilitude and idealization of his sitters made him the most sought-after portraitist of his day by both locals and foreigners, and his exported portraits exerted considerable influence abroad, especially in Italy.[2011]
Tommaso di Folco Portinari and his wife, Maria Baroncelli, Bruges and palazzo Portinari, Florence (about 1470–Tommaso d. 1501); posthumous inventory, 1501, "una tavoletta dipinta preg[i]ata cum nel mezo una immagine di Nostra Donna e delle bande si è Tommaso e mona Maria sua donna dipinti in deta tavoletta" [a small, valuable panel painting, with an image of Our Lady in the middle and on the sides painted Tommaso and mona Maria his wife]; his son, Francesco di Tommaso Portinari, palazzo Portinari, Florence (1501–in or after 1544; bequeathed to the hospital of S Maria Nuova, mentioned in Francesco's 1544 will as "unum tabernaculettum que clauditur con tribus sportellis, in qua est depicta imago Gloriossime virginis Marie et patris et matris dicti testatoris" [a small tabernacle with three movable wings, in which is depicted the glorious Virgin Mary and the father and mother of the donor]; Santa Maria Nuova, Florence (in or after 1544, perhaps until the Napoleonic occupation); private collection, Italy (until 1843 or 1845); Anatole Nicolaevitch Demidov, principe di San Donato, and his wife, princesse Mathilde Laetitia Wilhelmine Bonaparte, Paris and Florence (1843 or 1845–his d. 1870; his estate sale, Collections de San Donato, Pillet et Petit, Paris, March 3–4, 1870, nos. 212 and 213, as "Portrait d'homme" and "Portrait de Femme," by Dieric Bouts, for Fr 6,000 to Huffer); [Huffer]; private collection, Rome (until about 1900); [Elia Volpi, Florence, about 1900]; [Agnew, London, 1901]; [Léopold Goldschmidt, Paris, 1901–d. before 1904]; [Villeroy Goldschmidt, Paris, until 1910]; [Kleinberger, Paris and New York, 1910; sold for $ 426,500 to Altman]; Benjamin Altman, New York (1910–d. 1913)
Bruges. Palais du Gouvernement. "Exposition des primitifs flamands et d'art ancien," June 15–September 15, 1902, nos. 57, 58 (as portraits of Tommaso Portunari [sic] and his wife Maria, by Hans Memling, lent by Léopold Goldschmidt, Paris).New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries," November 15, 1970–February 15, 1971, nos. 208–9.New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Dutch Couples: Pair Portraits by Rembrandt and his Contemporaries," January 23–March 5, 1973, no. 2.New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 22, 1998–February 21, 1999, no. 27.
G. F. Waagen. "Nachträge zur Kenntniss der altniederländischen Malerschulen des 15ten und 16ten Jahrhunderts." Kunstblatt no. 41 (August 24, 1847), p. 163, attributes to Jan van Eyck the portraits of a man and a woman with a "spitzen, zuckerhutartigen Kopftracht" [hennin] in the Demidoff Collection in Paris [presumably our portraits of Tommaso and Maria Portinari]; states that these portraits were acquired by Princess Mathilde in Italy in 1845. Joseph Archer Crowe and Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle. Les anciens peintres flamands. 1, Brussels, 1862, vol. 1, p. 99. Alfred Michiels. Histoire de la peinture flamande depuis ses débuts jusqu'en 1864. 2, 2nd ed. Paris, 1866, vol. 2, p. 341, lists among the works of Jan van Eyck two portraits in the collection of Princess Mathilde, Paris: a man, and a woman with a hennin headdress. Émile Galichon. "La galerie de San Donato." Gazette des beaux-arts, 2nd ser., 3 (1870), p. 107, attributes them tentatively to Dieric Bouts; suggests that the sitters were the donors of a large-scale triptych the central part of which has disappeared. "Vente des collections de San Donato." Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts (March 13, 1870), p. 43, no. 11, list the two panels as by "Bouts" and states that they were sold together at the1870 San Donato sale in Paris for Fr 6,000 to M. Huffer. Henri Hymans. "L'exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges (1er article)." Gazette des beaux-arts, 3rd ser., 28 (August 1902), p. 282, suggests Hugo van der Goes as their author. Georges H. de Loo Palais du Gouvernement, Bruges. Exposition de tableaux flamands des XIVe, XVe et XVIe siècles: catalogue critique précédé d'une introduction sur l'identité de certains maîtres anonymes. Ghent, 1902, p. 15, nos. 57, 58, as by Memling before 1475; notes that the couple appear younger here than in their portraits in Hugo van der Goes's Portinari altarpiece for Santa Maria Nuova [Uffizi, Florence]. W. H. James Weale. Exposition des primitifs flamands et d'art ancien, Bruges. Première section: tableaux. Catalogue. Exh. cat., Palais du Gouvernement. Bruges, 1902, pp. XXII, 26, nos. 57 and 58, as by Memling, about 1476; identifies them as portraits of Tommaso and Maria Portunari [sic]; notes (p. XXX) that all attributions given in the catalogue are those indicated by the owners. A. Warburg. "Flandrische Kunst und Florentinische Frührenaissance Studien." Jahrbuch der Köninglich Preussischer Kunstsammlungen 23 (1902), pp. 252–53, 257–58, 260, ill. (reprinted in A. Warburg, "Gasammelte Schriften," 1932, vol. 1, pp. 197–99, ill.), notes that Friedländer identified the sitters as Tommaso and Maria Portinari and informed him of the existence of the portraits in 1901; attributes them to Memling before 1473, about the time of his Last Judgment in Danzig [Muzeum Narodowe, Gdansk], in which Tommaso is depicted naked in the lower scale of Archangel Michael; places our panels chronologically between the portraits of Tommaso and Maria in Memling's Passion of Christ [Galleria Sabauda, Turin] and those on the wings of Hugo's altarpiece in the Uffizi. W. H. James Weale. "The Early Painters of the Netherlands as Illustrated by the Bruges Exhibition of 1902, Article III." Burlington Magazine 1 (April 1903), p. 336, tentatively suggests that they are early works by Hugo as their style seems too weak for Memling at that time; dates them a few years earlier than Hugo's Portinari altarpiece; observes that Maria's necklace is an exquisite specimen of Florentine goldsmith's work of the period. Max J. Friedländer. "Die Brügger Leihausstellung von 1902." Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft 26 (1903), p. 81, nos. 57–58, attributes them to Memling and dates them about 1475, approximately contemporary with Hugo's Uffizi altarpiece; notes that a heavy yellow varnish makes it difficult to judge their condition. W. H. James Weale. "The Early Painters of the Netherlands as Illustrated by the Bruges Exhibition of 1902, Article IV." Burlington Magazine 2 (June 1903), p. 40, ill., an editorial note indicates that the attribution of these portraits to Memling "was doubted by many critics" when they were exhibited at Bruges in 1902. Karl Voll. Die altniederländische Malerei von Jan van Eyck bis Memling. Leipzig, 1906, p. 225, mentions them as works ascribed to Memling but difficult to judge in their present condiction. [Hippolyte] Fierens-Gevaert. La peinture en Belgique: Les primitifs flamands. 2, Brussels, 1909, p. 130 n. 3, mentions the portrait of Tommaso as a rather heavy–handed work from about 1475 attributed to Memling. Karl Voll. Memling: Des Meisters Gemälde. Stuttgart, 1909, pp. 160–61, 175, ill., lists them with Memling's doubtful works, but notes that in spite of a certain dryness they are consistent with his style. Georges Hulin de Loo. Letter to Duveen. December 26, 1909, considers them genuine works of Memling from about 1473 (or certainly between 1470 and 1476). Max J. Friedländer. Letter to Francis Kleinberger. January 26, 1910, as by Memling, about 1475. Max J. Friedländer. Letter to Francis Kleinberger. February 7, 1910, as without doubt by Memling; quotes opinions of authorities (Hulin [de Loo], Bode and Glück) in support of this attribution. Wilhelm von Bode. Letter to Francis Kleinberger. February 13, 1910, as very characteristic and fine works of Memling. Max J. Friedländer. Von Eyck bis Bruegel: Studien zur Geschichte der Niederländischen Malerei. Berlin, 1916, pp. 59, 179. Max J. Friedländer. "The Altman Memlings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Art in America 4, no. 4 (1916), pp. 194–95, ill., dates them about 1475, from the same period as Hugo's altarpiece in Florence; notes that the portraits were found in Rome, in or about the year 1900, by a Florentine art dealer. François Monod. "La galerie Altman au Metropolitan Museum de New-York (1er article)." Gazette des beaux-arts, 5th ser., 8 (September–October 1923), pp. 193–94, ill. (Maria only), attributes them tentatively to Hugo van der Goes. Max J. Friedländer. "Hugo van der Goes." Die altniederländische Malerei. 4, Berlin, 1926, p. 25. Max J. Friedländer. "Memling und Gerard David." Die altniederländische Malerei. 6, Berlin, 1928, pp. 39–40, 129, nos. 69–70, pls. 37–38, dates them about 1472. Handbook of the Benjamin Altman Collection. 2nd ed. New York, 1928, pp. 43–45, nos. 18–20, suggests that the portraits must have been painted ten to twelve years before Hugo's Portinari Altarpiece, which he dates about 1476. Franz Dülberg. Niederländische Malerei der Spätgotik und Renaissance. Potsdam, 1929, p. 122, as by Memling, from the same period as Hugo's altarpiece. H[ans]. V[ollmer]. in Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler. 24, Leipzig, 1930, p. 376, as by Memling, from about 1472. Hans Tietze. Meisterwerke europäischer Malerei in Amerika. Vienna, 1935, pp. 333–34, pl. 132a (Tommaso only) [English ed., "Masterpieces of European Painting in America," New York, 1939, p. 317, pl. 132a (Tommaso only)], ascribes them to Memling about 1472. G. J. Hoogewerff. Vlaamsche kunst en Italiaansche Renaissance. Mechelen, [1935?], pp. 40–41, suggests the portraits were commissioned in 1470, the year of the Portinari's marriage, and that they were the wings of a triptych with the Madonna and Child or the Lamentation at its center. J[acques]. Lavalleye in "De vlaamsche schilderkunst tot ongeveer 1480." Geschiedenis van de vlaamsche kunst. Antwerp, 1936, p. 376, as Memling about 1472. Jacques Lavalleye. Juste de Gand: Peintre de Frédéric de Montefeltre. Louvain, 1936, vol. 1, p. 17, places the Turin Passion about 1470 and our portraits several years later. Jacques Lavalleye. L'art en Belgique du moyen age à nos jours. Brussels, 1939, p. 141. Germain Bazin. Memling. Paris, 1939, p. 19. pls. 16–17, attributes them to Memling under the influence of Rogier van der Weyden. Paul Wescher. Grosskaufleute der Renaissance: In Biographien und Bildnissen. Basel, 1941?, pp. 63, 182, ill. (Tommaso only). Harry B. Wehle and Margaretta Salinger. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: A Catalogue of Early Flemish, Dutch and German Paintings. New York, 1947, pp. 65–68, ill., as by Memling, produced "probably about 1472—certainly not before 1470"; suggest that the two panels were originally wings of a triptych with some devotional subject, probably the Virgin and Child, in the center. Raymond De Roover. Money, Banking and Credit in Medieval Bruges: Italian Merchant–Bankers, Lombards and Money–Changers. A Study in the Origins of Banking. Cambridge, Mass., 1948, pp. 22, 28 n. 84. Raymond De Roover. The Medici Bank, Its Organization, Management, Operations, and Decline. New York, 1948, ill. opp. p. 22. Millia Davenport. The Book of Costume. New York, 1948, vol. 1, pp. 326–27, no. 857, ill. (Maria, cropped). Ludwig Baldass. Jan van Eyck. New York, 1952, p. 74 n. 2. C. Aru Et. de Geradon. La Galerie Sabauda de Turin [Les primitifs flamands, I: Corpus de la peinture des anciens pays-bas méridionaux au quinzième siècle, vol. 5]. Antwerp, 1952, pp. 15, 18, date the Turin Passion about 1470, the year of the Portinari marriage, as the couple is shown without children; observe that the Turin donors "are not older" than the sitters for our portraits. Erwin Panofsky. Early Netherlandish Painting: Its Origins and Character. Cambridge, Mass., 1953, vol. 1, pp. 348, 479 n. 16 (to p. 294), p. 491 n. 7 (to p. 313), as by Memling about 1470–71; considers them the wings of a triptych with a Madonna and Child at the center. Harry B. Wehle. "Maria Portinari." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 11 (January 1953), pp. 129–31, ill. p. 130 and on front cover (Maria, in color), gives biographical information about the sitters; places our portraits two years after Memling's Turin Passion of about 1470; discusses other Portinari commissions from Memling and Hugo van der Goes. Nicole Veronée-Verhaegen. "Note à propos de Jean Gossart et d'une "Tentation de S. Antoine"." Bulletin, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts 4 (March–September 1955), p. 181. Erik Larsen. Les primitifs flamands au Musée Metropolitain de New York. Utrecht, 1960, pp. 71, 73, 118–19, figs. 18–19, dates them about 1470. Colin Tobias Eisler. "New England Museums." New England Museums [Les primitifs flamands, I: Corpus de la peinture des anciens pays-bas méridionaux au quinzième siècle, vol. 4]. Brussels, 1961, p. 69, mentions our portraits in relation to that of Gilles Joye attributed to Memling (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass.), which bears a date of 1472 on its frame. Jan Bialostocki. Les Musées de Pologne: (Gdansk, Krakow, Warszawa) [Les primitifs flamands, I: Corpus de la peinture des anciens pays-bas méridionaux au quinzième siècle, vol. 9]. Brussels, 1966, pp. 64, 74, pl. 232c (detail of Tommaso's portrait). John Pope-Hennessy. The Portrait in the Renaissance. Princeton, 1966, p. 311 n. 85, dates them about 1472. Geoffrey Agnew. Agnew's, 1817–1967. London, 1967, unpaginated, ill. Charles D. Cuttler. Northern Painting from Pucelle to Bruegel. New York, 1968, pp. 171, 179, dates them about 1472; supports the idea that the portraits were wings of a triptych with a devotional panel in the center. Giorgio T. Faggin. L'opera completa di Memling. Milan, 1969, p. 108, nos. 87–88, colorpls. 54–55. Introduction by Kenneth Clark in Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1970, pp. 46, 217, nos. 208–9, ill. Calvin Tomkins. Merchants and Masterpieces: The Story of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1970, p. 171 [rev., enl. ed., 1989]. Peter Mellen. Jean Clouet: Complete Edition of the Drawings, Miniatures, and Paintings. London, 1971, p. 55. Max J. Friedländer et al. "Hans Memlinc and Gerard David." Early Netherlandish Painting. 6, New York, 1971, part 1, pp. 26, 54, nos. 69–70, pls. 112–13. K. B. McFarlane with the assistance of G. L. Harris. Hans Memling. Oxford, 1971, pp. 34 n. 28, ill., as by Memling, from about 1471; believes they antedate by several years Hugo's Portinari Altarpiece. Peter H. Schabacker. Petrus Christus. Utrecht, 1974, p. 47 n. 48. Elisabeth Heller Universität München. Das altniederländische Stifterbild. Munich, 1976, p. 119. V. Denis. La peinture flamande 15e–16e–17e siècles. Brussels, 1976, p. 115. Paul Hills. "Leonardo and Flemish Painting." Burlington Magazine 122 (September 1980), pp. 609–10, notes that had the central panel our portraits framed (presumably with a Virgin and Child) reached Florence in the mid-1470s, it could have been studied by Leonardo at the moment when he was turning his attention to the theme of the Virgin and Child. Howard Hibbard. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1980, pp. 193, 197, 200, 205, fig. 360 (Maria). Liana Castelfranchi Vegas. Italie et Flandres dans la peinture du XVe siècle. Milan, 1984, pp. 195–96, ill. (color) [Italian ed., 1983]. Roberto Salvini. Banchieri fiorentini e pittori di Fiandria. Modena, 1984, pp. 37, 59, figs. 104–5 (color). James Snyder. Northern Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, the Graphic Arts from 1350 to 1575. New York, 1985, p. 186, ill. Guy Bauman. "Early Flemish Portraits, 1425–1525." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 43 (Spring 1986), pp. 51, 53–56, 58, ill., considers plausible a date of execution between their marriage in 1470 and the birth of their first child in September 1471; suggests that the portraits served as models for those in the Turin Passion, which they would therefore predate; observes that the fine black on black pattern on Tommaso's silk damask jacket has becone nearly invisible. Walter Prevenier Wim Blockmans. The Burgundian Netherlands. Cambridge, 1986, p. 332, fig. 97 (Tommaso, in color). Introduction by James Snyder in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Renaissance in the North. New York, 1987, pp. 11, 36–37, ill. (color), suggests that Tommaso may have comissioned the portraits to commemorate the couple's marriage in 1470. M. Comblen-Sonkes with the collaboration of Ignace Vandevivere. Les Musées de l'Institut de France [Les primitifs flamands, 1 Corpus de la peinture des anciens pays-bas mérodionaux au quinzième siècle, vol. 15]. 15, Brussels, 1988, pp. 8, 69, 84. M. C. Mendes-Atanázio. "Il trittico Portinari." Revue des archéologues et historiens d'art de Louvain 22 (1989), pp. 18, 23, believes the portraits were brought to Florence in October 1478, where Memling's likeness of Maria served as the model for her face and costume in Hugo's Portinari Triptych; observes, nevertheless, that she seems at least ten years older in Hugo's portrayal. Hans J. van Miegroet. Gerard David. Antwerp, 1989, p. 105. Lorne Campbell. Renaissance Portraits. New Haven, 1990, pp. 16, 22, pl. (color), notes that Memling subjects Maria's portrait to personal and contemporary ideals of beauty by raising her brows, elongating her nose, and diffusing the bone structure of her face; sees a striking resemblance to the idealized head of the Virgin in Lisbon (Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga), a panel by Memling of the same size and approximately the same date. Barbara G. Lane. "The Patron and the Pirate: The Mystery of Memling's Gdansk 'Last Judgment'." Art Bulletin 73 (December 1991), p. 633, figs. 17, 19. Ronald W. Lightbown. Mediaeval European Jewellery, with a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum. London, 1992, pp. 286–87, ill. in color (Maria), discusses the collar worn by Maria in the context of similar examples. Maryan W. Ainsworth, Selected by Guy C. Bauman, and Walter A. Liedtke in Flemish Paintings in America: A Survey of Early Netherlandish and Flemish Paintings in the Public Collections of North America. Antwerp, 1992, pp. 24, 74–75, nos. 16a–b, ill. (color), notes that the decorative hennin of Maria Baroncelli (now visible only through x-radiography) was replaced by a more modest one in the final version, perhaps out of deference to the devotional subject of the lost central panel. Valentin Vermeersch et al. in Bruges and Europe. Antwerp, 1992, pp. 194, 196–97, 334, ill. (color). Roberta Ferrazza. Palazzo Davanzati e le collezioni di Elia Volpi. Florence, 1993, pp. 90–91, 136 n. 55, ill., mentions them among works formerly in the Volpi collection, Florence. Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1993, p. 123, ill. (color). Jochen Sander. Niederländische Gemälde im Städel, 1400–1550. Mainz, 1993, pp. 301–3, ill., sees the influence of Italian relief portraits in the use of a trompe-l'oeil frame that differs in color from the background; notes that this device ultimately derives from the Italian portrait medal tradition. Bernhard Ridderbos. "In de suizende stilte van de binnenkamer: Interpretaties van het Arnolfini–portret." Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 44 (1993), p. 70, ill. Hans Belting and Christiane Kruse. Die Erfindung des Gemäldes: Das erste Jahrhundert der niederländischen Malerei. Munich, 1994, p. 231, ill. Dirk De Vos. Hans Memling: The Complete Works. Ghent, 1994, pp. 30–31, 34, 100–103, 108, 110, 130–31, 258, 316, 336, 366, 370, no. 9, ill. (color, overall and details of both portraits), believes the devotional triptych to which our panels belonged most likely stayed in Bruges with Tommaso until 1497 and suggests that van der Goes saw Maria's portrait there, using it as the basis for his depiction of her in his Uffizi triptych; notes that in our portraits and several others from this period the artist places the figures in front of a trompe l'oeil stone frame, enhancing the illusion of proximity to the viewer. Maryan W. Ainsworth. "Hans Memling as a Draughtsman." Hans Memling: Essays. Ghent, 1994, pp. 85–86, figs. 17–18 (Maria, and x-radiograph of Maria), notes that x-radiography reveals that Maria's hennin was originally decorated with pearls forming the letters "T" and "M" for Tommaso and Maria, as it is in Hugo's Portinari Altarpiece, and suggests that such a jewelled hennin may have been "deemed too conspicuous a show of opulence in the presence of the Virgin and Child, most likely the now lost object of Maria's veneration". Dirk De Vos. Hans Memling: Catalogue. Exh. cat., Groeninge Museum, Bruges. Ghent, 1994, pp. 16, 27, 50–51, 57, 150, 156, 202. Peter Klein. "Dendrochronological Analysis of Panels of Hans Memling." Hans Memling: Essays. Ghent, 1994, p. 103, gives estimated felling dates for the panels used in these portraits. Maximiliaan P. J. Martens. "De Opdrachtgevers van Hans Memling." Hans Memling: Essays. Ghent, 1994, pp. 24–25, fig. 13 (Maria). Paul Eeckhout in Les primitifs flamands et leur temps. Louvain-la-Neuve, 1994, pp. 462–63, ill. (color). Maryan W. Ainsworth. Petrus Christus: Renaissance Master of Bruges. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1994, p. 6. John Oliver Hand. Hans Memling's Saint John the Baptist & Saint Veronica. Exh. cat.Washington, 1994, unpaginated, figs. 7–8. Liana Castelfranchi. "Firenze e la ritrattistica di Memling." Scritti per l'Instituto Germanico di Storia dell'Arte di Firenze. Florence, 1997, pp. 151–52, 156 n. 1. Frédéric Elsig. "La 'Passion' de Turin: Un séjour de Memling à la cour de Savoie en 1476?" Histoire de l'art no. 39 (October 1997), pp. 91–93, ill. Víctor I. Stoichita. The Self-Aware Image: An Insight into Early Modern Meta-Painting. Cambridge, 1997, pp. 58–59, 290 n. 47, fig. 35. Jos Koldeweij in La pittura nei Paesi Bassi. Milan, 1997, vol. 1, p. 117. Mary Sprinson de Jesús in From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1998, pp. vii, 3, 19, 35, 44, 66, 74, 141, 154, 160, 162–66, 169–70, 174, 176, 178, 194, no. 27, ill. (color, both panels, and color detail of Maria). Charles Sterling and Maryan W. Ainsworth in "Fifteenth- to Eighteenth-Century European Paintings." The Robert Lehman Collection. 2, New York, 1998, pp. 9–10 n. 4. Jean C. Wilson. Paintings in Bruges at the Close of the Middle Ages: Studies in Society and Visual Culture. University Park, Pa., 1998, pp. 54–58, 77, 215 n. 48, figs. 18 and 19. John Oliver Hand. "New York. From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Burlington Magazine 140 (December 1998), p. 855, ill. Karen Wilkin. "A Northern Renaissance at the Metropolitan." New Criterion (November 1998), p. 50. Las tablas flamencas en la ruta Jacobea. Exh. cat., Claustro de la Iglesia de Palacio, Logroño. San Sebastián, Spain, 1999, p. 150, ill. Michael Rohlmann. "Flanders and Italy, Flanders and Florence. Early Netherlandish Painting in Italy and its Particular Influence on Florentine Art: An Overview." Italy and the Low Countries—Artistic Relations: The Fifteenth Century. Florence, 1999, p. 50, in a discussion of Italian artists' adoption of Northern ideas related to the organization of picture space, compares Piero di Cosimo's Saint Mary Magdalen [Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica] in Rome with our portrait of Maria Portinari; notes that the subject in both pictures is "shown against an opaque, dark background and appears to come forward out of the picture plane by cutting across a 'trompe-l'oeil' stone frame". Louis Alexander Waldman. "New Documents for Memling's Portinari Portraits in the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Apollo 153 (February 2001), pp. 28–33, ill. in color, confirms through archival research that the panels were the wings of a triptych with a Virgin and Child at its center; notes that this small altarpiece was inherited by Tommaso's son Francesco and later bequeathed by him to the nuns of the hospital of S. Maria Nuova in Florence. Paula Nuttall et al. in Till-Holger Borchert. The Age of Van Eyck: The Mediterranean World and Early Netherlandish Painting, 1430–1530. Exh. cat., Groeningemuseum, Bruges. Ghent, 2002, pp. 85, 180, 199, 201–2 n. 9. Marina Belozerskaya. Rethinking the Renaissance: Burgundian Arts Across Europe. Cambridge, 2002, pp. 242–43, figs. 64–65. Dirk De Vos. The Flemish Primitives: The Masterpieces. Antwerp, 2002, p. 144, ill. 34. Margaret Koster. "New Documentation for the Portinari Altar-piece." Burlington Magazine 145 (March 2003), pp. 169–70, ill. (color), publishes Tommaso's will and new information about his later career from the recently found Portinari archive; challenges the idea that he died destitute; presents evidence that he continued to represent Lorenzo de Medici abroad even after the failure of the Medici bank in Bruges and served as Florentine ambassador on numerous occassions; points out that Maria was the executor of her husband's will in 1501. Paula Nuttall. From Flanders to Florence: The Impact of Netherlandish Painting, 1400–1500. New Haven, 2004, pp. 57, 59, 64–65, 70–72, 260, 272 nn. 45, 60, p. 290 n. 13, p. 292 n. 7, colorpls. 40, 50, 67, 68 (overall and detail of both), discusses at length Tommaso's role in the culture, politics, and business life of Bruges. Lorne Campbell in Memling's Portraits. Exh. cat., Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Ghent, 2005, pp. 52, 54, 57, 61, ill. pl. 2a–b (color). Maryan W. Ainsworth in Memling's Portraits. Exh. cat., Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Ghent, 2005, pp. 92–93, 95–96, 99–102, 106–7, ill. (color, overall and detail, and x-radiograph). Paula Nuttall in Memling's Portraits. Exh. cat., Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Ghent, 2005, pp. 68, 70, 73–74, 78, ill. pl. 2 (color). Till-Holger Borchert. Memling's Portraits. Exh. cat., Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Ghent, 2005, pp. 151, 164, 167–68, 175. Peter Klein in Memling's Portraits. Exh. cat., Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Ghent, 2005, pp. 180–81, provides a tabulated dendrochronological analysis of panels attributed to Hans Memling. Till-Holger Borchert. "Collecting Early Netherlandish Paintings in Europe and the United States." Early Netherlandish Paintings: Rediscovery, Reception and Research. English ed. Amsterdam, 2005, p. 212, figs. 117–18 [Dutch ed., "'Om iets te weten van de oude meesters'. De Vlaamse Primitieven—herontdekking, waardering en onderzoek," Nijmegen, 1995]. Bernhard Ridderbos in "Objects and Questions." Early Netherlandish Paintings: Rediscovery, Reception and Research. English ed. Amsterdam, 2005, pp. 115, 121 [Dutch ed., "'Om iets te weten van de oude meesters'. De Vlaamse Primitieven—herontdekking, waardering en onderzoek," Nijmegen, 1995]. Catheline Périer-d'Ieteren. Dieric Bouts: The Complete Works. Brussels, 2006, p. 210, fig. 199 (x-radiograph of Maria), remarks that Memling's faces rarely show any underdrawing as "the powdery residue of black chalk would have been visible through the diaphanous modelling"; suggests that the "thin yet confident incised lines" outlining Maria's face here may be a sign of the transfer through tracing of a detailed preliminary drawing from life. Hugo van der Velden. "Diptych Altarpieces and the Principle of Dextrality." Essays in Context: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych. Cambridge, Mass., 2006, p. 149 n. 14 [published in conjunction with the 2006 exh. cat., "Prayers and Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych"]. Pascale Syfer-d'Olne et al. "Masters with Provisional Names." The Flemish Privitives IV: Catalogue of Early Netherlandish Painting in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. 4, Brussels, 2006, p. 412 n. 21, compare the clothing worn by the female donor in the Master of 1473's Jan de Witte Triptych with that worn by Maria Portinari in our panel. Diane Wolfthal. "Florentine Bankers, Flemish Friars, and the Patronage of the Portinari Altarpiece." Cultural Exchange Between the Low Countries and Italy (1400–1600). Turnhout, Belgium, 2007, pp. 2, 16. Susanne Franke. "Between Status and Spiritual Salvation: 'The Portinari triptych' and Tommaso Portinari's concern for his 'memoria'." Simiolus 33, no. 3 (2007–8), pp. 135–36, 138–39, fig. 9, notes that these portraits and Hugo's donor portraits in the Portinari Triptych (Uffizi, Florence) mimic contemporary portraits of the Duke and Duchesses of Burgundy, and sees them as part of Tommaso's "marketing strategy" and striving for social status within Bruges and the court of Charles the Bold; notes that documents in the Bruges City Archives reveal that he planned to live out his life in Bruges and be buried there in the church of St. James; believes Tommaso originally intended both the Uffizi triptych and the small devotional triptych to which our portraits belonged to remain in his adopted city, presumably in the family chapel in the church of St. James; compares the appearance of the Portinaris in Memling's and Hugo's portraits with that of Charles the Bold and Isabella of Bourbon in two anonymous contemporary portraits (Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent), noting that the couples not only resemble each other, but the costumes and haircuts of the men are quite similar, as are the necklaces, necklines, and hennins of the women; adds that, just as the initials of Charles and Margaret decorate the latter's hennin, the initials of Maria and Tommaso are visible in the underdrawing, as part of the original plan for the hennin in our panel (see Ref. Ainsworth 1944). Bert W. Meijer et al. in Firenze e gli antichi Paesi Bassi 1430–1530, dialoghi tra artisti: da Jan van Eyck a Ghirlandaio, da Memling a Raffaello . . . Exh. cat., Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence. Livorno, 2008, pp. 27, 54, 138, 184, 190. Margaret L. Koster. Hugo van der Goes and the Procedures of Art and Salvation. London, 2008, p. 85, fig. 41 (color). Barbara G. Lane. Hans Memling: Master Painter in Fifteenth-Century Bruges. London, 2009, pp. 81, 83, 90 n. 14, pp. 95, 118, 150, 170 n. 17, pp. 199–202, 206, 216–17 nn. 31, 66, pp. 278, 289, 292, 295–96, 298 n. 6 to no. 53, p. 316 n. 1 to no. 68, no. 50, figs. 113–14. Maryan W. Ainsworth in Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures: Jan Gossart's Renaissance. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2010, pp. 18, 238, 256, fig. 15 (Maria; color).
Maria Portinari was still alive in 1501, when she served as the executor of Tommaso's will. We do not, however, know the date of her death.
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more discussion of the reading and the lectures than is possible
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assignment, but you have free choice which ones you do.
Two tests will be given during regular class meetings. The final exam will be held Tuesday May 1 at the scheduled exam time in the usual classroom. Both the in-class tests and the final will be essay tests and open books and notes will be permitted. You may use web pages, but be careful to avoid plagiarism and be aware that the test will still take place even if the internet is down at test time. Tests may be written either on your laptop or on paper. On the in-class tests you will write one essay of 600 to 1000 words from a choice of two questions; on the final you will write two such essays. There is advice on taking this kind of test at: http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/FacultyPages/PamMack/essayexams.html and instructions for online tests at: http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/FacultyPages/PamMack/lec122sts/onlinetests.htm. Makeup exams will be available only for students who have excused absences. In other cases there will be a mechanism to get partial credit. On the final exam you will write two essays, one based on the third book and one cumulative. The tests, the argument paper, and the final exam will be handed in via Blackboard and screened by the Turnitin plagiarism detection system. (This system does keep a copy of your paper--if you have a problem with that please speak to the professor.) For these longer assignments, write your essays in Word (or in some other wordprocessor and save in Richtext form) and submit in Blackboard as an attachment. Both the in-class tests and the final will be essay tests and open books and notes will be permitted. You may use web pages, but be careful to avoid plagiarism and be aware that the test will still take place even if the internet is down at test time.
The argument paper will consist of a paper of about 4-6 double spaced pages that will take a stand on a controversial aspect of the relationship between technology and society. Topic assignments will be posted at Argument paper assignment . The higher grades will go to papers that exhibit logical thinking, an analytical framework, specific evidence, the ability to inform and communicate, sound organization, and a concise and coherent argument that answers the specific question assigned. In this paper the premium will go to those that make a persuasive argument. This paper is due on Mar. 7. Papers will be handed in via Blackboard and screened by the Turnitin plagiarism detection system. (This system does keep a copy of your paper--if you have a problem with that please speak to the professor.) Write your essays in Word (or in some other wordprocessor and save in Richtext form) and submit in Blackboard as an attachment. Late papers will be penalized two points for each calendar day late. Very late papers will be penalized no lower than a 65 if the paper merits at least a 75.
It is cheating to cut and paste or otherwise copy portions
of an argument paper, exam, or discussion board posting from a
book, web site, or from the online class notes, even if you
change a few words, unless you quote and give the source.
It is poor writing for more than about 20% of your paper to
consist of quotes.
In most cases when you use specific material from any source
you should paraphrase: cite the source and put the ideas into your own
words (generally no more than 5 consecutive words
should match the source but if the words are mostly the same
it could still be plagiarism even if there aren't 5
consecutive words).
The catalog states: "When,
in the opinion of a course instructor, there is evidence that
a student has committed an act of academic dishonesty, that
person must make a formal written charge of academic
dishonesty, including a description of the misconduct, to the
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies. The reporting person
may, at his/her discretion, inform each involved student
privately of the nature of the alleged charge. In cases of
plagiarism instructors may use, as an option, the Plagiarism
Resolution Form available from the Office of Undergraduate
Cell Phones: Unlike many history courses,
the use of laptops is encouraged in this course. However,
because this is a large freshman level course, that use is
subject to rules to prevent distraction for other students and
to keep a positive learning atmosphere (research
has shown that multitasking interferes seriously with cognitive
Portfolio: This course meets
the Social Science and STS general education requirements, and
so you should be putting essays that you write for this course
in the STS and Social Science sections of your general education
portfolio. The prompts are:
due by 11 am
|Jan. 11
|Course structure
|Jan. 13
|Hobsbawm preface
is Technology?
|Jan. 16
|Martin Luther King
|Jan. 18
|Hobsbawm intro-1
|Jan. 20
|Hobsbawm 2
|Jan. 23
|Hobsbawm 3
Industrial Revolution
|quiz 1 (intro-2) due by
11 am
|Jan. 24
|Optional Extra Help Session, 5 pm in Hardin 100
|Jan 25
|Optional Extra Help Session
10:10 am, Hardin 230
|Jan. 25
|Hobsbawm 4
|Human Results
|Jan. 27
|Hobsbawm 5
|bb1 due by 11 am
|Jan. 30
|Hobsbawm 6
|Second Phase of Industrialization
|quiz 2 (3-5) due 11 am
|Feb. 1
|Hobsbawm 8
|Standard of Living
|Feb. 2
|Optional Participation Credit
|Panel Discussion on Entrepreneurship
and the Innovation Pipeline, Strom Thurmond Institute
Auditorium, 6-7:30 pm
|Feb. 3
|Hobsbawm 10 &
|The Land
|Feb. 6
|quiz 3 (6,8)
|Feb. 8
|In-class Test
|Feb. 10
|The Spread of the Industrial Revolution
|Feb. 13
|Lienhard 1
|Feb. 15
|Lienhard 2
|Short Lived Technologies
|first set of PCs due
|Feb. 17
|Lienhard 3
Totally New
|Feb. 20
|Lienhard 4
|quiz 4 (1-3)
|Feb. 22
|Lienhard 5
and Fringe
rewrite due
|Feb. 24
|Lienhard 6
| Lienhard 7
|quiz 5 (4-6)
|Lienhard 8
| Automobile
|Mar. 2
|Lienhard 9
the Road
|Mar. 5
|Lienhard 10-11
|quiz 6 (7-9)
|Mar. 7
|Lienhard 12
Boy's Life, Radio
|Argument paper due
|Mar 8
PC event
|Lecture on "Sustainability is a Work of
Justice," 6:30-8 pm Lee Hall Auditorium
|Mar. 9
|Lienhard 13
|Mar. 12
|Lienhard 14
|quiz 7 (10-12)
|Mar. 14
|Lienard 15
|Mar. 14
|Optional PC event
|Film: "Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a
Land Ethic for our Time," Strom Thurmond Inst.
Auditorium, either 2:00-4:30 pm (with panel discussion)
or 7:00-9:00 pm (with lecture)
|Mar. 16
|Lienard 16
|After Modern
|Spring Break
|Mar. 26
|quiz 8 (13-15)
|Mar. 28
|In-Class Test
|Mar. 30
|Nye ch. 1
|Nye 1
|second set of pcs due
|Apr. 2
|Nye ch. 2
|Nye 2
|Apr. 4
|Nye ch. 3
|Nye 3
|Apr. 6
|Nye ch. 4
|Nye 4
|Apr. 9
|Nye ch. 5
|Nye 5
|quiz 9 (1-3)
|Apr. 11
|Nye ch. 6
|Nye 6
|Apr. 13
|Nye ch. 7
|Nye 7
|Apr. 16
|Nye ch. 8
|Nye 8
| quiz 10 (4-7)
|Apr. 17
|Optional PC event
|Lecture on "Race and the Management of
Labor in US History," 5:00-6:30 pm, 232 Hardin
|Apr. 18
|Nye ch. 9
|Nye 9
|Apr 20
|Nye ch. 10
|Nye 10
|Apr. 23
|Nye ch. 11
|Nye 11
|quiz 11 (8-10)
|Apr. 25
|Online reading part 1 and 2
Digital Age, student evaluation of instructors
|Apr. 27
|last set of pcs due
|May 1
|Final Exam
8:00-10:30 am Hardin 100


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Lisa G, our new client, stands up to Jeff Lewis like no other. Jeff wants to raise her Calabasas remodel budget -- "I am not raising the fucking budget!" Jeff gets the message.
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Kim, Kourtney And Khloe Kardashian Are Fabulous
Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian are the latest stars to grace the cover of The Sun's Fabulous magazine.
Given that the famous sisters are clad head to toe in their Kardashian Kollection for Dorothy Perkins line, it's safe to say that Kardashian mania has struck the UK.
The mag boasts:
The celeb sisters we're all obsessed with – the Kardashians – are hitting the Fabulous cover this week. We chatted to Kim, Kourtney and Khloe about kids, Kanye and living their lives on TV.So clearly, the States aren't the only ones who are krazy for these girls.
Their issue of Fabulous will be included in this Sunday's edition of The Sun.