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Tag Archives: Art
1871: Llyn Nant-y-Clif
Charles Leslie: Welsh Landscape, Llyn Nant-y-Clif, North Wales (1871)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Art, Charles Leslie, Great Britain, Landscapes, Painting, Wales
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1998: Qajar
Shadi Ghadrian: Qajar #3 (1998) (source)
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, Art, Iran, Photography, Portraits, Shadi Ghadrian, Women
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1918: No Bigger than a Bumble-Bee
There are some curious old stories told in the Scotch Highlands about dreams. It was believed that when asleep the mind or soul of the sleeper leaves his body and goes far afield, and when he awakes he recalls his … Continue reading
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Tagged 1900's, 1910's, 20th Century, Art, Dreams, Great Britain, Landscapes, Oddities, Painting, Scotland, Water, William Lakin Turner
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1922: Hercules
John Singer Sargent: Hercules and the Hydra (1922-1925) (source) After the goddess Hera makes Hercules lose his mind and murder his own wife and children, he prays to Apollo for guidance and it told by the god’s oracle to atone … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, 2nd Century, Art, Greece, John Singer Sargent, Mythology, Painting, Pseudo-Apollodorus, USA
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1964: Bastard
Women cheat, women suffer. They used to be attractive—so they smooth away their age. I shout mine aloud because I was never attractive, because I shall always have my baby hair. It’s taken me two and a half hours to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 2010's, 20th Century, 21st Century, Art, Autobiography, Books, France, Gertrude Stein, Jean Genet, LGBTQ, Painting, Prose, Richard Baker, USA, Violette Leduc, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, Women
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2012: Moon
Yee Sookyun: Translated Vase 2012 TVW The Moon 1 (2012) (source)
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Art, Ceramics, Korea, Technology, The Moon, Yee Sookyun
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2015: When My Father Died
Susanna Hesselberg: When My Father Died It Was Like a Whole Library Had Burned Down (2015) (source)
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Art, Books, Death, Fathers, Libraries, Norway, Sculpture, Susanna Hesselberg, Women
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1903: The Hierophant was Petrifying
Walt MacDougall: Illustration for “MacDougall’s Stories for Good Children,” February 22, 1903 (source)
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Tagged 1900's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Children, Comic Strips, Cryptids, Drawing, Fantasy, USA, Walt MacDougall
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1887: Lake
John Olson Hammerstad: Lake Michigan (c. 1887)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Art, Lakes, Norway, Painting, Ships & Sailing, USA
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2007: The Doll House
In 2005 I acquired the use of a farmhouse, abandoned in the late 60’s. The house was located near Sinclair Manitoba on highway #2. For over 18 months ( – winter) I re-shingled the roof with recycled shingles and restored … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000's, 21st Century, Art, Conceptual Art, Heather Benning, Houses, Miniatures, Technology, USA, Women
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