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Tag Archives: Art
2007: Mes Maisons
Jean-François Fourtou: from Mes Maisons (2007) (source)
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Tagged 21st Century, Art, France, Houses, Melancholy, Miniatures
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2012: 1001 Uses for Duct Tape
Takahiro Iwasaki: Geo Eye (Victoria Peak) (2012)
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Tagged 21st Century, Art, Duct Tape, Japan, Takahiro Iwasaki
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1934: Shadows
Hans Emmenegger: Hard Shadow Cast on Trunk (1934)
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Tagged 20th Century, Art, Hans Emmenegger, Painting, Switzerland, Trees
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1967: The Girl in the Air with the Most Beautiful Hair
Ralph William Williams: TWA Hostess Judy Neumann (1967) [Breck shampoo ad] (source)
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1969: Big Sea
Vija Celmins: Untitled (Big Sea #1) (1969)
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1737: Anti-Depressant
It has been often related, and generally believed, that Philip V King of Spain, being seized with a total dejection of spirits, which made him refuse to be shaved, and rendered him incapable of attending council or transacting affairs … Continue reading
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1830: What Color is Your Face Type?
Joannes Bemme, after David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville: Drie gezichtstypen met bijbehorende kleuren [Three Face Types with Corresponding Colors], an illustration from Essai sur les signes inconditionnels dans l’art [Essay on Universal Symbols in Art] (1827-1830) (source)
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Tagged 19th Century, Art, Books, Colors, David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, Faces, Joannes Bemme, Netherlands, Printmaking
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1898: Hope
Luc-Olivier Merson and Charles Girault: L’Espérance (1897-98) (source)
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2001: Anatomy of a Centaur
Masao Kinoshita: ケンタウロス [Centaur] (2001) (source)
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1874: Night Rushed Down from Heaven
Henry Moore: Rough Weather in the Mediterranean (1874) ὣς εἰπὼν σύναγεν νεφέλας, ἐτάραξε δὲ πόντον χερσὶ τρίαιναν ἑλών: πάσας δ᾽ ὀρόθυνεν ἀέλλας παντοίων ἀνέμων, σὺν δὲ νεφέεσσι κάλυψε γαῖαν ὁμοῦ καὶ πόντον: ὀρώρει δ᾽ οὐρανόθεν νύξ. —Odyssey V, 291-294 So … Continue reading
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