source: ICI site
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I found this video on the youTube page of azrzearvar: an unexpected gift for me, and for those browsing my blog. Enjoy!
(video by azrzearvar)
(Avangarda 20)
Sunday, 31 March 2013
Brancusi Filmed (1929-1939)
Posted on 01:31 by Unknown
source: ICI site
no copyright infringement intended
I found this video on the youTube page of azrzearvar: an unexpected gift for me, and for those browsing my blog. Enjoy!
(video by azrzearvar)
(Avangarda 20)
Saturday, 30 March 2013
John Grierson
Posted on 04:03 by Unknown
John Grierson (1898-1972)
(http://www.net-echt.info/en/2010/09/27/drifters/)
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John Grierson was one of the most important pioneers of documentary. Actually he was the one who coined the term: in his review to Flaherty's Moana (1926), he wrote that being a visual account of events in the daily life of a Polynesian youth and his family, it has documentary
Friday, 29 March 2013
Marx as a Man of His Time - a Book by Jonathan Sperber
Posted on 15:04 by Unknown
source: Ralf Hirschberger/European Pressphoto Agency, Germany, 2008
(http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2013/03/31/books/review/31FREEDLAND.html)
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I found in the Books Update section of NY Times a review of a new book on Karl Marx, authored by Jonathan Sperber, a professor at the University of Missouri specializing in European history. A Marx that's neither
Bonjour Monsieur Courbet
Posted on 11:32 by Unknown
Gustave Courbet, La Rencontre
oil on canvas, 1854
Musée Fabre, Montpellier, FR
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gustave_Courbet_010.jpg)
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This painting is better known by its nickname, Bonjour Monsieur Courbet, being interpreted as Courbet (on his way to Montpellier) greeted by his patron Alfred Bruyas. The man behind Bruyas is his servant Calas. The
Velázquez: Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
Posted on 06:49 by Unknown
Diego Velázquez: Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
oil on canvas, 1618
London National Gallery
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christ_in_the_house_of_Marthe_and_Marry_V%C3%A9lazquez.jpg)
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Splendid ambiguity! We have here a kitchen with two women caught in what appears to be an argument, while the scene in the house of Martha and Mary (Luke 10, 38-
Velázquez: Vieja Friendo Huevos
Posted on 03:40 by Unknown
Diego Velázquez: Vieja friendo huevos
(Old Woman Cooking Eggs)
oil on canvas, ca. 1618
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VEL%C3%81ZQUEZ_-_Vieja_friendo_huevos_%28National_Galleries_of_Scotland,_1618._%C3%93leo_sobre_lienzo,_100.5_x_119.5_cm%29.jpg)
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Like other early works by the artist, it shows the influence of
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Velázquez - The Needlewoman
Posted on 14:40 by Unknown
Diego Velázquez - The Needlewoman
oil on canvas, ca. 1640/1650
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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Because the painting remains unfinished, the steps in the artist's process are visible. He began by priming the canvas with a gray-green base. Next, he indicated the main forms of the composition, sketching them in with darker paint, then brushing
Las Meninas de Velázquez
Posted on 14:05 by Unknown
Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas (The Maids of Honour)
oil on canvas, 1656/57
Museo del Prado
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Las_Meninas,_by_Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez,_from_Prado_in_Google_Earth.jpg)
no copyright infringement intended
(Velázquez)
Velázquez
Posted on 13:46 by Unknown
Diego Velázquez - Selfportrait
oil on canvas, ca. 1640
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez_Autorretrato_45_x_38_cm_-_Colecci%C3%B3n_Real_Academia_de_Bellas_Artes_de_San_Carlos_-_Museo_de_Bellas_Artes_de_Valencia.jpg)
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An artist from the Baroque age foretelling the Realism and
Marcel Proust
Posted on 12:22 by Unknown
Marcel Proust at a garden-party
(published on Facebook by Belle Époque Europe)
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Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure. Parfois, à peine ma bougie éteinte, mes yeux se fermaient si vite que je n’avais pas le temps de me dire : « Je m’endors. » Et, une demi-heure après, la pensée qu’il était temps de chercher le sommeil m’éveillait ; je voulais poser
From Table to Garden
Posted on 10:52 by Unknown
(http://www.aholyexperience.com/2013/03/christian-easter-activity-family-holy-week/)
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I got a message today from my friend David, the pastor of the Clarendon Presbyterian Church. Says he, the Holy Week condenses the journey of faith to its essential steps: hope-filled beginnings, gathering community, looming threat, fearful denial, finality in death, deep
Suspended Coffees, a Story by Kayla Steele
Posted on 04:40 by Unknown
(published on Facebook by Kayla Steele)
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A story that Kayla Steele published on the Facebook page of lee and me:
We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine and give our order. While we’re approaching our table two people come in and they go to the counter:
Five coffees, please. Two of them for us and three suspended They pay for their order, take
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Marghilomană
Posted on 09:52 by Unknown
ibric, filigeană... tot tacâmul
(http://fanserialeturcesti.forumgratuit.ro/t479p315-suete-cu-fete)
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Se spune ca o marghilomană înseamnă o cafea în care în loc de apă s-a fiert coniac sau rom. Ei bine, coniac sau rom? Depinde de ce tradiție tinem. Daca mergem pe ideea ca marghilomanei îi vine numele dela Alexandru Marghiloman, cunoscutul om politic si
Larry Crowne
Posted on 08:29 by Unknown
Julia Roberts and
Tom Hanks in Larry Crowne
(The NYC Film Chick Blogspot)
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This is a movie that had mixed reviews. Some considered it simply boring, some others said that Tom Hanks made it interesting to watch, otherwise it would have been simply boring - and there were other reviewers that simply liked it. I range among the ones who liked it. It's not a
A Paschal Greeting from Yale Strom
Posted on 06:07 by Unknown
(Yale Strom)
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I sent a greeting mail to Yale Strom for Passover, and I used the Hebrew greeting Hag Pesach Sameach. Only Yale is a great Yiddish lover, a passionate for Klezmer and for Yiddish theatre, and Yiddish cuisine, and all that. So, no wonder that he answered me in Yiddish. His greeting was a git yom tov un a zisn peysekh. I don't know Yiddish at
Saturday, 23 March 2013
Many Unitarians against Polyamory Activists
Posted on 09:30 by Unknown
The infinity heart is a widely used symbol of polyamory
source: Ratatosk
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Polyamory.svg)
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An interesting article in today's Washington Post, about the attitude of UUA (Unitarian Universalist Church) versus the Polyamory activists: the joke about Unitarians is that they’re where you go when you don’t know where to go;
Friday, 22 March 2013
Chinua Achebe: Pine Tree in Spring
Posted on 14:47 by Unknown
(http://blog.ryanlawn.com/tag/winter/)
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Pine tree
flag bearer
of green memory
across the breach of a desolate hour
Loyal tree
that stood guard
alone in austere emeraldry
over Nature’s recumbent standard
Pine tree
lost now in the shade
of traitors decked out flamboyantly
marching back unabashed to the colors they betrayed
Fine tree
erect
Chinua Achebe
Posted on 14:14 by Unknown
Chinua Achebe
(http://achebebooks.com/)
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A great Nigerian novelist and poet, whose style relies heavily on the oral traditions of his tribe, combining straightforward narration with folk stories and proverbs (wiki). I would like to put here some of his poems. His first novel, Things Fall Apart (1958) is considered his magnum opus. Chinua Achebe died
Sunday, 17 March 2013
Ungaretti: Variazioni su Nulla
Posted on 12:56 by Unknown
(Città Di Vetro)
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Quel nonnulla di sabbia che trascorre
Dalla clessidra muto e va posandosi,
E, fugaci, le impronte sul carnato,
Sul carnato che muore, d’una nube…
Poi mano che rovescia la clessidra,
Il ritorno per muoversi, di sabbia,
Il farsi argentea tacito di nube
Ai primi brevi lividi dell’alba…
La mano in ombra la clessidra volse,
E, di sabbia,
Dreaming about Reykjavik
Posted on 03:31 by Unknown
Johan Peter Raadsig: Ingólfr tager Island i besiddelse, 1850
on public display in Viðeyjarstofa in Viðey
source: Haukur Þorgeirsson
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ingolf_by_Raadsig.jpg)
no copyright infringement intended
(click here for the Romanian version)
I was in SoHo, my first day alone in NY. The names of the streets weren't telling anything to me, the place seemed perfectly
Saturday, 16 March 2013
Ungaretti: Mattina
Posted on 11:01 by Unknown
26 Gennaio 1917: Ungaretti compone Mattina
(http://www.studenti.it/foto/superiori/le-ricorrenze-del-mese-di-gennaio/mattina-di-ungaretti.php)
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M’illumino
d’immenso
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Ungaretti)
(video by wanded1)
I flood myself with light
of the immense
(http://hanna-faedi.blogspot.com/2009/02/
Ungaretti: Soldati
Posted on 10:12 by Unknown
(http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_Troops_NGM-v31-p379.jpg)
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Si sta come
d'autunno
sugli alberi
le foglie
(http://balbruno.altervista.org/index-315.html)
(video by WickedSic21)
Here we are
like leaves on
trees in autumn
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Ungaretti)
Iată-ne aici
așa cum toamna
își așează frunzele
pe arbori
Ungaretti: Sono Una Creatura
Posted on 09:42 by Unknown
(Quattrochiacchiere)
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Come questa pietra
del S. Michhele
cosi fredda
cosi dura
cosi prosciugata
cosi refrattaria
Cosi totalmente
disanimata
Come questa pietra
è il mio pianto
che non se vede
La morte
si sconta
vivendo
(http://evergreen-quattrochiacchiere.blogspot.com/2009/03/sono-una-creatura.html)
letto da Vittorio Gassman
(video by
Giuseppe Ungaretti
Posted on 09:17 by Unknown
Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970)
(LAPRIMAWEB)
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A friend of mine posted on Facebook yesterday a poem by Ungaretti. It was a sad moment, as my friend was mourning this way the passing away not so long ago of a man who had loved poetry and had loved the poems of Ungaretti. I didn't have the chance to meet that man ever, I learned about him just yesterday, from
Friday, 15 March 2013
Poem despre Reykjavik
Posted on 11:31 by Unknown
Johan Peter Raadsig: Ingólfr tager Island i besiddelse, 1850
on public display in Viðeyjarstofa in Viðey
source: Haukur Þorgeirsson
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ingolf_by_Raadsig.jpg)
no copyright infringement intended
(click here for the English version)
Eram la New York, era prima zi in care ma aventuram singur, si am vazut un barulet pe colt de strada. Era in SoHo, pe langa
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Habemus Papam
Posted on 03:20 by Unknown
Él no sabía que la parada de bus siguiente era el Vaticano
(posted on Facebook by Salesiano Cooperador)
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Am urmarit cu emotie alegerea noului Papa, si am fost impresionat de entuziasmul miilor de credinciosi adunati in Piata Sfantului Petru. Ei sunt o icoana a celor peste un miliard de catolici din toata lumea. Ii respect si ma bucur pentru ei, ma bucur
Monday, 11 March 2013
Carl Blechen: Badende im Park von Terni
Posted on 02:59 by Unknown
Carl Blechen: Badende im Park von Terni
color on paper, 1828/29
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
source: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Blechen_008.jpg)
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(Carl Blechen)
Carl Blechen: Bau der Teufelsbrücke
Posted on 02:50 by Unknown
Carl Blechen: Bau der Teufelsbrücke
oil on canvas, c. 1833
Neue Pinakothek, Munich
Credit line: Leihgabe der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Teufelsbruecke.JPG)
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(Carl Blechen)
Carl Blechen
Posted on 02:40 by Unknown
Carl Blechen in 1836
scanned by Michael Schönitzer, from "Die großen Deutschen im Bilde" (1936)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Blechen.jpg)
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Carl Blechen (1798-1840) was a German artist specialized in fantastic landscapes, sometimes with demons and grotesque figures (wiki)
Carl Blechen, Die Waldschlucht
oil on canvas, 1825
Alte
Saturday, 9 March 2013
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage. Deuxième année: Italie
Posted on 01:45 by Unknown
Beyond its religious connotation, there is more general meaning in the word pilgrimage. It is a journey towards your sources, your identity. Your roots, individual and collective - family, ethnicity, country, faith, culture, civilization. An attempt to understand where you come from, who you are, what is your purpose. Looking for your sources, finding them, meditating, experimenting, living them
Marc Rubin at Principle Gallery
Posted on 00:47 by Unknown
There is a luminosity about things. Everywhere there are little pools of magical light...people walk right by them all the time. If I can help someone see and appreciate some of this intimate beauty. I feel I've succeeded.
(Marc Rubin)
Marc Rubin: Singular
oil on painting
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Marc Rubin: Propriety
oil on painting
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(Marc Rubin)
Marc Rubin: Singular
oil on painting
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Marc Rubin: Propriety
oil on painting
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Thursday, 7 March 2013
Cartier-Bresson, School in Soviet Union, 1954
Posted on 13:30 by Unknown
Henri Cartier-Bresson, School in Soviet Union, 1954
(posted on Facebook by Luxury Bookshelf)
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(Cartier-Bresson si momentele lui decisive)
Promenada Vernet
Posted on 08:15 by Unknown
Claude-Joseph Vernet: La Source Abondante
(whole image and detail)
oil on canvas, 1767 (?)
Hermitage Museum, Youssoupov Gallery
(http://www.univ-montp3.fr)
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...C’était deux pécheurs ; l’un assis et les jambes pendantes vers le bas du rocher, tenait sa ligue qu’il avait jetée dans des eaux qui baignaient cet endroit ; l’autre, les épaules chargées de son
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Chardin: The Attentive Nurse
Posted on 05:37 by Unknown
Chardin: The Attentive Nurse
oil on canvas, 1747
Washington DC National Gallery of Art
(http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/timage_f?object=41649&image=6782&c=)
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Through the simple action depicted here, Chardin reveals dignity and beauty in everyday life. The woman's expression as she concentrates on her task suggests that her thoughts are elsewhere, perhaps
Chardin: The Little Schoolmistress
Posted on 04:45 by Unknown
Chardin: The Little Schoolmistress
oil on canvas, after 1740
Washington DC National Gallery of Art
(http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/timage_f?object=98&image=639&c=)
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(Chardin)
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
La Promenade Vernet
Posted on 13:17 by Unknown
Claude-Joseph Vernet: La Source Abondante
(whole image and detail)
oil on canvas, 1767 (?)
Hermitage Museum, Youssoupov Gallery
(http://www.univ-montp3.fr)
no copyright infringement intended
...C’était deux pécheurs ; l’un assis et les jambes pendantes vers le bas du rocher, tenait sa ligue qu’il avait jetée dans des eaux qui baignaient cet endroit ; l’autre, les épaules chargées de son
Monday, 4 March 2013
Deshays: Shepherds Dreaming of the Flight into Egypt
Posted on 00:58 by Unknown
Deshays: Shepherds Dreaming of the Flight into Egypt
oil paint over black chalk on paper, mounted on canvas, varnished.
18th century
Metropolitan Museum of Art
(http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/90003863)
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(Deshays)
Sunday, 3 March 2013
Fragonard: La Liseuse (Young Girl Reading)
Posted on 12:44 by Unknown
Fragonard: La Liseuse (Young Girl Reading)
oil on canvasm c 1770
Washington DC National Gallery of Art
(http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/timage_f?object=46303&image=9593&c=)
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Fragonard's bravura handling of brushwork and color embodies 18th-century painting aesthetics. The subject is shown in profile holding a book in her right hand and completely absorbed
Saturday, 2 March 2013
Deshays: Herdsmen Driving Cattle across a Stream
Posted on 13:53 by Unknown
Jean-Baptiste Deshays de Colleville: Herdsmen Driving Cattle across a Stream
oil and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper laid down on board
c. 1760
Washington DC National Gallery of Art
(http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/timage_f?object=108723&image=30297&c=)
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Deshays was one of the most talented artist of his generation; unfortunately, he passed away
Greuze: Portrait of La Live de Jully
Posted on 13:21 by Unknown
Jean-Baptiste Greuze: Portrait of La Live de Jully
oil on canvas, probably 1759
Washington DC National Gallery of Art
(http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/timage_f?object=32686&image=5263&c=)
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La Live de Jully was an influential art collector during the times of Greuze. The prominent display of the harp, accompanied by the furniture with the portfolio of
Chardin: The Kitchen Maid
Posted on 12:35 by Unknown
Jean Siméon Chardin, The Kitchen Maid
oil on canvas, 1738
Washington DC National Gallery of Art
(http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/timage_f?object=41650&image=6789&c=)
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We stop in front of a Chardin as if by instinct, like a traveler weary of the road choosing, almost without realizing, a place that offers a grassy seat, silence, water and cool shade.
(
Boucher: The Love Letter
Posted on 12:14 by Unknown
François Boucher: The Love Letter
oil on canvas, 1750
Washington DC National Gallery of Art
(http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/timage_f?object=46027&image=8634&c=)
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It was commissioned by Madame de Pompadour for her chateau at Bellevue. The scene is a pastoral idyll. The young shepherdesses wear fine silks, and a contemporary audience would understand an
Friday, 1 March 2013
T. S. Eliot
Posted on 14:23 by Unknown
T. S. Eliot in 1923
photo by Lady Ottoline Morrell
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:T.S._Eliot,_1923.JPG)
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Strada Dunarea Albastra - Ecouri din T.S. Eliot
Carlyle House and Garden - and Primi Tempi from Burnt Norton
At Audubon - Burnt Norton ,Terzi Tempi
Towards Audubon - Reading a Quartet by T.S.Eliot
Audubon - Down David's Alley - Burnt Nornton,
A Samizdat for the Aristocrats of 18th Century
Posted on 10:24 by Unknown
(http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GrimmCorrespondance.jpg)
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We have nowadays The New Yorker, a weekly magazine covering literature, art exhibitions, theater, politics, social sciences, the talk of the town, the primary focus being the cultural life of New York. We have also The London Magazine, a non-university based periodical, boldly assuming (as
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