zeal with a taint of folly

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:09:12 -0400

outofcontextarthur:

submitted by petsy-pie

staceythinx: Madeline von Foerster evokes the spirit of the...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:44:07 -0400

staceythinx:

Madeline von Foerster evokes the spirit of the renaissance with her paintings of nature’s curiosities.

Von Foerster on her work:

Executed in the oil and egg tempera technique developed by the Flemish Masters, these paintings allude to Renaissance sources in both method and style. A strong influence from the School of Fontainebleau loans an aura of mystery and otherworldliness to the artworks. Surrealistic elements are also often present, though in the service of meaning and metaphor, rather than for oddity’s sake.

Meaning and beauty are the twin impulses expressed in the work, with neither sacrificed to the other. Concepts are developed and sketched in detail, often involving weeks of research and drawing for a single painting. Photographic references are always interpolated through the filter of this artistic process (never projected or traced), which adds to a visual impression of timelessness.

In subject matter, however, the work is staked firmly to the present day. Humanity’s relationship with nature often provides an impassioned narrative, with such topics as deforestation and human-caused extinction sounding a recurring thematic knell. The ironic detachment of much contemporary art is challenged, in favor of intimacy, knowledge, and connection. In combining a sense of wonder for science and biodiversity, with the devotional iconography of the Renaissance, these artworks propose new ways of relating to our imperiled natural world.

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:27:28 -0400

encapture:

Most popular MAC shades by country.

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men get into something not aimed at their gender: get special titles like "brony." recognition by creators. heralded for defying gender appeal. get documentary.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:24:50 -0400

men get into something not aimed at their gender: get special titles like "brony." recognition by creators. heralded for defying gender appeal. get documentary.
women get into something not aimed at their gender: not real fans. probably secret friend zone warriors deadset on erasing men from the human race. get insulting demeaning memes and sexual harassment.

ancientart: Daughter of Amenophis IV or Akhenaten (1351-1334),...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:44:25 -0400

ancientart:

Daughter of Amenophis IV or Akhenaten (1351-1334), Egyptian, limestone/ red paint.

This female head has an elongated skull, and is probably a child of Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten (1351-1334 BCE). The eye is hollow for inlaying. The piece is broken across the neck, and is a forgery executed in the 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period style.

Courtesy & currently located at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA.

medievalpoc: Giotto di Bondone Mongolian Horsemen at the...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:28:42 -0400

medievalpoc:

Giotto di Bondone

Mongolian Horsemen at the Crucifixion of St. Peter (The Stefaneschi Triptych)

Italy (c. 1330)

Tempera on panel

Pinacoteca, Vatican

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unhistorical: June 16, 1963: Valentina Tereshkova becomes the...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:45:44 -0400

unhistorical:

June 16, 1963: Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.

Two years after Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, fellow cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, launched on the Vostok 6 spaceflight, became the first woman to do so. Prior to her recruitment as a cosmonaut, Tereshkova was an amateur parachutist, the daughter of a tractor driver and a textile worker (if anything, her humble background made her an even more qualified candidate to represent the women of the Soviet space program).

Tereshkova was relatively young when she ventured into space; at twenty-six, she was exactly ten years younger than the Mercury Seven’s youngest astronaut, Gordon Cooper. After several months of intensive and secretive training, she was nominated and confirmed by Nikita Khrushchev himself to become the first woman in space, and she did so flawlessly on June 16, 1963. She remained in orbit for nearly three days, performing the same tasks as her male counterparts (collecting photographic information, manning her craft), before returning to Earth on June 19. Tereshkova made no further spaceflights after her milestone first, and nearly two decades passed before the Soviet Union ever launched another woman into space. Despite the brevity of her space career, she was not forgotten in her country and received several awards and decorations for her accomplishments - almost immediately after her successful return from space, Tereshkova received the title of “Hero of the Soviet Union”, which was awarded for “heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society”.

Other links: How Valentina Tereshkova’s spaceflight worked

: I live in a country generally assumed to be a dictatorship. One of the...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:39:57 -0400

: I live in a country generally assumed to be a dictatorship. One of the...:

I live in a country generally assumed to be a dictatorship. One of the Arab spring countries. I have lived through curfews and have seen the outcomes of the sort of surveillance now being revealed in the US. People here talking about curfews aren’t realizing what that actually FEELS like. It…

blackphoenixalchemylab: Working.

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:34:46 -0400

blackphoenixalchemylab:

Working.

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Anonymous -France, 1930

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:02:19 -0400

Anonymous -
France, 1930

tijy: some things you probably didn’t know A Dorita is a female Dorito. Interesting 10,000 Dorites...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:01:57 -0400

tijy:

some things you probably didn’t know

A Dorita is a female Dorito. Interesting

10,000 Dorites make up 1 Dorito. Wow

It is possible to fit approx. 15 million Dorites in the back of the average pickup truck. Truly astounding

The average bag of Doritos has about 269,842 Dorites. Amazing

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(via sailor-starlight, sailor-starlight)

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vitalemontea: Tarun Tahiliani - Spring Summer Collection 2013

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:01:19 -0400

vitalemontea:

Tarun Tahiliani - Spring Summer Collection 2013

theartofanimation: Yoshitaka Amano

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:00:44 -0400

theartofanimation:

Yoshitaka Amano