Monday, March 15

Who are the Barbarians? - Tzvetan Todorov

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When I was at college I learned from Tzvetan Todorov some important aspects of the fantastic reading his book: "The Fantastic: A Stru...
Monday, March 8

Failure?

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Picture by : mk7410
Thursday, February 25

"Smoking is like being tobacco’s slave" - fanaticism has no limits

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This is a French anti smoking prevention campaign by the " Rights of Non Smokers" (Les Droits des Non-Fumeurs ) ....
Monday, February 22

50.000 visitors!

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I want to thank all of those who came to this site and I cannot even believe that this number was achieved. Image by María at Flickr .
Saturday, February 20

Bambi in real life - Tanja Askani

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I received an e-mail from Herrad with these pictures. She sends amazing pictures by e-mail and I thought this collection deservesAs...
Friday, February 19

Gustave Courbet - The Beautiful Irish Woman

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The Beautiful Irish Woman, 1866, Courbet This was the painting I was looking for when I came across with the work of the post below. I have...

Courbet, lesbianism, voyeurism, friendship, Barbies and Christian censorship

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Sleepers by Gustave Courbet is one of the themes that artists depicted that is stitl causing scandal nowada...
Tuesday, February 16

Matisse - Painting, rules, time... "Notes of a painter", 1908

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Henri Matisse and his model 1939 You can download the .pdf file of Matisse's "Notes of a Painter", 1908 here . I think that ...
Saturday, February 13

Attenti al Lupo - Lucio Dalla "Living together"

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Unfortunately I can't find a translation for this Italian song that is simple and beautiful. It is a popular song and a little old and...
Thursday, February 11

The Luncheon on the Grass by Manet and Picasso's version

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The Luncheon on the Grass (left) is one of the most Manet's painting. When first exhibited it was a scandal just like Olymp...
Saturday, February 6

V-J day in Times Squares Alfred Eisenstaedt photography and J. Seward Johnson sculpture

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V–J day in Times Square , a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, was published in Life in 1945 with the caption, In New York's Times S...
Friday, February 5

An American in Paris - some scenes to remember

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I have already published the love scene of the ballet of The American in Paris movie. These are some scenes for those who also like the mo...
Tuesday, February 2

Music, painting and photography - music power

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I am learning to play guitar from the first lesson. The tip of the left fingers aches and you have to...
Saturday, January 30

A post from my other blog - February 7 - International Day in Memory of SSRI Victims

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I don't like to mix my other blog with this one but this subject is too important and I have to share it. The images will probably be ch...
Friday, January 29

Sweet Friends Award from Herrad

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Yes! Another award from Herrad . This is a very special award and I want to share it with all of those I know because of this blog and also ...
Wednesday, January 27

Britain Seen From the North by Tony Cragg

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This is one of many Anthony Gragg's periods. "*Tony Cragg made this work during a visit to Britain in 1981, when he felt t...
Sunday, January 24

Bar at the Folie Bergère by Édouard Manet

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Leftt: "Bar at the Folie Bergère", 1881, by Édouard Manet. Right: Detail This is a very famous of Manet's paint...
Saturday, January 23

"Noli me Tangere" painted by Giotto, Fra Angelico, Holbein, Tintoretto, Titien, Coreggio, Bronzino, Alonso Cano, Rembrandt, Poussin and James Tissot

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As I said at yesterday's post this biblical theme ...
Friday, January 22

Tube map of the Milky Way or an invitation to a trip to London ?

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"Design classic that it is, our beloved Tube map has been twisted and distorted into all kinds of ulterior uses over the decades. We...

Noli Me Tangere by Alexander Ivanov - Mary Magdalene and biblical themes

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Right: detail Left: Noli Me Tangere, 1835, by Alexander Ivanov. Noli me tangere "Do not touch me"...