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I wonder why these 2000 year old city streets were never straight. They are all wiggly wonky. #Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert #France 2025 #©stevec #photography

#notAI #HDR #art #vintagelenses #nature #landscape #fineartphotography
February 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Vesuvius in Morning Clouds #cityscape #landscape #skyscape #scape #vesuvius #naples #italy
Mount Vesuvius Framed by clouds and a rising sun. Naples readies for the coming day.
February 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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just-jack-1.bsky.social Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · Feb 12
"Daddy says he owns you. Can you get me an ice cream?"
February 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Självporträtt (Self Portrait) by Esther Ellqvist (Swedish) - Oil on canvas / 1910 - National Museum (Stockholm, Sweden) #womeninart #oilpainting #womanartist #fineart #art #swedishart #womensart #EstherEllqvist #swedishartist #portrait #selfportrait #portraitofawoman #femaleartist #nationalmuseum
This self-portrait was signed at Björkudden on Lake Bunn, south of Gränna. This was close to her husband and fellow artist John Bauer’s native Jönköping, but the 30-year old Esther Ellqvist felt less at home, particularly in 1910–11 when the couple spent the winter here. The background to the self-portrait is a hopelessly grey, bare and damp late-winter landscape. The subject’s greyish-white clothes and hat match the surroundings. Her face, with its searching gaze, and her short blond hair are the main elements offering relief from the gloom. Ruth "Ester" Elisabet Ellqvist was a Swedish artist and model who studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Sadly, she died just 8 years after this self portrait in 1918 with her husband and three-year-old son when the boat that they were sailing on sank, killing all 24 people on board. She met John Bauer at the Academy of Arts in 1900. During periods of separation, they sent each other letters exchanging their innermost desires and concerns. They married in December 1906. In the beginning, they were apparently tender and happy with each other. However, there were reportedly times when they were unhappy, partially because they had different aspirations. Ellqvist wanted to live near Stockholm and her husband enjoyed being near the forest. She posed as model for many of his works, like his famous “Fairy Princess” in which she appears to be an innocent, pure, and unattainable woman. In 1908, financed by Bauer's father, they traveled through southern Germany and Italy for one year to study art. Their son Bengt, who they called "Putte,” was born in 1915, but by 1917, their marriage was in trouble and their love for each other began to dwindle. Ellqvist had essentially given up her own artistic aspirations to focus on her role as a wife and mother. On November 20, 1918 they perished together when the SS Per Brahe sank while sailing to Stockholm on Lake Vättern.
February 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.
February 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Paul Hoecker, German, "Feeding the rabbits".
January 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Steve Hanks, "waiting in the rain ".
January 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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I asked a random woman in the street if she would use one of my cameras to take a picture of me taking a picture in the street, saying I was keen to keep my shadow! #©stevec #Color #photography #art #France #notAI #vintagelenses #streetphotography #landscape #shadows #fineartphotography #aesthetic
February 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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February 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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The Sisters of Mercy 🎵
February 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Who else needed this today?
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January 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Marshall said it best.💙🇺🇸
December 13, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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The Yellow Schoolhouse (2023)
by Jef Bourgeau
January 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Edson Campos
January 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
January 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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@soverybritish.bsky.social "watching more carefully"
josephpolitano.bsky.social Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · Jan 23
bro is hoping it’s not too late to join the bandwagon
A tweet from Sam Altman that reads “watching @potus more carefully recently has really changed my perspective on him (i wish i had done more of my own thinking and definitely fell in the npc trap). i'm not going to agree with him on everything, but i think he will be incredible for the country in many ways!”
January 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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If you don’t want to read Edgar Allan Poe together by the fireplace whilst sharing a plate of midnight macarons in an abandoned château in the French countryside during a full moon on a cold winter’s night, then please don’t tell me you’re “down for a good time”.
January 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Jef Bourgeau
January 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Breakfast in Bed (1897)
by Mary Cassatt
January 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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The Recipe Book (Mrs. N. C. Wyeth in the Kitchen) 1933
by N.C. Wyeth
January 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Jackson Pollock
January 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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The Octoroon Girl by Archibald J. Motley Jr. (American) - Oil on canvas / 1925 - Nasher Museum of Art (Durham, North Carolina) #womeninart #nashermuseum #motley #portrait #painting #ArchibaldMotley #art #womensart #fineart #oilpainting #americanart #artwork #portraitofawoman #HarlemRenaissance
The portrait and genre-scene painter Archibald Motley Jr. made a series of three works that portray African American women based on their Creole racial classifications, including The Octoroon Girl, the most famous, as well as A Mulatress (1924) and The Quadroon (1927). The sitter in The Octoroon Girl, as in the sister paintings, remains nameless. She is only identified by her race, which is one-eighth Black which is the reference for the title. She is an elegant young woman seated on a sofa against a maroon wall. Drawing on his academic training, Motley here creates a perfectly balanced composition. The sitter, off center, stares directly at the viewer, offset by the gold frame in the upper left and the table with books on the lower right. Motley demonstrates his mastery of texture in his depiction of her stylish dress, hat, and leather gloves. Her clear, steady gaze conveys a sense of confidence, composure, and dignity. Her elegance, wealth, and privilege are also evidenced by her fine jewelry. Almost indistinguishable from any white American, this woman embodies the ideals of timeless beauty and elegance. Born into a mixed-race family, Motley was raised in New Orleans and Chicago and experienced firsthand how these complex classifications determined social status and privilege. Archibald Motley Jr., like so many artists during the Harlem Renaissance, wanted to create images that highlighted the fullness of the Black experience while drawing attention to issues facing the community. He accomplished this aim beautifully through this elegant portrait that brings race, gender, and class into conversation, while reflecting his own background within the nuanced system of racial identity practiced in New Orleans.
January 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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At 100 years old, legendary saxophonist and Sun Ra leader Marshall Allen is releasing his debut solo album
Legendary saxophonist Marshall Allen announces debut solo album at age 100
Marshall Allen, the legendary saxophonist, composer, and Sun Ra Arkestra member, is set to share his debut solo album, New Dawn, on February 14th.
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January 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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RFK, Jr. claimed his anti-vax work was a labor of love that cost him friendships. He said he’d never made money from it. But now he admits he made (checks notes) $1.2 million from it. How do you “forget” about that much money?
News headline about RFK Jr. admitting he did not disclose earnings from his anti-vaccine nonprofit, with an image of RFK Jr. in a suit against a colorful background of money, syringes, and vaccine vials.
January 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Girl at a Window (aka Day Dreams) by Vilhelm Kyhn (Danish) - Oil on canvas / c. 1870 - High Museum of Art (Atlanta, Georgia) #womeninart #highmuseumofart #daydream #winterart #VilhelmKyhn #art #danishartist #oilpainting #womensart #artwork #fineart #winter #painting #daydreams #artoftheday #bskyart
Danish Romantic painter Vilhelm Kyhn’s oil-on-canvas “Girl at a Window” (sometimes referred as Day Dreams) is a “picture within a picture” featuring a young woman with shoulder-length blonde hair observing the snow-laden winter landscape from a large window from the comfort of her home while wearing warm long-sleeve casual attire. The theme of the woman or girl in a domestic interior at or near a window can be traced back to the 17th century and to the works of certain Dutch artists like Johannes Vermeer. During the Romantic Period in the early 19th century, this theme became central to the work of Northern European artists, especially those working in Germany and Denmark. This quietly poetic painting by Kyhn captures the spirit of Danish Golden Age painting and is the first painting by a Scandinavian artist to enter the High’s collection.
January 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM