Monthly Archives: May 2011

American Garbage

Posted on May 14, 2011 by ubu507
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Ellen Terry at Age Sixteen

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Julia Margaret Cameron British, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, 1864 Carbon print The Getty

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The Forty-nine Gautamas in the Sagaing Temple

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Felice Beato British, Burma, 1887 – 1895 Albumen silver print Getty Museum

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Dora

Posted on May 14, 2011 by ubu507
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Quality 6

Posted on May 13, 2011 by ubu507
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Diana and Endymion

Posted on May 13, 2011 by ubu507

Johann Michael Rottmayr Austrian, 1654-1730  1690/95 Art Institute of Chicago As brown dusk blackens into night And Somnus slowly lulls the Earth, Buried in the shadow of my Curtains, A dream comes to set my spirit free To be admitted … Continue reading →

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The Offering of the Boar’s Head, from The Story of Meleager and Atalanta

Posted on May 13, 2011 by ubu507

After a design by Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) Woven at the workshop of Jan II Leyniers (1630–1686) Flanders, Brussels 1673/86 Wool and silk, slit, dovetailed and double interlocking tapestry weave Art Institute of Chicago

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Apollo and Daphne

Posted on May 13, 2011 by ubu507

after Pietro Buonaccorsi, called Perino del Vaga Italian, 1501-1547 late 16th century Art Institute of Chicago Though seen to be carefree beyond measure, I am as wretched as I’ve been in years, Your gentle words, yes, still give me pleasure … Continue reading →

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Queen

Posted on May 13, 2011 by ubu507

Wenceslaus Hollar (Czech, 1607-1677) after Hans Holbein the younger (German, c.1497-1543) 1651 Art Institute of Chicago

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Spirit

Posted on May 12, 2011 by ubu507
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