Category Archives: art

Half Draped Figure

Posted on March 4, 2016 by ubu507

Abbott Handerson Thayer (1885) Smithsonian American Art Museum (and the Renwick Gallery) – Washington DC

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Remains Bitter

Posted on March 1, 2016 by ubu507

Cell phone covers and t-shirts Their evidentiary value compromised Skeletonized Nebulous At best Creating a cognitive opening For an act of homicidal violence By undetermined means

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Figure of Isis-Aphrodite

Posted on February 25, 2016 by ubu507

Period: Roman Period Date: 2nd century A.D. Geography: From Egypt Medium: Terracotta painted brown, black, red, and pink on white engobe The Met

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Want

Posted on February 24, 2016 by ubu507
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The Gaze

Posted on February 18, 2016 by ubu507

Artist: Pierre-Louis Pierson (French, 1822–1913) Person in Photograph: Countess Virginia Oldoini Verasis di Castiglione (1835–1899) Date: 1856–57 Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative The Met

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Bitter Remains

Posted on February 15, 2016 by ubu507

An indicator of decomposition Near the area of the sheen Tangled among the roots In the middle of a dark mass Like prey waiting To be torn asunder

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Judith with the Head of Holofernes, standing nude in a barren landsape

Posted on February 12, 2016 by ubu507

Artist: Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) (Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro 1553–1615 Rome) Date: 1570–1615 Medium: Engraving The Met

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Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Posted on February 12, 2016 by ubu507

Massimo Stanzione (Italian, Neapolitan, 1585–1656) Date: ca. 1640 The Met

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Circe

Posted on February 11, 2016 by ubu507

by Beatrice Offor Date painted: 1911 Oil on canvas, 90 x 50 cm Collection: Bruce Castle Museum (Haringey Culture, Libraries and Learning)

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Like Air

Posted on February 8, 2016 by ubu507
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