Watch The Spring- The Charity Water Story: How a radical decision to reset his life led Scott Harrison to build a nonprofit that would change the way we think about giving. Image Credit: Among the Waves (1898), source: Ivan Aivazovsky [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Emily Carr: Untitled forest scene (c1932)
Emily Carr: On Jungles, January 1, 1936: “I painted one of the thick jungle sketches. Perhaps I am getting “junglier.” They won’t be popular. Few people know the jungle, or care about it or want to understand it. An organized tumult of growth, that’s what those thick undergrowth woods are, and yet there is…
Luys Milán: El Maestro for Renaissance Vihuela
I’ve Created A Monster It all started with one music video. I enjoyed this music very much but knew nothing about the vihuela or Renaissance music in general. To remediate my own educational gaps, I started reading. As usual, the more I learn about the culture and history, the more I appreciate the music, and…
Lize Bard: Haiku Out of Africa – Vision
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creativity ~ perfection in our blunders ~ often beautiful — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Cabinet with personifications of the Five Senses, 17th Century
What Is Stumpwork? “Raised work, or stumpwork as it is sometimes called, developed in England during the early seventeenth century, and was characterized by its high relief. The technique was used to create pictures and to decorate objects such as storage boxes for jewelry and writing supplies, baskets, and mirror frames. This box is typical…
Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky: Portrait of a Peasant
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Harriet Powers’s Bible Quilt (1885-1886)
Who Is Harriet Powers? According to the National Museum of American History, “Harriet Powers, an African American farm woman of Clarke County, Georgia, made this quilt in about 1886. She exhibited it at the Athens Cotton Fair of 1886 where it captured the imagination of Jennie Smith, a young internationally-trained local artist. Of her discovery,…
Santiago Rusiñol: Sitges Interior (c1894)
Click for Enlarged Detail Slideshow best viewed At Sunnyside Details Title: Sitges Interior Creator: Santiago Rusiñol Date Created: Around 1894 External Link: Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya Medium: Oil on canvas Image credit: Google Arts and Culture Thanks for Visiting 🙂 ~Sunnyside
Elusive – Haiku out of Africa by Lize Bard
mysteries of life ~ keep us looking for answers ~ never to be found © Lize Bard @ https://wandererhaiku.wordpress.com/ via Elusive — Haiku out of Africa
Jacobus ‘Jack’ Hamel: Damrak Amsterdam (c.1938)
Damrak Amsterdam – Jacobus Gerardus ‘Jack’ Hamel , c.1938 Dutch, 1890-1951 Oil on canvas, 61 x 80 cm Via: huariqueje
Jacobus ‘Jack’ Hamel: Damrak in Amsterdam, view of St. Nicholas Church (1930)
The Damrak in Amsterdam with a view of St. Nicholas Church – Jacobus Gerardus ‘Jack’ Hamel,1930 Dutch, 1890-1951 oil on canvas , 50.3 x 60.0 cm Via: huariqueje
Delight: Haiku out of Africa by Lize Bard
this is finding bliss ~ in ordinary places ~ because we are there © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa via Delight — Haiku out of Africa
Firdawsi: Gayumarth from the Shahnameh
What is the Shahnameh? “The seminal work of Persian literature is the Shahnameh, an epic poem that recounts the history of pre-Islamic Persia or Iranshahr (Greater Iran). The Shahnameh contains 62 stories, told in 990 chapters with 50,000 rhyming couplets. It is divided into three parts—the mythical, heroic, and historical ages. Written in modern Persian,…
Firdawsi: From Shahnama, Rustam Rescues Bijan From the Pit (d.1020)
What is the Shahnama? The Shahnama is Iran’s national epic and one of the world’s great literary masterpieces completed in ca. 1010 by the poet Firdawsi. …the Shahnama recounts the myths, legends and “history” of Iran from the beginning of time to the Arab conquest in the 7th century. Quote from Shahnama: 1000 Years of…
Rudolf Koller: Outing on the Forest’s Edge
Who Is Rudolf Koller? Rudolf Koller (Swiss, 1828-1905) is considered one of Switzerland’s finest animal painters associated with a realist and classicist style, and also with Düsseldorf school of painting.[2] Koller’s style is similar to that of the realist painters Gustave Courbet and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Click for Enlarged Image Slideshow best viewed At Sunnyside …
Thomas Wilmer Dewing: Summer
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Édouard Vuillard: Flowers on Mantel at Les Clayes
Édouard Vuillard: Flowers on a Mantelpiece at Les Clayes (1935)
“Magnificent peonies, at the point of wilting, have been arranged on a mantelpiece in front of a mirror. Depicted vividly in a matt paint, their deep red hue …
Thomas Lamb: Blossom Tree after the Rain
Blossom Tree after the Rain – Thomas Lamb British, 1928-2016 Oil on linen Source: huariqueje
Sprouting: Haiku out of Africa by Lize Bard
life’s complexities ~ growing deeper into us ~ and our new spaces — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa via Sprouting — Haiku out of Africa
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Party in the Country (1882)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, “Party in the Country” Owner/Location: Private collection Dates: circa 1882 Artist age: Approximately 18 years old. Dimensions: Height: 46.7 cm (18.39 in.), Width: 38.8 cm (15.28 in.) Medium: Painting – oil on canvas Click for image detail: Image source: Athenaeum and wikiart
Come Closer: Haiku out of Africa by Lize Bard
take a closer look ~ colours, textures, emotions ~ often unnoticed © Lize Bard @ https://wandererhaiku.wordpress.com/ via Come closer — Haiku out of Africa
A Listening Happened Just Today — Tom’s Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog
A listening happened just today beyond the “shoulds” and frowns It curtsied and then ran away without the verbs and nouns Then seeing came running past as lightning with the rain All this will always ever die like laughter after pain Then fragile touched a feeling thing […] Read complete post: via A Listening Happened Just…
Haiku Out Of Africa: Shielded
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in the pouring rain ~ umbrellaed from a blue world ~ the circle complete — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky: Twilight in Riga
Twilight in Riga, Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky Size: 97.5×81 cm Medium: oil, canvas Via: artist-belsky Click for enlarged image:
Martiros Sarian: Flowers against the backdrop of carpet (1915)
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Charles Conder: The Shore at Dornoch (c.1880)
The Shore at Dornoch (c.1880). Charles Conder (British, 1868-1909). Oil on canvas. Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums. The lady sitting on the beach reading is Amaryllis Robichaud who was a friend of both Conder and Toulouse Lautrec. She owned this painting. This captures the beauty and elegance for which she was famed and with its…
Alice Brasser: Birds (2010)
Birds by Alice Brasser, 2010 Dutch,b.1965- Oil on canvas,120 x 90 cm. Via: huariqueje
Francis David Millet: A Cosey Corner (1884)
Francis Davis Millet (November 3, 1848 – April 15, 1912) was an American Academic classical painter, sculptor, and writer who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912 Click for enlarged detail: Image credit: The Athenaeum
Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson: Benoît Agnès Trioson, “Reading the Bible” (1797)
Who is This Sad Child? Benoît Agnès Trioson Reading the Bible (1797). Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (French, 1767-1824). Oil on canvas. Musée Girodet. Presented at the Salon of 1798, the first portrait of Benoît-Agnès shows the child at the age of eight. Immersed in an illustrated Bible, the child seems surprised by the painter who distracts…
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