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poboh: The Prisoners, Max Beckmann. German Expressionist...
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marvelentertainment: Here is the first official photo from Iron...
Here is the first official photo from Iron Man 3, which opens May 3, 2013.
More details about the start of production can be found on Marvel.com.
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ricp: MoebiusPoster from Cheval Noir #6
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speciesbarocus: Claude-François Menestrier - Symbolica Dianae...
Manage Covers Symbolica Dianae Ephesiae statua Editio altera auctior. a Claudio Menetreio Previously published 1657. Federico Ubaldini’s dedication to Francesco Barberini retained from that ed.Claude-François Menestrier - Symbolica Dianae Ephesiae statua (1688).
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nevver: Alinari who?
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“ARTIST STATEMENT “From the time that I had crayons...
“ARTIST STATEMENT
“From the time that I had crayons in my hand I loved to draw, so I guess it seemed natural for me to become an artist. However, the path from crayons to today has been a rough ride. I am proudest of the fact that despite everything that has happened, I never gave up on my life’s ambition.
I have spent many years obsessively perfecting my skills as a painter and storyteller. Following in the footsteps of artists like William Bougureau, Charles Bargue, and Norman Rockwell, I am bringing to life the stories of my world. However, unlike other classical artists, both present and past, I use graffiti to help complete the story within my paintings. Stories of sadness, humor, love, despair, and everything in between. I try to create my paintings to be like music. Songs have an incredible ability to translate emotions and thoughts, and this is what I’m striving for in my artwork”.”
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artandopinion: Cupid Making his Bow 1614 Peter Paul Rubens
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angrywhistler: Prasit Limprasatirakit
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snowce: Andrew Wyeth, Farm Road (A Helga painting), 1979
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A strangely skewed 18th century rendering of the “The Tower of...
A strangely skewed 18th century rendering of the “The Tower of Babel” the famous mega-structure from antiquity designed to be as tall as to touch heaven itself. Note the top of image and the falling bricks and hod carrier, according to the accompanying article a day of mourning was declared whenever a brick fell from the top of the tower, this of course due to the immense effort and time span in ferrying it up there… alas no mention of remorse for the hapless builder!
Not sure of the Artist, exact date or origin of the painting, please let me know if you do…
Image is scanned from the 70′s publication Man, Myth & Magic
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Unknown Artist. The Annunciation. Benedictional of St Æthelwold...
Unknown Artist. The Annunciation. Benedictional of St Æthelwold of Winchester. circa 975
The Annunciation
Unknown Artist
circa 975
Benedictional of St Æthelwold of Winchester
Isle of Thorney (The Fens). (Cambridgeshire. East of England Region.England) UK
Currently, in the British Library
London (Borough of Camden (Inner London). Greater London/London Region. England) UK
very good site
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Hell Herrade von Landsberg circa 1185 Hortus Deliciarum (Garden...
Hell
Herrade von Landsberg
circa 1185
Hortus Deliciarum (Garden of Delights)
Abbaye Mont Sainte-Odile (Abtei Hohenburg) (Département Bas Rhin. Région Alsace) FRANCE
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regardintemporel: Hsieh Chun-Te
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angelorensanz: Saints of Lower East Side, Tom Sanford. Read...
Saints of Lower East Side, Tom Sanford. Read more about the outdoor exhibition in our blog: http://bit.ly/NS4AL7
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septagonstudios: Jonathan Bartlett
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nathanhmoore: In nearly all countries, there is considerable...
In nearly all countries, there is considerable opposition to a major component of the Obama administration’s anti-terrorism policy: drone strikes. In 17 of 20 countries, more than half disapprove of U.S. drone attacks targeting extremist leaders and groups in nations such as Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.
Americans are the clear outliers on this issue – 62% approve of the drone campaign, including most Republicans (74%), independents (60%) and Democrats (58%).
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mediumaevum: Handgonne ”Gonne” is the Middle English word for...
Handgonne
”Gonne” is the Middle English word for “gun” and was actually used in the 14th and 15th century.
The first dated recipe for black powder in Europe was given in 1265 by Roger Bacon. Here, we learn that black powder was first used to make firecrackers by young villains to scare innocent citizens at night. Roger Bacon didn’t mention guns.
A hand cannon is possibly the oldest type of portable firearm, as well as the simplest type of early firearm, as most examples require direct manual external ignition through a touch hole without any form of firing mechanism. It may also be considered a forerunner of the handgun. The hand cannon was widely used in Europe and throughout Asia until at least the 1520s, when it was supplanted by matchlock firearms (More on these on Hominis Aevum).
image: The first and oldest picture of a firearm ,Walter de Millimete (De Notabilitatibus Sapientis et Prudentia Regnum, 1326)
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something turkish: Dr Oz, Meryl Streep related through Ottoman harem ISTANBUL Dr Oz (L)...
something turkish: Dr Oz, Meryl Streep related through Ottoman harem ISTANBUL Dr Oz (L)...:
Dr Oz, Meryl Streep related through Ottoman harem
ISTANBULDr Oz (L) and Meryl Streep share a common lineage. REUTERS, AP photosFamed Turkish-American doctor Mehmet Oz has said he is related to Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep through a common ancestor who was a…
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"That’s murder."
“That’s murder.”
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Weighing in on targeted drone strikes, journalist Jeremy Scahill did not mince his words. From the video:
If you go to the village of Al-Majalah in Yemen, where I was, and you see the unexploded clusterbombs and you have the list and photographic evidence, as I do - the women and children that represented the vast majority of the deaths in this first strike that Obama authorized on Yemen -those people were murdered by President Obama, on his orders, because there was believed to be someone from Al Qaeda in that area. There’s only one person that’s been identified that had any connection to Al Qaeda there. And 21 women and 14 children were killed in that strike and the U.S. tried to cover it up, and say it was a Yemeni strike, and we know from the Wikileaks cables that David Petraeus conspired with the president of Yemen to lie to the world about who did that bombing. It’s murder - it’s mass murder—when you say, ‘We are going to bomb this area’ because we believe a terrorist is there, and you know that women and children are in the area. The United States has an obligation to not bomb that area if they believe that women and children are there. I’m sorry, that’s murder.
Later on Scahill faced massively negative responses from Obama-supporters on which Roqayah Chamseddine of Frustrated Arab accurately commented:
The response to Scahill has been overwhelmingly negative, from both political camps – Democrats and Republicans; though reactions stemming from Obama supporters are the most venomous, as they unashamedly mirror Bush-era idolatry, going as far as to consider Scahill’s undaunted commentary a sort of political sacrilege.
It’s depressing how true this is.
(via mehreenkasana)
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