Posts Tagged ‘art’
Kelly McKernan: Delicate Metaphors
“In conjunction with the titles of these paintings, delicate metaphors are created with a purpose to be interpreted on an individual basis by the viewer.”- Kelly McKernan
Reconfiguring the Crucifixion
(Courtesy of the MFA)
MFA’s ‘Nativity’ revealed as reconfigured
In the process of restoring “The Nativity” by Jacopo Tintoretto (above) at the Museum of Fine Arts, the MFA found that the painting that is now a horizontal nativity was once a vertical crucifixion. (Boston Globe)
Major Time Waster
major time waster
YouTube is best known for its offbeat videos that become viral sensations. But among
its millions of clips is a treasure trove of rare and fascinating arts footage, lovingly posted
by fans. Ajesh Patalay selects 50 of the best – Joy Division’s TV debut, readings by
Jack Kerouac, a Marlene Dietrich screen test, Madonna’s first performance…
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- Feet In Smoke: A Story About Electrified Near-DeathLike a lot of people, I'd always assumed, in a sort of cut-rate Hobbesian way, that the center of the brain, if you could ever find it, would inevitably be a pretty dark place, that whatever is good or beautiful about being human is a result of our struggles against everything innate, against physical nature. My brother changed my mind about all that. […]
- Bunch of jackeens, reallySo, you want to know the secret history of Dublin? Well, Come Here To Me, boy, and I'll tell it ya. League of Ireland fanatics and music fans they may be but above all else, former UCD students Jay, D Fallon and hXci are history buffs, and on their blog they uncover much that is obscure and fascinating in this history of their native city, starting with […]
- Wargame reviews on YouTubeMarco Arnaudo reviews wargames on YouTube About:Marco Arnaudo was born in Italy in 1976. He graduated (BA) from the University of Pisa in 2000, and earned his PhD from both the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (2004) and Harvard University (2006). He is currently Associate Professor of Italian and Director of Graduate Studies in Italian at the Dept. of Frenc […]
- Photoshop this powder blast [Photoshop]
- Pilots say any landing you can walk away from is a good landing--even if you have to walk through the living room and out the front door of the house you crashed into. With pic [Scary]
- Amazing pictures of New York's abandoned leper colony, North Brother Island [Interesting]