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• Natasha’s blog assignment on Jean Francois Millet

  
  Joanna Rees Photography — Authority: 109
  Here is Natasha ’s blog assignment on Jean Francois Millet. In her blog Natasha connects the poverty depicted by Jean Francois Millet in  The Gleaners , (1865) to the economic hardships suffered by farmers in contemporary Taiwan.
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• Huafan University blog assignment on artworks from the Musée d’Orsay

  
  Joanna Rees Photography — Authority: 109
  As part of my English pronunciation practice sophomore undergraduate class I’ve asked students to create a blog presentation that explores the cultural significance of an artwork in the Musée d’Orsay.   This assignment is part of my PhD course work for the Art History and Education class at National Taiwan ...
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• Vatican Organ and Staircase

  
  F I S H I N G — Authority: 120
  First I saw this organ: . [This is where your native speaker would say: "WOW! It really blows your socks off!"] ………………………………………………………………………………………… . Next I saw this staircase which is at the Vatican: ...
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• Bauhaus Revisited

  
  Slow Painting — Authority: 419
  Josef Albers, Skyscrapers on Transparent Yellow (© 2009 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society) The Bauhaus lasted exactly as long as Germany’s Weimar Republic (1919–1933) and is its principal cultural achievement. But the revolutionary school of art and design is also an achievement of ...
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• James Retherford : The Story of Dada

  
  The Rag Blog — Authority: 567
  Alfred Jarry on absinthe.The Story of Dada (Part One)Inspired by the edgy transubstantiation of primitive energy and ontological nullity in Dada’s impromptu poetic style, [Hugo] Ball tried to emulate it -- but without success.By James Retherford / The Rag Blog / December 14, 2009Born in 1871 amidst the revolutionary ...
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• On the History of Normalcy: Oskar Sclemmer & Dance, 1927

  
  Ptak Science Books — Authority: 426
  JF Ptak Science Books LLC  Post 876  Jean Bouillard (the famous physician), Joseph de Lalande(astronomer and director of the Paris Observatory), the Paris Academy ofSciences, the French Academy of Sciences, Jacques Babinet, and the Universityof Bologna are examples of people and entities sharing something ...
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• Tanya Danielle

  
  Plunder Girls — Authority: 128
  Good girls are just bad girls that don’t get caught. While some girls do believe this, others are more willing to investigate the difference between the two. Just like Tanya Danielle. While studying Art History, she decided to stop school for a while and pursue a more ‘adult’ career path. Tanya believes that a ...
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• Leonardo Da Vinci: Ep.3 - The Secret Life of the Mona Lisa

  
  shapeshift.net — Authority: 128
  Centred around Leonardos greatest masterpiece – the most famous image in the history of art – the Mona Lisa. How and why has it become so famous? (58 min, 6 segments)
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• Cartooning Is Easy! …not.

  
  Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog — Authority: 678
  Way back in 1950 Richard Taylor wrote an article advising would-be cartoonists to show a little respect for the profession: “The woods are full of pseudo-cartoonists,” wrote Taylor, “grinding out things that are not much better than the average high-school student’s masterpieces, doomed forever to a ...
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• Rats and Pigs?

  
  Slow Painting — Authority: 419
  “Nativity with Saints Francis and Lawrence” was stolen in Palermo in 1969 A lost painting by Caravaggio which art lovers have long hoped might still be found was burnt and destroyed by the Mafia, according to a former hitman turned pentito (informer). The painting, Nativity with Saints Francis and Lawrence, was ...
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• And the Challenge Extravaganza Continues

  
  A Striped Armchair — Authority: 508
  Now I’ve told y’all that I’m a challenge addict. And A Novel Challenge is going to be the death of me! These are all the challenges I’ve heard about that are starting next year and look wonderful, but if some new ones suddenly show up, I’m not going to rule them out. And in my defense, I usually ...
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• Hoving’s death a reminder of need for art–and marketing

  
  James McPherson's Media & Politics Blog — Authority: 115
  Thomas Hoving, controversial former director of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art , died yesterday. Because of what Hoving did for art, his death was deemed worthy of a front-page story in today’s print edition of the New York Times (and of  a story this morning on NPR’s “Morning Edition”). ...
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• Benefits of Collecting Old Stamps

  
  Vintage Antique Collectible — Authority: 422
  Collecting old stamps , especially vintage postage stamps can bring great value. Collecting old stamps can be fun and educational, it can be affordable, and it can bring about understanding of history, art, travel and many other areas of culture as well. Here is an explanation of why collecting old stamps can be ...
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• Afganistan" Stability" Graphic

  
  The Monkey Buddha — Authority: 122
  I saw this chart on Talking Points Memo & its a mind-boggling representation of the craziness of just 1 of our military endeavors, the occupation in Afghanistan. Feel Better Now? No! I feel like my heads spinning! As a designer who prefers simplicity & clarity, this chart is like tying my ...
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• Annual Photography Exhibition @ Galleria Deptford

  
  DoNArTNeWs — Authority: 119
  Annual Photography Exhibition @ Galleria Deptford, Deptford Municipal Building, 1011 Cooper Street, Woodbury NJ.  Curator Pauline Jonas has gathered together six photographers with distinct and diverse styles from landscape to portrait to abstract, from C prints to inkjet to traditional dark room color prints.  ...
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• Growing Pains at the National Gallery

  
  The Blog of the Courtier — Authority: 124
  The National Gallery of Art here in Washington is probably the only part of the Smithsonian Institution I visit with any regularity. While not as large as The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, its comprehensive collection of Old Master paintings is a great joy to visit. The core of the collection came from ...
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• The Greatest Snowman Ever?

  
  The Best Artists — Authority: 91
  The ruler of Florence, Piero de’  Medici, ordered Michelangelo to make a snowman in the courtyard of his palace.He is usually censured for that and the snowman is cited as the supreme example of  a patron’s  abuse of an artist. How could anyone order a great genius to waste his time like that?But Michelangelo ...
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• Imagine

  
  The Monkey Buddha — Authority: 122
  The message hasnt been lost... but the world can nevertheless be a real hellhole. We could use more insanely idealistic hippies with a powerful mind & voice these days: Theres been alot of new Beatlemania recently w/ the release of Beatles Rock Band & their remastered albums. Im usually really bad w/ ...
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• Newsy: Quilt Index expands and upgrades

  
  Craft Gossip — Authority: 163
  Amy E. Milne, Executive Director of The Alliance for American Quilts organization has some great news for quilters and quilt history buffs. They have added 10 projects and have upgraded their website to include zoom and comparison tools, saying, The zoom tool allows users to move in close to a quilt’s surface and ...
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• Murillos "Inmaculada de los Venerables"

  
  The Blog of the Courtier — Authority: 124
  Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, celebrating the Catholic doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without the stain of Original Sin. It is a teaching long-held by Christians, but which was only formally declared a dogma of the Church by Pope Pius IX in 1854. Those interested in the theological ...
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