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  The Book of Symbols: Reflection on Archetypal Images by The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism
  “It is only possible to live the fullest life when we are in harmony with these symbols; wisdom is a return to them.” — C. G. Jung
  by fcetier / on Dec 11, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “art history”

 

• The Music of Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane

  
  Africa Unchained — Authority: 116
  Clyde Macfarlane writing in Think Africa: Released this month, the debut album of veteran Senegalese musician Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane has been a long time coming. Now 74 years old, his story - and the story of modern Senegalese music - begins in 1960, with independence and the emergence of Star Band. Star ...
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• Show and Tell by Dilys Evans (Brief Thoughts)

  
  Rebecca Reads — Authority: 106
  Show and Tell by Dilys Evans (Chronicle Books, 2008) carries the subtitle “Exploring the fine art of children’s book illustration,” and that is what it is: a full-color coffee table style book that highlights a few of the best children’s book illustrators by examining what makes their art “fine art.” ...
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• Life with Picasso by Françoise Gilot – Book review

  
  My French Easel — Authority: 400
  This article was first published in my newsletter "Notes From My French Easel" – January 2012. Follow the link to receive this free monthly newsletter . I have read several books by and on Picasso, but “Life with Picasso” by Françoise Gilot shades a very different view on the artist’s life. Françoise ...
  2 days ago

• Dürer’s Ingenious Lines

  
  The Best Artists — Authority: 79
  Dürer was famous for his drawings. He drew complex pictures with lines alone. Woodcuts like this Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse made him famous  all over Europe before he was even thirty: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer … Continue reading →
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• Numbers in Dreams

  
  Ptak Science Books — Authority: 509
  JF Ptak Science Books   Post 1703 Thinking big thoughts in dreams is generally not a common thing, as anyone who has read their own semi-conscious half-awake memory notes of a dream-based inspiration could attest.  But it does happen:  Paul  McCartney 1 dreamed the song Yesterday, Gandhi dreamed the ...
  3 days ago

• Frick Collection Director Charles Ryskamp’s Bequest

  
  New York History — Authority: 117
  Over the course of fifty years-from the 1950s until his death in 2010 at the age of eighty-one-former Frick Collection Director Charles A. Ryskamp (1928-2010) assembled an extraordinary personal trove of European drawings. Reflecting on his pursuits in 2009, Dr. Ryskamp remarked, "I have always believed that giving, ...
  6 days ago

• Buffoons, Drunkards, Germans, Dwarfs and Similar Vulgarities

  
  A Reader's Respite — Authority: 97
  A Readers Respite knows well enough that the vast majority of readers out there would most certainly not be interested in the book we are currently reading, The Italian Renaissance: Culture and Society in Italy .  Heck, the dry presentation of material from historian Peter Burke has been enough to put us to ...
  1 week ago

• Truther Toys

  
  The Monkey Buddha — Authority: 104
  Continuing on the topic of having some fun with conspiracy theories from my last post ... I saw a link to these totally crazy "Truther Toy" parodies that take some of the more nefarious conspiracy theories floating around, and made them into games & other not -so-fun products for kids. Conspiracy Cards:  ...
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• Keith Haring: 1978-1982 Opening at Brooklyn Museum

  
  New York History — Authority: 117
  Keith Haring: 1978-1982, the first large-scale exhibition to explore Harings early career, will be presented at the Brooklyn Museum from March 16 through July 8, 2012 [note date change]. Tracing the development of the artists extraordinary visual vocabulary, the exhibition includes 155 works on paper, seven ...
  1 week ago

• Quality reading for the likes of us: Sam Llewellyn’s The Marine Quarterly

  
  intheboatshed.net intheboatshed.net — Authority: 107
  I’d like to introduce you to classy little publication. If you don’t already know it, The Marine Quarterly edited and published by PBO columnist Sam Llewellyn is a gem. Find out more and subscribe here . TMQ is a beautifully produced four-times-a-year package of writing by current and past authors, and ...
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• Conspiracy Theory Rock: Media-opoly

  
  The Monkey Buddha — Authority: 104
  This " TV Funhouse " skit by Robert Smigel (aka Triumph the Insult Comic Dog ) is as true today as it was a decade ago when it was made for SNL. The power of the giant multinational corporate conglomerates still disproportionately influences the media, the economy, & the government. Any attempt to reign in ...
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• Whistler in Corsica

  
  Mountainair Arts — Authority: 100
    An essay about James Abbot McNeil Whistler , illustrated and based on his correspondence, courtesy of  ACFA Éditions  (Association Culturelle France-Amerique),  23, avenue Guy de Maupassant,  13008 Marseilles - France.  Tel. fax : 33(0) 491 77 98 08.  Email:  acfa1@aliceadsl.fr ...
  1 week ago

• Sciart Links

  
  bioephemera.com — Authority: 92
  I’ve been too busy to write a real post lately, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some amazing sciart/ephemera-art links going around. Here are some: Origami human torso with organs (via David Ng ) In situ pencil lead carvings – the best way you never thought of to keep yourself busy during a boring ...
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• River Tamar fisherman Allen Jewitt passes away

  
  intheboatshed.net intheboatshed.net — Authority: 107
  Weir Quay Boatyard has published a tribute to River Tamar fisherman Allen Jewitt that can only be called beautiful. The Tamar has clearly lost one of its characters, and many of his neighbours will miss a treasured friend. Allen Jewitt, who died suddenly a few days ago at the age of 70, lived on the water ...
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• Wheeler Acknowledged, At Last

  
  Slow Painting — Authority: 98
  Doug Wheeler’s installation “DW 68 VEN MCASD 11” (1968-2011), in San Diego. Photo: Doug Gates/Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego The artist Doug Wheeler tells two stories, both having to do with light, that go a long way toward explaining why he is so revered by many fellow artists — as a visionary and a ...
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• Word for the day: Rhyton

  
  TYWKIWDBI — Authority: 602
  A rhyton is an elaborate drinking vessel, common in ancient Persia and later popularized in Greece: The word is believed to be derived from Greek rhein* , "to flow" .... Many vessels considered rhytons featured a wide mouth at the top and a hole through a conical constriction at the bottom from which the fluid ...
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• A Night in the Museum

  
  Deborah Heal: Write Brain Activity: a blog for bookies and aspiring writers — Authority: 104
  My idea of a good time on a Friday night: hanging out at the Alton Museum of Hist ory and Art talking with other history buffs about the historical connections in my book Time and Again .  The Alton Museum of History & Art is housed in Loomis Hall, part of the former Shurtleff College, founded by John M. ...
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• 1885 ship’s signalling lamp made by Bulpitt’s of Birmingham

  
  intheboatshed.net intheboatshed.net — Authority: 107
      This splendid example of Victorian engineering is a ship’s signalling lamp made by Bulpitt & Sons in 1885, and restored in the last few weeks by John Armstrong , who trades as  Boat Antiques . I guess the lamp would have been used for Morse code, which would explain the cute switch on the ...
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• Londons Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art opens Alberto Burri retrospective

  
  Gadling — Authority: 599
  Filed under: Arts and Culture , Europe , United Kingdom The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art is one of Londons best small art museums. Housed in an elegant Georgian mansion on a quiet street in the London borough of Islington, it has the best collection of modern Italian art in the city and perhaps ...
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• Picking A Car Isn’t Easy

  
  ArtenMuzic Your Imagine — Authority: 111
  It’s nearly impossible for one car to suit every consumer due to the fact that everyone has different need. Some individuals want a car that is efficient because they are concerned with gas costs while others enjoy outdoors activities and may prefer a SUV with off-roading capabilities. Individuals who enjoy ...
  1 week ago

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