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Archive for June, 2008

Rene Beauclair

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Bijoux modernes (c. 1900) from a series of Art Nouveau designs by Rene Beauclair. As usual the peacock caught my attention on this page. There’s more by Beauclair at the NYPL Digital Gallery
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Elizabetes Iela 10b, Riga
• The Divine Sarah
• Whistler’s Peacock Room
• Lalique’s dragonflies
• Lucien Gaillard

Posted in {art nouveau}, {fashion}, {design} | 5 comments »

The recurrent pose #19

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A Flandrinesque photo from this deviantART user which also happens to be entitled Flandrin, hence the close correspondence to the original.
Elsewhere on { feuilleton }
• The recurrent pose archive

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It’s official: “Goya work” was painted by his pupil

It’s official: “Goya work” was painted by his pupil

It’s official: “Goya work” was painted by his pupil

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The monstrous tome

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So it arrived at last, yesterday in fact, the colossal volume that is A Lovecraft Retrospective: Artists Inspired by HP Lovecraft from Centipede Press. Calling this a book is like calling the Great Pyramid of Cheops a pile of stones, technically accurate but the words somewhat fail to convey the existential reality. This is the […]

Posted in {books}, {illustrators}, {lovecraft}, {work}, {horror}, {art} | 4 comments »

Arthur Magazine needs $20,000 by July 1 or it will die

Arthur Magazine needs $20,000 by July 1 or it will die

From Jay Babcock:
One year ago I ran up my credit cards and borrowed money from friends and family in order to buy out my ex-partner in Arthur. Since then I have maxed out my personal and business credit cards to service that debt and to start up publication of Arthur again. We have worked very […]

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Arte y pico award

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Thanks to Ms Bluewyvern at Blue Tea for honouring { feuilleton } with the Arte y pico award, the details of which are as follows:
1. You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contributes to the blogging community, no matter what language.
2. […]

Posted in {miscellaneous}, {art} | 5 comments »

The New York City Waterfalls

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Olafur Eliasson’s big new art project commences in New York today, with four waterfalls being installed at various places around the city. The photo here shows the Brooklyn Bridge installation during its test run on Tuesday and the project begins just as Eliasson’s NYC art show is drawing to a close. Brooklyn Bridge, meanwhile, was […]

Posted in {sculpture}, {art} | 1 comment »

Giant of a painting, but is it by Goya or his assistant?

Giant of a painting, but is it by Goya or his assistant?

Giant of a painting, but is it by Goya or his assistant?
| That question again.

Posted in {painting}, {noted}, {art} | 1 comment »

Over the rainbow

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Today is the 30th anniversary of the first appearance of the rainbow flag at a gay pride event. Gilbert Baker designed the flag which was used for the 1978 Gay Freedom Parade in—where else?—San Francisco and he talked to The Independent last week about its legacy.

Baker’s original design can be seen below, with the stripes […]

Posted in {apple}, {photography}, {gay}, {design} | 4 comments »

Kim Hanson

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Landscape.
Photography by Kim Hanson.

Posted in {eye candy}, {photography}, {gay} | 5 comments »

 


 


 


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