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History, books, music, film/tv. NYY ⚾️ 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇮🇱#🟦 ☮️ Family Trivial Pursuit Champ. I never buy anything. Bigotry🚫: I subscribe to the horseshoe theory. “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” -Voltaire
1/ Viola Roseboro' (December 3, 1857 — January 29, 1945) was an American literary editor. She was the fiction editor for McClure's and later for Collier's, in which role she discovered several important authors. #WomanToday
Lyonel Charles Feininger (1871-1956) :
Gelmeroda, 1936
Oil on canvas
39-5/8 × 31-3/4 in
100.6 × 80.6 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Paul Klee :
Moon of the Barbarians, 1939
Gouache on black-primed paper on cardboard
32.5 × 21 cm
Private collection
Saul Steinberg
New Yorker July 27th, 1957
Untitled
A 2-foot-tall specimen of the Pongapong flower (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) in full bloom during the rainy season. It looks like a witch's hat and is one of the rarest plants found in the Masungi georeserve, the Philippines.
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... a fitting accompaniment to the comprehensive survey of Warhols’ Flowers paintings that will be shown at Eykyn Maclean from November 1 through December 8, 2012. Warhol’s flower paintings, created between 1964 and 1965, were initially inspired by a photograph of several hibiscus flowers taken by Patricia Caulfield, then the executive editor of Modern Photography magazine. The foldout article depicted how a new Kodak home color processing system could manipulate color. Warhol appropriated the image, cropped, copied, enhanced the contrast, and eventually settled on a square format that meant the paintings could be viewed from any orientation. A collection of these paintings was the focus of Warhol’s first show at the prestigious Leo Castelli Gallery in late 1964, and signaled his ascension into the legitimized art world.
The flower, a symbol of fragility and purity, is antithetical to the blunt violence associated with the criminal. The art historian Michael Lobel eloquently explores this collision of themes in Warhol’s work in his essay “Andy Warhol Flowers;”
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“Thank goodness, Malcolm! We’ve finally been spotted!”
“Thank goodness, Malcolm! We’ve finally been spotted!”
On a clear day, Eugene rose and looked around him and, regrettably, saw who he was.
On a clear day, Eugene rose and looked around him and, regrettably, saw who he was.
#OnThisDay in 12 BC, Augustus became pontifex maximus, the most important position in the ancient Roman religion.
The Pontifex Maximus led the Collegium Pontificum, overseeing state cult, religious laws, worship, and the calendar. The pontiffs managed sacred sites and public morality.
Horsemen of the Roman army wore a parade helmet like this during demonstrations, which were part of their training. The helmet protected the head against the blows of spears. This image was originally posted to Flickr by TimeTravelRome
#Roman cavalry helmet. Possibly this face of woman represents an #Amazon. The band on the forehead (torques) was supposed to symbolize Amazons' "barbaric" character. Bronze. 100-200 AD. From Nola. Now in the British Museum.
#Ancient #Art #History #Archaeology
#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#nightflight
Day 7
Tom Petty
Even the Losers
(I did a different challenge last year re Tom Petty but I was restricted to a decade.)
youtu.be/U0el_8ZKw7w?...
Where structural masonry becomes architectural expression the stunning new belvedere at Begijnhof Hasselt, Belgium.
Where structural masonry becomes architectural expression the stunning new belvedere at Begijnhof Hasselt, Belgium.
Love the movie. Hasn’t aged at all…in the important themes.
Beverly Mantle in Dead Ringers (2023)
#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge
#MovieSky #FilmSky
#MarchMovieChallenge
Mar-07
Movie or TV character played by Rachel Weisz
Beverly Mantle in Dead Ringers (2023)
It sounds like something he would say. 😊
The Domino Sugar plant on a foggy morning, reflected in the water. Vivid Cool filter applied.
Good morning, Bluesky.
“Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.”
—Arthur Miller—
(I tried to do due diligence and this quote seems legit, but if I ever find out it’s fake, I’m going to be gutted.)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
#Bales2026MovieChallenge
#MovieSky #FilmSky
#nightflight
Day 7: Movie Character Uses a Telephone (Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone in 1876)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
#nightflight
#MusicSky
Day 7
A song you would play for your younger self
youtu.be/WQCPl5rTMDQ?...
#AwardWinningWomen 🏆
#MusicChallenge 🎶
#MusicSky
#nightflight
Day 7
Leontyne Price
youtu.be/b7crcoAkVg0?...
Falling by TJ Newman
#30daybookchallenge
#booksky
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DAY 7
Best audiobook to listen to on a road
For years, strategists have warned national leaders against the temptations of "victory disease," the belief that winning battles means they're winning the war. Leaders throughout history have made this mistake, and Trump seems to be making it now.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Alphabet #bookchallenge
#booksky
Today’s letter: G
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Day 7
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
A documentary a day in March. Name the film and director. Provide an image.
Film/TV series: Last Days in Vietnam
Director: Rory Kennedy
Day 6
#DocumentaryChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky
#DocumentaryFilm #MovieChallenge
Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
Relief plaque of cobra on a neb basket late Ptolemaic period.
400-30 BC Egypt, limestone
Writer Storm Jameson's archive reveals fascinating details about the lives and vital role of women workers in munitions factories during WW2. New blogpost @britishlibrary.bsky.social English and Drama www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
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It was amazing how many famous actors were in it. Definitely underrated.
