Philip McCouat writes in-depth articles on art, history and social change in the Journal of Art in Society at http://artinsociety.com
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Get a real 24/7 bird’s-eye live stream of nesting ospreys atop a huge research crane that towers over the Daintree rainforest in Australia. These two ospreys have been returning to mate and nest there for the last 15 years www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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I’m sure you know the feeling ~ 19th century Catalan artist Ramon Casas i Carbó’s ‘Woman Getting Ready to Meet the Day’ (aka Late Morning). Looks like ‘meeting the day’ may not really be a high priority….
Self-taught US artist Edward Gordon conveys light effects with a crystalline clarity, and enjoys paying homage to the masters. Here’s his ‘Wind from the Sea’ (see Vermeer’s ‘The Astronomer’ on the wall?) and at R is Andrew Wyeth’s same-named work
British artist Briton Rivière depicts this young girl optimistically trying to teach her long-suffering but patient bloodhound to read ~ no doubt inspired by the controversial introduction of compulsory education for children in the 1880s (‘Compulsory Education’, AGNSW, 1887)
I'm loving the quiet joy of this angel playing the lute, carved from linden wood more than 500 years ago (Bode-Museum, Berlin) (photo: Daderot)
My apologies to those confused by my mention of a mirror in yesterday's post on Charles Spencelayh ~ here's the image I meant to post (The Artist's Studio)
It’s remarkable how much of the detail of this painting by Raoul Dufy is just suggested or hinted at ~ Interior with Musical Instruments (1940)
Engulfed in 79AD, this recently-unearthed fresco at a house in Pompeii depicts a silver plate with a circular focaccia that resembles a pizza, served with pomegranate, dates & condiments, plus a goblet of wine ~ but no tomato (believed poisonous) or mozzarella
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/p...
Charles Spencelayh achieved a precise, almost photographic level of detail in his domestic interiors. Here he depicts the prized possessions from the long lives of an elderly couple~ we can see them in the mirror (Grandfather’s & Grandmother’s Treasures, 1945)
www.evelynwaugh.org.uk/styled-96/in...
Check out the impressive detail in this 17th-century marriage portrait of a young woman, wearing a black satin dress with delicate white lacework and gold-embroidered bodice, by Dutch artist Nicolaes Eliasz
www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
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Researchers believe the same pair of birds has been mating and nesting in the unusual spot in the Daintree Rainforest for 15 consecutive years
