Potpourri Friday

 

By one vote Jan Steen's As the Old Sing, So Pipe the young one top of the show today.  The name comes from a proverb whos meaning is a bad example leads to bad conduct.

We started with a self portrait of Joan Brown with Cat and Fish and then switched gears to Paul Kane's Fishing by Torchlight.  This was followed up by Giuseppe Arcimboldo's Summer.  This is a portrait of a human like bust made entirely out of fruits and vegetables.

From here we all hopped into the wayback machine to view a Mongolian Necklace from the Neolithic period (4000-3000 BCE)  At around 6 thousand years old I think this is the oldest thing we have seen.  It just shows that humans have been creating art for a long time!

My play along at home  item for today is switching gears a little bit.  You are invited to Take a Virtual Tour of the Tomb of Menna.  This is a virtual tour of a tomb that works like Google street view.  It allows you to walk through and turn to look at the walls and ceiling.  I found it fascinating.

• Joan Brown, Self-Portrait with Fish and Cat -- 1970 -- link --
• Paul Kane, Fishing by Torch Light -- 1849-1856 -- link --
• Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Summer -- 1563 -- link --
• Mongolian Neclace from Neolithic Period -- 4000-3000 BCE -- link --
• Jan Steen, As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young -- 1668-1670 -- link --
• Take a tour of an Egyptian tomb -- link --