Random Acts of Art

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Today was completely random art.  I used googles' Art and Culture browser extension to pick random art for us to view.  The top of the show was the beautiful garden shown above: The Flowered Terrace by Henri-Edmond Cross.

Another piece was simply titled July 2006 by Marwan Kassab-Bachi.  This abstract art was displayed with the red part on the right side.  We all clearly saw a face when you tilted your head to the left.  I included this image below rotated and the face clearly appears.


We also saw an etching by Whistler, A very nice woodblock print, and a sleigh race by an unknown American painter.  You can check all of them out at the links below.

The final piece was another abstract piece by David Diao called Glissement.  Katja found the following Wiki article that appears to be the basis for this piece.

The blog bonus for today is the browser extension that we used to select our art.  It is by Google Arts and Culture.  With this extension, when you open a new tab it puts a random piece of art from there collection in it.  It is a great way to find random art.  You can get it here for Chrome or Edge and here for Firefox.  I have only tried it in Chrome.  You may need to change a setting after it is installed  to get different art with each tab.  I believe the default is to show the same art for 24 hours.

Finally, here is the list of art from today.
  • July 2006, Marwan Kassab-Bachi -- link --
  • Nanso Kushinobu Kushinbama Of Southern Kasuga Artist: Oda Hironobu - 1930s -- link --
  • The Flowered Terrace, Henri-Edmond Cross c. 1905 -- link --
  • Newspaper-Stall, Rue de Seine, James Abbott McNeill Whistler -- ca. 1892-1893 -- link --
  • The Sleigh Race, American -- c. 1865 -- link --
  • Glissement, David Diao -- 1984 -- link --

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  1. Madame ZenobiaJanuary 20, 2021 at 3:07 PM

    Katherine - About the unnamed July2006 art piece, I checked about the "smudge" on the forehead. I found that after years of praying, some Muslims will develop a callous on their foreheads called a zebibah or zabiba or prayer bump which symbolizes a devoutness.
    Viewing these pieces of art give me an opportunity to learn something new about ideas, customs, and cultures. I am so appreciative because I have learned something new from each of my fellow explorers. Thank you Katherine, I stand corrected!

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