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Pass, Pass, PLAY!!!!

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  Top of the Day: Schinkel in Naples - Franz Ludwig Catel,   1824 Gemini - Henry Lawrence Faulkner,   1968 -- link -- Lot and His Daughters Leaving Sodom - Hendrik Goltzius after Anthonie van Blocklandt,   1582 -- link -- Compenetrazione iridescente n. 4 (Studio della luce) - Giacomo Balla,   1912-1913 -- link -- Kop van een Newfoundlander, van voren - Otto Eerelman,   1849/1926 -- link -- Schinkel in Naples - Franz Ludwig Catel,   1824 -- link --

Celebrating Chalermchai Kositpipat at MOCA Bangkok!

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  Top of the Day: Chalermchai Kositpipat, Spiritual Eye Morals, Meditation and Wisdom - Chalermchai Kositpipat,   2010 -- link -- Black Magic Defies Goddess - Chalermchai Kositpipat,   1987 -- link -- Chalermchai Kositpipat, Telepathy, 1990  -- link -- Chalermchai Kositpipat, Spiritual Eye, 1994  -- link --

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA BANGKOK)

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  Top of the Day: The Blessing of Lord Buddha - Chalermchai Kositpipat,   2006 Gazing at the World Through the Gate - Somphong Adulyasarapan,   2002 -- link -- Journey to the Next World I (Yearn) - Prateep Kochabua,   2006 -- link -- The Blessing of Lord Buddha - Chalermchai Kositpipat,   2006 -- link --

Filipino Street Art!

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Top of the Day: Digital Vision - Cozythrias untitled - Kookoo, Artkore,   2010 -- link -- untitled - humbly,   2013 -- link -- Hit & Ruin - Gerilya,   2012 -- link -- Untitled - Jood, Ungga, Chill, Whoop Wonka,   2011 -- link -- Digital Vision - Cozythrias,   12/11/2013 -- link -- Another view of Rai Cruz / Cozythrias, Digital Vision, 2013 -- link --

Korean Art Museum Association!

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 Top of the Day: Cradle Song-Ferragamo - Kim, Joon,   2009 Cradle Song-Ferragamo - Kim, Joon,   2009 -- link -- Doubt-Red Wall3 - Yang, Dae Won and 양대원,   2008 -- link -- Black Grassland - Lee, Jong Gu,   2007 -- link -- Le Paseur - Kang, Hyung Koo,   2007 -- link -- Gonyunsan - Suh Yongsun,   2003/2014 -- link -- Color Analysis - Kho, Nak Beom,   1999 -- link -- Color Palettes from films: One Version of the Color Palette of Famous Films -- link -- Another Version of Famous Film's Color Palettes broken by frame -- link -- An Artist who does this work for any film you want (click on the photo to show the name of the film) -- link -- Video with Hyung Koo Kang talking about his face paintings -- link -- Ferragamo Signature -- maybe the reference is the thick black lines of the logo

Asian-American & Pacific Island Awareness Month

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  Top of the Day: Beyond the Sky - Xu Lei,   2011 "Conversing with the Moon-He Sen Solo Exhibition": Li Fangying’s Bamboo - He Sen,   2012.2.12-2012.2.24 -- link -- Unable to Measure - Zhang Xiaogang,   2010 -- link -- "Solo Show of Fang Lijun" :2006,detail - Fang Lijun,   2006.10.07-2006.10.31 -- link -- Beyond the Sky - Xu Lei,   2011 -- link -- Xiang Jing exhibition scene - Xiang Jing,   2011 -- link -- Great Criticism-Marlboro - Wang Guang Yi,   1992 -- link --

Surprise Paintings!

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  Top of the Day: Sainer, Primavera, Poland 2012 Ecce Homo - Honoré Daumier,   about 1851 -- link -- Primavera - Sainer,   2012-05 -- link -- Self-portrait - Vincent van Gogh,   1887 -- link -- Don't scream, stupid - Francisco Goya y Lucientes,   1799 -- link -- View of Brooklyn Bridge - Samuel Halpert (American, 1884-1930) -- link --

Choose your own filter day

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  Top of the Day: Hall of the Ambassadors, Alhambra, Granada - Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida Today was random but the person with the painting got to choose the movement or museum that the random art came from.  It was great to learn a little about the movements. The Sleeping Gypsy - Henri Rousseau,   1897 -- link -- Interior (Sisters) - Fritz von Uhde,   1896 -- link -- Architectural Landscape - Lazar Khidekel (1904-1986, painter and architect),   1920 -- link -- Hall of the Ambassadors, Alhambra, Granada - Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida -- link -- Untitled, From the Williamsburg Housing Project Murals - Ilya Bolotowsky,   1936 -- link -- Imperative, 1976 © Pollock-Krasner Foundation - Lee Krasner and The Pollock-Krasner Foundation,   1976/1976 -- link --

Victoria & Albert Museum Treasures!

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  Top of the Day: Hadieh Shafie, 22,500 Composition, 2011 Queen Victoria's Wedding Dress -- link -- Marriage of Victoria & Albert -- link -- Queen Victoria's Wedding Dress with other Royal Gowns -- link -- Queen Victoria's "coronet" crown -- link -- Queen Victoria & Albert's etchings -- link -- Epic Iran items -- link -- Islamic Middle East -- link --

Delving into the Victoria & Albert Collection

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  Top of the day:  Dame Edna Bean Factory Glasses! 2017 Tour of the Victoria & Albert Museum -- link -- Column reproduction of the Roman Tajan Column   -- link -- Column reproduction of the Roman Tajan Column, circa 1873   -- link -- Column info & more visuals   -- link -- Lewis Morley, Christine Keeler beside chair, 1963   -- link -- Unknown, Corset, 1890   -- link -- Dame Edna Bean Factory Glasses! 2017   -- link --

Victoria & Albert Visit!

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 Top of the Day:  William Morris, Victoria & Albert Café, 1856 Victoria & Albert Museum  -- link -- Victoria & Albert Museum, more photos of the exterior & interior   -- link -- Victoria & Albert Museum, more photos   -- link -- Unknown Artistan, Wine Cup of Shah Jahan, 1657   -- link -- Charles Robert Ashbee, Necklace, 1900   -- link -- Booth & Fox, Petticoat, 1860   -- link -- Music Hall Costume worn by May Moore Duprez, circa 1910,  Victoria & Albert Museum, Raphael Cartoons / Tapestry Designs   -- link -- Raphael Cartoons   -- link -- Raphael, Miraculous Draught of Fishes, 1515-1516   -- link -- Refreshment Rooms & Café!    -- link --

Random Tuesday

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  Top of the day: Mosaic Table, 1947 © Pollock-Krasner Foundation - Lee Krasner and The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Takamatsu Castle, Sanuki, from the series Souvenirs of Travels, Second Collection - Artist: Kawase Hasui, Publisher: S. Watanabe Color Print Co.,   1921 -- link -- Untitled - Cozythrias,   1/18/2014 -- link -- Alligator Pears - Georgia O'Keeffe,   1923 -- link -- Mosaic Table, 1947 © Pollock-Krasner Foundation - Lee Krasner and The Pollock-Krasner Foundation,   1947/1947 -- link -- Danger - Winslow Homer,   1883/1887 -- link --

Victoria and Albert Museum!

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  Top of the Day: Boat-Building near Flatford Mill - John Constable,   1815 The Day Dream - Dante Gabriel Rossetti,   1880 (painted) - 1880 -- link -- Boat-Building near Flatford Mill - John Constable,   1815 -- link -- Pair of platform shoes - Vivienne Westwood,   1993 -- link -- Portrait of a Lady known as Smeralda Bandinelli - Botticelli, Sandro,   1470-1480 (painted) - 1480 -- link -- Samson Slaying a Philistine - Giambologna,   1560-1562 (carved) - 1562 -- link --

Random Saturday

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  Top of the Day: John Henry Was The Best In The Land - Palmer C. Hayden Lorenzo Pagans and Auguste de Gas - Edgar Degas,   1871 - 1872 -- link -- Diana - Frederick William MacMonnies,   1889 - 1890, cast in 1917 -- link -- John Henry Was The Best In The Land - Palmer C. Hayden,   1944/1947 -- link -- The Mennonite Preacher Anslo and his Wife - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn,   1641 -- link -- Lyuba Gusenkova - Arkady Plastov,   1949 - 1949 -- link -- A Bowl of Plums - Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin,   circa 1728 -- link --

Frank Lloyd Wright Day!

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Frank Lloyd Wright furniture -- link -- Hollyhock House! -- link -- Tour of the Hollyhock House -- link --

Diving into Arts & Crafts!

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 Top of the Day: Byrdecliffe Arts & Crafts Colony, Linen Press, 1904 Ruth's Favorite Fireplace in the Arts & Crafts style movement, LACMA  -- link -- WIlliam Morris, Trellis Wallpaper, 1862  -- link -- WIlliam Morris, Trellis Wallpaper, 1864 version  -- link -- WIlliam Morris, Trellis Wallpaper, 1867 version  -- link -- WIlliam Morris, Trellis Wallpaper, example of its use today  -- link -- Byrdecliffe Arts & Crafts Colony, Linen Press, 1904  -- link -- Byrdecliffe Arts & Crafts Colony (Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead artist), Sassafras Linen Press drawing/painting, 1904  -- link -- Newcomb Pottery (Leona Nicholson artist), Tyg (communal cup -- EEUW!!), 1908  -- link -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Washstand, 1904  -- link -- Grueby Faience Company, Beaver Tile, 1904  -- link -- League of New Hampshire Arts & Crafts, modern takes on the Arts & Crafts Movement  -- link -- Modern Takes on the Arts & Crafts movement, Various textiles & wallpapers,  -

Arts & Crafts Foray!

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  The Grange House -- link -- The Grange House -- link -- Charles Mackintosh, Stained Glass  -- link -- The Gamble House Exterior -- link -- The Gamble House Interior -- link --

Arts and Crafts Movement!

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  Top of the Day: Tapestry: Greenery by John Henry Dearle, Morris & Co., William Morris, 1892 Helping Angel Window Panel - John La Farge -- link -- Treat 'Em Rough! Join the Tanks United States Tank Corps ... Tank Corps Recruiting Office. - Hutaf, August and Tank Corps Recruiting Office. (New York.) -- link -- The Adoration of the Magi - Edward Burne-Jones -- link -- Tapestry: Greenery - John Henry Dearle for Morris & Co. -- link --

Another Random Monday

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  Top of the Day: Rose Garden by Paul Klee, 1920 Ottobre 2007 - Federico Pietrella -- link -- Praia das Maçãs - José Malhoa -- link -- Rose Garden - Klee, Paul -- link -- Orchards in Blossom, View of Arles - Vincent van Gogh -- link -- Kleine Welten VI - Wassily Kandinsky -- link --

Is it Art Deco?

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  Top of the Day: Radha by Paul Philippe  c. 1913 Today was a review of Google Arts & Culture Art Deco art.  Instead of spending a lot of time on piece we tried to determine if the piece represented Art Deco to Us.  It was a lot of fun and we got through a lot of art today. Mother and Child - Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980), Beauvais, MUDO, musée de l'Oise, © Authorized by Tamara Art Heritage / Adagp, Paris, 2018 -- link -- Adjustable armchair - Sitzmaschine - Josef Hoffmann -- link -- 'Meuble à fards' cabinet - Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann -- link -- New York (Brooklyn Bridge) - Louis Lozowick -- link -- Machine Ornament No. 2 - Louis Lozowick -- link -- Radha - Paul Philippe -- link -- Russian dancer - Paul Philippe -- link -- The house of the sun, Gambini - Silvio Gambini -- link -- Paons (Peacocks) - Lalique, Rene (French, 1860-1945), Designer -- link -- Athlète et feuillages (Athlete and foliage) - Lalique, Rene (French, 1860-1945), Designer -- link --

One More Time: Art Nouveau!

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  Top of the Day: Mikhail Vrubel, Demon Sitting, 1890 (Symbolist/Art Nouveau) Demon (sitting) - Mikhail Vrubel -- link -- Le tre età - Gustav Klimt -- link -- At the Moulin Rouge - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901) -- link -- The rape of Europa - Valentin Serov -- link -- The Princess and the Monkey - Janis Rozentāls -- link --

Art Nouveau Exploration!

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  Top of the Day:Gustav Klimmt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, also called The Lady in Gold or The Woman in Gold, 1907 Art Nouveau / Art Deco differences -- link -- Art Nouveau themes & influences -- link -- Art nouveau artists -- link -- Art nouveau buildings -- link -- Art deco Coca Cola building in L.A. sent by Ruth  -- link -- Preview of Woman in Gold, 2015; Ruth mentioned this film & Terry has also seen it. Probably on multiple movie platforms.  -- link --

Macabre & Magical Mexican Art: Colección Andrés Blaisten for Cinco de Mayo!

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  Top of the day: Girls Playing by Juan Soriano. The Idyll - María Izquierdo -- link -- Girls Playing - Juan Soriano -- link -- La Femme et le Pantin - Ángel Zarraga -- link -- Allegory of Freedom - María Izquierdo -- link -- My bed has four little corners. - Juan Soriano -- link -- Audio Tour of Maria Izquierdo's Allegory of Freedom, 1937  (It's longer than 19 seconds; scroll down a bit & keep letting it play)   https://artsandculture.google.com/story/tune-in-to-maria-izquierdo-39-s-allegory-of-freedom/SQXx9S9CvFYXWg?hl=en

Illustrating Art Nouveau!!!

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  Top of the Day: The Kiss by Gustav Klimt And for Comparison, here is the replica painting that Trish owns The rest of the show Death and Life - Gustav Klimt -- link -- Moulin Rouge-La Goulue - Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de -- link -- Portrait of Fyodor Chaliapin - Boris Kustodiev -- link -- The Kiss - Gustav Klimt -- link -- Tawny Chatmon adorns the hair & clothes of black girls & boys in Klimt patterns & fabrics. Katje reminded us of her today; specifically because we were looking at Klimt. We have seen her art before in various forms including the different Madonna with Childs back when.   https://mymodernmet.com/tawny-chatmon-the-redemption-portraits/ And as a final touch, here is an image that morphs between the original The Kiss and the version Trish owns (Trish's has the lamp in the foreground).

Random Beauty!

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  Top of the Day: Sawyers by Alexander Bogomazov 1929 The Rest of the show: Beauty and Love - Amelia Etlinger -- link -- The Interior of Saint Etienne's Church in Paris - Stanislaw Wyspianski -- link -- A Situation in Yellow - Oscar Bluemner -- link -- Hot Springs of Gardiner's River, Yellowstone National Park - Thomas Moran -- link -- Sawyers - Oleksandr Bohomazov -- link --