aremisia gentileshi
Artemisia GentileschiThe Art History Archive - Biography & Art This Website is Best Viewed Using Firefox Biography of Artemisia Gentileschi: (Born July 8th 1593, Died 1653) Artemisia Gentileschi was the most important woman painter of Early Modern Europe by virtue of the excellence of her work, the originality of her treatment of traditional subjects, and the number of her paintings that have survived (though only thirty-four of a much larger corpus remain, many of them only recently attributed to her rather than to her male contemporaries). She was both praised and disdained by contemporary critical opinion, recognized as having genius, yet seen as monstrous because she was a woman exercising a creative talent thought to be exclusively male.
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Medical woodblock prints from 19th-century Japan
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) maintains a collection of 400 health-themed woodblock prints from 19th-century Japan. The collection -- which includes drug advertisements, illustrated instructions for treating and preventing contagious diseases, and visual guides to the human body -- offers a unique look at Japanese medical knowledge in the late Edo and early Meiji periods. Here are a few images from the collection.
Bananas and Monkeys
Original source unknown. (But the story appears to have some basis in fact.) Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana.
Shakespeare Insult Kit
Shakespeare Insult Kit Since 1996, the origin of this kit was listed as anonymous. It came to me on a piece of paper in the 90's with no attribution, and I thought it would make a cool web page. Though I searched for the origin, I could never find it. In 2014, Lara M informed found the originating author.
van gogh: between peace and madness
Is there anything new to say about Vincent van Gogh? Only a fool would try, but the Kunstmuseum in Basel has come up with something unique. Before the end of September, should you be anywhere near this “Dreieck”, as the Germans call it (the busy corner where France, Germany and Switzerland meet), you cannot afford to miss this articulate, inspiring exhibition: “Between Earth and Heaven: The Landscapes”. An alternative title might've been “Between Peace and Madness”.
All-purpose tanuki testicles (prints by Kuniyoshi)
23 Jun 2009 In the mid-1840s, ukiyo-e master Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) created a number of woodblock prints showing legendary tanuki (raccoon dogs) using their humorously large scrota in creative ways. River fishing Shelter from evening showers
Your Age on Other Worlds
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Midnight in Paris Woody Allen’s latest places starving writer Owen Wilson in Paris with his fiancée, Rachel McAdams. Searching for inspiration for his incomplete novel, Owen begins taking strolls around the city at night where he discovers an unexpected group of people. I wish I could be more specific, but it would ruin the surprise. Know that it is brilliant, witty and full of mystique. 92% on Rotten Tomatoes (RT). Let the Right One In
‘Kaikidan Ekotoba’ monster scroll
Here is a look at the Kaikidan Ekotoba, a mysterious handscroll that profiles 33 legendary monsters and human oddities, mostly from the Kyushu region of Japan (with several from overseas). The cartoonish document, whose author is unknown, is believed to date from the mid-19th century. It is now in the possession of the Fukuoka City Museum. White monster/Bird-dog hybrid [+] The black creature on the right was born by a dog that mated with a bird in the city of Fukuoka in the early 1740s.
