b/w photo of Alfred Hitchcock

An early photo of Alfred Hitchcock I've never seen before.

Photographer Ernst Haas (1921-1986) plus some of his images taken during the making of the 1961 film of Arthur Miller's The Misfits📷
#photographers

I maintain that cats and their followers are a cult

In November 1975-following a string of coup de-tats across Latin America during the '50s, '60s, and '70s.

A new one in the wild for @ianmartin.bsky.social 's ballooning spleen.

Rare Roman paint 'recipe' uncovered in Cartagena murals makes smart use of costly cinnabar Roman painters commissioned at the end of the 1st century to decorate the walls of the Domus of Salvius in present-day Cartagena could hardly have imagined that their technical expertise would still a...

Rare Roman paint 'recipe' uncovered in Cartagena murals makes smart use of costly cinnabar. #Archaeology
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Utterly gorgeous paintings at the link
"In Madrid, a haunting exhibition brings together more than 100 works by Vilhelm Hammershøi, the Danish great master of silence"

At the linked article "Joséphine's pre-Impressionist collection is one of the most significant aspects of her legacy, including Landscape with River Setting Sun by Paul Alfred Colin, a bold pre-Impressionist style well ahead of its time."

Each year during EXPO CHICAGO, a bunch of the big billboard screens around town rotate through images of artwork rather than the usual ads. I like to imagine a future version of Chicago where billboards are banned, but the structures remain and are permanently repurposed as displays of public art.

Johnny Cash having a cigarette outside of Folsom Prison in California, 1968.

by Dan Poush/AP.

A standing stone carved with a stylised face. The ground around it is covered in fallen leaves and there are trees behind.

I am off to Brittany on Tuesday, and I hope to visit one of my favourite ancient (or probably ancient) monuments. Known as 'Babouin' (the Baboon), this enigmatic carved stone of indeterminate age can be found in the woods near Trédion. #StandingStoneSunday

A terracotta figurine of a dog standing on four legs, holding a small animal in its mouth. The dog has a slender body, pointed ears, and a slightly curved tail. The surface of the sculpture is rough and textured, with patches of white primer. The small animal in the dog's mouth appears to be another quadruped, possibly a hare or a smaller dog. The sculpture is displayed on a white surface against a neutral beige background.

Timeline cleanse! 🐶🐕

A Terracotta figurine of a dog holding his pup (or a prey?) in his mouth.

Greek, Boeotian 1st half of the 5th century BC.

A lovely Sunday, everyone!

On display at Antikensammlung München

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Really, you made this without AI? Prove it The quest to find the ‘Fair Trade’ logo for human-made content.

What a sad and infuriating situation we find ourselves in

Proudly Human and Not by AI aim to cover published text, visual art, videography, and music.
Some services are getting creatives to manually show their working processes to a human auditor, such as sketches and written drafts.
#arts

Jeff Koons special edition Evian bottle designs for the 200th anniversary of Evian.
The Sparkling Water features his famous balloon dog in pink, with a blue version for Still
#art #design #Koons

Munnings made several paintings in detail of the rock formations at Lamorna Cove. In this work he used a compositional technique to establish a low viewpoint by painting a small sliver of sky above the rocks.

Dramatically dressed young woman with hat and narrowed eyes looks to the left

British artist Oswald Birley’s glowing portrait of his young wife Rhoda Pike was inspired by their attendance at a costume ball during a honeymoon visit to Venice (detail, The Green Masque, 1922) godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-...

1930s Heath poster featuring an owl Quotation from the poem “The Owl” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: “Then the lone owl awoke from rest, Stretch’d his keen talons, plum’d his crest, And from his high embattled station, Hooted a trembling salutation.”

1939s underground poster featuring a heron. And the grey heron stands Silent in the

A skylark on a 1930s travel poster. reads: “Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart.” Shelley

A woodpecker illustration on a 1930s travel poster. The busy Woodpecker, Made stiller by her sound, The inviolable quietness. Wordsworth.

A set of four London Underground posters from 1933 designed by Clifford Ellis and Rosemary Ellis. They created several wildlife-themed posters encouraging Londoners to travel out to parks, heaths, woods, and rivers using the Underground.

'In Trafalgar' by George Hyde Pownall (1876-1932)

(Private collection)

A powerful tribute to the Titanic YouTube video by BBC

This made me shiver - utterly stunning.

#Titanic

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View of Le Havre - 1873
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I'd agree if they also had to live in their constituency, and a special hotel was built within commuting distance of London for them all to stay in when on London duties. No 2nd homes with all bills/ household expenses.

I blocked Brainless Bum Wizard when he followed me last week. He was already following 10k.

Wasp hat or hair pin by René Lalique (1860–1945), with gold, enamel, opal, and brilliant-cut diamonds.

(why oh why)

#Lalique

Psyching himself up for Greenland?

Greatest festival ever? What a line-up.

I get why/that people say this, but dont' underestimate this:

all other social networks are invested in making sure that posts that link to journalism remain buried, or at least never go viral.

BlueSky doesn't do that. That makes it very valuable to a ton of newsrooms righ tnow.

It just makes me wonder why they object to one culture but not another, or see one as "different" but not another.

These people who complain about this country being swamped by a different culture, never seem bothered about how the country has been "swamped" with American culture - such as news, food, tv, music, language. Go to other European countries and there's much less of an American obsession.

Simple white kitchen with a large bullseye painted on one wall, as well as misc cooking utensils, and "Cup of Tea, roll and butter 5d" sign.

Julie Christie arranges flowers at her London flat by David Hurn (1965)

Check out this Land for sale on Rightmove Land for sale in Ynys, Talsarnau, Gwynedd, LL47 for £350,000. Marketed by Carter Jonas LLP - Rural, Bangor

Who wants to buy an island?
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An attempt to disconnect our gas connection earlier today👇
SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬