Actress and singer Marlene Dietrich — in costume, dressed in white naval officer uniform and cap worn to one side — captured facing the camera, looking directly into the lens, posing in front of a dark-coloured background, in a black-and-white medium close-up shot for the film Seven Sinners (1940)
Marlene Dietrich in a publicity still for Seven Sinners (1940)
collage
12x12 on wood
Stanley Kubrick self portrait (1972)
"Early research quantifying the economic impact of ICE raids in Oxnard estimates direct crop losses of $3 billion to $7 billion with significant spillover into other sectors of the economy."
"One of the pretty water lilies in our little pond."
— Anne-Marie Nordquist
#EarthDay 🌍
📷 Botanical Art
Jewish MP Gerald Kaufmann in Parliament in 2009.
"My Grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her town, a German soldier shot her dead."
"My Grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israel to murder Palestinian Grandmothers in Gaza."
Billie Holiday by Dennis Stock, 1958.
"Head of a Woman". Amedeo Modigliani. c.1911.
📸 Otto Kaiser
Yazd, Iran, 2017
#photooftheday #photography
#blueskyphotography #photokind
Jade cups, Maya, Tikal, Guatemala, ~800CE, linked to the ruler Jasaw Chan K'awiil, probably a son or brother of this ruler. On the right the Maize God, symbolizing regeneration and the cycle of life. The cups were for ritual drinks, such as cacao, for the ruler on his journey to the underworld.
23rd April is the feast of St George, and here St George is depicted slaying the dragon.
BL Or 516; አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels; 17th century; Ethiopia; f.99v
“I don't mind snobs, if they have a reason to be a snob.”
-John Waters #BOTD
Wrestlers on this silver stater from Aspendos (400–300 BC).
Ancient Greek coins often used strong, original designs, and this one captures two athletes in combat with impressive detail. Seen at Casa de la Moneda in Madrid.
#AncientGreece #Coins #Numismatics #History #Wrestling #Museum
Grim but useful read.
Global energy markets are on the verge of a disaster
economist.com/finance-and-...
23rd April is the feast of St George. Here is the Garter King wearing a tabard with the royal arms and crown, kneeling before St George
BL Stowe 594; 'William Bruges's Garter Book'); c. 1430- c. 1440 (before 1450); England, S. E. (probably London); f.5v @blmedieval.bsky.social
Sarcophage d'un homme aux côtés de celui d'une femme qui semble avoir à la main un récipient qui ressemble à un préservatif
- Dis chéri...
- Hum ?
- La prochaine fois...
- Quoi ?
- Bin, tu pourrais porter ça ?
- ...
- Pendant nos rapports. C'est inédit mais ça pourrait marcher
- Penses-tu ! Ça va capoter...
Dialogue issu d'un sarcophage hittite, Anatolie, 1200 av JC, aimablement prêté par le musée de la contraception
The quilt design is a stylised representation or ‘evocation’ of Kelmscott Manor, standing amidst gardens and an orchard, the scene being populated by domestic and farmyard animals and poultry. This image of ordered domesticity is encircled by a river, probably the River Thames which flows within 250 metres of the Manor. The river is inhabited by fish and frogs and a crocodile climbs out onto the far bank. Beyond the river the landscape becomes a mixture of the familiar and the more exotic - a palm tree grows amongst the vegatation and an elephant, lions and a giraffe are depicted alongside foxes, owls and a hedgehog.
For World #EarthDay we're highlighting this embroidered cot quilt, 'The Homestead and the Forest', designed by May Morris and worked by Jane Morris from 1889 - 1890.
Ottilie Roederstein | Quinces, 1929
tempera on canvas, 38,3 x 46,3 cm,
Museum of Fine Arts Bern, Switzerland
John Waters is 80
Historical black-and-white scientific illustration depicting detailed views of two crustacean species from the Malacostraca order. The top features a large crab (Xanthodes cumatodes) with textured claws, eyes on stalks, and segmented legs, labeled at 5x magnification. Below are multiple views of Cymonomus andamanicus: a full dorsal view, ventral view with visible mouthparts, and close-ups of the carapace and claws, all intricately drawn to show fine anatomical details. The illustration is from the early 20th century Indian Marine Survey steamer Investigator, noting magnification levels and species names for scientific reference.
🦞 Illustrations of the zoology of H.M. Indian Marine Surveying steamer Investigator
Calcutta: Printed and sold by the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1892-1909.
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Menuhin puts one hand up on the wall; in the other he holds his violin by the end.
For Yehudi Menuhin's birthday, more of my favourite portraits:
A wonderful 1948 shot from Irving Penn's corner series
Powerful & wise, Christ Pantokrator is my favorite image of Jesus. There’s a beauty in the Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta on Torcello, one of the oldest examples of Veneto-Byzantine style mosaics in Venice, more than 1,000 years old
#MosaicMonday
Yixing teapot & Chinese porcelain: Tete-a-Tete ready for you to celebrate #NationalTeaDay along with painter Pieter Roestraten. He was, by amazing coincidence, born OTD in 1630.
René Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967)
“Le Portrait” 1935
Close-up of the trunk of a palm whose internodes are studded with short root-spines. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
Aerial roots can be co-opted for defense. The trunk of the Mauritiella armata is covered with short, pointed adventitious root-spines. The species epithet is spot-on: This palm is armed. #Arecaceae #root #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
#BOTD Ottilie Wilhelmine Roederstein (22 April 1859 – 26 November 1937) was a German-Swiss painter.
She continued to paint until her death, as National Socialist policies began to marginalize modern art in Germany.
Self-portrait with red cap, 1894, Tempera on wood, 36 x 44 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel
Scabieuse des champs - Scabiosa arvensis
Scabieuse des champs - Scabiosa arvensis - site
