Showing posts with label Golden Spiral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Golden Spiral. Show all posts
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Venus in Furs - Aphrodite on Wheels

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  "You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast Yonder stands you...
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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

It's Halloween...

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Marble akroterion (Greece, 350-325 BC). Source: The Met. G: DS, 2023. (the veil of time between this world and the next is evaporating) ......
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Hygeia & the Pentalpha

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Medicine  (as the goddess Hygeia), 1901, Gustav Klimt. "In 1894, Klimt was commissioned to create three paintings to decorate the ceili...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

The Gentileschi Spirals... and a series Afterword

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Young Woman Playing a Violin , 1612, Orazio Gentileschi. Geometry: 2022, DS. "Orazio Lomi Gentileschi (1563–1639) was an Italian painte...
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Friday, September 2, 2022

In the Shadows of a Golden Age: the Bentvueghels - Part III

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A 'sotto bosco' with mushrooms, butterflies, a dragonfly, a snake and a lizard , 17th century, Otto Marseus van Schrieck "Maria...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Judith Leyster Saves the Day (An Addendum of Sorts)

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The Cheerful Drinker (or Jolly Toper) , 1629, Judith Leyster. Geometry: 2022, DS. "One perk is that I keep finding golden spirals in p...
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Sunday, August 14, 2022

In the Shadows of a Golden Age: the Bentvueghels - Part II

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Boy Blowing Soap Bubbles , 1663, Karel Dujardin. Geometry: 2022, DS. "Drawn to the eternal city for its reputation as the birthplace of...
Friday, August 5, 2022

In the Shadows of a Golden Age: the Bentvueghels - Part I

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Young man singing , 1622, Dirck Jaspersz van Baburen. Geometry: 2022, DS. (Well, cats and kitties, I'm back... bringing to you what is p...
Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Albrecht Dürer and the Divine Ratio (Part II) - Dürer Reconsidered

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Melencolia I - copper engraving - Albrecht Dürer. Geometry: 2022, DS. "Since this knowledge is very useful to workers, and since (it) ...
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Monday, June 27, 2022

Albrecht Dürer and the Divine Ratio (Part I)

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Melencolia I - copper engraving - 1514, Albrecht Dürer. Geometry: 2022, DS " Melencolia I is a large 1514 engraving by the German Rena...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

A Virtual "Can of Worms"

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Worm's Last Memory - digital - 2009, DS. Geometry: 2022, DS. Admittedly, Grace Jones is a tough act to follow... but, what must be done...
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