Interior Of Courtyard, Strandgade 30, 1899 — Vilhelm Hammershoi (1864-1916)
Tag: Art
Elective Affinities — Rene Magritte
Les affinités électives (Elective Affinities), 1933 by Rene Magritte (1898-1967)
One night, I woke up in a room in which a cage with a bird sleeping in it had been placed. A magnificent error caused me to see an egg in the cage, instead of the vanished bird. I then grasped a new and astonishing poetic secret, for the shock which I experienced had been provoked precisely by the affinity of two objects—the cage and the egg—to each other, whereas previously this shock had been caused by my bringing together two objects that were unrelated. [via]
From Marcel Paquet’s Magritte. Taschen, 2006.
Sunday Comics
From “Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder.” Art by Tony Millionaire, story by Chip Kidd, colors by Jim Campbell. From Bizarro World, DC Comics, 2005.
Space Monkey — Walton Ford
Space Monkey, 2001 by Walton Ford (b. 1960). From Pancha Tantra, Taschen Books, 2009.
Pinball — Claudio Bravo
Pinball, 1973 by Claudio Bravo (1954-2011)
Winston — William Eggleston
Winston, c. 1983-86 by William Eggleston (b. 1938)
All Will Fall — Goya
Todos caerán (All Will Fall), 1799 by Francisco Goya (1770-1828)
Failed Again — Gely Korzhev
Opyat Dvoika (Failed Again), 1990 by Gely Korzhev (1925-2012)
Martha and Mary Magdalene — Caravaggio
Martha And Mary Magdalene, c. 1598 by Caravaggio (1593-1610)
Politics-Prejudice (Ambrose Bierce)
From Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary.
Originally published in 1906; the image is from The Peter Pauper Press’s 1958 illustrated edition, with art by Joseph Low
Strange Object of My Desire — Paul Wackers
Strange Object of My Desire, 2007 by Paul Wackers (b. 1978)
Birthday — Dorothea Tanning
Birthday, 1942 by Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)
Girl with Leaves — Lucian Freud
Girl with Leaves, 1948 by Lucian Freud (1939–2010)
Orgiastic Melody — Reuben Mednikoff
September 29, 1937 1:30 PM (Orgiastic Melody), 1937 by Reuben Mednikoff (1906-1972)
Man Collapsing on a Public Flight of Steps — Robin Ironside
Man Collapsing on a Public Flight of Steps, 1956 by Robin Ironside (1912-1965)
Sunday Comics
L’Orange Sauvage — F. Scott Hess
L’Orange Sauvage, 1995 by F. Scott Hess (b. 1955)
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