THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD

David Bowie

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:41:36 -0400

My favorite artist and inspirational individual is David Bowie. The un-self claimed rock star. In creating different personas to express his music, Bowie inspired the idea of re-creating oneself and to me, laughed in the face of the darkness of reality. His lyricism expresses both the divinity of being a human, the different ways of expressing existence and at the same time not get completely engulfed by taboo or controversial concepts, he has an incredible sense of humor. His art is most entertaining and as an individual I find myself drawn to this enigma of a man.

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Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:39:41 -0400

deathbellswater: Cloudless Skyby ~wagtailplume Search...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 06:43:40 -0400

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Cloudless Skyby ~wagtailplume

Search wagtailplume on Deviant Art, some of the quirkiest and unique work I’ve seen.

60’s music revolution saw some incredible faces

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:17:04 -0400

60’s music revolution saw some incredible faces

Marianne Faithfull

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:16:30 -0400

Marianne Faithfull

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:01:00 -0400

art-of-swords: Swords in Art - Perseus Slaying Medusa Sculptor:...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:37:08 -0400

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Swords in Art - Perseus Slaying Medusa

Sculptor: Laurent Honoré Marqueste

Culture: French

Laurent-Honoré Marqueste (Toulouse, 12 June 1848 — Paris, 5 April 1920) was a French sculptor in the neo-Baroque Beaux-Arts tradition. He was a pupil of François Jouffroy and of Alexandre Falguière and won the Prix de Rome in 1871.

On his return he made his official debut at the Paris salon of 1874 (Jacob and the Angel). In 1893 he became a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts. He became a member of the Institute in 1894, he received the Legion of Honour in 1884, (officer, 1894; commander, 1903).

For this sculpture, Marqueste has chosen the dramatic climax of the Greek myth according to which Perseus raises his sword to strike, while taking a firm grip of snake infested hair, so that he can avoid her petrifying gaze. Both Roman and Florentine sculpture have given sustenance to Marqueste’s pursuit of movement and violence in the work. French salon sculpture marks the transition between traditional sculpture and the modern.

The sword carried by Perseus in Marqueste’s sculpture seems to be a falchion. A falchion (Old French: fauchon; Latin: falx, meaning “sickle”) is a one-handed, single-edged sword of European origin, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao. The weapon combined the weight and power of an axe with the versatility of a sword.

Falchions are found in different forms from around the 11th century up to and including the sixteenth century. In some versions the falchion looks rather like the scramasax and later the sabre, and in some versions the form is irregular or (as is the case in the picture to the right) like a machete with a crossguard. The blade designs of falchions varied widely across the continent and through the ages.

Source: Glyptoteket | Wikipedia

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Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:24:55 -0400

Gustav Klimt

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:04:39 -0400

Gustav Klimt

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Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:04:28 -0400

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Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:04:25 -0400

silfarione: Young couple cuddling as they sit down in a hole in...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:03:01 -0400

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Young couple cuddling as they sit down in a hole in the sand while others lie around behind them on a hot Independence Day at the beach. Photo by Ralph Crane, 1949.

art-of-swords: Nepalese or Indian Kukri Dated: 19th...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:01:42 -0400

art-of-swords:

Nepalese or Indian Kukri

Dated: 19th century

Culture: Nepalese or Indian

Measurements: Overall 19½ inches

The weapon has a 16 inch broad blade, 3¾ inches at its widest, sharp along the inside edge and engraved either side. It is inlaid in several places with brass and features a jambiya type hilt engraved all over with elephants, tigers and male and female deities.

Georges Milies Film. Fantastic!

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:51:54 -0400

Georges Milies
Film. Fantastic!

I want to learn more about Japanese History

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:50:23 -0400

私は日本の文化や歴史についての詳細を知りたい。私はGoogle翻訳でこれを書いています。国家の歴史は、魅惑的なように見えます。日本の歴史上で私を啓発してください。

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Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:42:26 -0400

NASA Wants to Colonise Mars

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:40:26 -0400

Space agency officials confirmed feasibility studies were under way to asses whether astronauts could be permanently sent to the red planet, or its moons, to establish human colonies.

The multi-billion pound mission, titled Hundred Years Starship, is being spearheaded by the Ames Research Centre, one of Nasa’s main research centres, based in Moffett Field, California.

Officials from the Pentagon’s Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are also heavily involved in turning the science fiction idea into a reality.

Early estimates put the cost of such a mission, which has “just started” at more than £7 billion and could be achieved by 2030.

My favourite film perhaps, The Man Who Fell to Earth

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:34:16 -0400

My favourite film perhaps, The Man Who Fell to Earth

Possibly, the best book I have ever read, near the ending now,...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:28:00 -0400

Possibly, the best book I have ever read, near the ending now, has had me hooked at the end of every page.