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[When I Want An Art Critic's Opinion I'll Beat It Out Of Him]
Breton Brother and Sister
William Bouguereau
Based on sketches Bouguereau made while summering in Brittany in the late 1860s, this picture was completed in the artist's studio in 1871. His young models, posed in traditional Breton costumes, epitomize pastoral sibling affection. This type of scene was quickly snapped up by American collectors, earning Bouguereau fame and fortune. As one critic explained, "Whoever gets a picture by [him] gets the full worth of his money, in finished painting, first-rate drawing, and a subject and treatment that no well-bred person can...fault."[Hat Tip: Hyacinthoides non-scripta]
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Rick in SK at April 13, 2017 09:23 AM (FZYNt)
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Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:24 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 13, 2017 09:24 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 13, 2017 09:25 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 09:26 AM (Fb9aZ)
Posted by: Dick Morris at April 13, 2017 09:26 AM (4e0F4)
Posted by: m at April 13, 2017 09:26 AM (Gqgs8)
Posted by: never enough caffeine at April 13, 2017 09:26 AM (N3JsI)
Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at April 13, 2017 09:26 AM (RD7QR)
The painting is so clear, it almost looks like a photograph.
And I love all the colors. Beautiful picture - thanks, CBD.
Posted by: bluebell at April 13, 2017 09:26 AM (sBOL1)
Way at the end of the article we find is he is an illegal.
http://tinyurl.com/krdfjhw
Narrative....
Great tell there. Up here it's "Lawrence Man", "Lynn Man", "Framingham Resident"....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 13, 2017 09:27 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:27 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: Dick Morris at April 13, 2017 09:27 AM (fqERy)
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 09:27 AM (Fb9aZ)
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:27 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at April 13, 2017 09:26 AM (RD7QR)
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You think so? To me she looks content and serene.
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:27 AM (dFi94)
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I'd like to spend a summer in Brittany, IYKWIM
Posted by: josephistan at April 13, 2017 09:27 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: goon at April 13, 2017 09:28 AM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 09:27 AM (Fb9aZ)
But he does have an apple.
Posted by: josephistan at April 13, 2017 09:28 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 09:27 AM (Fb9aZ)
However, he is holding an Apple product.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2017 09:28 AM (9q7Dl)
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (dFi94)
16 Alternate title to this work: "Child without an I-phone in His Hand"
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 09:27 AM (Fb9aZ)
But he does have an apple.
Posted by: josephistan at April 13, 2017 09:28 AM (7HtZB)
Heh - that is why I love this place!
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (Fb9aZ)
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (dFi94)
Is that a wimple?
Posted by: m at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (Gqgs8)
Posted by: bicentennialguy at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (vg8iE)
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:27 AM (nwqNw)
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Kris, really? Is he not considered a good artist by the powers that be?
I think this is lovely. But then again, I'm no art snob, so what do I know!
Posted by: bluebell at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (9q7Dl)
Someone recommended Chrome, but when I looked at most recent ratings they have 1 star?
I liked Mercury to open tiny urls linked here.
I had Dolpin, but looked & can't open links.
Any other suggestions?
Posted by: Carol at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: goon at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: Rex Ryan at April 13, 2017 09:30 AM (9hpn+)
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:30 AM (dFi94)
Barefoot children, forced to pick fruit from trees for subsistence. Of course the vast right wing conspiracy likes this Photoshop.
Follow me on Twitter.
Posted by: Chelsea Clinton at April 13, 2017 09:30 AM (HTdUD)
Posted by: Miss Sippi at April 13, 2017 09:30 AM (Tcfj+)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 13, 2017 09:31 AM (igd3d)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet -Your Conspiracy Theory Outfitter - Reynolds Wrap 30% Off! at April 13, 2017 09:31 AM (hLRSq)
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The milkman delivered more than the milk one day....
Posted by: bicentennialguy at April 13, 2017 09:31 AM (vg8iE)
Speaking of "hands", I'd also like to know where anyone has seen any
better feet painting than this. A real masterpiece of accuracy and care.
Posted by: goon at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (EaQ6/)
Foot fetishes were discussed in an earlier thread I believe - along with Pizzagate.
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 09:31 AM (Fb9aZ)
Posted by: m at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (Gqgs
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That was my thought too.
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:31 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at April 13, 2017 09:31 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 13, 2017 09:32 AM (fqERy)
I also like Lawrence Alma-Tadema, if CBD is looking for suggestions. This is Spring, from 1894:
http://tinyurl.com/kkahx2a
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 13, 2017 09:32 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: bluebell at April 13, 2017 09:32 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 13, 2017 09:33 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: goon at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (EaQ6/)
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Yeah, they are very good. Right down to the arch in her foot.
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:33 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:30 AM (dFi94)
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They're still not sure who the mother is.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 13, 2017 09:33 AM (kTF2Z)
But yeah, this was 1871. I guess context is everything.
Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at April 13, 2017 09:33 AM (Yi9Gb)
I think this is lovely. But then again, I'm no art snob, so what do I know!
Posted by: bluebell at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (sBOL1)
He had the unfortunate timing of painting during the rise of Impressionism and Modernism. He is seen as a saccharine relic of the Past whose art does nothing to contribute to modern Society. All the artistic criticisms you heard about Norman Rockwell (i.e. too cute, not serious, not relevant to the struggle, etc.), put on William Bouguereau.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:34 AM (nwqNw)
http://local-moda.blogspot.com/2013/03/ traditional-headdress-of-women-of.html
remove spaces
I have been there and the fancy ones - with lace are very, very beautiful
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 09:34 AM (Fb9aZ)
You mean he's no Rothko?
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at April 13, 2017 09:35 AM (97XyN)
Posted by: m at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (Gqgs
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That was my thought too.
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:31 AM (dFi94)
It is possibly a picture from Normandy, where the women traditionally wore cotton bonnets, each district/village having its style.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at April 13, 2017 09:35 AM (CPk08)
Brother and sister? Her complexion is darker though. Did she identify as African American?
Posted by: Shaun King at April 13, 2017 09:35 AM (4e0F4)
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435754
Posted by: m at April 13, 2017 09:35 AM (Gqgs8)
Posted by: goon at April 13, 2017 09:35 AM (EaQ6/)
Seriously this is probably his best technically produced painting from his collection. His others are good but don't quite compare.
Posted by: Jack Sock at April 13, 2017 09:35 AM (jl269)
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 09:34 AM (Fb9aZ)
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Thanks for the info, Publius. I learn so many things here.
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:35 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: m at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (Gqgs
No, she uses Proactiv.
Thank you, madames and monsuiers, I'll be here all week.
Try the Roast Pork with Breton Apples in Armagnac .
Be sure to tip your waitress.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2017 09:36 AM (9q7Dl)
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:34 AM (nwqNw)
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Ah. No wonder. I love Norman Rockwell. No wonder I like this picture too.
Thanks.
Posted by: bluebell at April 13, 2017 09:36 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at April 13, 2017 09:35 AM (CPk0
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And onions. Don't forget the onions on the belt.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 13, 2017 09:36 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at April 13, 2017 09:37 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:30 AM (dFi94)
Their lips are identical.
Posted by: m at April 13, 2017 09:37 AM (Gqgs8)
Which is ironic since the impressionists were bashed around pretty good by the art critics when they first appeared .
Posted by: Jack Sock at April 13, 2017 09:37 AM (jl269)
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:38 AM (dFi94)
Painting scenes from Brittany was very popular at the time. The people of Brittany were seen as simple people and primitives who had shirked the terrible lifestyle of Modern France for a more pure, true existence. It's a take on the "Noble Savage" theme.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:38 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: Shaun King at April 13, 2017 09:38 AM (4e0F4)
And onions. Don't forget the onions on the belt.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 13, 2017 09:36 AM (kTF2Z)
Not to be confused with the Parisian striped shirt and baguette, which is de rigeur before 11:00 AM, between Easter and Advent.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at April 13, 2017 09:38 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: m at April 13, 2017 09:37 AM (Gqgs
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Oh yes - I see that now.
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:39 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 13, 2017 09:40 AM (fqERy)
You see the same thing for human trafficking. Over all the "California man/woman" (or really, "insert state here") has an Asian, hispanic or muslim name and was not raised in the US. As a group, Judeo-Christian whites don't go in for trafficking and *Americans* don't either.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 13, 2017 09:41 AM (sEDyY)
Posted by: Jack Sock at April 13, 2017 09:41 AM (jl269)
Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at April 13, 2017 09:41 AM (zvdvr)
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:27 AM (dFi94)
Agreed.
And I could get all deconstructionist and artsy-fartsy and say that she is the personification of the Madonna with child.
This ain't just simple pretty art.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 09:41 AM (rF0hx)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at April 13, 2017 09:42 AM (322R1)
I will be here for just a bit, but then I'll be gone until Easter. For all my fellow Christians, have a blessed Holy Week and a joyous Easter. For all our Jewish friends, Happy Passover.
May God keep us all safe in our houses of worship, and may He bless us all.
Posted by: bluebell at April 13, 2017 09:42 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Jack Sock at April 13, 2017 09:41 AM (jl269)
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Yes.
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:42 AM (dFi94)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 13, 2017 09:42 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Jack Sock at April 13, 2017 09:37 AM (jl269)
By the Academy and the Traditionalists, yes. The younger generation of critics tended to support the Realists and Impressionists. By the time of the Post-Impressionists, Traditionalism has lost its influence on the art world. It would try to hang on, especially in the USA, but World War I was the final nail in its coffin.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:42 AM (nwqNw)
But he does have an apple.
Posted by: josephistan at April 13, 2017 09:28 AM (7HtZB)
He has two.
Posted by: m at April 13, 2017 09:43 AM (Gqgs8)
Posted by: Colin at April 13, 2017 09:43 AM (RS7vk)
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:27 AM
Having further embiggened the art, I can agree with that.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 13, 2017 09:43 AM (p+Wdc)
64 Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at April 13, 2017 09:35 AM (CPk0
Painting scenes from Brittany was very popular at the time. The people of Brittany were seen as simple people and primitives who had shirked the terrible lifestyle of Modern France for a more pure, true existence. It's a take on the "Noble Savage" theme.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:38 AM (nwqNw)
Seeing as this painting was completed in 1871 I started wondering about art themes in Europe and the influence of the Franco-Prussian War. That war had an enormous influence on European politics (one could credibly argue that it was just the first campaign in a Greater European War that only ended in 1945), and I'm wondering if it had the same effect on art.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 13, 2017 09:44 AM (XWkhW)
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:45 AM (nwqNw)
The very realistic look of the children and their sharp delineation makes them pop out from the softer and darker background, outing the viewers' focus where it belongs. And the direct stare of the young models establishes a bridge with the audience. I feel that direct look emphasizes their innocent youth; there's nothing of artifice or calculation in it.
I've seen other Bouguereau's works. The man seems to genuinely enjoy painting his subjects whether this couple or the sensual pleasures of a bather or Venus. I find his art, and it is art, to be highly desirable.
Thanks for another great thread, CBD.
Posted by: JTB at April 13, 2017 09:45 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: Carol at April 13, 2017 09:46 AM (sj3Ax)
Just can't figure out how to set up Windows 10 yet.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 13, 2017 09:42 AM (mpXpK)
In the trash bin while you install Win 7?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 13, 2017 09:46 AM (XWkhW)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at April 13, 2017 09:47 AM (oQQwD)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 13, 2017 09:47 AM (fqERy)
Posted by: Kris
Hah! Liberals were so naive back then. Everybody knows that in order to romanticize Noble Savages, you must import actual savages!
They lacked my advanced grievance technological breakthroughs.
Posted by: Angela Merkel at April 13, 2017 09:47 AM (7T8jT)
consists of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and then the Easter Vigil Mass
on Saturday night, which is absolutely the most beautiful Mass of the
year. And long. Very long. But incredible.
I will be here for just a bit, but then I'll be gone until Easter.
For all my fellow Christians, have a blessed Holy Week and a joyous
Easter. For all our Jewish friends, Happy Passover.
May God keep us all safe in our houses of worship, and may He bless us all.
Posted by: bluebell at April 13, 2017 09:42 AM (sBOL1)
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Blessing so you and your family, Bluebell, as we celebrate the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life.
I will be gone from the threads as well until after Resurrection Sunday. However, I will still try to post a morning devotional, Good Friday till Easter. Today's devotional on Holy Thursday is on the morning thread, at post 195.
May the Lord bless you and keep you. May He make His face shine upon you, and give you His peace. Hang on - Sunday's coming.
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:47 AM (dFi94)
And to you and yours, bluebell. Today starts the marathon of services between now and late morning on Sunday. The weather looks good, the family's all set for Pascha. Now I just have to finish the week ambulatory and awake enough to help read the Gospel Sunday morning....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 13, 2017 09:48 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 13, 2017 09:42 AM (mpXpK)
Way to go, Vic!!
Posted by: Golfman at April 13, 2017 09:48 AM (yxVpR)
I have been there and the fancy ones - with lace are very, very beautiful
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 09:34 AM (Fb9aZ)
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Thanks for the info, Publius. I learn so many things here.
Posted by: grammie winger - alleluia! at April 13, 2017 09:35 AM (dFi94)
Heya Grammie-W - you are always welcome. Speaking of being welcome - was in your neighborhood of Chicago - at Harry Caray's steakhouse for "Toast to Harry Day" - with tons o' Cubbies fans - and had a great time - was thinking of you! Daughter Redux may be attending the Columbia College Film School, btw.
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 09:48 AM (Fb9aZ)
influence on European politics (one could credibly argue that it was
just the first campaign in a Greater European War that only ended in
1945), and I'm wondering if it had the same effect on art. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 13, 2017 09:44 AM (XWkhW)
You might enjoy "The Judgement of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave The World Impressionism" by Ross King. I did.
Posted by: General Zod at April 13, 2017 09:49 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 13, 2017 09:44 AM (XWkhW)
The study of art cannot be completed without the study of its historical context. I don't know much about the Franco-Prussian War, the Paris Commune or its political aftermath. It definitely affected French art though. When I taught this period, I dedicated a huge chunk of class time to just the facts of World War I. That War had a profound effect on art history.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:49 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: UA at April 13, 2017 09:49 AM (PNcou)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at April 13, 2017 09:50 AM (oQQwD)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 13, 2017 09:50 AM (kTF2Z)
Here's a really interesting review of it by Steven Greydanus:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/kba2zvj
Posted by: bluebell at April 13, 2017 09:50 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: General Zod at April 13, 2017 09:50 AM (Bdeb0)
The little kid has to go. We need that lap for an employee.
NOW Junior.
Posted by: UA at April 13, 2017 09:49 AM (PNcou)
Heh. Awesome - that's not just the thread winner - I declare that the "Weekly Threadwinner Laureate."
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 09:51 AM (Fb9aZ)
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 13, 2017 09:51 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Adolf at April 13, 2017 09:51 AM (jl269)
Posted by: goon at April 13, 2017 09:29 AM (EaQ6/)
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Get off my lawn
Posted by: QuentinT. at April 13, 2017 09:51 AM (PNcou)
I don't think it ever really caught on in the US, aside from the Amish and academe.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 13, 2017 09:51 AM (MIKMs)
Rockwell (i.e. too cute, not serious, not relevant to the struggle,
etc.), put on William Bouguereau.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:34 AM (nwqNw)
I have seen far too many highly regarded (by the art establishment) modern art pieces that, frankly, sucked donkey dick.
When I want an art critic's opinion I'll beat it out of him.
The proof is in the crowds. And my experience in dozens of museums across the United States and Europe is that the people...the great unwashed, ignorant fools...know quality when they see it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 09:52 AM (rF0hx)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 13, 2017 09:52 AM (7T8jT)
You might enjoy "The Judgement of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave The World Impressionism" by Ross King. I did.
Posted by: General Zod at April 13, 2017 09:49 AM (Bdeb0)
Ooo, that looks good. Right on point. Thanks.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 13, 2017 09:52 AM (XWkhW)
Every year, thousands of newcollege gradsreceive their diplomas from
prestigiousupstate New York universities only to take flight moments
after they step off the stage, bidding a fond, and sometimesnot so
fond, farewell to a place they called atemporary home for four years.
Posted by: Colin at April 13, 2017 09:52 AM (RS7vk)
When I taught this period, I dedicated a huge chunk of class time to just the facts of World War I. That War had a profound effect on art history.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:49 AM (nwqNw)
Kris:
You might like the new Mark Steyn chat about WWI I recommended in the earlier thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCNflPm_UzU
Posted by: m at April 13, 2017 09:53 AM (Gqgs8)
They lacked my advanced grievance technological breakthroughs.
Posted by: Angela Merkel at April 13, 2017 09:47 AM (7T8jT)
Oh, they did. The Romantics were notorious for this. The American Indian was a very popular theme. I enjoy Joseph Wright of Derby's "Indian Widow".
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:53 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 13, 2017 09:54 AM (mpXpK)
Shows DEM @ 39%-- nowhere near the 50% he'd need to win outright.
One-on-one, against either of the 2 leading GOP candidates, the DEM (Ossoff; VERY bad news indeed) loses by about 8 points or so.
The DEM in GA-6 has raised $4 mill. THIS is the one where the DNC has bet all the chips they have-- NOT the one last Tues. in KS; not MT at large; not the one in SC. THIS one in GA, to replace Tom Price. It's upscale suburban & Mr. Orange didn't run particularly well there. Underperformed Romney by a zillion points. OK... 17 points.
The poll was commissioned by Red Racing Horses (RRH) & is +/- 5 points MOE. It's a legit lol by a neutral outfit, imo.
Posted by: mnw at April 13, 2017 09:54 AM (aVY3U)
Im not much of an artsy kinda guy.
But this painting is impressive. Detail, depth, lighting and shadows.
And the eyes. He nailed the eyes.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 13, 2017 09:55 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 13, 2017 09:55 AM (fqERy)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 13, 2017 09:56 AM (7T8jT)
Posted by: mnw at April 13, 2017 09:56 AM (aVY3U)
Posted by: phoenixgirl... at April 13, 2017 09:57 AM (0O7c5)
Shows DEM @ 39%-- nowhere near the 50% he'd need to win outright.
One-on-one, against either of the 2 leading GOP candidates, the DEM
(Ossoff; VERY bad news indeed) loses by about 8 points or so.
The DEM in GA-6 has raised $4 mill. THIS is the one where the DNC
has bet all the chips they have-- NOT the one last Tues. in KS; not MT
at large; not the one in SC. THIS one in GA, to replace Tom Price.
It's upscale suburban Mr. Orange didn't run particularly well
there. Underperformed Romney by a zillion points. OK... 17 points.
The poll was commissioned by Red Racing Horses (RRH) is +/- 5 points MOE. It's a legit lol by a neutral outfit, imo.
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.Less than double digits the msm will call it a win for the democrats.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 13, 2017 09:57 AM (le7jz)
I used to be a tour guide in a well-respected Modernist art gallery. I was trained in the art criticisms and got the opposite from the actual patrons. There are some patrons that try to agree with the Scholars because they want to be seen as thoughtful, smart or tasteful. Sometimes they genuinely like Modern art. Art is great because there is something for everyone.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:57 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 13, 2017 09:58 AM (kTF2Z)
nitpickers gotta nitpick
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 13, 2017 09:58 AM (PNcou)
:::rewatches "Talking In Your Sleep", scratches head:::
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 13, 2017 09:59 AM (igd3d)
Posted by: Jack Sock at April 13, 2017 09:59 AM (jl269)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCNflPm_UzU
Posted by: m at April 13, 2017 09:53 AM (Gqgs
I'm addicted to "The Great War" channel on You Tube right now. It narrates WWI weke-by-week as it happened, starting July 28, 1914. The US just declared war on Germany, so no spoilers.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:59 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: eleven at April 13, 2017 10:00 AM (qUNWi)
The study of art cannot be completed without the study of its historical context. I don't know much about the Franco-Prussian War, the Paris Commune or its political aftermath. It definitely affected French art though. When I taught this period, I dedicated a huge chunk of class time to just the facts of World War I. That War had a profound effect on art history.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:49 AM (nwqNw)
Well, I've had a fascination with the Franco-Prussian War for awhile now. It's a radical turning-point in history that's often not well understood.
Plus, it pisses me off when Hollywood sets films in 1870 Paris because it sounds romantic, but ignores the war completely, including the fact that Paris was under siege for 4 months.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 13, 2017 10:01 AM (XWkhW)
Posted by: goon at April 13, 2017 09:29
I thought the same thing. Here's another of his, Dante and Virgil (in hell.)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/kre9nnr
*trigger warning: rear nudity*
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 13, 2017 10:01 AM (2vRRd)
Posted by: Robert Crawford at April 13, 2017 10:01 AM (zpdu0)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton
I didn't know you spoke Spanish, Mom.
Still don't know why you didn't win by 50 points!
Posted by: Chelsea Clinton at April 13, 2017 10:01 AM (HTdUD)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 13, 2017 10:02 AM (PNcou)
Posted by: kraken at April 13, 2017 10:02 AM (zSVEm)
nitpickers gotta nitpick
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 13, 2017 09:58 AM (PNcou)
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They had used the same hair dye as Grammie Winger and were not pleased with the results
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 13, 2017 10:02 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 13, 2017 10:03 AM (fqERy)
In other art news:
The sculptor of Wall Street's iconic "Charging Bull"
statue says New York City has violated his legal rights with the
placement of "Fearless Girl," a statue of a young girl...Artist Arturo Di Modica and his lawyers argued at a press conference in
New York City on Wednesday that the placement of the statue was
copyright infringement and distorted the meaning of his sculpture.
Di Modica at times became emotional during a press conference, and
said the bull's message was supposed to be "freedom in the world, peace,
strength, power and love."
"In our opinion, a deliberate choice was made to exploit and to
appropriate the Charging Bull through the placement of 'Fearless
Girl,'"...
I can see why he's pissed.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2017 10:03 AM (NOIQH)
That was absolutely not directed at you, and if I was unclear I apologize.
I think that there is a small amount of interesting and pleasing art being created now, but, in my opinion, too much of it is indulgent and lazy.
I love the intersection of technically accomplished and thoughtful. But most of the time when I look at modern art, my thought is, "Wow, that artist is an entitled asshole."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:03 AM (rF0hx)
For certain values of "Amish." There are neighborhoods in the US where you can get murdered for wearing the wrong hat.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 13, 2017 10:03 AM (H5rtT)
What's the penalty if they don't?
Is that a hard four years or a "soft" four years? (3 to 3.5)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 13, 2017 10:03 AM (uh5kC)
Posted by: phoenixgirl... at April 13, 2017 10:03 AM (0O7c5)
At some point, folks who care about these things will note that the GOP won 4 specials in a row since T-Rump took office.
It would be weird if Team Donald took note of these successes & concluded that, "Obviously, we need to go all Romney/ Schwarzenegger now."
Posted by: mnw at April 13, 2017 10:03 AM (aVY3U)
Contrast the lack of detail on the backscapes to the photograph detail of the subjects.
The more I look at this painting, the more in awe I become.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 13, 2017 10:03 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 13, 2017 10:04 AM (MIKMs)
130 why would a little kid be wearing bandoliers?
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 13, 2017 10:02 AM (PNcou)
Sneaky, dastardly Francs-tireurs.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 13, 2017 10:04 AM (XWkhW)
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:04 AM (nwqNw)
NOW Junior.
Posted by: UA at April 13, 2017 09:49 AM (PNcou)
Heh. Awesome - that's not just the thread winner - I declare that the "Weekly Threadwinner Laureate."
Posted by: Publius Redux
Seconded.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 13, 2017 10:05 AM (uh5kC)
No doubt. But he's outside the system, see. All he has to do is commission Hank Ketcham to place Dennis the Menace behind Fearless there, about to goose the sassy bitch. And they won't be able to say a word. Subversive!
I'd have gone with a matador, myself. But, just me.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 13, 2017 10:06 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:49 AM (nwqNw)
Not surprising.
War is social upheaval, and WWI was a particularly brutal war.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:06 AM (rF0hx)
right now. It narrates WWI weke-by-week as it happened, starting July
28, 1914. The US just declared war on Germany, so no spoilers. Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:59 AM (nwqNw)
If it's uncharacteristically thorough, it'll cover or at least touch on the sinking of Von Spee's squadron off the coast of the Falklands early in the war, which is interesting on many different levels that ordinarily escape observation (acute controversy over a possible/successful denial-and-deception campaign, the Pacific in WW1 naval activity, the role of wireless and undersea cables, the Panama Canal's first strategic consequentiality, etc.)...
Posted by: General Zod at April 13, 2017 10:06 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2017 10:03 AM (NOIQH)
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Yes. I agree.
Fearless Girl changes the Bull from a symbol of strength to a symbol of oppression.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 13, 2017 10:06 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: jwest at April 13, 2017 10:06 AM (Zs4uk)
I am much less inclined to be interested modern art that is painted in a near photographic style. This however, preserves a time and place that is gone, and therefore the realism of the painting is not only beautiful, it's useful as a time preserving artifact.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 10:07 AM (TOk1P)
Here's a really interesting review of it by Steven Greydanus:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/kba2zvj
Posted by: bluebell at April 13, 2017 09:50 AM (sBOL1)
Thanks, Bluebell! I missed the notice in the past thread, but I know this movie! Good call; I love it. I am stirred by anything having to do with the events leading up to Easter... don't even get me started about Passion Plays or Good Friday processions!
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at April 13, 2017 10:07 AM (oQQwD)
Liberal SIL is sending nephew loser boy to SUNY Binghamton. Good luck with that. but but, it's FREE!!!
Posted by: Under Fire at April 13, 2017 10:07 AM (fqERy)
Posted by: Fritz at April 13, 2017 10:08 AM (2Mnv1)
is pressing lawmakers to include language to restrict federal funding
grants for cities that do not enforce federal immigration policies.
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Need to run Mulvaney for Senate. He's a South Carolinian and former US Congressman.
There's your Lindsey Graham primary.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at April 13, 2017 10:08 AM (5FLKM)
Posted by: Brisco_County at April 13, 2017 10:08 AM (HwKTL)
Posted by: DanMan at April 13, 2017 10:08 AM (XTiHL)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:06 AM (rF0hx)
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Kansas City had a special commemoration at the WWI museum to mark the 100th Aniversary of Americas entry into the war. (BTW if you have an opportunity to go.... definately take a day and go the museum.)
I did some quick math in my head. My birthday is actually almost 10 years closer to the start of WWI than it is to today.
I haz a sad.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 13, 2017 10:08 AM (8XRCm)
I think that there is a small amount of interesting and pleasing art being created now, but, in my opinion, too much of it is indulgent and lazy.
I love the intersection of technically accomplished and thoughtful. But most of the time when I look at modern art, my thought is, "Wow, that artist is an entitled asshole."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:03 AM (rF0hx)
No worries. I didn't take it that way.
I enjoy talking about art.
It's funny when SJW's talk about intersectionality like it's something they invented. Art has been the crossroads of all human experience since it was invented. And I always laugh when they complain about "Cultural Appropriation". LOL. If they only knew.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:09 AM (nwqNw)
most of the time when I look at modern art, my thought is, "Wow, that
artist is an entitled asshole."
The art I see that I like is not in fancy galleries, it's typically a venues like the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, where more traditional artists (not craftsy types) show and sell their work. These artists have skill and their works are beautiful; no need for some critic to tell me why it has meaning. No bags of meadow on display here!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2017 10:09 AM (NOIQH)
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Thick ankles.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 13, 2017 09:31 AM
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More cushion for the pushin'.
Posted by: Dick Morris at April 13, 2017 10:09 AM (pMGkg)
Heh. Awesome - that's not just the thread winner - I declare that the "Weekly Threadwinner Laureate."
Posted by: Publius Redux
Seconded.
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You're checks are in the mail.Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 13, 2017 10:09 AM (PNcou)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 13, 2017 10:10 AM (kTF2Z)
Gonna be waiting a while. At least until he reanimates.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 13, 2017 10:11 AM (igd3d)
stampeding, fifteen hundred pound bulls. I'd rename it girl who doesn't
get basic physics or girl who's about to be a grease stain.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 13, 2017 10:10 AM
Rachel Corrie's little sister.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 13, 2017 10:11 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 13, 2017 10:12 AM (PNcou)
Gonna be waiting a while. At least until he reanimates.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at April 13, 2017 10:11 AM (igd3d)
I got this.
Posted by: Dr. Herbert West at April 13, 2017 10:12 AM (0mRoj)
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Not to be all pedantic..... bull a full grown bull is *well* north of 2500 pounds
Posted by: fixerupper at April 13, 2017 10:12 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 13, 2017 10:02 AM (PNcou)
Breton. Woods. Agreement.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 13, 2017 10:12 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 13, 2017 09:44 AM (XWkhW)
The study of art cannot be completed without the study of its historical context. I don't know much about the Franco-Prussian War, the Paris Commune or its political aftermath. It definitely affected French art though. When I taught this period, I dedicated a huge chunk of class time to just the facts of World War I. That War had a profound effect on art history.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:49 AM (nwqNw)
Kris, have you read (I believe this is the title) The Rites of Spring, which is supposed to be about the influence of the Great War on art? It was recommended by a friend but I never go around to it.
Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at April 13, 2017 10:12 AM (RD7QR)
Please do check it out. It is very thourough. Yes, they did cover Spee. Since the episodes are only 10 minutes long, they also have special episodes to add detail and focus. If anyone's interested, they do a special episode on WWI and Art.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:12 AM (nwqNw)
For a while there, it looked like there weren't enough approvers to staff the WH kitchen.
Posted by: mnw at April 13, 2017 10:12 AM (aVY3U)
Anyway - read for yourselves - oh - and the picture of the guy putting the MAGA hat on Shia on screen and snapping a pic is f*cking priceless.
https://heatst.com/tech/ shia-labeouf-is-in-a-cabin-in-rural-finland-and-still-getting-trolled/
(remove spaces)
hat tip : Drudge
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 10:13 AM (Fb9aZ)
Fearless Girl changes the Bull from a symbol of strength to a symbol of oppression.
Yep. And de Blasio's response is just so....jerky:
"Men who don't like women taking up space are exactly why we need the Fearless Girl."
Put a puritan bonnet on her and call her "Abigail Williams."
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2017 10:14 AM (NOIQH)
since it was invented. And I always laugh when they complain about
"Cultural Appropriation". LOL. If they only knew. Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:09 AM (nwqNw)
Wouldn't you also agree that depictions of luminescent moonlight, bubbling brooks, moss-covered riverstones, small cottages with chimneys and cheery windows, and water-wheels also contribute significantly to depictions of the human condition?
Posted by: General Zod at April 13, 2017 10:14 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at April 13, 2017 10:14 AM (5FLKM)
Yep, I agree CBD. And it must really grind some gears in the art world that whenever they need an attendance boost they must set up a "special exhibit" by the masters.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet -Your Conspiracy Theory Outfitter - Reynolds Wrap 30% Off! at April 13, 2017 10:14 AM (hLRSq)
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I would respond to Debalsio that a truly fearless girl on her own accord and doesnt need to tear down anybody else.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 13, 2017 10:16 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: mnw
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Yes because immediately following the 2016 Presidential Election, the polls became all accurate.And reliable. And shit.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at April 13, 2017 10:16 AM (5FLKM)
Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at April 13, 2017 10:12 AM (RD7QR)
I had not heard of it. It's on the list now. I read "All Quiet on the Western Front", "August 1914", "The Guns of August" and "Europe's Last Summer". I took a break and am reading "Six Summers in Paris" about the early French Revolution.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:16 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 13, 2017 10:16 AM (fqERy)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet -Your Conspiracy Theory Outfitter - Reynolds Wrap 30% Off! at April 13, 2017 10:16 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2017 10:03 AM (NOIQH)
Mr Di Modica gave that spectacular statue as a GIFT to Walll Street because he was so proud to have been able to immigrate and live out the American Dream.
Putting that stupid little girl statue in front of it just shows how the left abhors anything which smacks of industry, earned rewards, true opportunity and pure force of will. When they come to cart that symbol of leftism away, I'll be celebrating.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma at April 13, 2017 10:16 AM (oQQwD)
Posted by: General Zod at April 13, 2017 10:17 AM (Bdeb0)
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Same pollsters that had Hillary up by 10 in Pennsylvania?
Posted by: fixerupper at April 13, 2017 10:17 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 13, 2017 10:17 AM (V4ryl)
I would rate her beauty higher than that of Mona Lisa.
It is a fascinating portrait.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 13, 2017 10:17 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 13, 2017 10:18 AM (kTF2Z)
And, funnest place anywhere to play "Find The Sniper." Hay-ha!
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 13, 2017 10:18 AM (H5rtT)
May God bless and keep us all safe.
Posted by: bluebell at April 13, 2017 10:19 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: jwest at April 13, 2017 10:19 AM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: fixerupper at April 13, 2017 10:19 AM (8XRCm)
"Men who don't like women taking up space are exactly why we need the Fearless Girl."
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I would respond to Debalsio that a truly fearless girl on her own accord and doesnt need to tear down anybody else.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 13, 2017 10:16 AM (8XRCm)
DeBLaz is also a retard (and socialist - but then I am being redundant) - and a few years ago he f*cking dropped the NY Groundhog on Groundhog Day . . and KILLED it (Yes - NYC has its own groundhog - "Staten Island Chuck" - a resident at the Staten Island Zoo). He is mainly the reason that NY will next have a Republican Mayor after the next election ( although If Hillary runs they probably will elect her - only to find out that she is actually worse than Blaz - and will likely EAT the Groundhog on Groundhog Day).
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 10:20 AM (Fb9aZ)
If there's one simple way an artist (or most anyone else) can get on my good side, it's Not Being Down With The Struggle.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, they are gaslighting us 24/7 at April 13, 2017 10:20 AM (KGH7Z)
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 13, 2017 10:04 AM (MIKMs)
Whaaaaat? Are you suggesting there might be a plan to introduce people as early as possible, as consumers into the Healthcare Industrial Complex?
What a thought...
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 10:20 AM (TOk1P)
statue says New York City has violated his legal rights with the
placement of "Fearless Girl," a statue of a young girl...Artist Arturo Di Modica and his lawyers argued at a press conference in
New York City on Wednesday that the placement of the statue was
copyright infringement and distorted the meaning of his sculpture.
Too bad he can't sue them for vandalism. Because that's what the second statue is.
If they want to make a statement about 'grrl powah', sculpt their own damn statue and don't hijack someone else's.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 13, 2017 10:21 AM (V4ryl)
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"Orange"
"Mr. Orange"
"Team Donald"
"T-Rump"
The barely repressed Nevertrumper "I TOLD YOU SO" explosion is building, building...
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at April 13, 2017 10:21 AM (5FLKM)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 13, 2017 10:07 AM (fqERy)
Back in the 70's (I think) New York City tried free college for everyone. It lasted only a few short years and was to expensive for the city.
From the internet (Inside higher edu..)
It is great that the state of New York wants to do something progressive
for higher education, but the devil is in the details. And the history
of American college financial aid has shown that well-intentioned
programs often backfire if they do not examine unintended consequences.
We should promote free public higher education, but only if we do it
right.
Posted by: Colin at April 13, 2017 10:21 AM (RS7vk)
I haz a sad.
Posted by: fixerupper
My maternal grandfather was born in 1895, and enlisted in the Army in 1915. He served in the Army on the Mexican border under Major George Patton, before the Great War, and was in the 37th division, and was in four major battles in the Great War.
He died of pneumonia 20 years before I was born. And now, with his son, my uncle, passing last year at 93, there is now no one alive now who ever actually knew him.
He and my grandmother lay at rest next to my parents' grave.
And his son, my uncle, served in the 90th division (part of 3rd Army), under...General George S. Patton.
We still remember them......lest we forget
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBPSr4TsQkI
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at April 13, 2017 10:22 AM (RFeQD)
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Well.....*hic*..... its a form of a BEAVER.... right???
*hic* ... *sharrrrt*.... *fall*..... *shoe flies* ...*thud*.... *sharrrrt*....
Posted by: fixerupper at April 13, 2017 10:22 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2017 10:22 AM (h1Sto)
Posted by: J. Random Moron at April 13, 2017 10:23 AM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
It says to me someone's ignorant of the combination of girls and bulls in Greek myth...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at April 13, 2017 10:23 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: General Zod at April 13, 2017 10:14 AM (Bdeb0)
I think there's a place for both kinds--great social-political commentaries (the German Expressionists for example) and the private meditations of individuals who just want to depict beauty that speaks to the individual viewer's soul. What bothers me is when one group calls the other group " tasteless" and "bad art" because reasons.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:23 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 13, 2017 10:23 AM (fqERy)
This, and of course, black-light, felt pictures of large-breasted American women.
Posted by: Strobe at April 13, 2017 10:24 AM (gbWkA)
Posted by: bluebell at April 13, 2017 10:19 AM (sBOL1
God bless you and your family, bluebell!
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 13, 2017 10:24 AM (V4ryl)
RAS had the '16 GE about right, btw. So did IBD/TIPP. All the others showed their adz majorly.
Posted by: mnw at April 13, 2017 10:24 AM (aVY3U)
Posted by: Jack Sock at April 13, 2017 10:24 AM (jl269)
Di Modica should be content to re-orient his bull so that it's teabagging Little Miss Pissy.
Your move, DeBlasio.
Posted by: General Zod at April 13, 2017 10:24 AM (Bdeb0)
I would rate her beauty higher than that of Mona Lisa.
It is a fascinating portrait.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 13, 2017 10:17 AM (4AVeu)
Another form of entertainment... call the "Mona Lisa" overrated. Just stand back when you do.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:25 AM (nwqNw)
It says to me someone's ignorant of the combination of girls and bulls in Greek myth...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at April 13, 2017 10:23 AM (9krrF)
"Whaddya mean I don't get to ride the bull for free? There's a catch?"
Posted by: Europa at April 13, 2017 10:25 AM (oQQwD)
Posted by: Colin at April 13, 2017 10:21 AM (RS7vk)
Which, no doubt, came as a complete surprise.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 13, 2017 10:26 AM (V4ryl)
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 13, 2017 10:26 AM (BEMJs)
Posted by: mnw at April 13, 2017 10:27 AM (aVY3U)
PDT must've said a million times during the primaries: "I know how to deal with China. I win when I deal with China."
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at April 13, 2017 10:27 AM (s/EUv)
Posted by: Colin at April 13, 2017 10:21 AM (RS7vk)
CCNY used to be a great school. It produced eminent scientists and serious Nobel prize winners. Then they decided that they had to have open enrollment, so that everyone could have an equal chance of attending a great school. Well ... everyone was able to attend but the cost was that the once-great school is now a piece of shit and most of the people who enroll never make it through. The school had to come to the level of its student body.
This is a leftist success story. Everybody can say they went to CCNY .. though now no one with a brain would want to.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 13, 2017 10:27 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Bill DeBlasio at April 13, 2017 10:28 AM (9hpn+)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at April 13, 2017 10:21 AM (5FLKM)
If you have ever been to Althouse and read the comments of "Chuck"* then you see the NeverTrumper in his full-on bat-guano-crazy glory.
*Who is a lifelong Republican. He swears.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet -Your Conspiracy Theory Outfitter - Reynolds Wrap 30% Off! at April 13, 2017 10:28 AM (hLRSq)
I would rate her beauty higher than that of Mona Lisa.
It is a fascinating portrait.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 13, 2017 10:17 AM (4AVeu)
Another form of entertainment... call the "Mona Lisa" overrated. Just stand back when you do.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:25 AM (nwqNw)
As a painting it's not overrated. It's considered a masterpiece because it is.
Her actual beauty though... meh. Seems kinda silly to me to be discussing it as such, but she's not all that.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 10:28 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 13, 2017 10:29 AM (IqV8l)
I would be one to defend it. The technique used by Divinci in his paintings was ground breaking . Keep in mind that the Mona Lisa was painted almost 300 years prior to Bouguereau.
Posted by: Jack Sock at April 13, 2017 10:29 AM (jl269)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 13, 2017 10:29 AM (IqV8l)
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Still does.
Its called The GI Bill.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 13, 2017 10:30 AM (8XRCm)
Her eyes, subtle pout/smile, head tilt and posture project a mixture of emotions.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 13, 2017 10:31 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Quentin T. at April 13, 2017 09:51 AM
Even if I'm barefoot?
Posted by: J. Random Moron at April 13, 2017 10:23 AM (DMUuz)
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You can get off my lawn by coming into the bedroom...
Posted by: Quentin T. at April 13, 2017 10:31 AM (PNcou)
Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at April 13, 2017 10:31 AM (nvMvs)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 09:41 AM (rF0hx)
There's nothing wrong with critical analysis of great works of art and sussing out what the artist was trying to do or say.
It's just that the progs and commies have f*ked up art criticism (as they do everything) by imposing often ludicrous meanings on works that are obviously far removed from anything the artist could imagine.
So now art criticism leaves a bad taste in everybody's mouth. But it didn't have to be that way.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 13, 2017 10:32 AM (V4ryl)
1915. He served in the Army on the Mexican border under Major George
Patton, before the Great War, and was in the 37th division, and was in
four major battles in the Great War. He died of pneumonia 20 years before I was born. And now, with his
son, my uncle, passing last year at 93, there is now no one alive now
who ever actually knew him.
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I remember my WWI vet grandfather vividly. He was 20 years older than my grandmother and was gassed. I remember his bullet scars (he told us kids they were Indian arrow wounds) and how much he enjoyed us kids because he never expected to live long enough to see his own kids grow up, much less grandkids. Teachers told us that it was impossible for us to have a WWI vet, he was really WWII, and we kids were deluded. I have his Croix de Guerre, Campaign Medal (some of the battle bars are lost), and his Purple Heart.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 13, 2017 10:33 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 13, 2017 10:33 AM (uh5kC)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 13, 2017 10:34 AM (fqERy)
Posted by: Max Power at April 13, 2017 10:34 AM (QCc6B)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 13, 2017 10:35 AM (fqERy)
_________________________
Heh, heh. . . he said "coming". . . yeah, yeah.
Posted by: Bevis at April 13, 2017 10:35 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Gem at April 13, 2017 10:36 AM (Oizsv)
The first of the table tops have come in and they are great. These are made by woman who has a small company making cutting boards and other products out of the curly (tiger) maple that isn't quite good enough for Gibson Guitars.
Apparently, Gibson will use about 6 board feet out of every 100, so there is a lot of wood left over.
We also just order a few refrigerator items you can see at webstaurant - a True TSSU-60-10HC 2 Door refrigerated sandwich prep table (for when someone says "go make me a sammich") and the Vollrath 40863 48" Cubed Glass refrigerated countertop display cabinet, to encourage people to pig out on pies and cakes and such.
Also bought (62) of the Lancaster natural wood window back chair.
All that money in the bank was just collecting dust anyway.
Posted by: jwest at April 13, 2017 10:36 AM (Zs4uk)
Posted by: Under Fire
Who will return first?
Barry from Tahiti or Bill from the Vatican?
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 13, 2017 10:37 AM (FZYNt)
Her eyes, subtle pout/smile, head tilt and posture project a mixture of emotions.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 13, 2017 10:31 AM (4AVeu)
I'm becoming much more aware of the relationship between, not just the artist capturing the mood/style of the subject, but also the notion of how the artist, in posing and painting his subjects, creates a mood and style.
In other words, here you have a haughty expression, perhaps impatience, and if so, might it be due to the fact that he asked her to dress up in an outfit she doesn't usually wear, and sit there while he draws her likeness?
How well did he know her before asking her to pose? He often did he ask her to pose for this one painting? Was the little boy a willing subject, or is this perfectly behaved little cherub of a child a lie, in that he was screaming the whole time, and the artist had to create from his own imagination the peaceful child we see here?
All of that, and more that we'll never know, went into creating the girl we see in the painting. She's beautiful. And mysterious, and we'll all only guess at what it all means.
Freakin' art, that is.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 10:38 AM (TOk1P)
Looks like a sharia compliant version of holdmahbeer prank (carbide? (whatever blows up in H2O) edition). Might even be the same guy dropping the rocks and the smoke.
Posted by: DaveA at April 13, 2017 10:38 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH
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Of course.
Massive campaign contributor too, I would imagine.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at April 13, 2017 10:38 AM (5FLKM)
*****
?????
That is a puzzling comment.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 13, 2017 10:38 AM (wPiJc)
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 09:27 AM (nwqNw)
How many commenters have written, 'It's just like a photograph'? But that's the point, isn't it? With the advent of modern photography, there's little commercial need for representational exactitude in likeness in painting.
I admire craftsmanship. I admire technical mastery--and the example above is an exemplar of technical mastery. However, it isn't necessarily snobbish to point out that the measure of a work of visual art should not necessarily be dependent on its verisimilitude, how closely it approximates real life.
Tastes differ. I don't look down on people who don't like abstract works. That said, I don't like being called a snob for thinking the painting above is a pedestrian piece of sentimental tripe.
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 10:39 AM (Fw5cQ)
http://tinyurl.com/kn94uyo
Posted by: josephistan at April 13, 2017 10:39 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:40 AM (nwqNw)
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Wasn't that a card for silent movies: Meanwhile, back at the ranch . . .
Much luck to you, jwest; all that energy and knowledge should be used and useful.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 13, 2017 10:40 AM (MIKMs)
Maybe he's referring to the tubes you can have put in a toddler's ears to prevent ear infections? We did that with our son because he was getting ear infections every other week; he was constantly sick. The tubes eventually come out on their own.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2017 10:41 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Agent Cooper at April 13, 2017 10:41 AM (1zARK)
All this before coffee!
Posted by: mindful webworker - mighty hunter at April 13, 2017 10:41 AM (lVPif)
Photography was a huge reason for the development of Modern Art. Picasso himself said so.
But you are correct about my use of "art snob". Apologies.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:42 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at April 13, 2017 10:43 AM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at April 13, 2017 10:43 AM (xJa6I)
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 10:39 AM (Fw5cQ)
Snob.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:44 AM (rF0hx)
Posted by: Neil deGrasse Tyson at April 13, 2017 10:44 AM (9hpn+)
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Sorry, Master M (bowing and groveling to the Peerless Punster), that is how it was described to me by moms who had ear tubes installed after chronic ear infections. Eustachean tubes? My grandmothers used to growl and mutter about covering ears for little ones in the wind.
Posted by: mustbequantum at April 13, 2017 10:45 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at April 13, 2017 10:23 AM (9krrF)
*shifty eyes*
What do you mean? What have you heard?
Posted by: Zeus at April 13, 2017 10:45 AM (0mRoj)
Its called The GI Bill.
_________________________
Yeah, free for giving up four years of your life.
That kind of free.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 13, 2017 10:46 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:25 AM (nwqNw)
Some experts say the Mona Lisa is a self portrait of Leo as a woman.
Digital analysis shows the eyes match and the Mona's enigmatic smile is Leo's droop-corner mouth upside down.
The transgenderists could have a field day with this.
Posted by: davidt at April 13, 2017 10:47 AM (XoldI)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 13, 2017 10:32 AM (V4ryl)
That's the thing though. We can take this back from the self-proclaimed keepers of art.
People who want to do art criticism should be encouraged to do so, but let's set some fairly easy to understand ground rules though:
1. Respect the intent of the artist.
2. Accept others' interpretations, as long as they are not DISMISSIVE of the intent of the artist.
In other words, if you want to see something else in a piece of art, fine, go for it. That is your right. But don't tell me the piece above is pro-abortion or pro-pedophilia or some other such nonsense, because YOU aren't allowed to foist that on the art, when the artist had NO indication of putting it there.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 10:47 AM (TOk1P)
IIRC, the Eustachian tube connects the inner ear to the throat. In small children it is so small it is easy to plug, leading to earaches and infections. Sometimes an artificial tube is installed to keep that opening opened up.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet -Your Conspiracy Theory Outfitter - Reynolds Wrap 30% Off! at April 13, 2017 10:47 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 10:47 AM (Fw5cQ)
Posted by: Chris M at April 13, 2017 10:48 AM (eAZVt)
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I remember that. Especially wet ears from bath/shower/swimming.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at April 13, 2017 10:48 AM (5FLKM)
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Maybe to a small extent.
But Id wager that the number of Modern Artists that have the technical talent to paint like the artist that created this portrait approaches zero.
If you applied the Moder Artist talent standard to other forms of art, like say...... musicians..... you'd have a high number of musicians who couldnt play for shit.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 13, 2017 10:48 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 13, 2017 10:48 AM (V4ryl)
I had not heard of it. It's on the list now. I read "All Quiet on the Western Front", "August 1914", "The Guns of August" and "Europe's Last Summer". I took a break and am reading "Six Summers in Paris" about the early French Revolution.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:16 AM (nwqNw)
I know you're much more conversant on the subject than I am, but I enjoyed The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914:
http://tinyurl.com/lprh5jt
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 13, 2017 10:48 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Harry Reid at April 13, 2017 10:48 AM (XkVXQ)
Have you ever read "Rape of the Masters" by Roger Kimball?
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:49 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: MAGA at April 13, 2017 10:49 AM (A4HOq)
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 10:39 AM (Fw5cQ)
It's alright, Troy. We don't think any less of you for saying this.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 10:49 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 10:39 AM (Fw5cQ)
What most people admire (and what many who are called "art snobs" look down on) is actual skill in producing the picture - i.e. THE work of art.
At some point "artists" decided that actual skill in producing images was some sort of vulgar exercise and that is where they split with the vast majority of people. "Artists" wanted to be known (and celebrated) more for their deep intellects and profound statements rather than garish splotches of paint on canvas or lines on paper that took real talent to make. This is the problem. This is why most people laugh at lots of abstract stuff.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 13, 2017 10:49 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Muldoon at April 13, 2017 10:38 AM (wPiJc)
Eustachian tubes drop just like testicles.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:50 AM (rF0hx)
I've been looking at browsers in the App Store. I'll look to see if Brave is available.
Thank you.
Posted by: Carol at April 13, 2017 10:50 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 13, 2017 10:50 AM (Nwg0u)
Added to the list.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:50 AM (nwqNw)
Have you ever read "Rape of the Masters" by Roger Kimball?
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:49 AM (nwqNw)
No, I've never actually "studied" art in any meaningful way.
Should I? In other words, is there something specific about the book that would cause you to recommend it?
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 10:51 AM (TOk1P)
I've always gotten ear aches if the wind blow into my ears, even as an adult. I have sinus "issues" which probably plays a part in that.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 13, 2017 10:51 AM (sEDyY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 13, 2017 10:50 AM (Nwg0u)
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I know.... give it an edgy law enforcement name....like maybe "Dragnet".
Posted by: fixerupper at April 13, 2017 10:51 AM (8XRCm)
I couldn't make something this beautiful.
I can barely snap a photo with my phone and that's just pushing one big, red button.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at April 13, 2017 10:52 AM (5FLKM)
little girl in front of it, it should be OK for some Moron to add
additional sculptures of little gnomes looking up her dress and laughing
at her mish, right?
"Duuuuude, we're so ahead of you!"
--- Drunk Wall Street Bro
http://www.celebitchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bro-fearless-girl.jpg
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2017 10:52 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:44 AM (rF0hx)
Philistine.
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 10:47 AM (Fw5cQ)
Effete Northeastern Liberal.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:52 AM (rF0hx)
Tastes differ. I don't look down on people who don't like abstract works. That said, I don't like being called a snob for thinking the painting above is a pedestrian piece of sentimental tripe.
Posted by: troyriser
When someone's technical ability doesn't surpass a syphilitic monkey with epilepsy, that's not art. Call me a snob all day long.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 13, 2017 10:52 AM (uh5kC)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at April 13, 2017 10:53 AM (5FLKM)
Why is there so much of a difference between north and South Korea? Is it only communism? Why can't North Korea grow food and manufacturing? Even if they had personal gardens they could eat- or is it just snark that they eat bark?
Posted by: Chilling the most at April 13, 2017 10:53 AM (Cl52v)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:44 AM (rF0hx)
Philistine.
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 10:47 AM (Fw5cQ)
Effete Northeastern Liberal.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:52 AM (rF0hx)
Oh shit. Now it's getting nasty!
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at April 13, 2017 10:53 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:53 AM (nwqNw)
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Maybe to a small extent.
But Id wager that the number of Modern Artists that have the technical talent to paint like the artist that created this portrait approaches zero.
If you applied the Moder Artist talent standard to other forms of art, like say...... musicians..... you'd have a high number of musicians who couldnt play for shit.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 13, 2017 10:48 AM (8XRCm)
Picasso was a lazy putz, who wanted an audience to bow and scrape before him. He was a con artist more than he was an actual, you know, artist.
He's P.T. Barnum, working in a different medium.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 10:53 AM (TOk1P)
--- Drunk Wall Street Bro
http://www.celebitchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bro-fearless-girl.jpg
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2017 10:52 AM (NOIQH)
Ha! Thanks, LIzzy. Now that's what *I* call art!
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 13, 2017 10:54 AM (V4ryl)
**hic**
A groundhog? That's disgusting!
A beaver, on the other hand. . .
HUMA!
MOMMY'S FEELING ITCHY PANTS!
PUT ON THOSE HEELS AND ACHTUNG, BABY!
**hic**
**shart**
**faceplant**
Posted by: Hillary at April 13, 2017 10:54 AM (X6fMO)
Real talent is hard to develop and takes tons of practice. Cramming a whip handle in someone's butt and taking a pic is easy...unless they didn't want the whip there...
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at April 13, 2017 10:54 AM (m3iiU)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2017 10:55 AM (NOIQH)
Have you ever read "Rape of the Masters" by Roger Kimball?
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 10:49 AM (nwqNw)
That wasn't "rape-rape"
Posted by: Whoopi Goldberg at April 13, 2017 10:55 AM (7HtZB)
*****
Oh, okay. I think you are conflating a couple or three different things.
1. Eustachian tube is an anatomic channel that connects the middle ear with the inside of the nose. It allows drainage of fluid and equalization of air pressure.
2. Surgical ear tubes (also known as PE tubes or pressure equalization tubes) are small plastic grommets inserted into the ear drum (tympanic membrane) to assist with drainage of chronic fluid from repeated infections. They typically stay in place for a year or two and then are spontaneously expelled and the hole in the eardrum seals on its own (but not always)
3. Covering the ears is really not much of a factor in preventing ear infections. The underlying cause of middle ear infections is more commonly an upper respiratory tract infection, that includes the middle ear space (via the Eustachian tubes) and bacterial overgrowth within that mucous fluid in the middle ear.
4. Testicles may drop. Eustachian tubes? Not so much.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 13, 2017 10:55 AM (wPiJc)
_____________________________
Well said, Muldoon.
You are left wondering what her hair looks like, what the unobscured shape of her face is, is she a classic beauty?
We look at the limited elements of her beauty (her charcoal eyes, her fingers, feet and face) in our own subjective effort to project those characteristics to support an image of her objective beauty.
We can speculate that she is kind and compassionate judging from the happiness found on her brothers face, which is reassuring to the viewer that she has a good heart and soul.
Such a fascinating image.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 13, 2017 10:55 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 13, 2017 10:55 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:44 AM (rF0hx)
Philistine.
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 10:47 AM (Fw5cQ)
Effete Northeastern Liberal.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:52 AM (rF0hx)
And you're both DOODY HEADS!
(What were we talking about?)
Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at April 13, 2017 10:55 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Europa at April 13, 2017 10:25 AM (oQQwD)
There always is, IYKWIM.
Posted by: Pasiphae at April 13, 2017 10:56 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:44 AM (rF0hx)
Philistine.
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 10:47 AM (Fw5cQ)
Effete Northeastern Liberal.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:52 AM (rF0hx)
And you're both DOODY HEADS!
(What were we talking about?)
Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy
I know you are, but what am I?
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 13, 2017 10:56 AM (FZYNt)
Occasionally , I can make a complete circle if I really focus and use the built-in Crayon sharpener.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at April 13, 2017 10:56 AM (5FLKM)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:52 AM (rF0hx)
Pusillanimous pismire.
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 10:56 AM (Fw5cQ)
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How about "They Frogmarched the Domestic Spiers Doing Political Bidding Away in Orange."
Posted by: fixerupper at April 13, 2017 10:57 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Tilikum KAW
You want "real" art?
Paint that when they didn't want it there.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 13, 2017 10:57 AM (uh5kC)
Posted by: Muldoon at April 13, 2017 10:58 AM (wPiJc)
Why is there so much of a difference between north and South Korea?
Communism.
Is it only communism?
Pretty much.
Why can't North Korea grow food and manufacturing?
Because communism has pretty much destroyed NKor's agriculture and manufacturing.
Even if they had personal gardens they could eat- or is it just snark that they eat bark?
Posted by: Chilling the most at April 13, 2017 10:53 AM (Cl52v)
I believe NKor citizens are forbidden to have personal gardens. And I believe the penalty for having one is rather high, i.e. prison camp.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 13, 2017 10:58 AM (V4ryl)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 13, 2017 10:58 AM (uh5kC)
Effete Northeastern Liberal.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:52 AM (rF0hx)
Pusillanimous pismire.
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 10:56 AM (Fw5cQ)
Egg-sucking, sheep stealing, son of a stuffed monkey!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:58 AM (rF0hx)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2017 10:58 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Philistine.
Posted by: troyriser
Effete Northeastern Liberal.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
And you're both DOODY HEADS!
(What were we talking about?)
Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy
I know you are, but what am I?
Posted by: Rick in SK
Look at you lamebrains! I'm gone a week and you guys couldn't insult your way into a slapfight!
Posted by: zombie Don Rickles at April 13, 2017 10:59 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: nsirchov at April 13, 2017 11:00 AM (1TcdB)
Should I? In other words, is there something specific about the book that would cause you to recommend it?
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 10:51 AM (TOk1P)
The author ridicules the way modern art critics read modern social causes into the Old Masters' works. For example, see his discussion on Gauguin's "The Spirit of the Dead Watching". The scholar says it is about White Male dominance of the Brown-skinned Female Other. According to Kimball, what Gauguin was really doing was depicting a dream his Tahitian mistress had.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 11:00 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 13, 2017 09:42 AM (mpXpK)
Set it on a rock out in the south forty. Walk away about 80 paces, turn, and fire until the box is shredded.
You're welcome.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2017 11:00 AM (0deF2)
neck that read "Rachel Corrie - Nevertheless she persisted"
Ha!
I was thinking that she - or really, her feminist fans - are more like Abigail Williams in The Crucible. It's all the mean bull's fault - get him!!!!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2017 11:00 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 10:39 AM (Fw5cQ)
Saying "it's technically beautiful, but I don't care fot it" is one response.
Calling it "a pedestrian piece of sentimental tripe" pretty much assures that you'll be called a snob.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 13, 2017 11:00 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Under Fire at April 13, 2017 11:00 AM (fqERy)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:00 AM (n0D40)
Paint that when they didn't want it there.
Posted by: rickb223
Followed up with "The Artist, Recovering in the ICU".
Posted by: zombie Don Rickles at April 13, 2017 11:00 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llamabutcher at April 13, 2017 11:01 AM (sUeAK)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 10:58 AM (rF0hx)
Sheep stealing? Never proved.
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 11:01 AM (Fw5cQ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 09:52 AM (rF0hx)
OK, CBD, you need to make this the official motto of the Mid-Morning Art Thread.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 13, 2017 11:01 AM (V4ryl)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at April 13, 2017 11:02 AM (9krrF)
Posted by: Jack Sock at April 13, 2017 11:02 AM (jl269)
I can barely snap a photo with my phone and that's just pushing one big, red button.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at April 13, 2017 10:52 AM (5FLKM)
Me neither.
Background is just a touch out of focus ... makes the girls really stand out.
This is one of the best things I've ever seen.
Posted by: ScoggDog at April 13, 2017 11:02 AM (BEMJs)
This one is in the denver art museum, they sell lots of prints.
http://www.bouguereau.org/A-Childhood-Idyll.html
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 13, 2017 11:03 AM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 13, 2017 11:00 AM (X6fMO)
I actually kinda sorta like the painting, but couldn't help myself with that 'sentimental tripe' response. Snobs have an image to uphold.
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 11:03 AM (Fw5cQ)
Sons ex girlfriend, the one I liked, is from Brittany. Very tall, blue blue eyes and blond hair. Like a French Viking. Smart too. This painting makes me think of her family. They love America. That whole region remembers WWII and the US role in liberation. They are the flyover country of France.
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:03 AM (n0D40)
Posted by: Kreplach at April 13, 2017 11:04 AM (fcBnw)
Hey, it's New York. What did you expect?
By the way, there are two parts of the Wall Street bull that have no tarnish on them because people rub them. One is his nose. The other is his balls.
New York.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 13, 2017 11:04 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 11:03 AM (Fw5cQ)
Understood. We're all snobs about something or other in our wheelhouses.
You don't like Holman Hunt, either, if I recall?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 13, 2017 11:04 AM (X6fMO)
If this lawyer for Dr. No thinks his speech is going to impress a jury, he's mistaken. It's sleep inducing.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at April 13, 2017 11:05 AM (HTdUD)
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 11:00 AM (nwqNw)
Right. I mentioned Kimball's book on the book thread awhile back. The "scholar" who turned Gaugin's work into a progressive morality play is what gives art criticism a bad name. Kimball is trying to restore its legitimate function.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 13, 2017 11:05 AM (V4ryl)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 13, 2017 11:05 AM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:05 AM (n0D40)
Posted by: Kreplach at April 13, 2017 11:05 AM (fcBnw)
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2017 11:06 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Cark Chagall at April 13, 2017 11:06 AM (j+dfT)
Oh and the daughter is cute
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 13, 2017 11:06 AM (KlI/a)
neck that read "Rachel Corrie - Nevertheless she persisted"
Richard Cory went hone last night, and put a bullet Through his head
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 13, 2017 11:07 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 13, 2017 11:05 AM (kTF2Z)
Actually he needs to be updating his resume' because he's going to be hitting the bricks soon.
Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at April 13, 2017 11:07 AM (RD7QR)
Kinda veered into railing against corporate America blah bah blah...
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2017 11:07 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 13, 2017 11:04 AM (X6fMO)
I genuinely dislike Holman Hunt's work. His paintings are cringe-worthy, especially 'The Awakening Conscience', where the perspective is hopelessly screwed.
If you're going to do cornball genre paintings, at least be technically proficient.
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 11:07 AM (Fw5cQ)
Asian 'Rosa Parks'.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at April 13, 2017 11:07 AM (HTdUD)
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 11:03 AM (Fw5cQ)
A lot of the artist's work is more sentimental than the one I chose, which is, I think, one of his best pieces. Much of his other stuff is gauzier and soft and not as pleasing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 11:08 AM (rF0hx)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:08 AM (n0D40)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 13, 2017 11:08 AM (KlI/a)
Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2017 11:08 AM (C8aCP)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 13, 2017 09:54 AM (mpXpK)
No, you're not. Download Linux Mint 18, boot it off the DVD or thumb drive on which you put it, and tell it to format the hard drive and install itself.
Unless you are wedded to a suite of software that only runs under windows, you no longer need windows.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2017 11:09 AM (0deF2)
Asian 'Rosa Parks'.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at April 13, 2017 11:07 AM (HTdUD)
Nevertheless, he was twisted.
(Yeah, I know, phrasing.)
Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at April 13, 2017 11:09 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Ernie McCracken at April 13, 2017 11:09 AM (IPWiu)
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at April 13, 2017 11:09 AM (HTdUD)
Posted by: steevy at April 13, 2017 11:10 AM (r/0kC)
Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2017 11:08 AM (C8aCP)
I've taken up sculpting. Clay is cheap.
Posted by: troyriser at April 13, 2017 11:10 AM (Fw5cQ)
Gives new meaning to 'Disembarking' the plane.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum
Don't give him pain meds, cause you know what he'll trade them for
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 13, 2017 11:11 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 13, 2017 11:11 AM (ODxAs)
Gives new meaning to 'Disembarking' the plane.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at April 13, 2017 11:09 AM (HTdUD)
Nonetheless, he persisted.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet -Your Conspiracy Theory Outfitter - Reynolds Wrap 30% Off! at April 13, 2017 11:11 AM (hLRSq)
Hey I wonder if he needs my business card.
I take United Checks
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 13, 2017 11:08 AM (KlI/a)
Who gets the anesthesia?
Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at April 13, 2017 11:11 AM (RD7QR)
Was he on camera the whole time? How do we know he didn't hurt himself for a pay day?
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:11 AM (n0D40)
Posted by: RKae at April 13, 2017 11:11 AM (4DpAT)
H&K rules. Glocks drool.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 13, 2017 11:11 AM (uh5kC)
I was a wannabe artist so I guess you could say art and war was intertwined.
Posted by: Adolf at April 13, 2017 09:51 AM (jl269)
He could paint a house in an afternoon. 2 coats!!
Posted by: Prudie, thinking she has a funny at April 13, 2017 11:12 AM (al6UK)
Currently watching the mostly boring press conference in history on CNN.
Asshole United passenger has a daughter named Crystal Pepper. Sounds
like a soft drink.
Posted by: Ernie McCracken
Crystal Pepper is a meth-addicted stripper's name.
Posted by: SFGoth at April 13, 2017 11:12 AM (dZ756)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 13, 2017 11:12 AM (KlI/a)
Currently watching the mostly boring press conference in history on CNN.
Asshole United passenger has a daughter named Crystal Pepper. Sounds
like a soft drink.
Posted by: Ernie McCracken at April 13, 2017 11:09 AM (IPWiu)
Coulda been worse - last name could have been "Meth"
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 11:13 AM (Fb9aZ)
2. CEO steps on Dick.
3. Shady lawyer blames corporate America.
4. PROFIT!!!
Posted by: Under Fire at April 13, 2017 11:13 AM (fqERy)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 13, 2017 11:13 AM (KlI/a)
"Don't give him any pain meds, cause you know what he'll trade them for"
Thread winnuh.
Posted by: Ernie McCracken at April 13, 2017 11:13 AM (IPWiu)
Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2017 11:14 AM (xjiRE)
Jesus.......
Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at April 13, 2017 11:14 AM (FqgrG)
Should I? In other words, is there something specific about the book that would cause you to recommend it?
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 10:51 AM (TOk1P)
The author ridicules the way modern art critics read modern social causes into the Old Masters' works. For example, see his discussion on Gauguin's "The Spirit of the Dead Watching". The scholar says it is about White Male dominance of the Brown-skinned Female Other. According to Kimball, what Gauguin was really doing was depicting a dream his Tahitian mistress had.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 11:00 AM (nwqNw)
Sounds interesting, but I think for my limited pursuit, I would be more interested in a better understanding of artists' original intentions, rather than a criticism of modern art for ignoring it.
Would this book be worth my time in that regard?
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 11:14 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: pete at April 13, 2017 11:15 AM (meg+g)
Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2017 11:15 AM (C8aCP)
Posted by: Kraig the Climber at April 13, 2017 11:15 AM (4jm34)
2. CEO steps on Dick.
3. Shady lawyer blames corporate America.
4. PROFIT!!!
----
Vhat a country!
Posted by: Some old Russian comic at April 13, 2017 11:15 AM (suO/a)
Dr No gets dragged. Sees people filming. Senses pay day. Bangs his face/ head intentionally into an object, say a wheelchair, in the jetway to cause bleeding/injury, enhances payday
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:16 AM (n0D40)
No need to play nice.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 13, 2017 11:16 AM (5VlCp)
Posted by: Ernie McCracken at April 13, 2017 11:16 AM (IPWiu)
-
PBS ran an American Experience: The Great War which I generally thought was quite good. However it had one glaring omission, the Zimmerman telegram. German foreign minister Zimmerman telegraphed Mexico offering to let them have the southwestern US if they attacked the US if the US declared war on Germany. The Brits eavesdropped on the wire and let the US know. When confronted, the Germans admitted it. It caused great anti-German feeling in the US. PBS went on and on about how Wilson was too proud to fight and wept when he was forced into war. But no Zimmerman. Am I paranoid for suspecting PBS was shielding Mexico and the "immigrants" from any bad mindthoughts concerning reconquista-ism?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 13, 2017 11:16 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at April 13, 2017 11:17 AM (nv4l9)
Or the newbie at the Chocolate Starfish.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 13, 2017 11:17 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Dr. Dao at April 13, 2017 11:17 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:17 AM (n0D40)
LOL
Posted by: Nevergiveup
Can we fix it so they all lose? Please?
Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Deplorable Unicode Character at April 13, 2017 11:17 AM (9krrF)
LOL
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 13, 2017 11:13 AM (KlI/a)
Sue Rahm just because. But it's ridiculous that this is the number one story in the country
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 13, 2017 11:17 AM (493sH)
Posted by: Clay Aiken at April 13, 2017 11:17 AM (X6fMO)
Dao has a kid? I thought he was a turd burglar
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at April 13, 2017 11:17 AM (nv4l9)
Apparently he has 5 kids and some grandkids.
Posted by: Tami at April 13, 2017 11:19 AM (Enq6K)
LOL
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 13, 2017 11:13 AM (KlI/a)
Sue Rahm just because. But it's ridiculous that this is the number one story in the country
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 13, 2017 11:17 AM (493sH)
Everybody hates to fly. It's schadenfreude.
Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at April 13, 2017 11:19 AM (RD7QR)
Would this book be worth my time in that regard?
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 11:14 AM (TOk1P)
Maybe not. He does actually talk about artists' intentions, but the book is about the absurd modern interpretations of past works. Perhaps look for collections of the artists' personal writings.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 11:19 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:19 AM (n0D40)
254 Still does.
Its called The GI Bill.
_________________________
Yeah, free for giving up four years of your life.
That kind of free.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 13, 2017 10:46 AM (4AVeu)
Along with the added benefit of possibly being disemboweled by mortar shrapnel in a foreign land.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 13, 2017 11:19 AM (XWkhW)
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/262347/
Posted by: steevy at April 13, 2017 11:20 AM (r/0kC)
It's a proof problem. United has the deep pockets, but they didn't cause the injury
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:17 AM (n0D40)
You saw him injury himself?
Posted by: Tami at April 13, 2017 11:20 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: NCKate at April 13, 2017 11:20 AM (fYnwI)
Posted by: Tilikum KAW at April 13, 2017 11:20 AM (0x/TW)
Posted by: Jack Sock at April 13, 2017 11:20 AM (jl269)
"Who are You?"
"I am Arthur - King of the Bretons"
"King of the who?"
"The Bretons!"
"Who are they?"
"We are all Bretons . . and I am your King!"
"King eh? Well . . I didn't vote for you!"
Posted by: Publius Redux at April 13, 2017 11:20 AM (Fb9aZ)
Posted by: psych495 at April 13, 2017 11:20 AM (uIGjr)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at April 13, 2017 11:17 AM (nv4l9)
Lady boy working both sides of the street.
A man has got to eat you know.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 13, 2017 11:21 AM (5VlCp)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at April 13, 2017 11:17 AM (nv4l9)
Just because he trades drugs for sex with guys and he gave a guy with chest pains a genital exam doesn't mean he's bent
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 13, 2017 11:22 AM (493sH)
I saw him dragged
Then later I saw him bloodied
He has to prove who did that and how, and why United is responsible
The guy has a history of fraud.
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:22 AM (n0D40)
NOt sure I would have gone down that road
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 13, 2017 11:23 AM (KlI/a)
Posted by: TheQuietMan
just means he qualifies to be a high school teacher
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 13, 2017 11:23 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: fly gal at April 13, 2017 11:23 AM (8TdcF)
You play pocket pool with one Cub Scout and you never live it down.
Posted by: Harry Reid at April 13, 2017 11:24 AM (X6fMO)
Just expanding the club of "everyone involved in this sh#tshow is a jerk" by one, then?
Posted by: Lizzy at April 13, 2017 11:24 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 13, 2017 11:25 AM (KlI/a)
Posted by: TheQuietMan
The reason it is? Is because it could have been any one of us that got bumped.
Except for a muzzie. Because we're all equal.
Except some are more equal than others.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 13, 2017 11:26 AM (uh5kC)
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 11:00 AM (nwqNw)
Right. I mentioned Kimball's book on the book thread awhile back. The "scholar" who turned Gaugin's work into a progressive morality play is what gives art criticism a bad name. Kimball is trying to restore its legitimate function.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 13, 2017 11:05 AM (V4ryl)
Ugh.
You've wandered into a huge pet peeve of mine-
the imposition of some modern progressive nonsense onto the art of a previous era.
A few years ago I wandered onto a movie website where the proprietor was trying to make some bizarre assertion that the director of a 1930s horror movie was making a statement about global warming.
The movie was a very standard monster flick of that era...maybe "White Zombie" if I'm remembering correctly.
And "deconstructed" by the blogtard to fit into his goofy worldview.
So, I tried to argue with him nicely and logically about the absurdity of his critique.
Aaaaaand, you can probably figure out how that went.
He immediately went from 0 to 100 on the shouty, abusive, outrageous outrage scale.
So, I insulted him gratuitously cuz life's too short for emotionally unstable morons(the bad kind).
And left.
That experience convinced me that I never wanted to see the Left take control of the gov't again in my lifetime.
Their ignorance is impervious to reason and logic or even human decency.
We really dodged a bullet when Hillary! lost.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2017 11:26 AM (9q7Dl)
Furthermore United didn't injure him
If he is to be believed the cop injured him. The cop is not a United employee. United asked the cop to remove him, not injure him
he is just looking for the deep pockets. United didn't injure him. And Chicago didn't either, as the cop was acting out of the scope of his employment
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:26 AM (n0D40)
http://tinyurl.com/mte7wlz
Posted by: josephistan at April 13, 2017 11:26 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Colin at April 13, 2017 11:26 AM (RS7vk)
Then later I saw him bloodied
He has to prove who did that and how, and why United is responsible
The guy has a history of fraud.
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:22 AM (n0D40)
He broke his own nose, knocked out two of his own teeth and gave himself a concussion?
Posted by: Tami at April 13, 2017 11:27 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 13, 2017 11:16 AM (Nwg0u)
A good an explanation as any. Someone else posted here an article written at one of those conservative webzines, I can't remember which. The gist of which, was that Wilson was literally worse than Hitler, because Hitler (among many many other things) never would have existed had Wilson not gotten us into that war "for no good reason."
Well yeah. There's a good reason. The damned dirty Krauts were, among other things, working on carving up this country, had they won.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 11:27 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Chupacabra at April 13, 2017 11:27 AM (9/YlV)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2017 11:28 AM (GgzGa)
Posted by: Ernie McCracken at April 13, 2017 11:28 AM (IPWiu)
like an eye roll was just within her reach but held back for politeness sake
Posted by: willow at April 13, 2017 11:28 AM (4lrrm)
Posted by: Chilling the most at April 13, 2017 10:53 AM (Cl52v)
I believe NKor citizens are forbidden to have personal gardens. And I believe the penalty for having one is rather high, i.e. prison camp.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004
Not sure about NorK, but in Cuba possession of "the means of agriculture" is forbidden. Meaning no private gardens and no private chickens.
Posted by: Adriane the Coffee Critic ... at April 13, 2017 11:29 AM (AoK0a)
Bow a rague a...
Boig a rarew...
Butter guts roar...
...
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 13, 2017 11:28 AM (GgzGa)
Heh. Yeah, people who actually speak French always cringe when I give it a try.
Posted by: joncelli, Present at the Autopsy at April 13, 2017 11:29 AM (RD7QR)
Furthermore United didn't injure him
If he is to be believed the cop injured him. The cop is not a United
employee. United asked the cop to remove him, not injure him
he is just looking for the deep pockets. United didn't injure him.
And Chicago didn't either, as the cop was acting out of the scope of
his employment
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:26 AM (n0D40)
It's a vast winged conspiracy.
Posted by: Hillary! at April 13, 2017 11:30 AM (XoldI)
employee. United asked the cop to remove him, not injure him
.
===
911 abuse.
The airlines have been granted 'special government regulations' for their convenience and profit.
By calling the cops/security whatever, they made this into a "ZOMG FEDERAL AIRCRAFT SECURITY INCIDENT".
United?
All of 'em.
Let 'em burn.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at April 13, 2017 11:30 AM (5FLKM)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 13, 2017 11:30 AM (KlI/a)
They also injure themselves to get pain killers. The good kind
Everyone in this situation is awful but that doesn't mean I believe this guy for a minute
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:30 AM (n0D40)
Posted by: Dr No at April 13, 2017 11:31 AM (qXFhJ)
Do you know who else nervously laughed when they lost confidence in their leader?
Posted by: Under Fire at April 13, 2017 11:31 AM (fqERy)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 13, 2017 11:16 AM (Nwg0u)
A good an explanation as any. Someone else posted here an article written at one of those conservative webzines, I can't remember which. The gist of which, was that Wilson was literally worse than Hitler, because Hitler (among many many other things) never would have existed had Wilson not gotten us into that war "for no good reason."
Well yeah. There's a good reason. The damned dirty Krauts were, among other things, working on carving up this country, had they won.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 11:27 AM (TOk1P)
History has also largely forgotten that Germany sent saboteurs to attack America in 1916.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tom_explosion
Posted by: josephistan at April 13, 2017 11:31 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: ThunderB
Wait a damn minute. All day yesterday we were told that we HAD TO OBEY A LAWFUL ORDER.
Now you are saying it wasn't a lawful order?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 13, 2017 11:31 AM (uh5kC)
Posted by: willow at April 13, 2017 11:31 AM (4lrrm)
Posted by: Tami
Don't know about him specifically, but jailhouse CCTV cameras have caught it in many other cases / circumstances ...
Posted by: Adriane the Coffee Critic ... at April 13, 2017 11:31 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Jack Sock at April 13, 2017 11:31 AM (jl269)
Maybe not. He does actually talk about artists' intentions, but the book is about the absurd modern interpretations of past works. Perhaps look for collections of the artists' personal writings.
Posted by: Kris at April 13, 2017 11:19 AM (nwqNw)
That won't do! I'm looking for someone to make this easy for me...
But seriously, thanks for the info. I really do appreciate it. I really would like to be able to study art to a greater extent, but time being what it is, I'll not do more than just dabbling in it, I'm sure.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 11:32 AM (TOk1P)
-
And yet, she persisted.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 13, 2017 11:32 AM (Nwg0u)
===
PUT THAT FUCKING TOILET SEAT LID DOWN, MISTER
Posted by: United Flight Attendant at April 13, 2017 11:33 AM (5FLKM)
Posted by: John McCain at April 13, 2017 11:33 AM (HTdUD)
Posted by: Jack Sock at April 13, 2017 11:33 AM (jl269)
Posted by: Chilling the most at April 13, 2017 10:53 AM (Cl52v)
Posted by: Adriane the Coffee Critic ... at April 13, 2017 11:29 AM (AoK0a)
I read recently that some is NK can now have gardens and sell some of the produce for profit, but its very limited. thanks to their beloved Kim jong un, the benevolent god.
Posted by: Colin at April 13, 2017 11:33 AM (RS7vk)
Posted by: Tami at April 13, 2017 11:27 AM (Enq6K)
I have no idea whether he did it to himself, but for a potential multimillion dollar payday, people have done much worse to themselves.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 13, 2017 11:34 AM (rF0hx)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 13, 2017 11:34 AM (uh5kC)
I would ant to see the medical reports. Who wrote them, s buddy of his? Based on what? The guys self report? He is a liar.
He has to prove it. He is trying to force a quick settlement so he can avoid having to prove it. It's a scam. I don't believe him. At least not as to the cause and the extent of his injuries
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:34 AM (n0D40)
It used to be a rather positive experience now I perspire while dealing with the experience .
Posted by: willow at April 13, 2017 11:34 AM (4lrrm)
Posted by: Vic
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/
10-things-to-disable-in-windows-10/
Posted by: a good place to start at April 13, 2017 11:35 AM (v9gSJ)
Posted by: Chupacabra at April 13, 2017 11:35 AM (9/YlV)
Posted by: nsirchov at April 13, 2017 11:35 AM (1TcdB)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:36 AM (n0D40)
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at April 13, 2017 11:36 AM (V4ryl)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 13, 2017 11:36 AM (PY9jH)
--
"He acted out of the scope of his employment"
Posted by: rickb223 at April 13, 2017 11:34 AM
--------
That part can be read both ways.
Posted by: irright at April 13, 2017 11:37 AM (pMGkg)
Posted by: macleod at April 13, 2017 11:37 AM (N315I)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:37 AM (n0D40)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at April 13, 2017 11:37 AM (cjzGm)
scenario of rocks being thrown at Baltimore cops and doing nothing,
being played out on airplanes. The Ferguson affect is the ill wind that
fills the vacuum of authority.
==
Right.
And that's why we need special regulations for Greyhound and a Federal Bus Police Force.
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at April 13, 2017 11:38 AM (5FLKM)
Posted by: Colin at April 13, 2017 11:38 AM (RS7vk)
It used to be a rather positive experience now I perspire while dealing with the experience .
Posted by: willow at April 13, 2017 11:34 AM (4lrrm)
Once upon a time, there was this thing called the Constitution. And in this Constitution, there's this thing called the Fourth Amendment.
I'm not sure how, but Americans are now ok with total strangers, high school dropouts, working for the Airline Industrial Complex, shining flashlights up their bungholes...
What a world.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 13, 2017 11:38 AM (TOk1P)
When is it we have to put off Our planned trips with obligations to give up a apid for ticket for the convenience of ____? anything else?
Posted by: willow at April 13, 2017 11:39 AM (4lrrm)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:40 AM (n0D40)
Posted by: nsirchov at April 13, 2017 11:00 AM (1TcdB)
Slimy lawyers exist because once in a while, they are needed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2017 11:41 AM (0deF2)
--
He is a scam artist
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:40 AM
----------
I agree completely. But then again, so is United AND the City of Chicago. (not necessarily in this instance, just in general)
Posted by: irright at April 13, 2017 11:45 AM (pMGkg)
Posted by: Tami at April 13, 2017 11:46 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: nsirchov at April 13, 2017 11:00 AM (1TcdB)
no I am on the side of americans in general, you or I. we didn't do 911 but WE are treated as if We did. and I expect a service that I pay for . not to be considered only at the convenience after they got my cash and they may renege on Their obligation for Their convenience.
Posted by: willow at April 13, 2017 11:47 AM (4lrrm)
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:48 AM (n0D40)
This has been the process for decades. You want me to list other inconveniences of life and how normal people handle them?
Posted by: Jack Sock at April 13, 2017 11:48 AM (jl269)
IIRC the Mint guy publicly declared Trump Voters non-grata a few threads ago.
Posted by: DaveA at April 13, 2017 11:48 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Mortimer - FINISH HER ! at April 13, 2017 11:50 AM (5FLKM)
and right I have given up flying because of their behavior . not my own.
others cannot do so Because their obligations Must be met and this is possibly their only avenue.
respect goes both way.
Posted by: willow at April 13, 2017 11:50 AM (4lrrm)
No need to play nice.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy
Because the publicity magically stops when lawyers do what makes people hate lawyers.
Posted by: The clown at April 13, 2017 11:50 AM (326rv)
Posted by: biancaneve at April 13, 2017 11:52 AM (A/iod)
Posted by: willow at April 13, 2017 11:52 AM (4lrrm)
Posted by: psych495 at April 13, 2017 11:20 AM
Now that I look at the painting again, I'm struck by how much she looks like my friend's little girl at that age, when she was all dolled up in the traditional Azorean garb for some cultural dance event.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 13, 2017 11:52 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: willow at April 13, 2017 11:52 AM (4lrrm)
Posted by: DaveA at April 13, 2017 11:53 AM (FhXTo)
Yes Tami. It happens all the time. People fake falls, fake back injuries, do self harm for drugs or cash. All the time.
Posted by: ThunderB at April 13, 2017 11:48 AM (n0D40)
So I guess the blood coming out of his mouth as they dragged him down the aisle was fake too. Probably had one of those packs they use in the movies...he carried it just in case the airline had to force him off the plane. He bit it just in time for those filming to catch it.
Posted by: Tami at April 13, 2017 11:57 AM (Enq6K)
He's doing a shit job of enforcing it.
Posted by: Robert Crawford at April 13, 2017 11:58 AM (wKLtz)
Posted by: DaveA at April 13, 2017 11:48 AM (FhXTo)
Yeah, he did. Guess what? I get his product for free, and don't "donate". If I had to buy it, I'd reconsider.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 13, 2017 12:02 PM (0deF2)
Posted by: nsirchov at April 13, 2017 11:00 AM (1TcdB)
Keep pretending that the airline process is somehow wondrously better than people know it to be.
Yes, this guy is a walking shitshow. He's no Ghandi. Then again, neither was Ghandi.
Posted by: The clown at April 13, 2017 12:23 PM (326rv)
O.K. But the PLANT is Hyacinthoides non-scripta.
Greetings from the Gardening Thread, Bluebell.
Posted by: KT at April 13, 2017 12:24 PM (qahv/)
Posted by: KT at April 13, 2017 12:25 PM (qahv/)
I have been told, by art instructors, to read the symbolism of the young "girl with broken vase" as depicting unhappily-lost virginity.
http://tinyurl.com/llw45ry
There's this obviously-pedophilic take on the broken vase, by another artist:
http://tinyurl.com/k2qk9yy
And here is another Bougereau with the same vase:
http://tinyurl.com/n24j5z8
It's just something to be aware of. None of these painstakingly painted works have any accidental symbolism.
Posted by: Cameo_Appearance at April 13, 2017 01:12 PM (nb404)
That sounds like a lot of pomo gobbledygook to me.
Bouguereau is known for his transcendentally sublime paintings of the Blessed Mother. He has no peer in presenting and executing that subject matter in 3-D.
I'm an artist - trained in painting, sculpture and illustration. I graduated a 4 year art school with new im0proved skills but also the realization that most art professors are unrepentant perverts. So it's no surprise to me that the links you reference are about dirty talk rather than just the technique and craft of painting.
Sometimes a broken vase is just a broken vase.
Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2017 01:42 PM (kD8Fh)
Posted by: The Beer Whisperer at April 13, 2017 01:47 PM (KSL35)
It was pretty straightforward, really, but nothing that you are required to agree with. I agree that his work is gorgeous.
Painting the Blessed Virgin Mary isn't a proof, though. We have enough instances of debauched homosexuals who nevertheless painted sublime religious art.
Posted by: Cameo_Appearance at April 13, 2017 02:01 PM (nb404)
Posted by: Shoey at April 13, 2017 02:15 PM (jiQjN)
Probably makes me a philistine, or whatever they call people who are not fully appreciative of a poorly painted black square.
Posted by: motionview at April 13, 2017 02:52 PM (pYQR/)
Posted by: Cameo_Appearance at April 13, 2017 02:01 PM (nb404)
Who for example?
In any case, Bougeuareau was a devout Catholic whose oeuvre was an expression of his spiritual beliefs:
"Bougeaureau viewed his art as a form of worship of God and His most beloved creation, mankind."
https://tinyurl.com/m524cgz
(I'm not sure why you had to include the modifier "debauched' before the word homosexual though.)
Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2017 03:09 PM (kD8Fh)
Speaking of critics, I got the following comment about a piece of mine: "It has a unique quality of gestural solidity which makes the sculpture appear both stable and ethereal." I think it's a compliment.
As for criticism of Rockwell, I thought it was funny that when I took my parents and one of my brothers to see a traveling exhibit of his work, it was packed. A report said it was one of the most popular exhibits, and I could tell why. People were responding to the paintings, and most of them were too young to have ever seen the Saturday Post or have seen them in the context of just illustrations.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 13, 2017 03:14 PM (fxCK2)
-Religiosity is not an argument against pedophilia.
-Not all homosexuals are debauched. Some are sexually continent, as practicing Christians.
-I linked to three paintings. No dirty writing, no pomo revisionism. Just the paintings.
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Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)