The Biscuit Tree

[theartgeeks]

Going to Work, 1853 ~ Jean-Francois Millet

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Four Sheep, Peter Kinley, 1970

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After Lunch, Patrick Caulfield, 1975

(via 'After Lunch', Patrick Caulfield | Tate)

[thevictorianist-blog]

Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway is an oil painting by the 19th century British painter J. M. W. Turner. This painting was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844, though it may have been painted earlier. The Great Western Railway (GWR) was one of a number of private British railway companies created to develop the new means of transport. GWR’s aim was initially to connect Bristol with London; its chief engineer was Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The location of the painting is widely accepted as Maidenhead Railway Bridge, across the River Thames between Taplow and Maidenhead. The view is looking east towards London.

The title follows the Turner pattern of ‘nature first’ in his titles. A tiny hare appears in the bottom right corner of the painting. Some have interpreted the hare running ahead of the train as a suggestion to the limits of technology. Others believe the rabbit is running in fear of the new machinery and Turner meant to hint at the danger of man’s new technology destroying the inherent sublime elements of nature.

The painting is now in the collection of the National Gallery, London, England.

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Untitled by Anish Kapoor at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta (that's Beckie Barrett and Kara Bride in the reflection)  This amazing disk of angular mirror shards is based on fractal geometry and also serves as a sound amplification device.  My three favorite subjects: math, science and art all in one.

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L'Egypte by Joseph Cornell

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Frida Kahlo's My Dress Hangs There

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John Singleton Copley's The Return of Neptune