Men, Life And Art

A little bit of everything

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clark gallagher

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Unknown Artist, China, Qing Dynasty (1636-1912).

[yanushkaa]

It’s all about pink

[no-ones-stupid-gallery]

Caravaggio (Italian, 1571-1610) - David With The Head of Goliath, 1605. Oil on Canvas. 125 cm x 101 cm.

[artsidebyside]

Mary Cassatt, In the Loge (1878)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, La Loge (The Theatre Box) (1874)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, At the Theatre (La Première Sortie) (1876-77)

[dailyrothko]

𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled, 1968

Acrylic on paper mounted on masonite 99.5 × 65.5 cm.

Colección Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo

© 1998 by Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

I could not find this in the archives, and given tumblr, the idea that a search might not be perfect would not be surprising. However if we've got it it's definitely not this picture of it. So I'm glad to have it as it is even though it is not a super huge scan, it has its charms.

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Fire Island Pines, Polaroids: 1975-1983 - Tom Bianchi

Mitchell Nugent

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[memories-of-ancients]

Silver bull's head furniture decoration with lapis lazuli and shell eyes, city of Ur, Sumer, circa 2450 BC

from The Penn Museum

[adonisdreamson]

At the end of my one-to-one session with Coach we were both sweaty, and my shorts were doing nothing to disguise the fact that all parts of me were 'pumped up'. Coach, seeing my state of excitement, pulled off his shorts, turned round, bent over, and said hoarsely? "Looks like there are some muscles you still need to exercise, kid, here's your chance!" Who was I to refuse that firm, hairy and apparently willing ass? I expect Coach and I are going to be scheduling a whole lot more one-on-one sessions in the future...

[memories-of-ancients]

Gilded silver figurine of a bishop, crafted by Hans von Reutlingen of Aachen, Germany, circa 1510

from The MET

[thecollectibles]

Bougie Cat & Ghost by Lane Brown

[worldhistoryfacts]

In the Greek sources, the Scythians are often out there on the fringes of civilization, elusive and unknowable. The Greeks liked to portray them as barbarian foils who revealed the essential nature of Greek civilization. But what can we really know about the Scythians and their way of life?

We can see the prevalence of horses in their art:

And, in fact, all sorts of animals:

We can see their interaction with the Greeks, too, in the goods that the two societies exchanged:

For much more on the Scythians as portrayed by others and themselves, read this week's newsletter:

The Scythians Are Still Elusive

Steppe nomads through the eyes of others

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Frost (1875) by Claude Monet

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Fishing Boats at Honfleur (1868) by Claude Monet