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SUFFER FOR YOUR ART

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Silence, Odilon Redon

Medium: oil,canvas

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Stefano Maderno (1576-1636) “The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia” (1600) Marble Located in the Church of St. Cecilia, Rome, Italy

Tradition has it that the statue represents the position in which St Cecilia’s body was found.

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The Labyrinth - Sylvia Pardo

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Selene by Jules Lous Machard

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Miquel Carbonell i Selva - Safo

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Happy birthday to Ansel Adams, born on this day in 1902. Adams, who is perhaps best known for his landscape photography, was a lifelong advocate for the U.S. National Park system. 

“Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park”, 1937 (negative); 1976–77 (print), by Ansel Adams © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust 

“Redwoods, Richardson Grove, Northern California,” 1940 (negative); 1976–79 (print), by Ansel Adams © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust 

“Monument Valley, Arizona,” 1958 (negative); 1976 (print), by Ansel Adams © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust 

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Roberto Ferri - L'Angelo, La Morte e Il Diavolo

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Dacia Maraini, tr. by Tim Vode, from “Dreams of Clytemnestra,” wr. c. 1994

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Chitipati. Tibet. Tibet circa 1700

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William Mortensen. Mary Mother of Jesus 1926. Portrait of Dorothy Cumming

See also

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Dacia Maraini, tr. by Tim Vode, from “Dreams of Clytemnestra,” wr. c. 1994

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John Emmet Sheridan (1877-1948), “Sunday Magazine”, April 1, 1906 Source

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‘Birds of a Feather’, “Sunday Magazine”, May 3, 1908 Source

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Raphael von Ambros

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“Mir iskusstva”, 1902 Source

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The call of the stars. 1919.

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