#olive branches

[chasingrainbowsforever]

~ Green | White | Gray ~

[preraphaelitepaintings]

Portrait of Mary Emma Jones

Artist: Emma Sandys (British, 1834-1877)

Date: 1874

Medium: Oil on board

Collection: Property of a Private Collector

Description

Recently rediscovered, the present portrait depicts Mary Emma Jones, Emma's sister-in-law, who modeled for many of Frederick's works including Perdita (Lloyd Webber Collection) and Proud Maisie (Victoria & Albert Museum). This portrait bears all the hallmarks of Emma's mature style, and shows the level of sophistication the genre achieved during the 1860s and 1870s.

[artandthebible]

Entry of Christ into Jerusalem

Artist: Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Flemish, 1502–1550)

Date: c. 1530

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: The Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, Netherlands

Description

The triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem. Two-sided painting, that used to be a shutter of a large Passion retable, now dismantled. Other panels from this retable are now in Trier, Berlin, Cape Town and Lisbon. On the reverse is a painting of Saint Trudo, which links the retable to Sint-Truiden Abbey.

In the foreground, several figures are cheering Christ on his entry into Jerusalem on a donkey. The Mount of Olives, where Jesus and his disciples have come from can be seen in the distance. The painting gives a very lively impression. The movement in the composition, along with the abundance of human figures and the bright, fresh colours create an exuberant whole. A striking element of this painting is the unusual contortion of the figures. The architecture of the city wall works like a sort of stage set for the scene in the foreground.

John 12:12-13 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! ” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”“Blessed is the king of Israel!”

[starspirittheangeldragon]

“Name one hero who was happy.”

I painted another egg! This time themed to The Song of Achilles! Close up details under the cut!

[grits-gal-raised-in-the-south]

I thought she changed, then she dogpiled on Kate, then cried, now wash, rinse, & repeat SPIN Cycle

In 2020 we watched as Kinsey Schofield provided online news agencies with all the "talking points" from the noprah liefest.

Lately, the more Kinsey speaks, the more she reveals that she won't sever her original allegiance to Sparry & the wife.

Like good narcissists, Sparry and the wife intend to use the UK Inflictus events to exploit the wounded & "hoover" and torment Sparry's family.

Even during "kategate" Kinsey (like the others) pretended to have "inside info" but she was actually finessing roya's reports.

It's sickening the way the press is determined to push Sparry back into the fold. Unfortunately over the next 4-12 weeks we'll witness the implementation of yet another Sussex scheme to grift off the veterans to gain fame & fortune. The board and trustees at Invictus should hang their heads in shame for allowing the so-called "patron" to repeatedly play these sick PR games off the backs of donors, tax payers, and wounded warriors.

"Frogmore Cottage is empty!"---MEgain's alias continues her appeal to the press for a royal residence. They are grifters.

From the Comments

[thunderstruck9]

Louise Bourgeois (French/American, 1911-2010), Rameaux d’Olivier [Olive Branches], 2002. Lithograph in colors on wove paper, 40.5 x 30 cm. Edition 137/146

[robby-l-keene]

Text to Johnny (Private)

Hey Dad,

So I’ve been thinking and it seems as though the fights we’ve been been fighting for the past few weeks, or months really haven’t been our fights. Well, they’ve been our fights, but not our fight, if that makes sense.

So how about when we let everyone else fight their own battles? No more of this he did this, she said that, they did thing. When we meet this afternoon, let’s meet with a clean slate and from now own, only start fights with each other if the words used are ‘I did’ or ‘you did’. I think there would be a lot less of them that way.

What do you say?

P. S. (Yes, I know, sending this in a text is a pussy move but I just didn’t want another fight. And I love you.)

@everyonesfavoritegoldenboy

[gemma-antiqua]

Ancient Greek golden olive wreath, dated to the mid 4th century BCE. The wreath originates from the Bosporan kingdom in the northern Black Sea region and is currently located in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.