LE CHAT NOIR

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My day starts with making the bed, and I’ve discovered that if I can complete this one task, the rest follow with barely a complaint. This is the principle of Might As Well. I made the bed, so might as well do the dishes, and shower, and take some blog photos, and get back to that bit of writing. Might As Well is the queen of forces: Never underestimate its power, for it is singular in its capacity to motivate while maintaining the lowest of low-key profiles—you get stuff done practically without noticing. You got out of bed, so you might as well have a productive day.

Sarah Galo, Freelance Writer, New York City.

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Susan Valadon, The Blue Room, 1923

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Paula Modersohn Becker, Self Portrait with Necklace, 1905

P.B appreciation post

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Paula Modersohn-Becker, Self Portrait, Age 30, 1906

So, I’m studying the fascinating life of P.B in German Expressionism as part of my special subject this year. 

Paula Modersohn Becker leaves her artist’s community in Worpswede, German (and her husband) for Paris in 1905. She is the first person in the history of Western art to depict a full frontal female nude which completely eschew sexual/pornographic readings. In Modersohn-Becker’s paintings, female models and female artist come together to turn gender roles on their heads, ridding painting of the male gaze and creating a revolutionary place for women in the history of art. 

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Eric Gill, 1951

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Winter - Keiko Minami, 1955

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Faces - Svetlana, 2015

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Marcel Duchamp

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Elaine de Kooning.

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View of the Himalayan Foothills, Nicholas Roerich

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CHIHIRO KABATA DARKNESS 2, 2013 BALLPOINT ON INKJET PAPER 40 X 40 CM

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An illustration (of the oikoumene?) from Barthélémy l'Anglais' Livre des propriétés des choses, c. 1230. 

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hiatus

I’ve been on hiatus. But, I’ll be posting more regularly now.  P x

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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière, 1806, oil on canvas, 100 x 70 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Source

Caroline Rivière was the daughter of Philibert Rivière, a courtier to Napoleon. The fact that she died less than a year after this portrait was executed gives a melancholic feeling of lost youth to the painting.

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HIROJI KUBOTA China. Guilin. Huangshan Mountains. 1980 Aerial view of Li River and Mountains., 1980 China. Guangxi. 1980. Yangshuo., 1980 PHOTOGRAPH C-Print

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Sam, Andy Warhol

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Henri Matisse’s studio Nice, c.1952