Creativity takes Courage

L'Aurore, William-Adolphe Bouguereau. 1881.

The tailors at Colonial Williamsburg made a suit for their cat

“Unfortunately for me there was a hole through the floor close to the fireplace, just large enough for the cat to pass down; after making some efforts to get rid of the clothes, and failing, pussy descended through the hole and disappeared; the floor was tight and the house underpinned with brick, so there was no chance of pursuit. I consoled myself with a hope that the cat would extricate itself from its incumbrance, but not so; night came and I had made on a good fire and seated myself for some two or three hours after dark, when who should make their appearance but my master and mistress and two young men, all in good humor, with two or three bottles of rum. After all were seated around the fire, who should appear amongst us but the cat in his uniform. I was struck speechless, the secret was out and had no chance of concealing; the cat was caught, the whole work inspected and the question asked, is this your day’s work? I was obliged to answer in the affirmative; I would then have been willing to take a good whipping, and let it stop there, but no, to complete my mortification the clothes were carefully taken off the cat and hung up in the shop for the inspection of all customers that came in.”

It incorporates various materials like marble, jasper, bronze, paint, and stucco, with its use of light and mixed materials potentially influenced by Bernini's Cathedra Petri in St Peter's Basilica, Rome.

the benches need to have backs!

Erin Fetherston Spring/Summer 2015 Details!

Some illustrations from ‘An Introduction to Astronomy’ by Rev. John Davis (1868).

Yeșil Mosque in Turkey

Joli Poli | Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week

Peer reviewed tags wonderfully said

He can't keep getting away with this 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

(this is probably somewhat related to my other favourite genre of painting, Husband With Multiple Kids Making Come Hither Eyes At His Wife)

The left is “the busy father” by Theodore Weber, the right one is “At the china repairer’s “ by Wenzel Tornoe. All dads who are actively involved in childcare and a painter who thought it was a cute topic rather than anything ridiculous.

Italian Winegrower And His Daughter by Francesco Baratta (1590-1666)

Marie-Geneviève Bouliard,Monsieur Olive & family 1791

alla mingalёva

Charlotta Maria Hauksdotti,

Persephone and Hades tending the soil after a harvest in order to ensure the bounty of the following year's harvest, maintaining the cycle of death and rebirth.