A Fretful Porpentine

Rose B. Simpson — “Tonantzin” (ceramic, steel, leather, brass, 2021)

a traditional monastic post-lunch nap

Details, Starting Out After Rail, Thomas Eakins, 1874

From: “prehistoric art and ancient art of the Near East” by Batterberry, Ariane Ruskin ; 1971.

Bowl, slip-painted, 'coloured engobe ware. Buff earthenware, with rounded sides and everted rim. on a raised flat base. The vessel is entirely covered on both sides by a manganese purple ground-slip on which the decoration was painted in white, then coated with a transparent and colourless lead glaze which nevertheless gives a pronounced greenish colour to the white design. The decoration represents a large and stylized bird within a circle. In the remaining areas are panels, dots and eyes in white. A series of festoons with tiny dots decorates the rim.

Vimes, punching the wall: AARGH he’s so heartless and calculating and doesn’t care about anyone >:(

'Cosmic Energy'. Remedios Varo. 1956.

source www.clevelandart.org

from The Penn Museum

Boltraffio, one of Leonardo da Vinci's most gifted pupils, inherited from his master the ability to transform observation into psychological mystery. The delicate sfumato softens every contour, dissolving the boundary between flesh and atmosphere.

Narcissus admiring his reflection in a fountain, from 'Le Roman de la Rose', c. 1340

Ammoknight

British Museum 1860,0404.38