la vie après la mort

“May I have this dance?“ 

Winter Landscape, Museum of the Netherlands

For this winter landscape, Koekkoek chose a hilly region in Gelderland or the German region of the Lower Rhine. Unlike his imposing forest views, this is a peaceful scene, with men pausing beside a sled laden with brushwood and vegetables. A panorama stretches out through the mist in the distance. The painting shows tranquil view of nature on a winter’s day, a world blanketed in a layer of pristine snow.

AMONG THE GRASS IN MOVIES

Harriet (2019) dir. Kasi Lemmons

At Eternity’s Gate (2018) dir. Julian Schnabel 

Lean on Pete (2017) dir. Andrew Haigh 

Maurice (1987) dir. James Ivory

Marie Antoinette (2006) dir. Sofia Coppola

by Itō Jakuchū, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Rogers Fund, 1925 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Tuck your finger right here please 

The goodest buoy 

Helmet, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor

Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Iron, brass, gold