#Louise Weber

[2t2r]

18 portraits de Louise Weber, La Goulue, reine de Montmartre au 19ème siècle

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18 portraits de Louise Weber, La Goulue, reine de Montmartre au 19ème siècle

[misscromwellsmonocle]

La Goulue (Photos: 1885-90)

Louise Weber, born on July 12, 1866, was a pivotal figure in the realm of can-can. The dance style gained immense popularity, particularly in Paris during the late 19th century. Louise, better known as La Goulue, quickly became an iconic figure of her time.

La Goulue (The Glutton) earned her stagename when she "dried the bottoms of glasses in cabarets." This audacious behavior became synonymous with her fame, contributing to her larger-than-life persona. Her vibrant personality shone both on and off the stage, captivating audiences with her performances filled with enthusiasm and charme.

Legend has it that during a wild performance, La Goulue caught sight of the Prince of Wales nestled between two wheels, as he had come incognito to enjoy the evening at the Moulin Rouge. She allegedly called out: "Are you paying for the champagne? Is it you who invites or is it your mother who treats?"

Her style of fashion was characterized by flamboyant outfits, featuring voluminous petticoats, feathery embellishments, and captivating corsets. She had perfected her leg kicks to such an extent that she could score with calculated glimpses: The insatiable dancer had embroidered a small red heart into the crotch of her slip, which became a sensation and a coveted reward for the gentlemen of her choice.

One can only imagine the scandals, buzz and gossip that surrounded her during the Belle Époque in Paris.

[theweebnextdoor]

Scar💋❤️‍🔥

Here is my other current KND oc, Scarlett Louise Weber! Or Scar for short as she's usually referred to by. Yes, she is an adult. She plays an important role to my main oc Robin. They aren't related but Scar has always been a cool aunt figure to Robin since she had been best friends with her mother. Scar has always thought of Robin as her niece, but now she is involved in the Delightful Children's lives and teams up with the other adult villains. More can be learned about her in my story but here are a few things to know about her.

Scar was never an operative when she was younger but she was aware of the kids organization so she remembers everything from back then

She did work for Robin's father who is an adult villian just to keep him in line but she had also helped out in their bakery; Whimsy's Delights

Scar can cook but for some reason she wasn't the best with baking

She's awkward around other kids being the kind to pass a crying baby back to their parents but when it comes to her own she would do anything for them

One of her favorite foods is steak but she also enjoys some Italian dishes

Scar is demisexual

Her alternate ego character that she disguises herself as is named Patricia Foster

There is another important detail about her, but I don't want to reveal it just yet even though it'll be hinted at. These are the only two ocs that I have mostly fleshed out but I'll probably have more in the future. Hope you like meeting Scar! Feel free to leave your thoughts on her. ❤️‍🔥

[spryfilm]

Series Trailer: “Monsieur Spade” (2024)

[perfettamentechic]

13 novembre … ricordiamo …

13 novembre … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2019: Yukihiro Takiguchi,  soprannominato Takki, attore, cantante e modello giapponese. Divenne soprattutto noto per il ruolo di rilievo svolto nella stagione 2006-07 per l’adattamento teatrale e musical dell’anime The Prince of Tennis. È morto a causa di un’insufficienza cardiaca. (n. 1985) 2018: Katherine MacGregor, attrice statunitense, è stata un’attrice statunitense, nota per aver…

[radiogornjigrad]

Mirna Weber: Epitaf (za Louise E. Glück*)

Epitaf (za Louise E. Glück*) . Jesi li mrtva zlato, ili se rastopio tvoj Teleskop*? Jesi li mrtva? Je li mrtav tvoj AirDrop*? Tvoje je grlo sasvim suho. Izdah k’o uzdah. Djela govore. Nije svejedno, al’ ipak jedno je sve. Ja brojim zvijezde. I prepjevah jednu, za Tebe, za Sve. . 13.10.2023. . *Teleskop – pjesma L. E. Glück *AirDrop – jednostavan, brz i siguran način prijenosa datoteka,…

[bikinibottomdayz]

DECEMBER 25, 2024 RELEASE

All my videos can be found here, full release under the read more! I am also offering the two Gypsy videos as a bundle for 30 USD! If interested, please contact me at bikinibottomtrading@gmail.com!

This release includes: Gypsy (first and last preview), Elf, Eureka Day, Hamilton

ELF November 22, 2024 | Broadway | 4K MP4 (8.85GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Grey Henson (Buddy), Kayla Davion (Jovie), Ashley Brown (Emily), Michael Hayden (Walter Hobbs), Sean Astin (Santa/Mr. Greenway), Kai Edgar (Michael), Jennifer Sánchez (Deb), Kalen Allen (Macy's Manager), Corinne C Broadbent (Mrs. Claus), J Savage (Ensemble), Michael Milkanin (Ensemble), Halli Toland (Ensemble), David Paul Kidder (Ensemble), Clifton Samuels (Ensemble) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of this modernized revival! Some obstruction when latecomers get seated, mostly in the first act and beginning of the second act. Some wandering / readjustment and unfocusing throughout. Includes curtain call, audio fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBSFuL | ASKING $20 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL JUNE 17, 2025

EUREKA DAY December 6, 2024 | Broadway (Previews) | 4K MP4 (6.88GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Amber Gray (Carina), Jessica Hecht (Suzanne), Bill Irwin (Don), Thomas Middleditch (Eli), Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz (Meiko) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of this new play! Some wandering and unfocusing throughout. Includes curtain call, audio fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBUkSw | ASKING $20 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL JUNE 17, 2025

GYPSY November 21, 2024 | Broadway (Previews) | 4K MP4 (11.81GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Audra McDonald (Rose), Danny Burstein (Herbie), Joy Woods (Louise), Jordan Tyson (June), Kevin Csolak (Tulsa), Lesli Margherita (Tessie Tura), Lili Thomas (Mazeppa), Mylinda Hull (Electra/Miss Cratchitt), Marley Lianne Gomes (Baby June), Jacob Ming-Trent (Uncle Jocko/Kringelein), Kyleigh Vickers (Baby Louise), Jade Smith (Uncle Jocko Kid), Jace Bentley (Carmichael/Newsboy), Brandon Burks (Georgie), Hunter Capellán (Uncle Jocko’s Kiddies), Tony d’Alelio (Little Rock), Summer Rae Daney (Balloon Girl), Kellie Jean Hoagland (Edna), Aliah James (Geraldine), Brittney Johnson (Agnes), Zachary Daniel Jones (Angie), Ethan Joseph (Uncle Jocko’s Kiddies), Andrew Kober (Mr. Goldstone/Cigar/Bourgeron-Cochon), Krystal Mackie (Thelma), James McMenamin (Weber/Pastey/Phil), Cole Newburg, Majo Rivero (Dolores), Sally Shaw (Marjorie May/Renée), Brendan Sheehan (Yonkers), Thomas Silcott (Pop), Jayden Theophile (Uncle Jocko’s Kiddies/Newsboy) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of this show’s first preview! There was a tech hold 53 minutes into Act One that is cut out. Minor railing and head obstruction cut off a little bit of action, mostly worked around well. Increased wandering / readjustment and unfocusing throughout. Includes curtain call, audio fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBSJVa | ASKING $20 USD OFFERED AS A $30 BUNDLE WITH DECEMBER 18, 2024 NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL JUNE 17, 2025

GYPSY December 18, 2024 (E) | Broadway (Previews) | 4K MP4 (11.16GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Audra McDonald (Rose), Danny Burstein (Herbie), Joy Woods (Louise), Jordan Tyson (June), Kevin Csolak (Tulsa), Lesli Margherita (Tessie Tura), Lili Thomas (Mazeppa), Mylinda Hull (Electra/Miss Cratchitt), Marley Lianne Gomes (Baby June), Jacob Ming-Trent (Uncle Jocko/Kringelein), Summer Rae Daney (Baby Louise), Jade Smith (Uncle Jocko Kid), Jace Bentley (Carmichael/Newsboy), Brandon Burks (Georgie), Hunter Capellán (Uncle Jocko’s Kiddies), Tony d’Alelio (Little Rock), Kyleigh Vickers (Balloon Girl), Sasha Hutchings (s/w Edna), Jordan Wynn (s/w Geraldine), Brittney Johnson (Agnes), Zachary Daniel Jones (Angie), Ethan Joseph (Uncle Jocko’s Kiddies), Andrew Kober (Mr. Goldstone/Cigar/Bourgeron-Cochon), Krystal Mackie (Thelma), James McMenamin (Weber/Pastey/Phil), Cole Newburg, Majo Rivero (Dolores), Sally Shaw (Marjorie May/Renée), Brendan Sheehan (Yonkers), Thomas Silcott (Pop), Jayden Theophile (Uncle Jocko’s Kiddies/Newsboy) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of the production’s final preview! The far right is a bit obstructed but worked around very well. Very minor head obstruction on the bottom that blocks very little. Some wandering / readjustment and unfocusing throughout. Includes curtain call, audio fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBVz94 | ASKING $20 USD OFFERED AS A $30 BUNDLE WITH NOVEMBER 21, 2024 NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL JUNE 17, 2025

HAMILTON January 5, 2024 | Broadway | 4K MP4 (11.06GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Miguel Cervantes (Alexander Hamilton), Alysha Deslorieux (Eliza Hamilton), Jared Dixon (Aaron Burr), Jennie Harney-Fleming (Angelica Schuyler), Tamar Greene (George Washington), Kyle Scatliffe (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Ebrin R. Stanley (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Thayne Jasperson (u/s John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Yana Perrault (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Jarrod Spector (King George III), Alexander Ferguson (James Reynolds/Philip Schuyler/Doctor), Roddy Kennedy (s/w Samuel Seabury), Adam Ali-Perez (s/w Charles Lee), Robert Walters (s/w George Eacker) Notes: Great 4K capture of Thayne as Laurens! Filmed between heads so there is obstruction on the far sides (mostly on the right) that is worked around well. Semi-frequent brief blackouts from the people in front leaning towards each other. Beginning of Act Two is VERY messy, doesn’t really get settled until Take A Break. Includes curtain call, audio is fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB9o9v | ASKING $18 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL JUNE 17, 2025

[chic-a-gigot]

L'Art et la mode: journal de la vie mondaine, no. 28, vol. 15, 14 juillet 1894, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France

Principaux Collaborateurs: Louise Abbema. • Bac. • G. de Billy. • Clermont-Gallerande. • Cordova. • Debat-Ponsan. • Detaille. • Fournery. • G. Fraipont. • Gélibert. • H. Gerbault. • Lhermitte. • Marais. • Mars • Henri Pille. • Rochegrosse. • M. de Solar. • Wagrez. • Zwiller.

Principaux Collaborateurs: Jean Alesson. • Paul Bonhomme. • Henri de Bornier. • P. de Cantelaus. • Louis Collas. • Fr. Coppée. • E. Daudet. • Louis Enault. • Henry Fouquier. • H. Gourdon de Genouillac. • Houff. Arséne Houssaye. • H. de Kérohant. • Pierre Mael. • Jean de Nivelle. • Marcel Prévost. • Bne de Spare. • E. Stoullig.

Sommaire du Numéro 28:

Art et Chiffons, par la baronne de Spare. Dessins de M. de Solar. Gazette héraldique, par H. Gourdon de Genouillac. Suzanne Herbain (suite), par Edouard Cadol. Dessin de Paride Weber. Silhouettes et Médaillons (La Reine de Portugal), par Louis Énault. Garden Party. Dessin de M. de Solar. Les Pierres rares, fines ou précieuses (suite), par la baronne Staffe. La Jolie Bouquetière. Dessin de Coëssin de la Fosse. Fantaisies parisiennes (Nos Maîtres), par Paul Bonhomme. Cerf au pacage. Dessin de E. Gridel. Uni Panique. Dessin de Made. A travers les théâtres, par Edmond Stoullig. Dessin de C. Sylvain. Toilettes pour bains de mer. Dessin de M. de Solar. Les Drôleries de la Semaine, par Maurice Marais. Chronique financière, par Bonconseil.

Prix de numéro: 1 franc; avec gravure coloriée: 1 fr. 25.

A l'Etranger, le port en sus.

Un numéro tous les samedis.

On s'abonne aux bureaux de l'Art et la Mode, dans tous les bureaux de Poste et dans toutes les grandes librairies de l'Etranger.

Voir en haut de la dernière page, les conditions d'abonnement.

Rue Halévy, no. 8, en face l'Opéra.

[klaus1964b]

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) "La Goulue Arriving at the Moulin Rouge with Two Women" (1892) - La Goulue, actually called Louise Weber (1870-1929), was the most successful can-can dancer of her time. She appeared at the Moulin de la Galette, the Alcazar, the Elysée-Montmartre, the Jardin de Paris, and later especially at the Moulin Rouge, frequently with Valentin the Contortionist, her partner in the quadrille. She was given her nickname as a result of her uncontrolled appetite (goulue = greedy).

[theriddletrades]

GYPSY - BROADWAY - JANUARY, 2025

Gypsy | Broadway (5th Revival) | 2025, January M | MP4 (12.46 GB, 2160p) | The Riddle’s master Cast: Audra McDonald (Rose), Danny Burstein (Herbie), Joy Woods (Louise), Jordan Tyson (June), Kevin Csolak (Tulsa), Lesli Margherita (Tessie Tura), Lili Thomas (Mazeppa), Mylinda Hull (Electra/Miss Cratchitt), Jade Smith (Baby June), Kyleigh Vickers (Baby Louise), Jacob Ming-Trent (Uncle Jocko/Kringelein), Summer Rae Daney (Balloon Girl), Marley Gomes (Uncle Jocko Kid), Jordan Wynn (s/w Agnes), Majo Rivero (Dolores), Sally Shaw (Marjorie May/Renéee), Brendan Sheehan (Yonkers), Thomas Silcott (Pop), Jace Bently (Carmichael/Newsboy), Brandon Burkes (Georgie), Tony d'Alelio (Little Rock), Kellie Jean Hoagland (Edna), Aliah James (Geraldine), Zachary Daniel Jones (Angie), Andrew Kober (Mr. Goldstone/Cigar/Bougeron-Cochon), Krystal Mackie (Thelma), James McMenamin (Pastey/Weber/Phil), Hunter Capellán (Uncle Jocko’s Kiddie), Ethan Joseph (Uncle Jocko’s Kiddie/Newsboy), Jayden Theophile (Uncle Jocko’s Kiddie/Newsboy)

Notes: Excellent 4k capture of this beautiful revival.  Filmed with a mix of mostly wides and mediums to capture choreography and the gorgeous character work.  Has some issues with washout in some wide shots.  A few heads appear near the bottom of the screen that don’t really affect visibility except occasionally blocking off performer’s feet, though they obstruct slightly more when performers step out onto the passerelle.  Only occasional issues with tilt at times, and occasionally the video has some issues with horizontal bars appearing over the footage because my camera did not play nicely with the lighting in some scenes.   These ultimately do not ruin the picture but can be distracting, along with minor moments of unfocusing.  The beginning of both acts are messy due to usher activity, particularly Act 2, which is back to normal starting in the middle of Together (Wherever We Go).  Overall, a really stunning capture with some beautiful closeups.  Audra is beyond incredible, absolutely inimitable.

NFT DATE: AUGUST 1, 2025 Sales only until NFT date; price is $20

please fill out this form if interested! Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBZ5XY

[coulisses-onirisme]

La Goulue : reine du Moulin Rouge, féministe et anti-conformiste

Son "coup de cul" l'a faite icône de la Belle Epoque et du French cancan, mais pas seulement. La Goulue - derrière ce surnom, Louise Weber rejetait les conventions imposées à ses contemporaines. Muse et amante de Toulouse Lautrec et grande gueule du gai Montmartre, elle a surtout vécu en femme libre, à une époque où cette liberté n'était réservée qu'aux hommes.

[opera-ghosts]

„GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG“ R. WAGNER „Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort…!“ Brünnhilde's immolation scene

Felia Litvinne as Brünnhilde; Brussels, 1902(?)

Louise Grandjean as Brünnhilde; Paris, 1902

Minna Tube as Brünnhilde; Graz, 1920

Ellen Gulbranson as Brünnhilde; Bayreuth, 1914

Josephine Reinl as Brünnhilde; Berlin, ?

Henny Borchers as Brünnhilde; Breslau, ?

Zdenka Fassbender as Brünnhilde; Munich, ?

Gertrud Rünger as Brünnhilde; Munich, ?

Lilly Hafgren-Waag (-Dinkela) as Brünnhilde; Milan, 1927

Margot Kaftal as Brünnhilde; Rome, ?

Jeanne Paquot D'Assy as Brünnhilde; Brussels, ?

Paula Florentin-Weber as Brünnhilde; Magdeburg, ?

Marta Fuchs as Brünnhilde, Bayreuth, ?

Lotte Burck as Brünnhilde; Milan, 1936

Anny Konetzni as Brünnhilde; Vienna, 1937

Fanny Wahrmann-Schöllinger as Brünnhilde; Hannover, 1926

[detournementsmineurs]

Tombe de Louise Weber dite La Goulue "créatrice du French Cancan" (1866-1929) au Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, février 2024.

[theweebnextdoor]

Operation: S.E.C.R.E.T.S

Sunnie☀️: Started this story sometime last year but decided to start posting the chapters on here as well. Hope you enjoy the chaotic adventures my ocs go through and be able to get to know them a little more.

Operation: S.E.C.R.E.T.S

Sector

Enlisting

Child

Recruit

Ensures

Trouble

Surfaces

A new girl claiming to be family shows up on the Uno's doorstep but not everything is as it seems as she trains to be an operative. Meanwhile, an adult with a connection to this child becomes involved in the DCFDTL's lives as trouble ensues.

Chapter 1: Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Uno's Door

The evening had been quiet minus a few lousy villains trying to sneak into the treehouse. Thankfully their defense system made sure to alert that someone was on the property and was immediately dealt with. It wasn't too much for one kid to handle himself seeing how all his teammates were in their own respective homes on a school night but he could do without the minor annoyances. Things would quiet down soon but he wanted to be able to update the computer system of some of the newer villains they had fought recently. Even if they had defeated those adults and they weren't a threat at the time there was a good chance they would strike again soon enough so they had to collect as much information on their enemies to ensure another victory by the Kids Next Door. From now on there will be no more distractions.

DISTRACTION DETECTED!!

Dropping his clipboard in surprise, the boy groaned that it was the phone of all things interrupting him. Not wanting to hear it keep ringing he rolled his chair to the other side of the computer and picked up his phone, telling himself that it had better be important. "Hello?"

"Oh, good! So glad you picked up Nigel, honey!"

"Mom? I told you not to call me unless it was an emergency and besides I'm very busy trying to-"

"You'll consider it an emergency if you don't hurry down here and eat your dinner before it gets cold, young man! We're going to spend some family time together."

The boy knew he wouldn't be able to get out of it. Sure he could refuse and just find something to eat in the treehouse once he was finished with his work but he would be in trouble for not listening when he did finally go downstairs. Hearing that there was a dessert after was enough to convince him to stop his work for now but he would be sure to return once he had been full and satisfied.

"Okay, okay I'll be down in five minutes." He sighed as he began saving the information he had already typed up as he held his handmade phone between his ear and shoulder so he could hear his mother speak.

"Wonderful! We'll wait for you until you come down. Love you, honey!"

"Love you too, Mom," Nigel muttered before hanging up. He sighed as he made sure the defense system would stay on while he left the base of his treehouse. It was highly unlikely that there would be any more unwanted visitors for tonight but he couldn't be too careful. Once everything seemed to be in order, he made his way to the elevator and hit the button for house level.

"Ugh, the things I'll do for cherry pie." He put his head in his hand in slight disbelief at himself as the doors closed.

Like his mother had said his parents had waited for him, welcoming him as he sat down. Nigel said hello to his parents before beginning to tune them halfway out as he focused on his food instead. He picked up a spoonful of mashed potatoes with gravy, making sure to push his asparagus away. No way he was going to let those vile things contaminate the rest of his dinner more than it already had.

His father talked about another fishing trip they could take next weekend and he only got a few bites in before the doorbell rang, setting off an alarm system he had his teammate install. Jumping from his seat, Nigel made his way to the door before one of his parents could get there first. In case it was another adult villain he would be sure to deal with them with one of the weapons he kept hidden in the house. When he did open the door the alarm shut off and he was ready to question what the person wanted but grew confused when a woman he never saw before with long black hair stood at their doorstep.

"Oh! Um, hello young man but are either of your parents home?" She seemed like she didn't expect a kid to answer the door so he could guess that she didn't come here on Kids Next Door business but still raised a brow at her as he answered that they were.

"Nigel ol' boy, don't just stand there. See what the nice lady wants." His dad had left the table to see what was happening, only to find his son glaring at some woman in a pantsuit. He didn't know what he was going to do with that boy.

"Hello sir, are you by any chance a man named Monty Uno?"

"Why, yes I am." He answered and Nigel stepped to the side to observe. "Is there a problem of any kind I can help you with?"

"My name is Patricia Foster. I work for social services and it has come to our attention that you have a long-lost relative in the system that has been orphaned recently and it states that we track down any potential family members to see if they would be willing to take the child in even if temporary or else they will remain in foster care until further notice. No decisions have to be made right away but I have brought the child here with me so you could meet her in person."

Stepping to the side, Patricia showed that there was indeed a child standing behind her who looked up at the man with a sheepish smile as she took one of the hands resting behind her back and gave a little wave.

Both Nigel and his father stood there not saying anything for a moment. Neither one was sure how to properly take the information in. Finally, Monty called for his wife over his shoulder, hoping that she could help address the situation.

"Jen dear, could you please come in here for a moment?"

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They were all seated in the living room with Nigel sitting on the couch next to his parents while they looked through some of the paperwork that this Patricia woman was showing them. He tried to sneak glances but his main attention kept going back to the girl sitting on the ottoman on the other side of their coffee table. They were supposed to be related in some way? She had been observing what the adults were doing as well and when she went to move a strand of brown hair behind her ear her eyes suddenly locked with his. Giving a little wave, she mouthed, "Hi" to him, and smiled when he awkwardly waved back.

"As you can see here it says that her dad's second cousin twice removed matched your info." Patricia passed the letter to Monty along with a document of a family tree showing that Nigel's father and this girl did share the same bloodline.

"I guess this is what we get for skipping out on your last few family reunions otherwise we might have already met-." Nigel's mom paused for a moment realizing she didn't catch the child's name and looked to her for an answer.

"My name is Robin. Robin Hughes." The girl answered, biting the inside of her cheek for a moment before speaking again. "So what happens now? Is this where I'll be living or will I have to keep staying in foster care?"

Monty and Jennifer could both hear the nervousness in Robin's voice and looked at each other wondering what on earth they should do. Everything checked out and this girl needed a proper living situation but could they take on another kid out of the blue like this?

"I think if Robin will be more comfortable knowing she's around family then she can have a place here with us. We'll do what we can to make the proper arrangements for this young lass."

"What? Dad don't you think this is all just a little too-" Nigel didn't get a chance to voice his opinion that he felt something was fishy about this whole thing as Robin suddenly jumped up.

"Really? Thank you so much! You don't know how much this means to me! I know this is a lot and I'm sorry to spring all of this on you.." Robin looked to her feet and shifted.

"I can drop Robin here off tomorrow along with the paperwork I will need you to sign claiming to be her new legal guardians." Patricia stood up from the chair and began organizing her copy of the files into her briefcase while Jen took Robin to the kitchen for a moment to get her a slice of pie to take with her.

"Dad, I'm not so sure about this. I'm all for helping out another kid. It's what I do but they don't just show up at your doorstep and suddenly start living with you this fast. At least I don't think they do.." He didn't know how all this was supposed to work but sharing his home with a girl they just met seemed a little weird.

"Nonsense, Nigel ol' bean." His father waved him off. "I know this will take some time to get used to but I'm sure you'll learn to love having a new playmate. You and she appear to be the same age so she'll even be in the same class as you."

"We'll need to make arrangements to have her enrolled in a new school but we'll worry about all of that once Robin has settled in here." Patricia closed her case, having gathered everything, and smoothed out her pants. "It was a pleasure to meet you, folks."

Patricia shook Monty's hand before saying that she was going to warm up the car and just have them send Robin out once she was finished.

Shutting the car door after slipping into the driver's seat, Patricia threw the briefcase in the back before reaching up towards the top of her head. Pulling on her hair it completely slipped off to show that it had been a wig this whole time and her natural red hair was pinned up underneath. Grabbing her phone she quickly began typing a number and spoke once she heard someone answer on the other end.

"Step one has been completed. She's in.."

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"So a total stranger is going to be staying in your house?" One of Nigel's best friends, Wally, questioned trying to understand the situation his leader was in even though it had been explained twice already.

"Maybe she will be our friend and I can invite her to my Happy Tea Time Rainbow Monkey Party!" The raven girl, Kuki, giggled to herself not paying attention to the eye roll Wally gave her.

"What did you say her name was again? Raven or something?" Hoagie questioned his friend as they neared the street the treehouse was on. It was after school now and they were walking home while Nigel told them to watch out for this girl when she arrived.

"Her name is Robin. At least that's what she claims to be called." Nigel responded, lifting his sunglasses as they began to slip further down the bridge of his nose. "I just don't get it. Yesterday I was an only child living with my parents and now today I have to share the space with my so-called long-lost- I want to say, Cousin?"

"Maybe you're thinking about this too much Numbuh 1. I mean you have a long-lost cousin on your mom's side and she's a member of the Kids Next Door." The dark-skinned girl of the group, Abigail, reminded him as she twirled a red lollipop between her fingers before putting it back in her mouth.

"Numbuh 10 didn't come to live with me in less than twenty-four hours of meeting her." Numbuh 1 pointed out to his second in command. "Don't you agree it's a little bizarre?"

"Maybe it is but Numbuh 5 thinks you're too tense even more. Ever since that last attack with the Delightful Children you've been a little on edge. I know you went through a lot and it took over a month for us to rebuild the tree house but you need to chill man. If this girl is your cousin and needs a place to crash then as members of the Kids Next Door, Numbuh 5 says we give her a chance and welcome her. She still is just a kid after all."

Numbuh 1 had to admit that Numbuh 5 was right. Maybe he was overthinking this too much. He had been even more suspicious of adults ever since transforming into one himself and having to face their greatest enemy so far. Father. There was no reason to take it out on a fellow kid.

"I suppose you make a good point Numbuh- Hey!"

The four members looked to their leader wondering what caught his attention all of a sudden. They followed his gaze ahead of them to see a car parked in front of his house. She was here already? Numbuh 1 motions for his teammates to follow him as he crept closer and stood on his tiptoes to peer through the side window. The others crowded around him trying to take a look as well. Nigel didn't see any signs of Robin. Only Patricia was sitting with his mom at the kitchen table; talking and laughing with a cup of coffee in each of their hands.

"Hey move it, would ya?!" Wally yelled, jumping to try and gain some height over his taller friends. He tried to elbow Hoagie to the side only for his friend to tell him to watch it and shove him back.

"Would you two knock it off?" Numbuh 1 warned moving the sleeves of Kuki's green sweater from his face while her chin rested atop his bald head, having hopped up on his back so she could get a good view too.

Numbuh 5 stood back with her arms crossed while the other four tried to squeeze around the window. If they kept at it the two women would hear them and see that they were trying to spy on them. Having finished her lollipop, Numbuh 5 pocketed the stick to throw away later when she saw a figure moving toward her friends. "Uh, guys?"

"Can someone just-!" To try and share the space Wally jumped on top of Hoagie but in doing so he made the other boy lose his balance and crash right into the other two, sending them all into a heap on the ground.

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"What was that?" Patricia questioned from inside, having heard a noise. Jen only shrugged with a smile before continuing her story.

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"Get off me!" Nigel lay face down beneath the weight of his friends trying to lift himself. He was able to prop his elbows when a pair of black shoes came into his field of vision and he looked up to see Robin standing over them with a box in her arms.

"What are you guys doing?"

"Oh! Um-." He began as he felt his teammates move their weights off him. "Nothing?"

Robin raised a brow at him then chuckled before shifting the box to one arm and offering her free hand to help him up. "Good to see you again Nigel." She smiled.

"It's good to see you too Robin." He responded before clearing his throat. "These are my friends." Nigel pointed his arm to the other four behind him. He introduced them each by name along with their respective Numbuhs 2 through 5 as they waved and gave hellos of their own. "And this is Robin. The girl I was telling you guys about."

"Spreading rumors about me already, eh Numbuh 1?" Robin joked using his codename that she learned.

"Ooh! Robin, your hair clips are so pretty! Can I try them on? Please! Please! Please!"

Robin turned to see the bubbly Japanese girl bouncing on her feet. She was the cutest thing but she didn't give in to her request.

"Sorry, Numbuh 3 no can do but thanks. They are pretty, aren't they?" She smiled, hovering her free hand over the clip that was pinned to the left side of her hair. It was merely a gold-colored barrette that mirrored the one on the right. They held importance and no one could wear them but her.

"What's that?" Nigel questioned, nodding towards the box that had 'Robin's Stuff' written on the side.

"Oh! Just the last of my belongings. Your dad is upstairs trying to make sure that the sofa bed still works." They didn't have another actual bed for her to use on such short notice but this would do for now.

"Hey, maybe once you're finished we can all hang out and get ice cream or something?" Numbuh 2 suggested, thinking that they were lucky to have such a cute girl staying here.

"I'm lactose intolerant but I'll take on your offer to hang out." Robin smiled, saying that she would be right back before turning and making her way back into the house.

"What does lacruz indolent mean?" Wally questioned out loud, completely mispronouncing the words.

With a sigh, Numbuh 5 corrected that it was lactose intolerant and it meant that she couldn't digest dairy products well which included ice cream. It would make her sick.

"That's a bummer." The blonde mumbled.

"Well, it looks like it's official." Numbuh 1 said as he watched Patricia walk out with Robin, hugging the child before stepping into her car and driving off. Before they had fallen from the window he was able to see some papers with his parents' signatures on them. "Robin is a part of the family now."

-End Transmission-

Sunnie☀️: I don't think we ever learn Mrs. Uno's real name. If it was brought up and I don't remember, feel free to correct me, but I chose Jennifer cause that's the name of her voice actor. Let me know what you think of the first chapter and I will have the next one posted soon.

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Masterlist: Lesson Recommended Readings

Masterlist

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✨Lucy E. Thompson, 'Vermeer's Curtain: Privacy, Slut-Shaming and Surveillance in "A Girl Reading a Letter", Survelliance & Society 2017 ✨Gregor Weber, 'Paths to Inner Values,' in Gregor Weber, Pieter Roelofs, and Taco Dibbits, Vermeer, (NewYork: Thames & Hudson, 2023) ✨Bernard Berenson on Masaccio, panel in National Gallery, 1907 ✨Giorgio Vadari, Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (online translation published, 1912) ✨Marjorie Munsterberg, Writing about Art ✨Paul Binski, Westminster Abbey and the Plantagenets: Kingship and the Representation of Power, 1200-1400, 1955 ✨Toby Green, A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the River of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution, 'Rivers of Cloth, Masks of Bronze: The Bights of Benin and Biafra', 2019

✨Pieter Roelofs, 'Girls with Pearls', extract from 'Vermeer's Tronies' in Gregor Weber, Pieter Roelofs, and Taco Dibbits, Vermeer, (NewYork: Thames and Hudson, 2023)

✨Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks (1986)

✨Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1963)

✨Decolonial/Postcolonial Voices

✨Honour, Hugh and Fleming, John.  A World History of Art. London: Laurence King Publishing. 7th ed, 2005

✨The Painter of Modern Life, Charles Baudlaire, 1863 Part 2, Part 3 Other Quality

✨The Photographers Eye, John Szarkowski, 1966

✨Elkins, James. Stories of Art. London: Routledge, 2002

✨Paragraphs on Conceptual Art, Sol Lewitt, 1967

✨Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England. London, volume 1, The Cities of London and Westminster, 1973

✨Annie E. Coombes, Reinventing Africa: Museums, Material Culture and Popular Imagination in Late Victorian and Edwardian England, 'Material Vulture at the Crossroads of Knowledge: The Case of the Benin "Bronzes", 1994

✨Hatt, Michael and Klonk, Charlotte, Art History: A Critical Introduction to its Methods, 2006

✨Meyer Schapiro, H. W. Janson and E. H. Gombrich, ‘Criteria of Periodization in the History of European Art’, New Literary History, 1970 ✨Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, ‘Periodization and its Discontents’, Journal of Art Historiography, 2010

✨Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch, The Benin Plaques: A 16th Century Imperial Monument, 2018

✨D'Alleva, Anne. How to Write Art History. London: Lawrence King Publishing, 2010/2013/2015

✨Christopher Wilson, The Gothic Cathedral: the Architecture of the Great Church, 1130 - 1530, 1990

✨Anne D'Alleva, Methods and Theories of Art History, 2005/2012

✨Jonathan Alexander and Paul Binski (eds.), Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England, 1200-1400, 1987 ✨Paul Binski, Ann Massing, and Marie Louise Sauerberg (eds.), The Westminster Retable: History, Technique, Conservation, 2009

✨Christa Gardner von Teuffel, ‘Masaccio and the Pisa Altarpiece: A New Approach’, Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen, 1977 Part 2

✨John Shearman, ‘Masaccio’s Pisa Altar-Piece: An Alternative Reconstruction’, The Burlington Magazine, 1966

✨Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch, ‘Art and/or Ethnographica?: The Reception of Benin Works from1897–1935’, African Arts, 2013

✨Eliot Wooldridge Rowlands, Masaccio: Saint Andrew and the Pisa altarpiece, 2003

✨Svetlana Alpers, The Art of Describing: Dutch Art in the Seventeenth Century, 1983

✨Clementine Deliss, Metabolic Museum 2020 ✨Laura Sangha, ‘On Periodisation: Or what’s the best way to chop history into bits’, The Many Headed Monster, 2016 ✨A Gangatharan, ‘The Problem of Periodization in History’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 2008

✨McHam, Sarah Blake, "Donatello's Bronze David and Judith as Metaphors of Medici Rule in Florence," Art Bulletin, 2001

✨Eve Borsook, ‘A Note on Masaccio in Pisa’, The Burlington Magazine, 1961

✨Gombrich, E.H. The Story of Art, London: Phaidon Press Ltd, numerous editions

✨Paul Binski, 'The Cosmati at Westminster and the English Court Style', The Art Bulletin 72, 1990

✨Lindy Grant and Richard Mortimer (eds.), Westminster Abbey: The Cosmati Pavements, 2002

✨Peter Draper, The Formation of English Gothic: Architecture and Identity, 2006

✨Paul Crossley, ‘English Gothic Architecture’, in Jonathan Alexander and Paul Binski (eds.), Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England, 1200-1400, 1987

✨James H. Beck, Masaccio: The Documents, 1978 ✨R. A. Donkin, Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-Fishing: Origins to the Age of Discoveries, 1998

✨Nanette Salomon, ‘From Sexuality to Civility: Vermeer’s Women’, National Gallery of Art, Studies in the History of Art, 1998

✨Irene Cieraad, ‘Rocking the Cradle of Dutch Domesticity: A Radical Reinterpretation of Seventeenth-Century “Homescapes” 1’, Home Cultures, 2019

✨Walter D. Mignolo, ‘Delinking: The rhetoric of modernity, the logic of colonility and the grammar of de-coloniality’ in culture studies (2000)

✨H. Perry Chapman, ‘Women in Vermeer’s home: Mimesis and ideation’, Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek,2000

✨Christopher Wilson, ‘The English Response to French Gothic Architecture, c. 1200-1350’, in Jonathan Alexander and Paul Binski (eds.), Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England, 1200-1400, 1987

✨Johann Joachim Wicklemann (1717 - 1768) from Reflections on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpture

✨Antonie Cotpel (1661-1722) on the grand manner, from 'On the Aesthetic of the Painter'

✨Andre Felibien (1619-1695) Preface to Seven Conferences

✨Charles Le Burn (1619-1690) 'First Confrence'

✨Various Authors (Reviews) on Manet's Olympia

✨Zionism and its Religious Critics in fin-de-siecle Vienna, Robert S. Wistrich, 1996

✨Sex, Lies and Decoation: Adolf Loos and Gustav Klimt, Beatriz Colomina, 2010

✨Women Writers and Artists in Fin-de-Siecle Vienna, Helga H. Harriman, 1993

✨Fashion and Feminism in "Fin de Siecle" Vienna, Mary L. Wagner, 1989-1990

✨5 Eros and Thanatos in Fin-de-Siecle Vienna, Sigmund Freud, Otto Weininger, Arthur Schitzler, 2016

✨Recent Scholarship on Vienna's "Golden Age", Gustav Klimt, and Egon Schiele, Reinhold Heller, 1977

✨Maternity and Sexulaity in the 1890s, Wendy Slatkin, 1980

✨Andre Breton (1896 - 1957) and Leon Trotsky (1879 - 1940) 'Towards a Free Revolutionary Art'

✨Sergei Tretyakov (1892 - 1939) 'We Are Searching' and 'We Raise the Alarm'

✨George Grosz (1893 - 1959) and Weiland Herzfeld (1896 - 1988) 'Art is in Danger'

✨Paul Gaugin (1848 - 1903) from three letters written before leaving for Polynesia

✨Siegfried Kracauer (1889 - 1966) from 'The Mass Ornament'

✨Victor Fournel (1829 - 1894) 'The Art of Flanerie'

✨Various Author's (Reviews) on Mante's Olympia

✨Rosalind Krauss (b. 1940) 'A View of Modernism'

✨Clement Greenberg (1909 - 1994) 'Modernist Painting'

✨Clive Bell (1881 - 1964) 'The Aesthetic Hypothesis'

✨Catherine Grant and Dorothy Price, 'Decolonizing Art History', Art History 43:1 (2020), pp.8-66.

✨Terry Smith (b. 1944) from 'What Is Contemporary Art?'

✨Geeta Kapur (b. 1943) 'Contemporary Cultural Practice: Some Polemical Categories'

✨Chin-Tao Wu 'Biennials Without Borders?'

✨Edouard Glissant (1928 - 2011) 'Creolisation and the Americas'

✨Rasheed Araeen (b. 1935) 'Why Third Text?'

✨Lisa G. Corrin, Mining the Museum: An Installation Confronting History, 1992

✨Fred Wilson, Mining the Museum, 1992

✨Tonny Bennett, The Birth of the Museum, 1995

✨Marina Tyquiengco, Book Review: Metabolic Museum, 2021

✨Hanna Daisy Foster, What is a Metabolic Museum? 2022 - 23

✨Anna Tihanyi, The Museum as a Body, Review: Metabolic Museum, 2022

✨A > Art in A to Z, Jens Hoffman, 2014

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Arrival (2016)

Watching Arrival a second time takes away its surprises but gives you a new appreciation for its storytelling. It’s a wholly different experience. You pick up on certain character beats and structural points that were impossible to spot the first time around. It’s a brainy sci-fi film so make sure you block off at least a half hour after it’s over to discuss it with your friends.

Twelve mysterious alien spacecraft have appeared across the globe. The U.S. government selects Linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) to help communicate with the extra-terrestrials. She begins deciphering the way these visitors communicate but progress is slow. While Louise and theoretical physicist Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) desperately try to convey critical human ideas and concepts to the visitors, the rest of the world becomes increasingly wary.

Residing in the same neighbourhood as Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Interstellar, Arrival is about aliens but really, it’s about communication. Think about how many ways we communicate and how so many things are assumed when two people are face-to-face. You don’t have to speak the same language to know what barred teeth means. Smiles are universal. Even with all these things in common, we still misunderstand each other constantly. Now imagine communicating with a creature that (as far as we can tell) doesn’t even have a face. You wouldn’t know where to begin. At least you know they’re intelligent and willing to communicate. They haven’t blown us up yet. That’s promising.

Much of the joy of Arrival comes in the procedural bits. When Louise has an “aha!” Moment and makes a breakthrough, it’s the most exciting thing you’ve seen. The more her work comes together, the more eager you are for her and Donnelly to share what they’ve found with their superior (Forest Whitaker as Colonel G. T. Weber) and then get right back to teaching new words to the Heptapods.

The whole movie could’ve been just about learning to communicate with the visitors but unfortunately, mankind is never as open-minded as it should be. You can see the progress they're making but when Louise tries to explain it to others, they just don’t understand. Tiny, seemingly insignificant decisions snowball into avalanches which threaten not only this operation but the entire human-heptapod encounter and possibly, the world. There’s a sense of wonder and excitement blended with suspense and nerve-eroding fear that something will go horribly wrong any minute.

Now that we know the ending, aspects of the story change completely. Initially, you assume the images of Louise and her daughter Hannah are flashbacks. These "explain" why, she is now alone and isolated. Actually, those are not memories; they're glimpses of her future. Deciphering the alien language and immersing herself in it allows Louise to perceive time as they do: non-linearly. It’s an example of time travel done right. Louise can suddenly look into her future and find crucial information from conversations that haven’t happened yet, bring them “back” and make them happen. How did she know what words General Shang shared with his wife before she passed? In a way, she always knew. That’s how time loops work and if you don’t understand it, this is where that half hour you set aside will come in handy. The problem is that you’re still thinking of time as a line when it isn’t; not anymore.

Arrival has an airtight screenplay. Re-evaluating its story and themes further emphasizes how much time and effort was spent polishing it. It’s complex, which makes the moment where it finally clicks immensely satisfying. As a bonus, it’s wonderfully acted, extremely moody, gorgeous to watch and masterfully directed. This is the best sci-fi film we’ve seen in a long time. (On Blu-ray, March 15, 2019)