#cestello

[davidespano]

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[emaadsidiki]

There Goes the Sun 🌇

[operaqueen]

The Cestello Annunciation

[rhaenathelesbian]

Give me Cersei Lannister and you would see how gentle a woman can be.

happy velaryontines @springwolves <3

1. The Seasons of My Love, composer unknown | 2. Italia und Germania, Johann Friedrich Overbeck | 3. A Clash of Kings, George RR Martin | 4. Cestello Annunciation, Botticelli | 5. The Strangled Woman, Paul Cézanne | 6. A Clash of Kings, GRRM | 7. Fingersmith, Sarah Waters | 8. The Reluctant Bride, Auguste Toulmouche | 9. The Lion and the Mouse, Don Daily | 10. BLUE, Billie Eilish

[theghostofcinnamonpast]

i've been to a museum and have a new favourite painting! behold!

(it's a bit of a crap photo, sorry, but all of the official photos online are WORSE somehow 😶)

it's the Annunciation by Sandro Botticelli (he of the Birth of Venus, in all her claimshell glory). if you're searching for it you want the Cestello Annunciation, in the Uffizi Gallery, instead of any of the other times he painted the Annunciation. okay - context out of the way:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA[screaming excised for brevity]

so... we saw a LOT of annunciation paintings when looking in galleries today, it's a really popular subject. and the main thing that differentiated them for me were the different ways that Mary responds to the news of the baby jesus/virgin birth/whole shebang. we had peaceful marias, we had shocked marias, we had scared marias, we had marias who were tired of all of this angel shit and just wanted some peace and quiet. i'm distinctly not christian, but it isn't hard for me to put myself in her shoes and see the gravity and weight of this moment and find myself in her varied reactions it was all very... human.

in most of them, the archangel gabriel bringing the message is ambiently beatific at most? his presence is important but he feels more an Icon (in the traditional sense) than a character. and that's fine, it's not really about him

so can someone tell me why he's like this?

he carries good news, the promise of peace, but... look at him. he's unsure, hesitant. to me he seems Full of sorrow.

mary in this one gets to be calm, beatific and prepared. i am fully just projecting onto a centuries old painting but, she Knows what it is she will do and what will happen. maybe not in terms of the facts, but in terms of what it Means? she knows.

that seems to be the emotional role gabriel fills in most of them, and here? sorrow. he too knows what he is asking, and what it means, and he hesitates to ask that of someone. to them it will be for the ultimate good, but the pain of it is really centered through the one who must open that door.

i wonder why Botticelli chose to paint it like this? did he think or feel any of that? death of the author - it probably doesn't matter, but i think i'll carry that with me, wondering how heavy the heart of Botticelli's gabriel.

[diceriadelluntore]

C’è una lussuria del dolore, come c’è una lussuria dell’adorazione e persino una lussuria dell’umiltà.

Umberto Eco

Un cestello di fragoline raccolto con 33 gradi alle 18:50

[angelap3]

Dipinto "Il gile' rosso" 1955

di Françoise Gilot

L’unica donna che lasciò Picasso

Era il 1943 e Françoise Gilot stava pranzando insieme a un’amica. Pablo Picasso la vide e rimase folgorato dalla sua bellezza. Le offrì un cestello pieno di ciliegie rosse. La giovane Françoise aveva quarant’anni meno di Picasso (lei ne aveva 21, lui 61), ma s’innamorò di lui e divenne la sua amante e musa. Rimase accanto al pittore per dieci anni, ne ebbe due figli, Claude e Paloma, ma alla fine decise di averne abbastanza del suo ego smisurato e lo lasciò. Fu l’unica delle donne di Picasso ad avere il coraggio di troncare la relazione. Nel 1953 Gilot se ne andò, ma prima il pittore le rivolse una minaccia: «Se pensi che la gente avrà interesse per te, ti sbagli di grosso: nessuno si curerà di te in quanto tale, saranno solo curiosi della persona che ha condiviso la mia vita». In realtà Picasso si sbagliava: Gilot è, tutt’ora, una pittrice nota negli ambiente artistici. E ha pure raccontato gli anni trascorsi insieme a Picasso in un libro, La mia vita con Picasso, libro di cui il pittore cercò in tutti i modi di bloccare l’uscita

[stranomavero-o]

Ciao amici, oggi vi lascio la ricetta della pokè fatta in casa con salmone cotto nella friggitrice ad aria.

Prima di tutto questo è il risultato finale e la salsa segreta che vi consiglio di aggiungere.

Cominciamo:

Prendete i filettini di salmone della findus (costano di più ma sono più buoni, sorry). Ancora congelato lo fate a tocchetti e lo mettete a marinare con salsina di soia+miele. Non serve lasciarlo 3 ore anche solo 20 minuti va benissimo.

Poi prendete la friggitrice, mettete un po’ di carta alluminio nel cestello e ci mettete il salmone, lo cospargete di salsina e fate andare circa 15 minuti a 180 gradi. “Gne gne ma la friggitrice ad aria è solo un forno in miniatura” sì Giancazzo grazie del tuo contributo, è un forno ad aria che si scalda in fretta e consuma poco e quindi posso cucinare 6 pezzi di salmone senza spendere un gazzilione di elettricità.

Torniamo a noi, mentre il salmone cuoce fate cucinare anche il riso basmati (cercate le istruzioni su Internet per la cottura ottimale), tagliate l’avocado, e poi preparate questi:

Li mettete in una ciotola coperti d’acqua e li cacciate in microonde 3 minuti, oppure ci versate sopra acqua bollente e li lasciate 3 minuti a mollo. Scolateli e poi aggiungete alla vostra pokè.

La salsina della marinatura potete versarla un po’ su riso ed edamame per insaporire il tutto. Se li avete anche qualche semino di sesamo ci sta benissimo.

Buon appetito!

[tonydaddingham]

LWA: Regarding the halo: we see a variant in the Job minisode. When Aziraphale does his "avaunt" speech, he has a full-body aureole, which unlike the halo around the head is /not/ an angelic attribute in religious painting and sculpture. The design of Aziraphale's aureole, with golden rays emanating from his body, looks like it was modeled on Marian iconography, as in the case of the Virgin of Guadalupe (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/635401). There are a bunch of other examples, like the Madonna of Humility at the Getty Museum, where both the Virgin and God have ray aureoles. I am not sure where the design team thought they were going with this, although it fits with the Madonna pose they used for that promotional photo of Aziraphale in his Job robes.

ahhhhh this is so interesting!!!✨ i had no idea before this that there was such a nuance between aureole and halo, and their individual meanings in iconography (and thats not even taking into account different individual depictions like mandorla etc!). given the - as ive now learnt - very subtle but definite distinction between the two, and their individual meanings in religious contexts, it seems reasonable that the design team might have gone to some lengths to research it similarly!!!

(and now i shall spam you all with research because i am excited and Must Share)

so as LWA, the oracle of all truth, has said - ep2 where aziraphale appears to crawley shows him with an aureole surrounding him, much like the multiple depictions of Our Lady of Guadalupe (above is the Virgin of Guadalupe, by Salcedo, 1779). other depictions/notable copies of the original however include:

(L-R: de Arellano, 1691, Gonzalez, c. 1698, and the original from cy/16th, upon which they're based which, as far as i can find, has no confirmed artist?).

and coming back to italian renaissance (which im slightly more familiar with), the following works show the same:

(L-R: Madonna and Child with Two Saints, Pisanello, c. 1445, The Last Judgement, Michelangelo, f. 1541, and Baptism of Christ, Verrocchio and da Vinci, c. 1475)

it is especially prevalent in christian religious art, but as LWA said it does appear to be mostly used for religious figures, and not necessarily angels or saints (most of those are depicted with halos instead). most examples, like the ones above, that ive found seem to be used exclusively for jesus and mary. in other religions such as buddhism, aureola appear to be shown in the form of a mandorla (an almond-shaped field) that surround enlightened beings, such as Buddha.

let's move onto halos; ep6 shows our funky angel removing his, and is shown in the form of a ring, emitting the same kind of light as the aureole. disks have been depicted in art from well before the time of christ, including in ancient egypt (ra) and in iran (mithra).

funnily enough, finding depictions of ring halos rather than disk/plate ones was actually quite difficult? either way - above shows Virgin of the Rocks by da Vinci, f. 1486, shows a subtle but clear ring halo over Mary's head. keeping with the cy/15-16th onwards for fair comparison, showing a combination of disk and ring halos:

(L-R: Branchini Madonna, di Paolo, 1427, Madonna of the Book, Botticelli, c. 1481, and Deposition of Christ, Raphael, 1507)

these all again are examples depicting christ and mary, so what about angels? i found the best example to look at is the annunciation to mary, as this was the subject of a number of notable pieces in the same time period:

(L-R: da Vinci, f. 1476, Fra Angelico, 1450, and Botticelli c. 1490)

all show gabriel with a halo around their head, as opposed to an aureole. the one that fascinated me though is botticelli; there is relatively little known about his depictions of the annunciation, but there are multiple - the above is in glasgow, there is another in new york, and the last is the Cestello Annunciation). however, in the first two, glasgow and new york, there is a clear feature of an aureole-type shaft of light coming from behind gabriel, and shining upon mary.

i certainly think that it's mostly representative of god's gift being bestowed on her, ("The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee.", Luke 1:35) but the perspective of the glasgow painting almost shows like the light comes from a crack in the wall, and would suggest that aziraphale stepping out from the aureole as some sort of glorified portal is a mirror of this.

anyway, because ive rambled on long enough about nothing truly insightful; what is the point in these two different displays? well, from my research, it seems to be that aureola are used to surround the head or the body, and iconographically represent divinity, glory and, depending on the subject/context, enlightenment.

but given that it has largely been reserved in art for the depictions of the holy trinity as well as mary, to outright use it in connection with aziraphale seems... strange. in this particular scene, or part of his story, why has he been purposefully elevated to the same level of importance and power? we have no reason to suspect from the ensuing dialogue that god sent aziraphale deliberately in her name to thwart crowley, carrying her power... or did she?

the halo however appears to be specifically used for instances of depicting angels or saints (in the case of gabriel and various apostles in multiple artworks), as well as jesus and mary. so that to me would suggest that halos are somewhat specifically meant to represent innate saintliness and holiness, inherent divine nature. were specifically touched by god's grace and love, and were embodiments of god's will.

what this necessarily means in relation to aziraphale though, beyond him obviously being an angel, a representative of the heavenly host, and a messenger of god's will etc... im not entirely sure.

there is presumably no reason for him to be depicted with an aureole unless, as LWA suggests, it's to draw parallels to artwork where mary is especially shown as having one. but in the context of s2 (and the job minisode), isn't this a little out of field?

another thing - aziraphale does seem to be able to turn it on and off like a tap, suggesting that it's there in the narrative for sheer Impressiveness, to Look The Part, in front of a demon... so, is it only for design purposes, because cinematically it's bloody cool to look at? or is it meant to give insight into aziraphale's thoughts and beliefs?

with it, would he (in aziraphale's mind, bless) look intimating enough to thwart crawley's 'nefarious plan' with minimal effort? possibly, but i doubt it; im a pretty firm believer in Reasons for certain design choices, especially ones that would take a lot of post-production work to animate. so, could aziraphale have chosen to appear with the aureole, to be suitably intimidating, but after having his faith in god's will shaken after the events of job, chose not to manifest it again, because its symbolism no longer rings true for him?

[chouncazzodicasino]

C'è un conflitto silenzioso tra me e il Sistema della raccolta differenziata del paese del mio negozio. Con gli operatori ecologici? No no, proprio con il Sistema con la S maiuscola. "Signorina, deve scaricare l'applicazione" "L'ho fatto ma per le utenze commerciali non risulta nulla con la mia partita iva, appare un calendario vuoto" "Eh questo è strano" "Ecco, guardi pure" "Eh questo è molto strano" "Ok, quindi? Come risolviamo?" "Eh niente, deve controllare ogni giorno e nel caso chiamarci ogni giorno. Questo è molto strano.." E più io faccio la differenziata in modo chirurgico, differenzio tutto, tolgo tutti i pezzi di scotch dai cartoni, spezzo le carte, schiaccio bene la plastica, uso i sacchetti dei colori giusti, più loro non me la prendono. Non la prendono. Allora io quasi ogni giorno arrivo davanti al mio negozio, respiro, prendo il mio secchietto o la mia busta o il mio fascio di cartoni e silenziosamente (fuori, perché dentro suono le maracas) la riporto dentro, nel mio sgabuzzino, ormai diventato propaggine italiana della pacific trash vortex. La sera dopo? Stessa storia. E stasera? Manco a dirlo. Controllo il calendario per vedere cosa prenderanno domani mattina, adagio lentamente la mia mano smaltata di blè sul sacco/fasciodicartoni/cestello, la metto fuori, accanto al mio ingresso e respiro profondamente sotto lo sguardo divertito dei miei vicini che assistono a questa scena da mesi.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Domenico Ghirlandaio (Italian, 1449-1494) La Visitation, 1491 Musée du Louvre

Commandé par Lorenzo Tornabuoni (1465-1497) pour sa chapelle dans l'église de Cestello de Florence (aujourd'hui Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi).

[emaadsidiki]

Tuscan Sunset 🌇

[sabinerondissime]

Riflessi d'inverno al Cestello, Toscana

[mandorloinfiore]

una delle cose che mi dà sicuramente più soddisfazione è tritare i documenti nel trita tutto e poi maggiore soddisfazione proviene dal svuotare il cestello nel cestino vero e proprio

[classicalcanvas]

Title: The Cestello Annunciation

Artist: Sandro Botticelli

Date: 1489

Style: Early Renaissance

Genre: Religious Painting

[gotaholeinmysoull]

nella casa nuova la lavatrice non mi fa impazzire, nonostante abbia lavato il cassetto dove vanno detersivo e compagnia lo scomparto dell'ammorbidente è rimasto un po' lercio, quindi ora metto il tappo dell'ammorbidente nel cestello

bene mi ero dimenticata di averlo fatto, stendendo sul balcone questo tappino è volato sotto