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[lilacthebooklover]

Lilarky funny years:

2024

1928

2037

August

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[archinform]

Rosehill Mausoleum, Chicago

The mausoleum features a rotunda with relief panels of the four seasons by Leon Hermant, sculptor

Rosehill Masoleum. Source: Rosehill Cemetery, Dignity Memorial

Background:

Rosehill Cemetery, in northwest Chicago, is the city's largest and oldest cemetery, dating back to 1859, and contains at least 200,000 grave sites in a 350-acre garden setting.

Dedicated in 1914, the cemetery's Rosehill Mausoleum was designed by architect Sidney Lovell, who is interred within. The interior is almost entirely of marble, with the floors composed of Italian Carrara marble. Several later additions would be made to the building; there were six additions made after 1913, and a final one in 1975.

Leon Hermant (1866–1936) was an American sculptor best known for his architectural sculpture. Hermant was born in France, educated in Europe and came to America in 1904 to work on the French Pavilion at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri.

For most of his career he was based in Chicago, working mostly in the American midwest, and frequently with a partner Carl Beil.

From 1904, when they met in St. Louis, until 1927, Hermant and Beil were partners at their Sculpture Studio at 21 East Pearson Street in Chicago.  Leon was the Artist, Carl, the "Executioner."  Hermant continued his art after Beil's death in 1927, receiving a major commission for the Indiana State Library in 1934. Hermant exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1920s, and would complete many sculptures throughout the U.S. [Chicago Sculpture in the Loop]

In 1928 Hermant was awarded the Légion d'honneur by the French government for his Louis Pasteur Monument in Grant Park, Chicago.

Pasteur Monument, Grant Park, Chicago

In the 1929 Fourth Addition to Rosehill Mausoleum, a marble rotunda features relief panels of the four seasons executed by Hermant, placed between engaged marble columns. Each panel contains a brief quote below, appropriate to the season. Leon Hermant's signature appears on the bottom right of only one panel, Winter.

The yellowish lighting within the rotunda is so dim that photography is difficult, and one strains to appreciate the quality of the sculptures. I'd admired these panels before, but it was thanks to some thorough research by Jim Craig of Under Every Tombstone that I was alerted to their sculptor's identity.

Leon Hermant, 1866-1936 Source: Under Every Tombstone

Construction News, February 22, 1913, pp. 6-7. Click to view larger

See detail of ad below:

Photos from my recent visit to Rosehill Mausoleum, July 19, 2024:

Rosehill Mausoleum, corridor leading to the rotunda

Rotunda east side, Winter (left), Spring (right)

Rotunda west side, Summer (left), Autumn (right)

The south of the rotunda is occupied by the elegant Rawson family crypt. The north opens to a corridor leading to other areas of the mausoleum.

The Four Seasons

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Inscriptions at the base of the four panels:

SPRING

Hail bounteous May, that dost inspire

Mirth, and youth and warm desire

Hill and dale dost boast thy blessing

This we salute thee with our early song

and welcome and wishe thee long.

                                          Milton.

SUMMER

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,

…So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

                                             Shakespeare

AUTUMN

There is no death! The stars go down

To rise upon some other shore.

And bright in heaven's jeweled crown

They shine for evermore.

…For all the universe is life…

There are no dead."

                                       Maeterlink

WINTER

When once our heavenly souls shall climb

Then all earthly grossness quit.

Attired with stars we shall forever sit

Triumphing over death and change and thee

O time!

                                       -Milton-

Detail of Autumn

Signature of Leon Hermant Sc. [sculptor] on the Winter panel

A sculpture inside a family crypt [not attributed to Hermant, but I liked it]

Plan of main level of Rosehill Mausoleum; yellow circle indicates location of the four seasons rotunda.

Beil and Hermant created the relief sculptures above the mausoleum's main entrance (see below).

The mansions of the silent, by Booth, A.L. Published in: Fine arts journal, 1916.

Leon Hermant's other works in Chicago include:

Former Illinois Athletic Club, now SAIC MacLean Center; 12th floor frieze (1908); Zeus presiding over athletic contests.

William Shakespeare, (1915) Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Louis Pasteur Monument, (1928) Grant Park, Chicago

City Hall and Cook County Building, (1911), Chicago

Radisson Chicago Hotel [Medinah Athletic Club] Reliefs, (1929), Chicago; According to an article in the Chicago Tribune from Sept 16, 1928 entitled “Building art inspires panels,” “The friezes were designed by George Unger, in collaboration with Walter Ahlschlager, and carved by Leon Hermant."

One North Lasalle Street (1930), Vitzthum and Burns architects, Chicago

via Prabook site

SOURCES/ LINKS:

Léon Hermant, Wikipedia

Sidney Lovell, Wikipedia

"The Mansions of the Silent," by Anne Lisle Booth, Fine Arts Journal, Vol. 34, No. 6 (Jun. - Jul., 1916), pp. 265-274

"Rosehill Cemetery Mausoleum," Construction News, February 22, 1913, pp. 6-7.

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 5.16

Beer Birthdays

John Schneider (1833)

Maria Best (1842)

Gary Spedding (1959)

Roger Lind (1961)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Pierce Brosnan; actor (1953)

Meagan Fox; actress (1986)

Robert Fripp; rock guitarist (1946)

Woody Herman; jazz clarinetist, bandleader (1913)

Tamara de Lempicka; Polish-American artist (1898)

Famous Birthdays

Donny Anderson; Green Bay Packers RB (1943)

Olga Bergholz; Russian poet (1910)

David Boreanaz; actor (1969)

Harry Carey, Jr.; actor (1921)

Tucker Carlson; right-wing nutjob (1969)

Betty Carter; blues singer (1929)

Billy Cobham; jazz drummer (1944)

Yvonne Craig; actor (1937)

Pierre Cuypers; Dutch architect (1827)

Henry Fonda; actor (1905)

Pierre Gilliard; Swiss author (1879)

Tracey Gold; actor (1969)

Edward T. Hall; anthropologist (1914)

David Edward Hughes; Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (1831)

Janet Jackson; pop singer (1966)

Olga Korbut; gymnast (1955)

Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov; Russian painter (1910)

McKenzie Lee; porn actor (1979)

Liberace; pop pianist, showman (1919)

Billy Martin; New York Yankees 2B, Manager (1928)

Kevin McDonald; comedian, actor (1961)

Elizabeth Palmer Peabody; educator, founded 1st U.S. kindergarten (1804)

Adrienne Rich; poet (1929)

Nancy Roman; astronomer (1925)

William Seward; politician (1801)

Tori Spelling; actress (1975)

Jim Sturgess; actor (1981)

Margaret Sullavan; actor (1909)

Studs Terkel; writer (1912)

Debra Winger; actress (1955)

Mare Winningham; actress (1959)

[lboogie1906]

Attorney Lafayette McKenne Hershaw (May 10, 1863 – September 2, 1945) was a journalist, lawyer, clerk, and law examiner for the General Land Office of the Department of the Interior. He was a key intellectual figure among African Americans in Atlanta in the 1880s and DC, from 1890 until his death. He was a leader of intellectual social groups in the capital such as the Bethel Literary and Historical Society and the Pen and Pencil Club. He was a strong supporter of W. E. B. Du Bois was one of the thirteen organizers of the Niagara Movement, the forerunner to the NAACP. He was an officer of the DC Branch of the NAACP from its inception until 1928. He was a founder of the Robert H. Terrell Law School and served as the school’s president.

He began his studies at Atlanta University in 1879 and received a BA from the school in 1886. He studied law at Howard University and received an LL.B. in 1892.

He belonged to the Oldest Inhabitants Association of the District of Columbia and was a trustee of Atlanta University. Along with frequently speaking at the Second Baptist Lyceum, the Congressional Lyceum, and as an officer of the Bethel Literary and Historical Society; he was president of the Shiloh Baptist Lyceum. He was elected head of the newspaper bureau of the National Afro-American Council. He was elected president of the Crispus Attucks Association and presided over a celebration of the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. He was a member of Sigma Pi Phi and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternities.

He began to become more involved in the American Negro Academy. He was a member of the executive committee of that body along with Kelly Miller, J. E. Moorland, Francis J. Grimké, A. U. Craig, F. H. M. Murray, and John W. Cromwell. He was elected treasurer under presidents Cromwell and then Arthur A. Schomberg.

He served as first vice president along with second vice president R. W. Thompson under the presidency of Walter J. Singleton in the Mu-So-Lit club, representing DC’s musical, social, and literary professionals. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #phibetasigma #sigmapiphi

[shiveringsoldier]

My goal for this year was to watch 50 movies that were new to me. I watched 53, many of which were in languages other than English. My favorite first watches:

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, Carl Theodor Dreyer)

Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz)

Ikiru (1952, Akira Kurosawa)

Godzilla (1954, Ishirō Honda)

La Pointe-Courte (1955, Agnès Varda)

Black Girl (1966, Ousmane Sembène)

Persona (1966, Ingmar Bergman)

Stop Making Sense (1984, Jonathan Demme)

Come and See (1985, Elem Klimov)

Grave of the Fireflies (1988, Isao Takahata)

La Haine (1995, Matthieu Kassovitz)

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014, Ana Lily Amirpour)

The Handmaiden (2016, Park Chan-wook)

Petite Maman (2021, Céline Sciamma)

TÁR (2022, Todd Field)

A Thousand and One (2023, A.V. Rockwell)

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023, Kelly Fremon Craig)

Asteroid City (2023, Wes Anderson)

Oppenheimer (2023, Christopher Nolan)

Poor Things (2023, Yorgos Lanthimos)

Godzilla Minus One (2023, Takashi Yamazaki)

[starthetripledevil]

Mario Legacy Challenge: Characters

List of characters featured in the Mario Legacy Challenge (Gen 1 and early Gen 2). For the events so far, see this post (each post has a link to the next one at the end). Also for the Robotnik family, see this post. Now looking below, there will be spoilers. Note that the "present" here is mid-1990.

Starting with none other than...

Mario "Jumpman" Mario (originally Robotnik)

(1944 - 1987)

Hot-Headed · Ambitious · Outgoing

Role: Founder (Generation 1)

Pauline "Lady" Mario (née Rigassi)

(1952 - present)

Romantic · Family-Oriented · Art Lover

Role: Jumpman's wife

Luigeena Arthur (née Rigassi)

(1944 - present)

Neat · Snob · Perfectionist

Role: Jumpman's best friend, Lady's sister

Tony Arthur

(1948 - present)

Glutton · Bro · Ambitious

Role: Jumpman's former neighbor and friend, Luigeena's husband

Nico Rigassi

(1920s - present)

Loves Outdoors · Bro · Active

Role: Luigeena and Lady's father

Marianne & Luigeena Arthur

(1973 - present)

Outgoing · Romantic

Role: Luigeena and Tony's children

Regan Espinoza

(c. 1905 - 1985)

Child of the Islands · Slob · Dance Machine

Role: Jumpman's friend

Lana Yee

(c. 1930 - present)

Ambitious · Bro · Loner

Role: Jumpan's friend

Mariam Yee

(1967 - present)

Active · Creative · Animal Enthusiast

Erin Yee

(1972 - present)

Lactose Intolerant · Slob

Role: Lana's children

Kaori Parata (née Kato)

(1930 - present)

Child of the Islands · Outgoing · Loyal

Role: Jumpman's former neighbor and friend

Rangi Parata

(1931 - present)

Childish · Ambitious · Lactose Intolerant

Role: Kaori's husband

Caitlin Kato

(1960 - present)

Child of the Islands · Outgoing · Clumsy

Role: Jumpman's former neighbor, Kaori's daughter

Rhonda Parata

(1970 - present)

Vegetarian · Bookworm · Materialistic

Role: Kaori and Rangi's daughter

Emmalyn Winters

(1951 - present)

Insider · Snob · Dance Machine

Role: Mario family's neighbor and friend

Elle Craig

(1948 - present)

Creative · Genius · Gloomy

Role: Lady's best friend

Harrison Gibbs

(1940s/1950s - present)

Erratic · Music Lover · Art Lover

Role: Jumpman's former neighbor and boss

Keegan Barron

(late 1950s - present)

Child of the Islands · Genius · Vegetarian

Role: Jumpman's former neighbor

Meredith Robotnik (née Sanders)

(1913 - present)

Music Lover · Snob · Foodie

Geraldo Robotnik

(1915 - present)

Creative · Loves Outdoors · Art Lover

Role: Jumpman's parents

Julian Robotnik

(1928 - present)

Evil · Ambitious · Self-Assured

Role: Geraldo's brother (Jumpman's uncle), Jumpman's enemy

Bertha Robotnik

(1926 - 1970)

Family-Oriented · Snob · Foodie

Role: Julian's wife (Jumpman's aunt by marriage)

Colin Robotnik

(1954 - present)

Mean · Active · Neat

Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik

(1948 - present)

Evil · Genius · Mean

Role: Julian and Bertha's children (Jumpman's cousins)

Jennifer Robotnik

(1889 - 1983)

Evil · Mean · Hot-Headed

Role: Julian and Geraldo's mother (Jumpman's grandmother)

Miriam Robotnik (née Day)

(c. 1954 - 1976)

Loyal · Family-Oriented · Clumsy

Role: Colin's wife

Julian Colin "Snively" Robotnik

(1976 - present)

Evil · Genius

Role: Colin and Miriam's son

Mario Mario

(1980 - present)

Loves Outdoors

Role: Heir (Generation 2), Jumpman and Lady's son

Pauline Mario

(1975 - present)

Cheerful · Music Lover

Luigi Mario

(1980 - present)

Good

Role: Jumpman and Lady's children, Mario's siblings

Donkey Kong Junior

(c. 1980 - present)

Active · Loyal · Sleuth

Donkey Kong Senior (Cranky Kong)

(c. 1965 - present)

Aggressive · Stubborn · Adventurous

Role: Jumpman's enemies (Cranky Kong was kept as a circus animal, Junior freed him)

Kayla Al Fassi

(1975 - present)

Loves Outdoors · Self-Assured

Role: Pauline's best friend

[rachirodehills]

A Powerpuff and HotDog of a Birthday at the Same Time!

A Powerpuff and HotDog of a Birthday Yeah, so I just realized, one of my childhood shows, and my main inspiration, have a birthday on the same day! Mickey Mouse (November 18, 1928)  and Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup (November 18, 1998) Happy Birthday to the crime fighting Super Heroine and the mouse mascot we all know since today!

 Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup ~ (C) Craig McCraken, Cartoon Network Mickey Mouse ~ (C) Walt Disney, UB Iwerks Art, and Redesign ~ @Rachi-RodeHills

[marley-manson]

Hey Marley, it'd be cool if you would drop a list of the masculinity in film books you're reading. No pressure tho!

Oh yeah for sure, lol sorry I have a tendency to default to vagueness when I'm talking about anything outside of fandom.

There's a lot, I went on a spree for a few weeks lol, so this is under a cut

Only one I've read cover to cover so far is Armed Forces: Masculinity and Sexuality in the American War Film - Robert Eberwein which was both interesting and frustrating in that a lot of it was (mildly defensively lol, as a response to a lot of queer film theory) explaining how a lot of homoerotic shit isn't intended to be interpreted as actually gay, but I'm glad I read it because I was specifically trying to understand how contemporary audiences viewed homoerotic shit.

Books I've read at least a chapter of:

Men, Masculinity, and the Media - Steve Craig

Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body - Peter Lehman

Masculinity: Bodies, Movies, Culture - Peter Lehman

Masculinity and Popular Television - Rebecca Feasey

Buffoon Men: Classic Hollywood Comedians and Queered Masculinity - Scott Balcerzak

Shadows of Doubt: Negotiations of Masculinity in American Genre Films - Barry Keith Grant

Screening the Male: Exploring Masculinities in Hollywood Cinema - Steven Cohan

Laughing Matters: Understanding Film, Television, and Radio Comedy - John Mundy, Glyn White

Laughing Hysterically: American Screen Comedy of the 1950s - Ed Sikov (highly recommend just for the essay on Some Like It Hot)

What Made Pistachio Nuts?: Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic - Henry Jenkins

also shoutout to this article

Books I've obtained but haven't looked through yet:

American Cinema of the 1970s: Themes and Variations - Lester D. Friedman

Hollywood Androgyny - Rebecca Bell-Metereau

The New Hollywood: What the Movies Did With the New Freedom of the Seventies - James Bernardoni

Manhood in Hollywood: From Bush to Bush - David Greven

Girls Will Be Boys: Crossdressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema - Laura Horak

Hard Bodies: Hollywood Masculinity in the Regan Era - Susan Jeffords

The Remasculinization of America: Gender and the Vietnam War - Susan Jeffords (I've actually read the first Jeffords in uni and parts of the second but they're pretty psychoanalytical so ymmv)

Deviant Eyes, Deviant Bodies: Sexual Re-orientations in Film and Video - Chris Straayer

Masculinity in Fiction and Film: Representing Men in Popular Cultures 1945-2000 - Brian Baker

Masculinity in the Contemporary Romantic Comedy - John Alberti

Out in Culture: Gay, Lesbian and Queer Essays on Popular Culture - Corey K. Creekmur, Alexander Doty

Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon - Alexander Doty

Making Things Perfectly Queer: Interpreting Mass Culture - Alexander Doty

Vested Interests: Crossdressing and Cultual Anxiety - Marjorie Garber

Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America - Harry M. Benshoff

Ghost Faces: Hollywood and Post-Millennial Masculinity - David Greven

Ethereal Queer: Television, Historicity, Desire - Amy Villarejo

Gender Terrains in African Cinema - Dominica Dipio

Masculinity and Monstrosity in Contemporary Hollywood Films - Kirk Combe and Brenda Boyle

Open Secret: Gay Hollywood 1928-1998 - David Ehrenstein

Screened Out: Playing Gay in Hollywood From Edison to Stonewall - Richard Barrios

Hollywood from Vietnam to Regan - Robin Wood

In a Lonely Street: Film Noir, Genre, Masculinity - Frank Krutnik

Unamerican Hollywood: Politics and Film in the Blacklist Era - Frank Krutnik and others

[jedivoodoochile]

Remembering the iconic duo of Adam West (September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017) & Yvonne Craig (May 16, 1937 – August 17, 2015) who portrayed Batman and Batgirl in the late 1960s television series ‘Batman’ (1966-1968). West is the third live action Batman & television’s first Caped Crusader and Craig introduced Barbara Gordon’s Batgirl outside of DC comic books.

[qu-film-history-to-1968]

RKO Radio Picture's Unique Horror Genre and how Cat People (1942) Drew on Studio Talent

Julia Merolle

     After having watched Cat People (1942) this week, the genre of horror has grown popular from Universal Studios, as we saw last week with the 1930s. RKO Radio Pictures was a film company that was created in 1928 and was one of the main film studios during Hollywood’s Golden Age, which was between the 20s and 60s. Due to the success of many Universal horror films, RKO decided to create their own horror films, Cat People being one of them. Cat People was unique to RKO Radio Pictures’ studio style because it brought up important aspects different from most horror films. For example, in the film, women aren’t believed in society and even when they reach out for help, they are told they are insane and over-dramatic. An example of this is when Irena tells Oliver her husband and Dr. Judd, her psychiatrist about her problems, yet they push them off.

     Additionally, this film does a great job of showcasing how women are treated in society when trying to get help. For a movie made in 1942, this was the most progressive thing about it, which I applaud. I believe that for this reason, this drew on many studio talents such as Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, and Jack Holt as the main characters in the film Cat People. This also drew on a supporting cast of Alan Napier, Elizabeth Dunne, Elizabeth Russell, Alec Craig, Dot Farley, Theresa Harris, and Mary Halsey. When relating the film Cat People to RKO’s unique style, it was important because RKO had originally focused on musicals in the 1930s but due to seeing the success of horror from Universal Studios in the 1930s, they decided to create their own low-budget horror films with producer Val Lewton. This then brought RKO into the realm of horror and film noir, which were a part of RKO’s unique style of the 1940s.

     Something else that was important about Cat People this week was that this film was at the time of the Hays Code, which I discussed in my post about Frankenstein and the Bride of Frankenstein last week. The importance of the Hays Code when relating it to Cat People, was that it didn’t follow some of the rules that it originally prohibited because it wanted to make it safe to the public. For example, in Cat People, Oliver and Alice were obviously more than friends, even though Oliver was married. Another point is that Irena was technically the villain since she turns into a cat, even though she is the main character and according to the Hays Code, we aren’t supposed to sympathize with the antagonist. As I mentioned last week, the Hays Code was overall just ridiculous because it set very strict guidelines. Luckily, Cat People got by the Hays Code because of its message about women and how they are treated in society, which shows how RKO was ahead of its time, even though it is now defunct.

[honeyleesblog]

Astrological Outlook and Character Analysis for Individuals with a May 16th Birthday

They are extremely grasping, touchy and close to home individuals. High heart and consideration are the principal attributes of these individuals. In any case, they can be severe and corrupt, and notwithstanding their tranquil disposition they battle for power and authority. They have an unwavering confidence in their own power and are persuaded of their capacities; they are not exceptionally held. They need to carry on with a public existence and spread their social movement. Satisfying social obligations gives them delight and fulfillment, however they likewise appreciate harmony and significance, and they are fit for resistance and graciousness. They have numerous companions and colleagues, yet these must be helpful. Business associations with companions will bring them misfortunes. A portion of your concerns are brought about by foes. Monetary issues are not especially great in your childhood. Their material circumstance works on halfway through their lives. They will need congruity in marriage. Astrological Outlook and Character Analysis for Individuals with a May 16th Birthday 

 On the off chance that your birthday is May 16, your zodiac sign is Taurus May 16 - character and character character: tireless, delicate, genuine, contemptuous, chatty, mean; calling: rancher, spy, turner; colors: red, olive, ruby; stone: red emerald; animal: chameleon; plant: woman's shroud; fortunate numbers: 7,14,40,46,51,52 very fortunate number: 9 Occasions and observances - May 16 Global Day of Living respectively in Harmony In Costa Rica it is the Public Day of the Microbiologist and Clinical Physicist. Global Day of Light May 16 Superstar Birthday. Who was conceived that very day as you? 1900: Juan Fდ©lix Sდ¡nchez, Venezuelan craftsman (f. 1997). 1905: Henry Fonda, American entertainer (d. 1982). 1906: Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan author, columnist and legislator (f. 2001). 1907: Antonდ­n Puე?, Czechoslovak footballer (d. 1988). 1909: Ubaldo Martდ­nez, Uruguayan entertainer (d. 1977). 1909: Margaret Sullavan, American entertainer (d. 1960). 1910: Olga Bergholz, Russian artist (d. 1975). 1912: Studs Terkel, American author (d. 2008). 1913: Woody Herman, American performer (d. 1987). 1913: Juan Suდ¡rez Martდ­nez, Spanish money manager (f. 2006). 1914: Edward T. Lobby, American anthropologist (d. 2009). 1915: Mario Monicelli, Italian movie producer (d. 2010). 1916: Adriana Caselotti, American entertainer (f. 1997). 1916: Ephraim Katzir, Israeli legislator (d. 2009). 1917: Juan Rulfo, Mexican author (d. 1986). 1917: George Gaynes, American entertainer. 1919: Liberace (Wladziu Valentino Liberace), American piano player (d. 1987). 1919: Ramდ³n Margalef, Spanish biologist (f. 2004). 1920: Martine Song, French entertainer (d. 1967). 1921: Harry Carey Jr., American entertainer (d. 2012). 1922: Eddie Bert, American trombonist (d. 2012). 1923: Merton Mill operator, American business analyst, Nobel laureate in financial aspects in 1990 (f. 2000). 1924: Dawda Jawara, Gambian legislator, first president. 1925: Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian performer (d. 2010). 1925: Ola Vincent, Nigerian financial specialist (d. 2012). 1925: Nancy Roman, American stargazer. 1927: Nდ­lton Santos, Brazilian soccer player. 1928: Alfred Manuel Billy Martin, American baseball player (d. 1989). 1929: Adrienne Rich, American artist and women's activist (d. 2012). 1930: Betty Carter, American jazz vocalist (d. 1998). 1930: Friedrich Gulda, Austrian piano player and author (d. 2000). 1930: Alberto Terry, Peruvian soccer player (d. 2006). 1931: Vujadin Boვ¡kov, Serbian footballer and mentor (d. 2014). 1936: Francisco Sდ¡nchez Martდ­nez, Spanish astrophysicist. 1936: Karl Lehmann, German cardinal. 1937: Antonio Rattდ­n, Argentine soccer player, mentor and legislator. 1937: Yvonne Craig, American entertainer. 1941: Carlos Perciavalle, Uruguayan entertainer, comedian, maker and guide. 1943: Marcelino Vergara, Spanish player (d. 2010). 1944: Danny Trejo, American entertainer of Mexican beginning. 1944: Juan Villarzდº, Chilean financial specialist and lawmaker. 1944: Billy Cobham, Panamanian jazz drummer. 1945: Carlos Osoro, Spanish diocesan. 1945: Martha Beatriz Roque, Cuban financial specialist. 1946: Robert Fripp, English performer, of the band Ruler Ruby. 1948: Jesper Christensen, Danish entertainer. 1950: J. Georg Bednorz, German physicist, 1987 Nobel Prize champ in Material science. 1950: Rubდ©n Alberto Gდ³mez, Argentine crook and military torturer. 1951: Christian Lacroix, French high fashion creator. 1953: Puncture Brosnan, Irish entertainer. 1953: Luis Javier Argდ¼ello Garcდ­a, Spanish minister. 1954: Ana Laguna, Spanish artist. 1955: Caridad Canelდ³n, Venezuelan entertainer and vocalist. 1955: Olga Kდ³rbut, Belarusian acrobat. 1955: Debra Winger, American entertainer. 1957: Joan Benoit, American competitor. 1957: Antonio Maceda, Spanish footballer. 1959: Cynthia del დ?guila, Guatemalan instructor and legislator. 1959: Roberto Piazza, Argentine originator. 1959: Female horse Winningham, American entertainer. 1961: Solveig Dommartin, French-German entertainer. 1961: Jeannette Rodrდ­guez, Venezuelan entertainer. 1961: Charles Wright, American grappler. 1962: Nuria Gonzდ¡lez, Spanish entertainer. 1962: Roberto Iniesta, Spanish vocalist, of the Extremoduro band. 1963: Mercedes Echerer, Austrian entertainer and lawmaker. 1964: Boyd Tinsley, American violin player, of the Dave Matthews Band. 1964: John Salley, American b-ball player. 1965: Krist Novoselic, American performer, of the band Nirvana. 1966: Janet Jackson, American vocalist. 1966: Thurman Thomas, American football player. 1969: David Boreanaz, American entertainer. 1969: Tracey Gold, American entertainer. 1969: Steve Lewis, American competitor. 1970: Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player. 1971: Josდ© Oscar Flores, Argentine footballer and mentor. 1972: Khary Payton, American entertainer. 1973: Jason Acuna, American entertainer. 1973: custom curriculum, American rapper. 1973: Tatiana of Liechtenstein, Princess of Liechtenstein. 1973: Tori Spelling, American entertainer. 1974: Laura Pausini, Italian vocalist. 1974: Sonny Sandoval, American vocalist, of the band Payable On Death. 1975: Tony Kakko, Finnish performer, of the band Sonata Arctica. 1975: Khalid al-Mihdhar, Saudi psychological militant who took part in 9/11 (d. 2001). 1977: Dolcenera, Italian artist. 1977: Zatu, rapper, Spanish. 1977: Randy Ebright, American drummer. 1977: Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand entertainer. 1977: Emiliana Torrini, Icelandic artist lyricist. 1978: Lionel Scaloni, Argentine footballer. 1978: Ernesto Sevilla, Spanish entertainer and moderator. 1978: Jim Sturgess, English entertainer. 1979: McKenzie Lee, English pornography entertainer. 1979: Sergio Roitman, Argentine tennis player. 1980: Mikel Alonso, Spanish footballer. 1980: Juan Arango, Venezuelan soccer player. 1981: Joseph Morgan, English entertainer. 1981: Ricardo Costa, Portuguese soccer player. 1982: Billy Crawford, American entertainer and performer. 1982: Joo Ji Hoon, South Korean entertainer and model. 1982: ვ?ukasz Kubot, Clean tennis player. 1983: Nancy Ajram, Lebanese model, essayist and artist. 1984: Darდ­o Cvitanich, Argentine soccer player. 1985: Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian entertainer. 1985: Tadayoshi Okura, entertainer, artist, model, drummer and Japanese icon. 1986: Megan Fox, American entertainer. 1986: Andy Keogh, Irish footballer. 1988: Jesდºs Castillo, Mexican soccer player. 1988: Abella Anderson, American explicit entertainer. 1989: დ?lvaro Domდ­nguez, Spanish footballer. 1989: Behati Prinsloo, model Namibia. 1990: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English entertainer. 1991: Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player. 1993: IU, South Korean artist, musician and entertainer. 1994: Bryan Rabello, Chilean soccer player. 1995: Nicole Durazo, Mexican entertainer. 1998: Ariel Waller, Canadian entertainer. 2001: Carlota Boza, Spanish entertainer.

[lilacthebooklover]

We have failed... 1928

There's still time, I'm sure of it. We'll go back, we'll find another way- there's got to be another way. We can't give up when so much is at stake

[mayachroniquecinema]

فن الإخراج

لم يسبق في تاريخ المسرح أن كشف عن طبيعة الإخراج المسرحي ووظيفته قبل السنوات الأخيرة من القرن التاسع عشر، ولم يحصل الوعي باستقلالية الفن المسرحي وتميزه إلا بأبحاث أدولف أبيا وغوردن كريج.

-- الميننجيون (Les Meiningers) : تأسست فرقة الميننجيين على يد الدوق ميننجين Le Duc de Meiningen في بلاد الساكس الألمانية. وقد عمرت الفرقة مدة عشرين سنة وبالضبط من 1870 إلى 1890. اعتمدت تجربة المننجيين المسرحية على دراسة النص المسرحي دراسة لغوية أولا، وإيلاء أهمية خاصة للحياة الواقعية ثانيا. لقد حرصت على احترام الواقع اليومي بالتشديد على جزئياته وتفاصيله إلى حد الحذلقة والتكلف. أما على مستوى العدة الركحية فكانت الفرقة تلتزم بإعادة انتاج وخلق الحياة الواقعية على الخشبة، بالقيام بدراسة وثائقية دقيقة للملابس والأكسسوارات. كل هذا بهدف إعطاء الوهم بالحقيقي والواقعي وبأن المسرح تصوير صادق وموضوعي لحياة الإنسان.

-- أندري أنطوان André Antoine

أسس أندري أنطوان (1856- 1943) المسرح الحي في 30 مارس 1887. استمرت تجربته المسرحية مدة 19 سنة حيث قدم خلالها 124 نصا مسرحيا. وقد صرح أنطوان منذ البداية بأنه ينتمي لمدرسة اميل زولا الطبيعية، ومن ثم طالب بالتلقائية والحقيقة على خشبة المسرح. فقد كانت إرادته القوية في تصوير الواقع الإنساني تصويرا دقيقا يلامس الإبتذال ويقترب من ال��ثاثة. أما بخصوص اللعب، فقد كان أنطوان يدعو الممثلين إلى تجسيد أدوارهم بطريقة طبيعية مطابقة للحياة اليومية. وكان العرض وكأنه يمر وراء جدار رابع. فالجمهور مدعو إلى مشاهدة "جزء من الحياة" وأن تظل نظرته موضوعية وحكمه منطقيا واقعيا إلى أقصى الحدود. لقد وضع أندري أنطوان بعض أسس ومبادئ الإخراج المسرحي المعاصر.

-- أدولف أبيا Adolphe Appia

في جدال ضد الطبيعية ، اعتبر أدولف أبيا (1862- 1928) بأن المسرح لا ينبغي أن يصور الحياة اليومية وأن يلتزم بتفاصيل الواقع، ولكن المسرح هو تأويل خاص للواقع الذي تعيشه الشخصية وتتحمله.

وأدولف أبيا إذ يثمن أعمال الميننجية ويؤكد على أهميتها من حيث التوثيق والإلتزام بالدقة التاريخية للملابس، فهو مع ذلك يؤكد على ضرورة إصلاح بنية المسرح وتعديل تصورنا للفعل المسرحي وتغيير رؤيتنا لدور المخرج من حيث أنه أصبح سيد العرض المسرحي، يجمع، في تناغم، بين يديه، كل عناصر الفرجة المسرحية ( الكلمة، الموسيقى الإضاءة، الأشكال...) يخلقها ويتحكم فيها بمهارة.

ولا يتصور أبيا الفضاء المسرحي بشكل تصويري تمثيلي، ولكن كفضاء تتقاطع فيه الأشكال والأحجام. فما يهم في المسرح هو الشكلانية الخالصة، حيث تتآلف وتتناغم الأشكال والأصوات والألوان. بل ذهب إلى امكانية الإستغناء عن النص الأدبي.

-- ادوارد غوردن كريج Edward Gordon Craig

في كتابه "الفن المسرحي" 1905 تظهر الإحالة المرجعية على أعمال أدولف أبيا واضحة. غير أن غوردن كريج (1872- 1966) يدفع بهذه الإختيارات الفنية إلى الإنفتاح على آفاق جديدة. يؤكد على القيمة الإبداعية للمخرج ويتصور سينوغرافيا مركبة دون أي إحالة على الواقع. يتجاهل اشارات الكاتب الركحية. يدعو إلى العودة إلى القناع كما كان يوظفه القدماء من أجل تعويض النقص الجسدي للممثل.

في تصور كريج، إن النصوص المسرحية الصالحة هي القادرة على إثارة الأفكار والإيحاء بالصور والوضعيات المسرحية ؛ أما النصوص المكتملة كنص هامليت مثلا، فهي نصوص أدبية، غير صالحة للمسرح. وقد ذهب كريج إلى التأكيد على ضرورة التخلي عن النص بدعوى أن المسرح فن مستقل تماما عن الأدب.

كان غوردن كريج يرفض الحضارة الغربية، وفي أفق إدانتها والتنديد بها، فقد ركز على الأشكال والألوان والإستطيقا وأهمل الآداب والأخلاق والإقتصاد.

-- كونستنتان ستانيسلافسكي Constantin Stanislavski.

استفاد ستانيسلافسكي (1865- 1938) كثيرا من أعمال المننجيين الواقعية. كما خلف الممثل الإيطالي طوماسو سالفيني Tommaso Salvini بحضوره المتميز وطريقة عمله، الأثر العميق في نفسه. كان ستانيسلافسكي يحكي دائما، كيف كان الممثل الإيطالي- كان في جولة فنية إلى موسكو- يأتي إلى المسرح بساعتين قبل العرض، يتهيء نفسيا وجسديا لتقمص دوره. فأمام المرآة كان يزين وجهه ويرتدي ملابسه ببطء شديد، مرددا في نفس الوقت بعض الحوارات والحركات. وقد استلهم ستانيسلافكي من عمل هذا الممثل، طريقة اللعب التي سيقترحها علينا، وهي تقوم على مجموعة من المهارات والتقنيات، على ماهو نفسي داخلي وماهو جسدي خارجي، ماهو شعوري وما هو لاشعوري، في عمل الممثل ومقاربته للشخصية المسرحية. هذه "الطريقة" التي سيدونها في كتابيه: "تكوين الممثل" و"بناء الشخصية" والتي ستصبح عالمية يأخذ بها كبار الممثلين الأمريكيين والأوروبين في القرن العشرين إلى يومنا هذا.

العباس جدة

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 7.17

Beer Birthdays

James Pawley Dawes (1843)

Anthony Straub (1882)

Joshua Bernstein (1978)

Five Favorite Birthdays

James Cagney; actor (1899)

Erle Stanley Gardner; writer (1889)

Vince Guaraldi; jazz pianist (1928)

Peter Schickele; music comedian, composer (1935)

Donald Sutherland; actor (1934)

Famous Birthdays

Berenice Abbott; photographer (1898)

Shmuel Yosef Agnon; Ukrainian-Israeli writer (1888)

Ron Asheton; guitarist and songwriter (1948)

John Jacob Astor; zillionaire (1763)

Lou Barlow; guitarist and songwriter (1966)

George Barnes; guitarist and songwriter (1921)

Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten; German philosopher (1714)

Luc Bondy; Swiss film director (1948)

Tim Brooke-Taylor; English comedian (1940)

Mark Burnett; television producer (1960)

Geezer Butler; English bass player (1949)

Diahann Carroll; actor (1935)

Niccolò Castiglioni; Italian composer (1932)

Elizabeth Cook; singer and guitarist (1972)

John Cooper; English car designer (1923)

Chris Crutcher; writer (1946)

Spencer Davis; rock musician (1942)

Paul Delaroche; French painter (1797)

Phyllis Diller; comedian (1917)

Cory Doctorow, Canadian author (1971)

Lyonel Feininger;, German-American painter (1871)

Lionel Ferbos; trumpeter (1911)

Wolfgang Flür; German musician (1947)

Wendy Freedman; Canadian-American cosmologist and astronomer (1957)

Elbridge Gerry; politician (1744)

Sergei K. Godunov; Russian mathematician (1929)

Gordon Gould; laser inventor (1920)

David Hasselhoff; actor (1952)

Hermann Huppen; Belgian author and illustrator (1938)

Bruno Jasieński; Polish poet and author (1901)

Scott Johnson; cartoonist (1969)

Darryl Lamonica; Oakland Raiders QB (1941)

Nicolette Larson; singer-songwriter (1952)

Thé Lau; Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (1952)

Georges Lemaître; Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (1894)

Art Linkletter; humorist (1912)

Pierre Louis Maupertuis; French mathematician and philosopher (1698)

Robert R. McCammon; author (1952)

Angela Merkel; German chemist and politician (1954)

Craig Morgan; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1965)

Luis Munoz-Rivera; Puerto Rican patriot, poet (1859)

Frank Olson; chemist and microbiologist (1910)

Barbara O'Neil; actor (1910)

Mary Osborne; guitarist (1921)

Quino Spanish-Argentinian cartoonist (1932)

Christiane Rochefort; French author (1917)

Jason Rullo; rock drummer (1972)

Jimmy Scott; jazz singer (1925)

Ephraim Shay, American engineer (1839)

Phoebe Snow; singer (1952)

P.J. Soles; actor (1950)

Red Sovine; country singer (1917)

Christina Stead; Australian author (1902)

J. Michael Straczynski; writer (1954)

Mick Tucker; English rock drummer (1947)

Isaac Watts; English hymnwriter (1674)

Alex Winter; actor (1965)

[lboogie1906]

Judge Howard P. Drew (June 28, 1890 - February 19, 1967) schoolboy Olympian, original “World’s Fastest Human,” scholar, soldier, lawyer, and first African American judge in Connecticut, was born to David and May Drew in Lexington, Virginia. The Drew family moved to New York City in 1895 and arrived in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904.

He entered Springfield High School but dropped out his freshman year to work to help support his family. He re-entered high school in 1910. As a high school junior, he was considered one of the fastest sprinters in the country. At the US Olympic Trials, he tied the World Record in the 100-meter dash.

At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, he decided to go for a record in the 100-meter semi-final but he stepped into a soft spot on the track and his left leg gave out. He managed to hop across the finish line in first place. No amount of therapy could get him ready for the finals. He was told he risked permanent injury, he watched teammate Ralph Craig win both the 100 and 200-meter races. He played on the US Olympic baseball team, sharing left-field responsibilities.

The 1916 Olympics were canceled due to WWI. He was the star of the “Pershing Olympics” held in France for the Allied Forces but by the time tryouts for the 1920 USA track team came, he was unable to make the team.

He attended USC and during his college days, he tied or set every World Record in the dash from 30 to 250 yards. The press called him the “Negro Speed Marvel, Colored Flyer, and Crack Colored Sprinter” but the title that was first given to him before anyone else and still used to this day was “World’s Fastest Man.”

He refused invitations to run at Boston Athletic Association track meets because they posted a notice that “no Negro would ever represent the association.” He graced the cover of the NAACP’s Crisis magazine – the special “Education Number.” He wrote newspaper articles on civil rights, fitness, and education. He studied law at Drake University and moved to Hartford, Connecticut to practice law. In 1924, he was elected Justice of the Peace and in 1928, he was appointed a night court judge in the city. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[almanach2023]

Aujourd'hui, jeudi 2 mars, nous fêtons Saint Charles le Bon.

SAINT DU JOUR . Charles, du germanique karl, "fort", "viril" . Prénoms dérivés : Carlos, Charly, Charlotte, Lili, Carl, Carletto, Lotty. . Enfants, les Charles sont appliqués et persévérants. Adultes, ce sont des ambitieux graves, persuadés que la vie est à prendre au sérieux et perpétuellement occupés à agrandir leur domaine privé et professionnel. Fidèles au clan familial, ils le sont également en amour. Et ils en réclament beaucoup. . Saint Charles le Bon (+1127). Fils de Saint Canut du Danemark, il combat dans la seconde croisade et, à son retour, il succède à Robert II comme comte de Flandres. Il défend les pauvres contre les exploiteurs, ce qui lui vaut le surnom de « bon ». Il est tué à l'église S. Donatien à Bruges par des conspirateurs riches auxquels il s'est opposé. Nous fêtons également les : Charles le Bon - Carl - Karl - Jaouen - Joévin - Chad - Jaoua - Jaoven - Joéva - Joévin - Joévina - Jouan - Jova - Jovien - Jovin - Mélarie - Nonn - Nonnette - Parménas - Yaouen Toutes les infos sur les Saints du jour https://tinyurl.com/wkzm328 FETE DU JOUR Quels sont les fêtes à souhaiter aujourd'hui ? [ Bonne fête ] . Charles Péguy, homme de lettres français (5 septembre 1914) . Alexandre Fabre, acteur français. (Charles Fremont dans Plus Belle la Vie) . Charles Darwin, biologiste britannique (19 avril 1882) . Robin Thicke, né Robert Charles Thicke, auteur, compositeur et producteur RNB . Charles Baudelaire, écrivain (31 août 1867) . Charlie Chaplin (Charles Chaplin), né Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr., acteur, réalisateur, producteur, scénariste, écrivain et compositeur britannique (25 décembre 1977) . Charles Pasqua, homme politique français . Charles Berling, acteur . Charles Trenet, chanteur français (19 février 2001) . Charles Aznavour, auteur-compositeur-interprète et acteur . Charles Bukowski est un auteur américain d'origine allemande de romans et de poésie (9 mars 1994) . Charles Boyer, acteur . Ray Charles, chanteur . Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), architecte et urbaniste (27 août 1965) . Charles Bronson, acteur . Prince Charles, prince de Galles (Charles Philip Arthur George), membre de la famille royale britannique, fils aîné de la reine Élisabeth II du Royaume-Uni et du prince Philip, duc d'Édimbourg. . Charles de Gaulle, militaire et homme politique français. . Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, couturier . Charles Pathé, pionnier de l'industrie du cinéma . Charles Goodyear, inventeur Ils nous ont quittés un 2 mars : 2 mars 2006 : Philippe Muray, écrivain français (10 juin 1945) 2 mars 1991 : Serge Gainsbourg (Lucien Ginsburg), auteur-compositeur-interprète français (2 avril 1928) 2 mars 1982 : Philip K. Dick, écrivain américain de science-fiction (16 décembre 1928) Ils sont nés le 2 mars : 2 mars 1981 : Bryce Dallas Howard, actrice et comédienne américaine 2 mars 1977 : Chris Martin, chanteur et pianiste britannique 2 mars 1971 : Stefano Accorsi, né Stefano Lelio Beniamino Accorsi, acteur italien 2 mars 1968 : Daniel Craig, acteur britannique 2 mars 1962 : Jon Bon Jovi, compositeur et acteur américain 2 mars 1949 : Isabelle Mir, skieuse alpine française 2 mars 1949 : Alain Chamfort, chanteur Toutes les naissances du jour https://tinyurl.com/msmk5e22 CITATION DU JOUR Citation du jour : Une calomnie dans les journaux c'est de l'herbe dans un pré. Cela pousse tout seul. Les journaux sont d'un beau vert. Victor Hugo. Citation du jour : Vis ta vie et garde tes questions. La vraie liberté, c'est d'accorder à l'autre l'envol de ses désirs et le charme de taire ce qu'il en fait. Frédérique Deghelt Toutes les citations du jour https://tinyurl.com/payaj4pz Nous sommes le 61ème jour de l'année il reste 304 jours avant le 31 décembre. Semaine 09. Beau jeudi à tous. Source : https://www.almanach-jour.com/almanach/index.php