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                                  Interpretation of Spaces (Gardens)

1. Gardens at Rundāle Palace in Latvia

2. Versailles, France

3. Belvedere, Vienna Austria

4. Château du Champ de Bataille, France

5.  Château de Chambord, France

6. Peterhof, Saint Petersburg, Russia

7.  Château-Vaux-Le-Vicomte. France

8. Het Loo, Netherlands

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                    Fantasia Innamorata (Harry Clarke, Irish 1889–1931)

“Henry Patrick Clarke was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement.His work was influenced by both the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements. His stained glass was particularly informed by the French Symbolist movement.Henry Patrick Clarke was born 17 March 1889, younger son and third child of Joshua Clarke and Brigid (née MacGonigal) Clarke. Joshua Clarke was a church decorator who moved to Dublin from Leeds in 1877 and started a decorating business, Joshua Clarke & Sons, which later incorporated a stained glass division. 

The Clarkes had three children, Michael, David, and Ann.Clarke briefly moved to London to seek work as a book illustrator. Picked up by London publisher Harrap, he started with two commissions which were never completed: Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (much of his work on which was destroyed during the 1916 Easter Rising) and an illustrated edition of Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock.Difficulties with these projects made Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen his first printed work, in 1916. It included 16 colour plates and more than 24 halftone illustrations. This was followed by an illustrations for an edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination: the first version of that title was restricted to halftone illustrations, while a second with eight colour plates and more than 24 halftone images was published in 1923.

This 1923 edition made his reputation as a book illustrator, during the golden age of gift-book illustration in the first quarter of the twentieth century. It was followed by editions of The Years at the Spring, with 12 colour plates and more than 14 monotone images; (Lettice D'O. Walters, ed., 1920), Charles Perrault’s Fairy Tales of Perrault, and Goethe’s Faust, with eight colour plates and more than 70 halftone and duotone images (New York: Hartsdale House, 1925). 

His glass is distinguished by the finesse of its drawing and his use of rich colours, and an innovative integration of the window leading as part of the overall design, originally inspired by an early visit to see the stained glass of the Cathedral of Chartres. He was especially fond of deep blues. Clarke’s use of heavy lines in his black-and-white book illustrations echoes his glass techniques.”

Sample Works:

1. Riquet with the tuft (1922)

2. The Master Cat (1922)

3. The little glass slipper (1922)

4. The marquis gave his hand to the princess, and followed the klng, who went up first (1922)

5. Riquet with the tuft appeared to her the finest prince upon earth (1922)

6. The prince believed he had given her more wit than he had reserved for himself (1922)

7. What is this i see, Said her mother (1922)

8. Any one but clnderilla would have dressed their heads awry (1922)

9. How Heavenly Fair

10. Away she drove, scarce able to contain herself for joy (1922)

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             The Art of Elegance  William Barribal, English (1874-1952)

“William Henry Barribal was a London artist who began his career as a lithographer before going on to study at the Académie Julian in Paris.

By the turn of the 20th century, Barribal had become an accomplished painter and designer. He created a series of images that were used on First World War recruitment posters in Great Britain. During the 1920s and 1930s he created a range of posters for the Schweppes advertising campaign and in 1921, he was contracted to work for Waddingtons, producing work that was used for posters and later a series of playing cards, these works being keenly sought after today. His bold Art Deco posters designed in the 1920s and 1930s for the London and North Eastern Railway are also well known. His wife, Gertrude Louisa Fannie Pitt, was his principal model and his work also included cigarette cards on which she appeared.

Barribal also worked for various magazines, including the leading fashion journal Vogue, and between 1919 and 1938, he regularly exhibited his work. His images of exquisite and fashionable Edwardian women have become classics and the work of many modern fashion artists shows traces of the unmistakable “Barribal style”.

Sample Works:

1. A self-starter (1914)

2. Blue-bird lady though you be, with your hat perched careless-wise (1914)

3. Sly-dog days (1914)

4. The hit of the evening (1913)

5. The lure of the green eyes (1914)

6. Elegant Woman In Black

7. The Biscuit Vendor

8. Beauty’s Eyes

9.  Butterfly-1914

10. The Chelsea Arts Ball

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Blade Runner art by Syd Mead.

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MARTA WRÓBLEWSKA (Polish)

EWA, 2022

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'Luna' (left) and 'Morgenstern' (right), c. 1903. Carl Schweninger the Younger (Austrian, 1854-1912)

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Luis Ricardo Falero - Moonlit Beauties

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THOM TENERY

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RIP Syd Mead

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The Steampunk Aesthetic Of Victorian London In Superb Paintings Of Vadim Voitekhovitch 

Vadim Voitekhovitch was born in a small town of Mozyr, Belarus. He spent most of his life Belarus and he graduated from Bobruisk Art College. From 2004 he lives and works in Germany. His style is quite diverse, but he dedicates most of his time to watercolor and oil. Voitekhovitch likes to draw pictures on history subjects and especially subjects coming from XVIII-XIX centuries.

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Mathematical Form, Surface 0001, Photo by Hiroshi Sugimoto, 2004

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concept art by Syd Mead

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Scenery in Angels & Demons (2009) dir. Ron Howard

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Ancient Currency: Coin Standards of the World’s Empires

Before there were crisp dollar bills as currency, things were much different in the world. If you look at the history of money, most will start with a barter system where livestock was the primary means of trade. This list takes a look at the old currencies of the world, especially from the empires that ruled vast areas from around the globe.

Original Source: https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/money-finance/ancient-currency-coin-standards/

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What’s a Blood Moon? And Other Lunar Eclipse Questions.

Tonight, Australians, Africans, Europeans, Asians and South Americans will have the opportunity to see the longest lunar eclipse of the century. Sorry North America. 

Lunar eclipses occur about 2-4 times per year, when the Moon passes into the Earth’s shadow. In order to see a lunar eclipse, you must be on the night side of the Earth, facing the Moon, when the Earth passes in between the Moon and the Sun. Need help visualizing this? Here you go:

What’s the difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse?

An easy way to remember the difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse is that the word ‘eclipse’ refers to the object that is being obscured. During a solar eclipse, the Moon blocks the Sun from view. During a lunar eclipse, the Earth’s shadow obscures the Moon.

Why does the Moon turn red?  

You may have heard the term ‘Blood Moon’ for a lunar eclipse. When the Moon passes into the Earth’s shadow, it turns red. This happens for the exact same reason that our sunrises and sunsets here on Earth are brilliant shades of pinks and oranges. During a lunar eclipse, the only light reaching the Moon passes through the Earth’s atmosphere. The bluer, shorter wavelength light scatters and the longer wavelength red light passes through and makes it to the Moon.

What science can we learn from a lunar eclipse?

��During a lunar eclipse, the temperature swing is so dramatic that it’s as if the surface of the Moon goes from being in an oven to being in a freezer in just a few hours,” said Noah Petro, project scientist for our Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, at our Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

The Diviner team from LRO measures temperature changes on the Moon through their instrument on the spacecraft as well as through a thermal camera on Earth. How quickly or slowly the lunar surface loses heat helps scientists determine characteristics of lunar material, including its composition and physical properties.

When is the next lunar eclipse?

North Americans, don’t worry. If skies are clear, you can see the next lunar eclipse on January 21, 2019. The eclipse will be visible to North Americans, South Americans, and most of Africa and Europe.

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