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The Hand of God (1895)
marble (original model 1895, carved ca. 1907)
— Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917).
— on loan from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern, at...
Atlanta (Midtown), Georgia, USA.
30 December 2022.
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▶ "In The Hand of God, Rodin equates God the creator with the sculptor. God's hand cradles the partially modeled figures of Adam and Eve, the first human pair in the Hebrew Bible, as they emerge from rough stone. Their entwined forms suggest intimacy and dependence — both on each other and on the hand that made them.
Rodin repurposed the right hand of one of the Burghers of Calais for God's hand and first exhibited a plaster of the new composition in 1896. Marbles and bronzes of different sizes followed."
▶ Photographer's note:
Obviously, I was more engrossed by God's hand than by Adam and Eve!
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▶ Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern
(21 October 2022 - 15 January 2023)
▶ "Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917) is one of the most celebrated sculptors of the modern age, represented in museums and private collections across the globe. However, this was not always the case.
From his first sculpture to enter an American museum in 1893 and culminating with his popular revival in the 1980s, this exhibition follows Rodin’s rise to eminence in the United States due in large part to the collectors, critics, and curators who helped make it happen.
The more than seventy sculptures and drawings in this exhibition include many of Rodin’s best-known compositions, The Thinker, Monument to Balzac, and The Kiss, as well as less-familiar subjects and an exceptional number of his expressive and probing drawings. The exhibition shows Rodin working across an array of media—from terracotta and plaster to bronze and marble—and illuminates his creative process, from studies and maquettes to completed works. Rodin in the United States also reveals Rodin’s incredible daring and inventiveness as he continually pushed against and beyond traditional notions of sculpture.
This exhibition [at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia] is organized by the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts."
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Just getting back from vacation. Hope to catch up with everyone soon. Here is one shot from Amish country. There could very well be mutant Homer Simpson's in there. You never know, I didn't get a look inside.
I had been trackside near Railton, expecting #446 loaded coal train to Railton when I found myself confronted with the return run of empty wagons instead.
Straight into the hire car, I was blindly giving chase down unfamiliar roads with only Google Maps to guide me. I had no idea where the shots where or where I'd lose the line, so when I saw a funky looking windmill in a nearby field I pulled over and jumped out for a shot.
Thankfully a large cloud had settled over the sun a few minutes before, otherwise this would have been a total mess.
2053 and 2054 work 445 empty coal from Railton to Fingal. Shot here near Dunorlan.
When we last left Mark of Falworth he was confronted by three guards, who, instead of attacking him, said,
"The Highlord of Lenfald will see you now, Sir Mark."
Seeing no other viable option, and wanting to disguise his anxiety, Mark cheerfully replied.
"Ah, Excellent! Lead on, good soldier!"
After a short trip through the corridors of the palace, Mark was led into a large, richly decorated room. Mark remembered visiting this very room during the days of the late Highlord Godfrey Wenseclaus II.
But now a different person sat upon the throne, Triphian I.
Only one guard had continued into the room with him and after bowing to the Highlord, announced:
"May I present to you Sir Mark of Falworth, High Councilor of Loreos."
Mark made a respectful nod in the Highlord's direction as Triphian rose from his seat.
"It is good to meet you at last, Sir Mark." The Highlord said lightheartedly. "I finally have a glimpse of the fierce warrior who has torn a gaping hole through my domain!"
Mark smiled.
"It could have been much worse for you...
This palace and all that surround it would be nothing but ashes if you hadn't had the good fortune to remove me from my command."
Triphian laughed.
"The reports of you did not exaggerate! Your optimism and boldness in the face of your great danger is quite admirable."
"May I ask you something, Lord Triphian?"
"Ask away!"
"How is it that I find myself in your palace, when I last remembered careening towards the city in the teeth of a dragon?"
"Aha! That is quite a tale! The mighty beast that brought you here had the great cheek to drop you right on top of a large anti-war protest! As soon as your identity was discovered, complete pandemonium broke out!
Mark's smile widened.
"it must have been quite a scene! I'm only sorry I was unconscious!"
"It was indeed, quite a scene! My men were lucky to get you out unharmed. As the story goes, three battalions of my best troops couldn't restore order, many in the streets are still chanting "Death to Falworth!"
Mark chuckled.
"It seems I've made myself unpopular in these parts..."
Triphan nodded.
"The animosity is not to be unexpected. "The bane of all outlaws" is now "the hammer of the Lenfels"
"Then I suppose you intend to appease the populace by having me drawn and quartered publicly?" Mark reasoned.
"Certainly not! While that action may make me more popular here, the fury of your countrymen would be unparalleled. Loreesi troops still prowl the woods and the best way for us to stop them is to keep you alive and well. So long as your friends stay away, you shall be my guest, if they venture to attack us again your life is forfeit. And they have been made well aware of that.
I have sent a message to your uncle, I hope that by your presence here, we may find a way to end this terrible war."
"I see."
"But until then, you are my honored guest!
I would advise you not to try to escape from the protection of these walls, I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to you outside..."
Mark smiled again.
"I quite agree with you. I have a particular dislike of angry mobs."
"Good, I will see you tonight at the banquet. Farewell, Mark of Falworth."
"Farewell, Lord Triphian."
And with a bow, Mark left the audience chamber...
I built this in 20 minutes a few days ago. I didn't want to leave MoF Hanging. ;)
My bro Steven was a great help with the figs and details! :)
Thanks for viewing and have a great day!
Lovely fortysomething redhead Hanneke confronting the camera, as she poses somewhere in the heart of Amsterdam.
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Bloor and St. George Streets, Toronto
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KOGA teLLs me it wasn't him at aLL...he couLdn't heLp himseLf, but he was not guiLty.Him over here rubbing on my leg as I take a picture of the crime scene.
Confronting a life long dislike and fear of the cold, I did a workshop in the #wimhoffmethod culminating in a two minute ice bath immersion. On entry I was the only one that swore up a storm but 24 hours later I am still buzzing with a happy, chilled vibe.
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Top life moment.
NGC 5033 è una galassia a spirale visibile nella costellazione dei Cani da Caccia.
Il suo diametro apparente è di 10.7’x5’ (per confronto, la Luna piena ha un diametro di 60’) e la sua magnitudine è10.8; la sua distanza è di 40 milioni di anni luce e il suo diametro reale è di 125000 anni luce, quindi è leggermente più grande rispetto alla nostra galassia, la Via Lattea.
NGC 5033 è caratterizzata da bracci a spirale molto pronunciati, specialmente nelle parti più esterne, dove sulla parte sinistra della galassia si può intravedere come un accenno di coda mareale che potrebbe essere spiegata con una collisione avvenuta in passato tra questa galassia e un’altra più piccola.
Il nucleo della galassia è compatto e molto luminoso ed è circondato da sottili filamenti di polveri che poi si connettono ai bracci a spirale.
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NGC 5033 is a spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici constellation. It has apparent dimensions 10.7’x5’ and magnitude 10.8: its distance is 40 million light yeras and its diameter is 125000 light years, so it is slightly larger than Milky Way.
It is characterized by very pronounced spiral arms, especially in the outer parts where on the left side one can see like the begin of a tidal tail.
The galaxy core is compact and very bright: it is surrounded by thick dust lanes which connect to the spiral arms.
Technical data
Image taken on 1/24 February, 20 May 2020 from Promiod (Aosta Valley, Italy)
RC12 GSO Truss (diameter 304mm, focal lenght 2432mm)
Mount GM2000 HPSII
CCD Moravian G3-16200 with filters Astrodon Tru-Balance Gen2 E-Serie LRGB
Exposures and sensor temperature:
L 21x600" -30C + 6x600" -20C + 20x15" -20C
R 24x300", G 16x300" -20C, B 17x300" bin2 -20C
All images in bin2
Total exposure 9.3h
Guide with OAG Moravian and Moravian camera G1-0301
The whole imaging session was managed by Voyager sw
Post processing with Pixinsight 1.8 and DxO Photolab 3
Confrontation sous la tempête! ❄️
Ceux qui ont vu ma vidéo que j’ai publiée précédemment savent déjà à quel point cette confrontation était intense! Mais voici un autre angle de cette scène incroyable : une chouette lapone en plein vol, dans la tempête, qui semble foncer droit sur une proie… et pourtant, c’est une autre chouette qui l’attend au sol!
Un affrontement territorial juste devant moi, totalement imprévu. Je suis sorti ce jour-là sans attente, juste pour marcher et prospecter, et j’ai été témoin d’un spectacle que je vais me rappeler toute ma vie. Comme quoi, plus tu marches, plus tu te rapproches du succès!
Chouette lapone
Québec, Canada
A boy with a stone (in his left hand) confronts the heavily armed Egyptian military police at a barbed wire barricade just south of Tahrir Square. The road is littered with stones thrown by both homeless youths and SCF soldiers, who would also resort to tear gas and (on many other days) bullets.
This photo was posted earlier today with very clumsy and amateurish adjustments to the brightness using a free online editor which were distinctly noticeable on enlargement but I've now readjusted the image to be closer to the original using no more than a !% change in brightness in any area of the image.
Please share our frustration over the situation that confronted us last evening our last night in Wales.
We had travelled to north Wales from Ipswich for a couple of days in the hope of both seeing and photographing choughs a bird that had eluded us on previous trips.
On our way back to the self-catering cottage I spotted choughs in a field of horses.
The raucous calls suggested that juveniles might be present so we pulled up in a narrow lane but because if distance I had to use a heavy lens which in itself was bad enough for me. Just cannot manoeuvre it anymore.
However the birds were in a position that only allowed me to photograph into the sun as there was no other option.
We were treated to some great chough family action but most images were far too dark and unusable however we did manage to salvage a few shots.
This juvenile was extremely noisy and active and gave it’s parents no peace.
However I seized the moment.
We hope you can also share the things that we saw and I tried to capture.
C’est la vie!!!!
Flickr Friday-Ont The Waterfront
Cliche Saturday
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We actually got some rain last night and there was a puddle big enough to float the rubber duckies on, so I thought I'd do that :) I love these rainstorms, they come so rarely!
With End Game, Damien Hirst confronts us with the fact that we are mortal. At once repellent and beautiful, the sculpture focuses on two human skeletons, male and female. Flanking the skeletons are two cases containing an array of the kind of medical equipment commonly used in an operating theater or morgue. Although the implements seem to be found objects, they were commissioned by the artist, fabricated to his exact specifications and engraved with his last name. For Hirst, the surgical instruments represent both the miracle and horror of modern medicine. The title End Game refers to the final stage of a chess match. Endgame is also the name of a Samuel Beckett play in which four characters face the inevitability of their demise. Rooted in the history of art, End Game specifically addresses the idea of vanitas. Latin for vanity, the word describes a type of painting common in Northern Europe during the 17th century. These still-life compositions represent the fleeting nature of existence, using symbols like hourglasses, rotting fruit and flowers, and—most notably—skulls. End Game reinvents the conventions of the vanitas picture for modern times, insisting that viewers recognize the fragility of life and their own reluctance to acknowledge death.
Confronto tra i due treni, che differiscono non solo per il nome del tipo di servizio, ma anche per i rotabili utilizzati, e conseguentemente per il diverso profilo dei frontali.
La scultura detta Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (o anche solo fontana dei Fiumi) si trova a Roma al centro di Piazza Navona ideata e plasmata dallo scultore e architetto Gian Lorenzo Bernini tra il luglio 1648 ed il giugno 1651 su commissione di papa Innocenzo X, in piena epoca barocca, durante il periodo più fecondo di questo artista.
Costituisce uno straordinario supporto alla copia romana di un obelisco egizio, proveniente dal Circo di Massenzio. Opera di architettura, oltre che di scultura, la fontana mette in mostra un vero e proprio artificio barocco, nell'appoggio dell'obelisco sul vuoto.
Quattro colossali figure, sedute in pose contrastanti, impersonano i grandi fiumi dei quattro continenti: il Nilo, il Gange, il Danubio e il Rio della Plata.
La fontana, coronata dalla colomba dello Spirito Santo - emblema del papa Innocenzo X, committente dell'opera - fu anche interpretata come simbolo del trionfo della Chiesa sulle quattro parti del mondo.
La tradizione che vuole che il Bernini (rivale del contemporaneo Borromini) abbia scolpito il personaggio che nella fontana impersona il Rio della Plata, col braccio alzato in atteggiamento di disprezzo nei confronti della prospiciente chiesa di S. Agnese in Agone (straordinaria opera del Borromini).
Née en 1994 à Donetsk en Ukraine, Sasha Zaitseva a grandi dans une famille russo-ukrainienne où elle a « ressenti le dualisme culturel comme norme ». Ce n’est qu’en 2014, lors de la guerre civile ukrainienne, qu’elle réalise porter deux héritages culturels séparés. Avec ses Kalina venok, des couronnes tressées de fleurs, elle pense le rôle des signes et objets culturels dans la formation de l’identité. La même année elle participe au Salon d’Automne International à Tel Aviv (Israel). Depuis elle expose en France et au Danemark (Musée de Greve, 2021). Elle est lauréate du prix UNESCO 2018 « Exprime toi : la culture, un agent de la paix ». Elle devient membre de l’atelier des artistes en exil en mai 2022.
Born in 1994 in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sasha Zaitseva grew up in a Russian-Ukrainian family where she “felt cultural dualism as the norm”. It was not until 2014, during the Ukrainian civil war, that she realized she was carrying two separate cultural heritages. With her Kalina venok, braided crowns of flowers, she thinks about the role of cultural signs and objects in the formation of identity. The same year she participated in the Salon d'Automne International in Tel Aviv (Israel). Since then she has exhibited in France and Denmark (Greve Museum, 2021). She is the winner of the 2018 UNESCO Prize “Speak Yourself: Culture, an Agent of Peace”. She became a member of the workshop of artists in exile in May 2022.
Flaxman’s ‘St Michael Overcoming Satan’, North Gallery Petworth House.
Leica MP with Super-Angulon 21mm (v2 @3.4), Kentmere 400 in Rodinal 1:25 for 7.5 mins.
Trent'anni di tecnica nella costruzione di rotabili a due piani si incontrano nella stazione di Canzo-Asso (CO); a sinistra vediamo la EB 850-14 in sosta domenicale, mentre a destra è presente il TSR R6 041, pronto a partire per Milano Cadorna.
Confronted by a vicious, aggressive wild animal, a courageous citizen puts his life on the line… Unfortunately, however, it doesn't go well. Entombed in a body-cast, he may never walk again and must dine through a rubber hose. Timetable for recovery: there is no timetable… He's been admitted to l.t. Invalid Care.
In China.