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The present day concept of an 'artist':
Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. An artist also may be defined unofficially as "a person who expresses him- or herself through a medium". The word is also used in a qualitative sense of, a person creative in, innovative in, or adept at, an artistic practice.
Most often, the term describes those who create within a context of the fine arts or 'high culture', activities such as drawing, painting, sculpture, acting, dancing, writing, filmmaking, PHOTOGRAPHY, and music—people who use imagination, talent, or skill to create works that may be judged to have an aesthetic value. Art historians and critics define artists as those who produce art within a recognized or recognizable discipline. Contrasting terms for highly-skilled workers in media in the applied arts or decorative arts include artisan, craftsman, and specialized terms such as potter, goldsmith or glassblower. Fine arts artists such as painters succeeded in the Renaissance in raising their status, formerly similar to these workers, to a decisively higher level, but in the 20th century the distinction became rather less relevant[citation needed].
The term may be also used loosely or metaphorically to denote highly skilled people in any non-"art" activities, as well— law, medicine, mechanics, or mathematics, for example.
Often, discussions on the subject focus on the differences among "artist" and "technician", "entertainer" and "artisan", "fine art" and "applied art", or what constitutes art and what does not. The French word artiste (which in French, simply means "artist") has been imported into the English language where it means a performer (frequently in Music Hall or Vaudeville). Use of the word "artiste" can also be a pejorative term.[3]
The English word 'artiste' has thus, a narrower range of meaning than the word 'artiste' in French.
Have a really great weekend! It's a keeper and so are you my incredibly talented friends!
Very descriptive title, I know...
But this was taken about.... mmm... 2-ish months ago? Right before I left Montana. I had fun taking some selfies in a field alone one day. :) I just realized I never posted any of them.
I actually made a blog post about that day when it happened, and there are more photos on there if you'd like to see them.
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System. The descriptive "milky" is derived from the appearance from Earth of the galaxy – a band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye. The term "Milky Way" is a translation of the Latin via lactea, from the Greek γαλαξίας κύκλος (galaxías kýklos, "milky circle"). From Earth, the Milky Way appears as a band because its disk-shaped structure is viewed from within. Galileo Galilei first resolved the band of light into individual stars with his telescope in 1610. Until the early 1920s, most astronomers thought that the Milky Way contained all the stars in the Universe. Following the 1920 Great Debate between the astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis, observations by Edwin Hubble showed that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies.
The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy with a diameter between 100,000 light-years and 180,000 light-years. The Milky Way is estimated to contain 100–400 billion stars. There are probably at least 100 billion planets in the Milky Way. The Solar System is located within the disk, about 26,000 light-years from the Galactic Center, on the inner edge of one of the spiral-shaped concentrations of gas and dust called the Orion Arm. The stars in the inner ≈10,000 light-years form a bulge and one or more bars that radiate from the bulge. The very center is marked by an intense radio source, named Sagittarius A*, which is likely to be a supermassive black hole.
Stars and gases at a wide range of distances from the Galactic Center orbit at approximately 220 kilometers per second. The constant rotation speed contradicts the laws of Keplerian dynamics and suggests that much of the mass of the Milky Way does not emit or absorb electromagnetic radiation. This mass has been termed "dark matter". The rotational period is about 240 million years at the position of the Sun. The Milky Way as a whole is moving at a velocity of approximately 600 km per second with respect to extragalactic frames of reference. The oldest stars in the Milky Way are nearly as old as the Universe itself and thus probably formed shortly after the Dark Ages of the Big Bang.
The Milky Way has several satellite galaxies and is part of the Local Group of galaxies, which is a component of the Virgo Supercluster, which is itself a component of the Laniakea Supercluster.(Wikipedia)
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Cactus illustrations from Iconographie Descriptive des Cactées by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871), French botanist and botanical author. Lemaire developed his botanical interest and published numerous papers on cacti and succulents. We have digitally enhanced illustrations from his notable cactus book into high resolution quality. They are free to download and use for either personal or commercial purpose under the CC0 license.
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Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
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Cactus illustrations from Iconographie Descriptive des Cactées by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871), French botanist and botanical author. Lemaire developed his botanical interest and published numerous papers on cacti and succulents. We have digitally enhanced illustrations from his notable cactus book into high resolution quality. They are free to download and use for either personal or commercial purpose under the CC0 license.
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A descriptive catalogue of choice vegetable, flower, and agricultural seeds /.
Boston, MA :Curtis & Cobb..
Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company :.
London :Parbury, Allen,1828-1829..
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
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Cactus illustrations from Iconographie Descriptive des Cactées by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871), French botanist and botanical author. Lemaire developed his botanical interest and published numerous papers on cacti and succulents. We have digitally enhanced illustrations from his notable cactus book into high resolution quality. They are free to download and use for either personal or commercial purpose under the CC0 license.
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Found! A back lot for play! I grabbed another descriptive shot of a back lot play yard on the long lost Francis Street stub shows it really needs upkeep. This better shows the entire street. This is as lost as Jerrod and Ivanca from the subpoena scene. You can see the house on the next, paved street. Kids can play fort and storm pirates with nerf swords after they are done with the slide and swings.Yes, this shot is IN town... and it is fenced but there is no space in the shed for the tractor. I can't get through the fence to get some mowing done! Maybe some realtor is trying to get this lot sold. No signs though.
Hang on, I just got a robo call from India I need to blister. I am looking up Nixon's SSN right now on Google even if he is already dead. It should work. I found an SSN for Trump once. Last day of June was the deadline for robo spooffing phone numbers though. We'll see!
My investigation into the lost-in-time Francis Street stub by the railroad tracks got interesting after I walked a very few feet. I may have to make another clean up pass here in the future. This town scene is a bit archaic by a century if not several decades. Boy. this area in town still looks awfully rural. There are other old back yards here as long as I have to keep the sky minimized.
When I found the dirt stub of Francis Street south of Spruce Avenue on Google Maps, I decided to scope it out. I shot the Pied Piper sidewalk and crossed Spruce to find the dirt street stub of Francis and foliage fence. This lost dirt street ended up being a worthwhile stroll with my camera so I spent time poking. Even Google maps fouled up some street names here. This spot is surrounded by city but certainly does not look like it. I guess that I better follow the dirt road time has squashed to its dregs. People actually live down this (street).
I have several projects to start AND finish!
A Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the honourable East-India company,
London,Published by Parbury, Allen, & Co.,1828-29.
Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
A wonderfully descriptive name for Nolans Bar.
Founded on November 14, 1897, by Eoin Nolan, Nolan's pub, (which today proudly boasts the name Droopy's), ran a grocery shop, post office and pub in the seaside village up until his death on July 23, 1916 aged 60. His son Eoin Jnr, who was known as Eoinie, ran the pub for 47 years right up until his death aged 84. His son Fred (who was affectionately known as Droopy), took over running the pub up until June 1997, when he died aged only 57 and so it was that the pub and its previous owner's name, Droopy, passed to John Nolan, 50, who continues serving drinks to this day with his team.
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
Nearby is sign with a very brief descriptive history of this scene. Neolithic builders put in a henge as their first construction. The builders of Stonehenge, unaware of convention put their ditch on the outside. Here at Bryn Celli Ddu the bank and ditch conform. Whether or not, like the mound, that is because it's a reconstruction I cannot say.
Following on a burial chamber was built in stone and a mound thrown up to cover it. The "stone" pillar there near the entrance is, in fact, a modern concrete substitute for the original.
The modern fence and cow shed make a convenient scale for this modest reconstruction of a Neolithic structure. Ought we be bothered? The purists at English and Scottish Heritage are quite comfortable allowing things to fall down instead of fixing them up because decay is better, apparently, than ensuring longevity. Contrast this with Lincoln Cathedral Vx.x which has fallen, toppled and been burnt over and over only to rise again, Westminster Abbey where a thousand years on it is being patched and new features added or the latest controversy of Macron's plans to alter the tragically burnt Notre-Dame de Paris. You decide.
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Cactus illustrations from Iconographie Descriptive des Cactées by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871), French botanist and botanical author. Lemaire developed his botanical interest and published numerous papers on cacti and succulents. We have digitally enhanced illustrations from his notable cactus book into high resolution quality. They are free to download and use for either personal or commercial purpose under the CC0 license.
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Cactus illustrations from Iconographie Descriptive des Cactées by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871), French botanist and botanical author. Lemaire developed his botanical interest and published numerous papers on cacti and succulents. We have digitally enhanced illustrations from his notable cactus book into high resolution quality. They are free to download and use for either personal or commercial purpose under the CC0 license.
Higher resolutions with no attribution required can be downloaded: https://www.rawpixel.com/board/1269930/cactus-illustrations-charles-antoine-lemaire-free-public-domain-artworks?sort=curated&mode=shop&page=1
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
A very substantial publication that shows numerous aerial photographs, with descriptive text, that had been taken by Mr Gorsten of the KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines : Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.) and that show the works and sites of numerous Dutch companies and concerns across the country as well as the Dutch colonies. It was published by A de la Mar Azn, edited by H J van der Munnik and William Shirlaw under the supervision of Hans Martin, secretary general of the KLM. It was obviously designed to 'sell' both the services of KLM, in terms of a brand as well as its aerial photography team, and the companies who effectively advertised and took space in the book. The book is in English although I strongly suspect a Dutch language version was issued.
These two photos show the existing tobacco and coffee plants of the company "De Erven de Wed. J Van Nelle" in the centre of Rotterdam, the port city the company had its origins and where it was established in 1806. This, needless to say, was based on the colonial exploitation of the tobacco trade of the Dutch East Indies and Java as was the latter interests in coffee. As can be seen the city centre sites at Leuvehaven and Schiedamshedijk were highly constrained in terms of development and expansion and so the company had acquired lands further out of the city where new modern works for both tobacco and coffee processing where under construction.
These new buildings, the Van Nellefabriek, are now recognised as being of international architectural importance. The buildings were designed by architect Leendert van der Vlugt from the Brinkman & Van der Vlugt office in cooperation with civil engineer J.G. Wiebenga, at that time a specialist for construction in reinforced concrete, and built between 1925 and 1931. It is an example of "Nieuwe Bouwen," - modern architecture in the Netherlands. It was commissioned by the co-owner of the Van Nelle company, Cees van der Leeuw, on behalf of the owners. Van der Leeuw and both company-directors, Matthijs de Bruyn and Bertus Sonneveld, were so impressed by the skills of Van der Vlugt they commissioned him to design and build private houses for themselves in Rotterdam and nearby Schiedam between 1928 and 1932.
The Van Nelle company expanded into other products and was eventually bought out by Dutch rivals Douwe Egberts in 1989, who themselves had been acquired by a multinational two years earlier. In 1996 the historic works in Rotterdam were closed and in 1998 the tobacco interests were passed to Imperial Tobacco. The buildings were recognised both nationally and internationally and are now a tourist attraction as well as being used for a variety of business purposes.
A Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the honourable East-India company,
London,Published by Parbury, Allen, & Co.,1828-29.
Descriptive catalogue of new, rare and beautiful plants, dahlias, chrysanthemums, geraniums, fuchsias, carnations, verbenas, phloxes, &c. for spring, 1873, cultivated and for sale by John Saul, nurseryman, seed grower and importer..
Washington, D.C. :John Saul ;1873..
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I drew Niue on some discarded cardboard-paper type material from work and it doesn’t look like total crap so that’s progress!
Shirt says “Smoke meth hail Satan” because that’s not edgy or overplayed at all.
I just got back florida yesterday I’m still tired
Rachael Creek Falls, Part II, 8...With regard to all the waterfalls which have been so-named descriptively (everywhere), then Jumble Falls has to take the cake for first place. Somewhere, sometime during the evolution of time, a massive avalanche in this gorge must have shaken these huge boulders loose to come crashing down into Rachael Creek. These boulders stretch all across the creek and are the size of medium-sized cars and trucks. All I've got to say say is, I'm sure glad I wasn't down in here when it happened!...Jumble Falls also represents a turning point in my excursion... It was here I had to face a fight or flight situation. As I approached this waterfall from behind in the creek bed, the boulders were blocking the flow of the water, creating a deep pool behind the huge boulder in the upper left from where the cascade flows down. I tried crossing over the top of the boulders to the other side of the ridgeline, but the drop to the solid rock below was too sheer and steep to safely attempt. So, the only way out, was literally down, up and out of the creek itself up to behind where the cascade begins and literally down through the waterfall. I stepped down into the creek working my way ahead leaning on the massive boulder to my right...First it was shin deep...then it was knee deep...then it was thigh deep...and finally the water depth was up over my waist!...The trekking poles worked great in helping me to keep my balance and not to be swept downstream in the flow of the current. I was able to climb out and up on the solid rock just above and behind cascade, shake like a grizzly bear, then bracing myself on each side, I stepped down into the rocks in the flow of the water in the waterfall. I felt Rachael herself made that opening just for me!...When my feet braced the solid rock on the top shelf at the bottom of the cascade, I maneuvered over to the left on the rock shelf (as seen in the photo) to work back down to the creek bed. Miraculously I didn't slip! In terms of perspective, I'm 6 feet tall, and the distance from the top of that shelf and where that cascade begins is up to my chin. If I was just bushwhacking down the creek bed, I would probably would do it again...but I won't...because the risk of damaging my camera gear is far too high. After taking a chill (literally) on a large boulder downstream to enjoy the waterfall, my surroundings and to celebrate the fact that I didn't break my camera, any of my lenses or my neck, I arose and headed downstream. Soon after turning a bend in the creek bed, I found myself at the brink of Middle Rachael Creek Falls where I was with my buddy Harmon last Saturday! It was Victory!!...Tonight I'll share my final photos from this excursion and a wrap up commentary...
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
White-letter Hairsteaks are definitely one of Britain's scarcer butterflies that most people would only see by making a special effort to find them. I usually spot this elusive hairstreak fluttering around the canopy of Elm Trees, but occasionally I can find one at photographable elevations, like this one. In common with Black and Green Hairstreaks it never basks with its wings open. I photographed this one nectaring on Hogweed not far from the village of Shepley in West Yorkshire.
White-letter Hairstreak was the original butterfly to which the name "hair streak" was applied by James Petiver in 1703. The scientific name Satyrium is named after the Satyrs in Greek mythology. Satyrs are associated with the worship of Bacchus, and are often depicted with horns and the rear-end of a goat (like Mr Tumnus the "Fawn" in C S Lewis's Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe). Satyrs engaged in spritely dances with the Nymphs and it is thought the name Satyrium was given because of its lively flight. W-album is purely descriptive of the white (albus) letter W, which gives rise to its current vernacular name.
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Cactus illustrations from Iconographie Descriptive des Cactées by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871), French botanist and botanical author. Lemaire developed his botanical interest and published numerous papers on cacti and succulents. We have digitally enhanced illustrations from his notable cactus book into high resolution quality. They are free to download and use for either personal or commercial purpose under the CC0 license.
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A descriptive brochure issued by the CEGB, the then nationalised electricity generation authority for England & Wales. It describes the Croydon Power Station, situated in the London Borough of that name - or rather Croydon "B" generating station as when this brochure was written the much older Croydon "A" station was still extant and capable of generation although this was 'rarely called upon'.
The huge brick clad (in Ravenhead rustic facings), steel framed construction that with the two 90m high brick chimneys (constructed from over 3,000,000 bricks) was a local landmark and had first generated electricity to the Grid in September 1950. However planning and design had begun before the War and it was originally the scheme of the local municipal undertaking that of the County Borough of Croydon. Work had started in 1939 but was suspended until 1946 when work commenced. In 1948 the supply and generation industry was nationalised and so the British Electricity Authority, forerunner of the CEGB, completed the works.
The station had eight Simon-Carves boilers supplying four Metropolitan-Vickers turbo-generators with an output of 210,000kw and they are seen here in this splendid image of the Turbine Hall. Coal was supplied by rail. The station was extended in 1962 - 1965 when two gas turbine generators were added, powered by eight Bristol-Siddeley Olympus engines. Cooling water for the whole station was partially supplied, given Croydon's lack of a major watercourse, by treated effluent from the council's Beddington sewage works.
The station was decommissioned in 1984 and demolished in 1991 - however the two chimneys were retained as landmarks and form part of the massive IKEA store that was constructed on the site.