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From my set entitled “Lysimachia”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lysimachia is a genus of flowering plants. It is traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae but should, according to molecular phylogenetic study, be placed to the family Myrsinaceae
Lysimachia species often have yellow flowers, and grow vigorously. They tend to grow in damp conditions. Several species within Lysimachia are commonly called loosestrife, although this name is also used for plants within the genus Lythrum.
Lysimachia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some butterflies and moths, including the Dot Moth, Grey Pug, Lime-speck Pug, Small Angle Shades and V-pug.
The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs held a medal ceremony at the Woodbridge Center Mall on Nov. 1, to honor and recognize the services of New Jerseyans veterans from the various war conflicts. New Jersey veterans from World War II through current Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom received New Jersey's Distinguished Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Korean Service Medal or Vietnam Service Medal. As part of DMAVA's Veterans Outreach Program, the ceremony marks the start of a three-day visit of the veterans outreach kiosk where veterans and their family members can learn more about benefits or entitlements they could be elible for. (Photos by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez, NJDMAVA/PA)
Installation entitled "Nutrimetica, 2008" as part of the Next Wave Festival, 2008. Installation part of group show entitled "Nightclub Project" at The Men's Gallery, KIng St Melbourne. Live performance by May Bluebell.Work by Luke Warm - meatkeeper@gmail.com
Chicago, Illinois, USA. The bronze sculpture entitled Pillar of Fire by Egon Weiner sits in front of the Chicago Fire Academy.
Hanna Ranch Novato, CA. Urban One is providing Project Management & Entitlement services. www.urbanone.com.
Article entitled "Acting as Master on Behalf of the People and Allowing the People to be the Master" in the August 2011 issue of the Popular Tribune. Summary: For many officials of the governing party, democracy means "Acting as master on behalf of the people" . To many Chinese, democracy means "honest officials" rule on behalf of the people. However, true democracy means allowing the people to be the masters -- that is popular soverignity, the people deciding, and the people leading the officials. The traditional concept of democracy as the people serving the officials is feudal and gets things backwards! The officials should be the servants of the people.
The way to allow the people to be the masters is to establish an effective mechanism that protects the rights of the people to information, to elect officials, to excercize oversight over official activities, to express themselves and to ensure that the rights of the people shall not be trampled upon. The old ways of thinking that predominate today must change. Today officials pay most of their attention to the officials above them. This must change to a system in which they pay attention to the people "below" and the will of the people will determine whether an official is retained or fired.
These 39 pictures entitled "Colors of Fall in Yardley . . ." were all taken around my home in late October, pre-Hurricane Sandy. Number 7968 is a photo of the tree that came crashing down on two unsuspecting cars parked underneath it at the height of the hurricane.
Fall happens to be my favorite time of year and not just because pumpkin flavors are all the rage. From late September to early November, Mother Nature puts on her most spectacular show. Trees of all types slowly transition from their standard leaves to shades of red, orange, gold, brown, and even purple. Landscapes across the country pop with vibrant colors and serve as a brief reminder just how beautiful nature can be.
It's a great time for hiking and scenic drives and below are all the resources you need to make your trip happen. Whether you want to know just why leaves change their colors or are looking for where to see specific shades, the answers are here.
So Why Do Leaves Change Colors?
The answer lies in one word: chlorophyll. It's the chemical that gives leaves their green color. Chlorophyll is also responsible for photosynthesis - a process where plants turn water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and sugar. Confused? Let's back up to the basics.
Trees take water from the ground using their roots. They also take carbon dioxide from the air. But trees need oxygen and glucose to grow big and healthy. In order to do that, they use sunlight to turn the water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose. That's photosynthesis. And chlorophyll helps make it happen.
When summer ends and autumn begins, there is less sunlight since the days get shorter. This is an important hint for trees and other plants to prepare themselves for the winter. Since there isn't enough light and water during the winter for photosynthesis, trees go into rest-mode and will feed off food they have stored up over summer. While processes shut down, chlorophyll starts to disappear from the leaves, taking away the green color. As the green fades, the leaves show other colors that have been there all along - yellow and orange. They have been hidden all summer by chlorophyll and during the fall, it is their time to shine!
You're probably wondering about the other signature colors of autumn - red, purple, and brown. Well, in some trees, such as maples, glucose is trapped in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. That glucose is turned into a red color from the sunlight and the cool nights of autumn. The brown color of trees, such as oaks, is made from tannin - a waste product left in the leaves.
The brilliance of colors you see every fall is directly related to weather conditions. The brightest colors are seen when late summer is dry, and autumn has bright sunny days and cool evenings. A good supply of rainfall also keeps the leaves on trees longer and helps to enhance the color.
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...au natural - bits for dyeing. is is a display entitled: YOSHIOKA - found in a store window in Kyoto.
Artist: Amanda Parer
Country: Australia
Entitle is an elaborate light installation designed in the 18th-century Rococo style and crafted using the traditional techniques of Chinese lantern- making. Covering 10 sq m, the artwork features four large decorative towers, heavily ornamented with gold and brightly coloured flowers, which surround a base displaying a light-sculpture of a mother pig and her suckling young.
From my set entitled “Cranesbill”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. It is found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region. These attractive flowers will grow in any soil as long as it is not waterlogged. Propagation is by semi-ripe cuttings in summer, by seed or by division in autumn or spring.
The species Geranium viscosissimum is considered to be protocarnivorous.
The name "cranesbill" derives from the appearance of the seed-heads, which have the same shape as the bill of a crane. The genus name is derived from the Greek γέρανος, géranos, or γερανός, geranós, crane. The long, palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. Their rose, pink to blue or white flowers have 5 petals.
Cranesbills are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Brown-tail and Mouse Moth.
Confusingly, "geranium" is also the common name of members of the genus Pelargonium, which were formerly classified in the cranesbill genus. In the United States, true Geraniums are frequently distinguished from the less hardy Pelargoniums as (rather redundantly) "hardy geraniums" by gardeners and in the horticultural trade. One can make the distinction between the two by looking at the flowers: Geranium has symmetrical flowers, while Pelargonium has irregular or maculate petals. Other former members of the genus are now classified in genus Erodium, including the plants known as filarees in North America.
Entitled "Digital Progress, Human Success", we explored how the change brought about by the new Digital Transformation continues to change perspectives and to transform companies, individuals and societies through new ways of thinking; resulting from the technological and digital knowledge we have acquired.
All of this in the purest IE style, to reconnect with our former colleagues, meet new ones and enjoy moments of leisure the event such as lunch and dinner.
The show entitled "Your emotional future" is the first solo exhibition by Olafur Eliasson in Eastern Europe. It will last from 21 May to 2 October 2011 at the PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv, Ukraine. The show is open from Tuesday through Sunday from 12am to 9pm. Admission is free.
The exhibition at the PinchukArtCentre is a milestone in the evolution of the artist’s oeuvre. With a total of 16 works presented on three floors – all of which, with a few exceptions, such as Beauty (1993) and Room for one colour (1997) – are from 2010/2011 and include numerous works especially created for the PinchukArtCentre.
When the family is out in the pool, Uggs doesn't know what to do with himself. I run around taking pictures of him.
New York, USA: Catherine Amal, secretary, Equal Opprtunities Commission, Uganda looks at a powerpoint presentation by a panel member during a side event entitled "Gender statistics and monitoring tools for agriculture and food security" organized by FAO and IFAD at the UN headquarters in New York City on 13 March, 2015.
Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Sudeshna Chowdhury. Editorial use only. Copyright ©FAO
Statue entitled 'Vatnsberinn' (The Water Carrier) by Ásmundur Sveinsson. It was inspired by the women who carried water from the pump to their houses at the turn of the 20th century.
From my set entitled “Cranesbill”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geranium
Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. It is found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region. These attractive flowers will grow in any soil as long as it is not waterlogged. Propagation is by semi-ripe cuttings in summer, by seed or by division in autumn or spring.
The species Geranium viscosissimum is considered to be protocarnivorous.
The name "cranesbill" derives from the appearance of the seed-heads, which have the same shape as the bill of a crane. The genus name is derived from the Greek γέρανος, géranos, or γερανός, geranós, crane. The long, palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. Their rose, pink to blue or white flowers have 5 petals.
Cranesbills are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Brown-tail and Mouse Moth.
Confusingly, "geranium" is also the common name of members of the genus Pelargonium, which were formerly classified in the cranesbill genus. In the United States, true Geraniums are frequently distinguished from the less hardy Pelargoniums as (rather redundantly) "hardy geraniums" by gardeners and in the horticultural trade. One can make the distinction between the two by looking at the flowers: Geranium has symmetrical flowers, while Pelargonium has irregular or maculate petals. Other former members of the genus are now classified in genus Erodium, including the plants known as filarees in North America.
President of the Republic – Event entitled “Youth at the heart of an autonomous Union”
Presidential Palace, Lefkosia, Cyprus
The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Nikos Christodoulides, addresses the event entitled “Youth at the heart of an autonomous Union”, on the occasion of Europe Day.
New Deal mural entitled "Products of Grady County" painted by Paul L Gill. He completed May 23, 1938 and died one week later at his home in Pennsylvania. The mural has been moved to the county museum.
New Deal mural entitled "Industry and Agriculture" painted in 1939 by Boris Mestchersky. Oil on Canvas
Most of the post office works of art were funded under the Treasury Department's Section commissions. Those works that were created using TRAP funds are so indicated. Although the WPA funded the construction of post office buildings, the artwork was not WPA but was usually produced under the Section or TRAP programs.
Entitled: "Fly"
Just now started messing around with my pictures I took in Africa. This one is designed to activate others with a similar heartbeat for Africa.
The 2015 UMASH Annual Forum entitled "Growing Agricultural Education: Embracing Health and Safety" was held at the Davies Center on the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire campus on May 28, 2015. The forum was co-sponsored by the the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH), the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, the Southern Minnesota Center of Agriculture and South Central College and MN West Community and Technical College, the National Farm Medicine Center in Marshfield WI, and the Migrant Clinician's Network.
The forum included presentations highlighting existing efforts to address agricultural health and safety in educational programs, a panel discussion and a series of small group discussions focused on agricultural health and safety education and outreach. Fifty-five attendees from diverse backgrounds including healthcare, occupational health and safety, education, research, government, media, communications, immigrant services and human resources participated in the forum. The interactive format provided attendees many opportunities to network and take part in discussions with different attendees throughout the day.
Read the event summary, download the presentation slides and resources at umash.umn.edu/annualforum/
8 plaster reliefs entitled "History and Present Day Themes Related to Wilmington and It's Surroundings" created by Thomas G Lo Medico in 1937. They are on the ceiling above the stair case.
Installation entitled "Nutrimetica, 2008" as part of the Next Wave Festival, 2008. Installation part of group show entitled "Nightclub Project" at The Men's Gallery, KIng St Melbourne. Live performance by May Bluebell.Work by Luke Warm - meatkeeper@gmail.com
New Deal mural entitled "Post Ride" originally painted in 1936 by Paul Grellert. During renovation of the post office in the 60's the mural was destroyed. Mr Grellert either heard about this or happened to stop in and offered to paint a recreation of the original mural. The only difference is the original horse was white.
1890 Published in an album entitled 'Fremantle Views', this photo was labelled 'South West Aboriginal woman outside a hut of leaves wearing a Buka, 1890, near Fremantle’.
This Noongar/Whadjuk woman has the long digging stick, typical of the south-western and Walyalup region, which was used to dig for root vegetables and small animals. Her hut is constructed of eucalyptus branches, bent and threaded over a single frame of eucalyptus trunks placed in a semi-circle into the ground and bent over towards the centre. Balga grass (Xanthorrhoea/Grass Tree) was also used to construct huts, especially in wet weather and when the hut was to stand for any length of time. The grass fronds were stuck into a simple frame in successively higher concentric circles, to form a thatch which drained the rain onto the ground and kept the interior of the hut dry.
She is wearing a Buka (also Boka or Booka), the name for the cloak traditionally worn by Noongar peoples. Unlike in the south-east, where peoples such as Yorta Yorta wore possum-skin cloaks, Noongar peoples generally use the pelt of the kangaroo.
Whadjuk is the name of the dialectal group from the Perth area. Whadjuk is situated south of Yued and north of the Pinjarup dialectal groups. The major cities and towns within the Whajuk region include Perth, Fremantle, Joondalup, Armadale, Toodyay, Wundowie, Bullsbrook and Chidlow. The approximate size of the Whadjuk region is 5,580 km.
Text from South West Aboriginal Land & Sea Council and Nyungar Tradition: Glimpses of Aborigines of south-western Australia 1829-1914 by Lois Tilbrook
Image from Royal Western Australian Historical Society R3008
The Leaders Of Technique program hosted their 1st Annual Tie Ceremony entitled “A City Tied Together” on Wednesday, October 10th. This epic event symbolically connected Elizabeth’s younger and older generations by having prominent Elizabeth men donate neck ties to the members of the L.O.T. program.
Models Chase Kaufman and Brooke Fleming photographed in Indio, California as part of a narrative photo series entitled "The Breakup" photo by Kansas City photographer Jason Tracy #models #editorial #narrative#motel #moody #glass #rain #window #kansascityphotographer ©Jason Tracy
This photographic portfolio entitled “ANCESTRAL LANDSCAPES” is the result of an incredible journey in Scotland through breathtaking natural landscapes. Scotland landscape is a permanent theater, a mysterious drama in which the initial plot seems to come from ancient feuds or the echo of legends. Contrasting like its climate, Scotland offers a range of light and shadow carried by the impetuousness of the elements. Weather reports are more like predicting the future than science. As frustrating as it may sound, it forces you to make your day unexpected. The turbulence of time exacerbates the green of the hills, the darkness of the mountains and the density of the ocean. The caledonian bad weather offers atmospheres that seem to come out of the most fantastic tales and legends. In this interplay of shades and contrasts, Scotland is a perpetual painting that offers aesthetes the violence of its brushstrokes. Consistently tackling the elements in Scotland grabs you literally and figuratively. The wind blows across the plains, the rain draws a curtain over the landscape and the proud mountains impress. Scotland is home to some of the most stunning landscapes I have ever seen. Shaped by landslides and tectonic movements that have completely sculpted their surroundings, these landscapes instantly immerse you in an almost supernatural fantasy world. One does not expect to discover such an exciting landscape. Vastness constantly echoes within us through our eyes.
Installation entitled "Nutrimetica, 2008" as part of the Next Wave Festival, 2008. Installation part of group show entitled "Nightclub Project" at The Men's Gallery, KIng St Melbourne. Live performance by May Bluebell.Work by Luke Warm - meatkeeper@gmail.com
Entitled "Prayer for World Peace" designed and created by Tibetan monk Yeshi Palden who traveled from New York to Louisville to make the sand painting at Zen Garden. Completed April 13, 2008. Adopted by Interfaith Paths to Peace as its logo ( with permission).
The 2015 UMASH Annual Forum entitled "Growing Agricultural Education: Embracing Health and Safety" was held at the Davies Center on the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire campus on May 28, 2015. The forum was co-sponsored by the the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH), the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, the Southern Minnesota Center of Agriculture and South Central College and MN West Community and Technical College, the National Farm Medicine Center in Marshfield WI, and the Migrant Clinician's Network.
The forum included presentations highlighting existing efforts to address agricultural health and safety in educational programs, a panel discussion and a series of small group discussions focused on agricultural health and safety education and outreach. Fifty-five attendees from diverse backgrounds including healthcare, occupational health and safety, education, research, government, media, communications, immigrant services and human resources participated in the forum. The interactive format provided attendees many opportunities to network and take part in discussions with different attendees throughout the day.
Read the event summary, download the presentation slides and resources at umash.umn.edu/annualforum/
This panorama is entitled “Clifton,” like “Occoquan,” it was named after the town in which it was photographed in. When printed at its native size, the panorama should measure approximately 10” tall by 168” (~14 feet) wide, “Clifton” was photographed at a full 360 degree view, meaning it’s a complete capture of everything that happened around the camera.
Hello everyone and welcome to my first photography project of the year! After roughly three years of searching, thinking, photographing, developing, and all that, I figured out what my main theme will be for the rest of my photography career in High School: Panoramas. From the simplistic pictures of Photo I, the random creative projects of Photo II, the suicide and murder themes of early Photo III, to my main theme of old towns captured as a panoramas from late Photo III and onward. I didn’t choose to shoot old towns on panoramas just because it might seem easy; in fact, the general practice of editing a panorama is far from simple, for my first one for this project, it took approximately two weeks of nonstop editing. On average, it took me approximately 20 minutes to capture a 270 degree panorama, and it could take longer depending on how populated and crowded it was to shoot the whole thing. Not only that, since the panoramas are being edited at their native size (10 inches by infinity inches), they require beefy computers to be edited completely. Our editing PCs at school fulfil the guidelines for “beefy” at least for regular photo editing, but in reality, they aren’t the best for panorama editing at all. In the end, the process is time consuming and requires a lot of patience. For the easiness of printing and mounting, the panoramas are printed on 13” x 19” semi-gloss paper. If I were to use these panoramas in a contest, for example, then I’d print them at their full size. The first panorama is entitled “Occoquan,” named after the town in which it was photographed in. When printed at its native size, the panorama should measure approximately 10” tall by 140” (~11.6 feet) wide. The next panorama is entitled “Clifton,” like “Occoquan,” it was named after the town in which it was photographed in. When printed at its native size, the panorama should measure approximately 10” tall by 168” (~14 feet) wide, “Clifton” was photographed at a full 360 degree view, meaning it’s a complete capture of everything that happened around the camera. The final panorama is entitled “Alexandria,” also named after the town in which it was photographed in. When printed at its native size, the panorama should measure approximately 10” tall by 127” (~10.6 feet) wide, “Alexandria” was photographed at a 270 degree view, meaning its only 3/4ths of the total landscape. All of the panoramas successfully capture everything going on in the town at that moment in time like people walking, going about their day and cars driving by going were they need to. These panoramas aren’t just some photos of towns, they’re a time capsule; for example, when people take family pictures, they want the memories to be kept in a physical and authentic form; however, when you take those pictures, you miss what goes on in other parts of the scene, the style of people, the activities of people, and most importantly, the decade and era of people. These panoramas photograph a date, not just an event. They photograph how we lived during this period in time because only time, itself, can change. Eventually we won’t live life in this lifestyle anymore, time moves on and things change. That’s my goal in capturing “Occoquan,” “Alexandria,” and “Clifton.” Well that’s all I really have to say about them, I’ll see you all in my second quarter project!
Project Serial Number: Q1:P2:PY4
Camera Model: Olympus E-510 DSLR
Lens: Zuiko ED 40-150mm Telephoto Lens
Camera Resolution: 10 Megapixels
Edited With: Adobe Photoshop CC 2017
Woodcut from the 'Oeuvres' of Jean-Baptiste Belot, Rouen, 1640. BRAUNFELS, Sigrid et al. (1973). Der 'vermessene' Mensch. Anthropometrie in Kunst und Wissenschaft. Heinz Moos Verlag, Munchen. ISBN 3-7879 0068 3
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Les Ouevres de Jean Baptiste Belot - Jean Belot
At about the time Johannes Rothmann's work was first published at the end of the sixteenth century, the French chiromancer Jean Belot was born. Belot was fascinated by both astrology and chiromancy from a young age, though that was not to prevent him from becoming a Cure in later life. His first book on chiromancy was published at Paris in 1619, entitled 'Instruction Familiere et tres facile pour apprendre les sciences de chiromance et physiognomie'. This is very much an astrological chiromancy - in the opening sentence to the treatise, Belot tells us that in order to understand chiromancy, we must first understand the meaning and significances of the planets and the astrological signs - and the text maintains a strong astrological flavour throughout.
This chiromancy was reprinted and included in the text entitled 'Les Oeuvres de Jean Belot', first published at Rouen in 1640. This also includes a treatise on physiognomy and metoposcopy and has further sections devoted to the Lullian Art of Memory, the art of dialectics and even a work on the art of preaching a sermon! The chiromancy occupies the first half of the book and takes up some 210 pages. The astrological emphasis within his work is made very clear from the beginning, for at the frontispiece there is given a woodcut illustration of the hand depicting various astrological correlations, including the innovation of ascribing each of the signs of the zodiac to each of the twelve phalanges of the fingers.
Belot and the Cabala
Belot begins the text itself with a consideration of the significances of the planets and the signs of the zodiac, together with their various occult associations and correspondences, for instance giving a brief description of the typical physiognomy associated with each planet. An exposition on 'Three Worlds' follows, together with the manifestations of these in the lines and areas of the hand itself. The next chapter deals with the interpretation of various sacred letters that can be seen in the lines of the hand. That Belot has come into contact with Hebrew cabalistic chiromancy is abundantly clear from this chapter; not only does he describe the ten sephiroth and the Tree of Life, he even cites the Talmud and makes reference to a certain Rabbi Abraham ben Ezra. However, it is Romanised letters rather than those of the Hebrew script that he looks for in the hand, as is made clear by the table he gives corresponding each of the 26 letters of the alphabet with different planets and zodiacal signs. The divination of the meaning of a letter found in the lines of the hand is therefore achieved by interpreting the astrological symbol directly associated with it.
There then follows a section on astrological correspondences with the physical body and some rather strange chapters on how we might ascertain our day of birth, temperament and our heredity from a consideration of the lines of the hand. We can learn from such considerations whether we are more like our father or our mother and, indeed, Belot even shows us how we might find our Genie or Guardian Angel from looking at the lines of the hand! Throughout, there is much in the way of an astrological emphasis in his approach, typified by the chapter on the quadrangle whose exact formation and construction is given as being an indicator of a precise house position or 'mansion' of the moon, which can then readily be interpreted by astrological means. For ease of interpretation here he also provides a handy table, correlating the mansions of the moon with the lines of the hand, astrological and zodiacal correspondences, angels and specific letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Here Belot overtly informs us that he derived this table of correspondences from the teachings of the cabala.
Chiromantic Interpretations
The bulk of the book is, of course, taken up with explaining the significance of the various lines of the hand. However, in contrast to his penchant for infusing chiromancy with new ideas and perspectives drawn from astrological and cabalistic teachings, many of his interpretations of the lines of the hand are merely re-presentations of ideas we first heard centuries ago. Despite all the advances at a theoretical level, the interpretation of specific lineal features has stayed pretty much the same! For instance, a circle on the line of life indicates loss of an eye (and, yes, two circles here means the loss of both eyes); the mensal line ending between the index and middle fingers shows a man will die by a "flux de sang" whilst a woman with this formation will die in childbirth or through an excessive loss of (menstrual) blood. Of course, a well-formed triangle shows someone who will have good fortune, riches, a happy life and a contented old age whilst four clearly formed rascettes indicate a lifespan of eighty to one hundred years, each clearly formed line giving about twenty years according to Belot.
It is of interest here to note that Belot differs from most authors in the nomenclature he gives to the lines, calling the head line the epatique and the Uranus line the cephalique, rather than the other way round. He surely cannot be ignorant of the usual terminology, for his continual references to the writings of Tricasso, Indagine, Corvus, Taisnier and Goclenius informs us that he is familiar with many of the most important chiromantic authors of the Renaissance period. Indeed, he concurs with the prevailing view on some other interpretations of the lines - for instance that the Mensal line begins beneath the little finger and moves towards the thumb side of the hand. Frontispiece from 'Les Oeuvres de Jean Belot' showing the astrological ascriptions to the finger phalanges
One interesting interpretation he gives for stars to be found on this line is as an indication of good fortune, under the little finger, good fortune in sciences; under the ring finger, good fortune in honour; under the middle finger, good fortune in health and under the index finger, good fortune in money and wealth. This corresponds with some of the interpretations he gives for the lines, for he sees a well-formed ligne du soleil as an indicator of dignity, honour and offices (such as is to be found in Kings and Princes) and he sees a well-formed ligne de Saturne as an indicator of health and tranquillity. He gives an interesting interpretation for the ceinture de Venus, seeing it as indicating someone given to bestiality, sodomy, incest, molestation and dishonest action! It is perhaps from Belot that the nineteenth century interpretation of this line as an indicator of sexual obsession and sexual deviance was originally derived.
Associations and Correspondences
The treatise concludes with sections on the mounts of the palm and how to make predictions from them, a chapter on the nails and on why these are properly part of chiromancy rather than physiognomy and a chapter giving particular rules and general remarks for the interpretation of the morphognomic features of the hand, such as the handsize and the fingers. The whole treatise is thoroughly astrological throughout, occasionally leaving the chiromantic theme under discussion for some foray into further astrological associations and correspondences. Like Johannes Rothmann, Belot is indeed one of the foremost exponents of the astrological approach to chiromancy from this whole period. However, it is clear that his allegiance is not to astrology alone, for many other ideas inform his chiromantic method; the penultimate chapter of the treatise covers the philosophy of the 'Three Worlds' once more, giving all manner of further esoteric associations and correspondences between the hand and the four winds, the four spirits, the four humours and the elements, angels, letters and numbers. For Belot, the importance of chiromancy is not only its value as a divinatory science in its own right, it can also help us know and understand many other divinatory systems as well.
Although his system of astrological ascription to the phalanges was not widely adopted then and in fact is little used now, Belot is one of the few authors of this period to really attempt to synthesise astrology and chiromancy into one coherent discipline together with cabalistic and other esoteric ideas. This clearly shows his connection to that Hermetic stream of thought that can be traced in a number of important chiromantical authors. The attempt to relate chiromancy and astrology so neatly together and fuse these with cabalistic and other Hermetic ideas clearly reflects the esotericists need to perceive the fully integrated relatedness of all arts and sciences studied, as an intellectual edifice to match the complexity of the interreflections between the macrocosm and the microcosm in which we live. Whilst we may doubt the efficacy of such a theoretical approach to the study of chiromancy for the actual practice of hand reading itself, this does not prevent us from being able to marvel, wonder and enjoy the supremely clever way in which these ideas have been intricately woven together in their intellectual attempt to express the Whole. In modern times, this has only been seriously attempted by Dylan Warren-Davis.
Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank
(Dr. J. Silver Series) - 1985
Jeff Koons
USA - Born 1955
This is one of a series of tanks Koons made in 1985 for his first solo exhibition, entitled Equilibrium, at the New York gallery, International With Monuments. The tanks, glass vitrines supported on black steel stands, were made in three sizes, holding one, two or three professional basketballs. The Total Equilibrium Tanks are completely filled with distilled water and a small amount of sodium chloride reagent, to assist the hollow balls in remaining suspended in the centre of the liquid. In a second version, the 50/50 Tanks, only half the tank is filled with distilled water, with the result that the balls float half in and half out of the water. A group of objects cast in bronze, including a lifeboat and an aqualung were exhibited at the same time. To complement the tanks, Koons framed a series of advertising posters created by the sportswear company Nike and hung them on the walls. These depict American basketball heroes wearing Nike trainers and other sportswear, holding and surrounded by basketballs. For Koons,
the tanks were an ultimate state of being ... The Nike posters were the Sirens – the great deceivers, saying Go for it! I have achieved it. You can achieve it too! And the bronzes were the tools for Equilibrium that would kill you if you used them. So the underlying theme, really, was that death is the ultimate state of being. What was paralleling this message was that white middle-class kids have been using art the same way that other ethnic groups have been using basketball – for social mobility. You could take one of those basketball stars, Dr. Dunkelstein, or the Secretary of Defense, and one could have been me, or Baselitz, or whoever.
Koons began using ready-made household objects in an earlier group of works, entitled The New. This consists of a series of vacuum-cleaners, often selected for brand names which appealed to the artist, such as ‘The New Shelton Wet/Dry’, which he had mounted in Perspex boxes. Their names are part of the titles, as in Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Two Dr J Silver Series, Spalding NBA Tip-Off), in which the names of types of Spalding brand basketballs are referred to. The artist consulted several physicists before he found the solution for the correct equilibrium in his tanks. Although he had wanted the balls to be in permanent equilibrium in the water, he discovered that this was not possible without immiscible additives. He commented: ‘I wanted to keep it a very womb-like situation with water. I like the purity of water. So I arrived at an equilibrium which is not permanent but very pure.’ Over a period of six months the balls gradually sink to the bottom of the tank and have to be reset. Because of this, they may be seen as representing transience, human frailty and vulnerability to change in fortune.
In order to finance his art-making independently of the art market, for several years during the early 80s Koons worked as a commodities broker on Wall Street. The Equilibrium works were all funded in this way. Koons’ awareness of the commodity-nature of the art object and the market forces which set a value to an artwork may be seen as underpinning this body of work. Enclosed in the watery vitrines, the basketballs become idealised objects which may refer to nostalgia or ambition – either way they are unattainable. The artist’s framing of the common object within a vitrine, suggestive of preservation, developed the tradition of the Duchampian ready-made to a further level. This was to herald his subsequent bodies of work in which cast kitsch objects were cast in steel or remade in porcelain, and thus elevated beyond the banal to become objects of aesthetic and commercial value.
The three ball equilibrium tanks were made in two versions, the versions being differentiated by the make of basketball. The edition size of each version was two. There are three further three-ball tanks in existence.
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The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art is a privately owned contemporary art gallery in Oslo in Norway. It was founded and opened to the public in 1993.[1] The collection's main focus is the American appropriation artists from the 1980s, but it is currently developing towards the international contemporary art scene, with artists like Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, Matthew Barney, Tom Sachs, Doug Aitken, Olafur Eliasson, and Cai Guo-Qiang. The museum gives 6-7 temporary exhibitions each year. Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art collaborates with international institutions and produces exhibitions that travel worldwide.[2] In 2012 the museum moved to two new buildings designed by Renzo Piano in Tjuvholmen.
The museum opened in 1993, and was funded by two philanthropic foundations established by descendants of the Fearnley shipping family, the Thomas Fearnley Foundation and the Heddy and Nils Astrup Foundation.
The two foundations merged in 1995 to become the Thomas Fearnley, Heddy and Nils Astrup Foundation. The Thomas Fearnley Foundation was established by shipping magnate Thomas Fearnley (1880–1961) in 1939; he was the son of shipping magnate Thomas Fearnley (1841–1927) and grandson of romantic painter Thomas Fearnley. The Heddy and Nils Astrup Foundation was named for Nils Ebbessøn Astrup, who was a maternal grandson of Thomas Fearnley (1841–1927).
The museum created a stir in the international art world in 2002 when it purchased the American artist Jeff Koons's monumental sculpture in gilt porcelain of the pop star Michael Jackson with Bubbles, his favourite chimpanzee, for US $5.1 million.
The permanent collection consists of works of Norwegian and International Contemporary Art. The museum collection was originally based on a private collection that goes back thirty years and has significantly developed with the many changes in modern/contemporary art. There has been an interest in German Abstract Expressionism, English modern painting, and the Young British Artists. Presently the collection is orientated towards the young American art scene. It also encompasses works pertaining to the steadily increasing global art community. The main areas of curatorial expertise in the museum are art from the 1960s to the present, including American and European pop-art, post-modern appropriation art of the 1980s and international contemporary art.
Astrup Fearnley Museet is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary in 2023. To mark this significant milestone the museum presents an extensive exhibition featuring iconic works, hidden treasures and recent acquisitions to the Astrup Fearnley Collection, across the museums two buildings. The selected works represent various time periods and highlight a number of key directions that have come to define the identity of the collection and the museum more broadly. The collection includes significant works by Matthew Barney, Paul Chan, Trisha Donnelly, Félix González-Torres, Nan Goldin, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Glenn Ligon, Bjarne Melgaard, Julie Mehretu and Cindy Sherman.
The museum building is designed by renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano, whose other notable museum buildings include Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
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"The collection does not concentrate on specific eras, styles or groups, but reflects an in-depth attention to the work of a wide variety of artists. The museum maintains the vibrancy of the collection by regularly rehanging the exhibitions, placing the works in new constellations and contexts. The presentation on show focuses on a range of practices, often including several works by individual artists, in order to highlight the breadth and depth of the collection. Well-known artworks are juxtaposed with newly purchased pieces that have never been exhibited before. Not selected according to an overall theme, the different works generate a dialogue through their interplay with one other. This exhibition presents a multitude of topics and concepts that may inspire new directions of exploration. The artworks encourage us to examine complex issues and meditate on questions of aesthetics and politics, of identity, sexuality and violence, and of loss, faith and belonging."
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Our earlier visit to Oslo in September, 2022:
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Aker Brygge and Tjuvholmen
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A bridge connects Aker Brygge to Tjuvholmen ('the thief islet'). Tjuvholmen is not only one of Oslo’s newest quarters, it is also a must-see for all design and architecture aficionados. The area is known for its rich, architectural diversity and the many art installations in between the houses. There are also a lot of galleries on Tjuvholmen, as well as the AstrupFearnley Museum, which situated at the outermost tip of the island, between its sculpture park and a small beach.
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The Silver Room, 1442 N Milwaukee Ave, Wicker Park, is hosting the art exhibition entitled “100 Canvases for A Better World” on Friday, July 8th 2011 from 7 pm to 11 pm. This is a juried group show that all procedes from the silent auction will go to funding The Silver Room 9th Annual Sound System Block Party “A Better World,” which will be held Saturday, July 16th 2011 from 12 Noon to 10 PM at the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue and Evergreen.
"100 Canvases for a Better World" is the generous creative contribution of 100 local artists. Each artist was given the creative license to express " A Better World" in a 12 X 12 inch space.The mediums were not limited to canvases- work on metal, wood, glass, and fabric are all making a feature in this group art exhibition. The art will be sold by silent auction, the starting bid for each piece is $50.
For more information visit The Silver Room:
1442 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
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Entitled Blue Tarpaulin, the recently installed work by guerilla artist Itsol Boolshedt. Due to be replaced on Monday by something possibly less meaningful, but then I shouldn't really prejudge. Let's wait and see.
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The 2015 UMASH Annual Forum entitled "Growing Agricultural Education: Embracing Health and Safety" was held at the Davies Center on the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire campus on May 28, 2015. The forum was co-sponsored by the the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH), the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, the Southern Minnesota Center of Agriculture and South Central College and MN West Community and Technical College, the National Farm Medicine Center in Marshfield WI, and the Migrant Clinician's Network.
The forum included presentations highlighting existing efforts to address agricultural health and safety in educational programs, a panel discussion and a series of small group discussions focused on agricultural health and safety education and outreach. Fifty-five attendees from diverse backgrounds including healthcare, occupational health and safety, education, research, government, media, communications, immigrant services and human resources participated in the forum. The interactive format provided attendees many opportunities to network and take part in discussions with different attendees throughout the day.
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This photographic portfolio entitled “ANCESTRAL LANDSCAPES” is the result of an incredible journey in Scotland through breathtaking natural landscapes. Scotland landscape is a permanent theater, a mysterious drama in which the initial plot seems to come from ancient feuds or the echo of legends. Contrasting like its climate, Scotland offers a range of light and shadow carried by the impetuousness of the elements. Weather reports are more like predicting the future than science. As frustrating as it may sound, it forces you to make your day unexpected. The turbulence of time exacerbates the green of the hills, the darkness of the mountains and the density of the ocean. The caledonian bad weather offers atmospheres that seem to come out of the most fantastic tales and legends. In this interplay of shades and contrasts, Scotland is a perpetual painting that offers aesthetes the violence of its brushstrokes. Consistently tackling the elements in Scotland grabs you literally and figuratively. The wind blows across the plains, the rain draws a curtain over the landscape and the proud mountains impress. Scotland is home to some of the most stunning landscapes I have ever seen. Shaped by landslides and tectonic movements that have completely sculpted their surroundings, these landscapes instantly immerse you in an almost supernatural fantasy world. One does not expect to discover such an exciting landscape. Vastness constantly echoes within us through our eyes.
Stained glass window entitled Constancy and Humility. Under the figure of Constancy is a quote from Revelation, Chapter 2, verse 10: "Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life". Under the figure of Humility is a quote from 1st Peter, Chapter 5, verse 5: "Be clothed with humility for God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble".