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Mural entitled “Sol Rise” by Mauricio Ramirez aka @mauriciopaints seen at 15th Street and Blue Island Avenue in the Pilsen area of Chicago Illinois.
Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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And now... the results of my 2018 Dressing for The Season Contest!! (You not recall this contest immediately, as it concluded way back in August 2018!).
The voting was again decisive. The final scores for each of the three dresses were as follows:
Outfit # 1 (white bodycon with matching fascinator) 367 votes
Outfit # 2 (dark blue velvet with black lace fascinator) 373 votes
Outfit # 3 (sheer blue-grey and beige satin) 408 votes
I therefore hereby declare Outfit # 3 to be the official winner, and now present another picture of the winning dress. BTW, this pic will be used to promote the new series of my Reality Show, “The Stately Homes of England”, which kicks off once again in April.
Incidentally, the huge audience for my show is apparently divided regarding what they enjoy most: the scenes of outrageous privilege and snobbery at Lyndon Towers, or the scenes outrageous debauchery at The Salon and amongst the membership of the Sodality. My own extreme, off-the-scale snobbery provokes an enormous amount of positive fan mail – so many women find my outrageously snooty attitudes (as expressed on the show) to be empowering. I am often asked how I have managed to become such an unbelievable snob. The short answer is hard work. It takes insight and application to arrive at the most snooty and snobbish response to every situation!
My advice to those ladies who wish to come across as being 'as snooty as a Duchess' is to make it all seem quite effortless. Protesting too much, for example, that one has never travelled on a bus or purchased a loaf of bread (“let them eat cake!!!”) can sound forced and insincere. More effective is a simple air of baffled amazement that the lower classes even exist - let alone that they have lives and desires of their own. Ultra-wealthy and powerful men find these Rich Bitch attitudes completely irresistible. It brings out their desire to possess the ultimate spoiled and entitled trophy wife. And it is through these foibles and weaknesses that we can begin to manipulate them…
Love and Kisses to All My Friends and Fans!
xxxxx
Lady Rebecca Georgina Arabella Lyndon
Duchess of Basingstoke
Rovingian Council - The Deep Investigation of Ancient Mystical Practices and Records by Daniel Arrhakis (2026)
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The Rovingian Council and the Study of Ritualistic Geometries
The Deep Investigation of Ancient Mystical Practices and Records
The Work of the Rovingian Nomadic Monks
The essential mission of the Rovingian Nomadic Monks is the study, recording, and construction of sacred geometries and ritualistic patterns. These elements are found both in nature and in places considered sacred, such as ancient temples, historical buildings, and monuments. The monks' dedication manifests itself in the meticulous observation and documentation of forms and symbols that carry profound spiritual and cultural meanings.
Research in Books, Manuscripts, and Artifacts
In addition to fieldwork, there is intense research conducted through ancient books, manuscripts, maps, paintings, and even fabrics and tapestries. Ancient sacred geometries, tribal designs, and ritualistic descriptions that have been lost over time frequently emerge from these materials. The monks' efforts aim to recover and preserve this knowledge, rescuing practices and symbolism that were once central to various traditions.
Personal Records and Graphic Solutions
Each monk keeps a personal book, called "The Compendium," where they record their discoveries, thoughts, and cases of people who have asked for their help. This compendium also documents the graphic solutions of Symbolic Mysticism found, allowing the acquired knowledge to be perpetuated and to serve as a guide for others.
Understanding Sacred Geometries
More than iconography, the recording, analysis, and understanding of sacred geometries are considered the main working method in the Rovingian universe. These geometries can shed light on ancient ritualistic practices that have been lost in time, as well as provide insight into the mystical, cosmological, cultural, and practical concepts that originated their creation or construction.
The Rovingian Council and the Great Spiritual Guide
Every five years, the monks gather at the Rovingian Council to share experiences, exchange knowledge, and integrate the most important records into the Great Rovingian Spiritual Guide, entitled "The Mystical Itinerary of the Rites." This moment is fundamental for the preservation and dissemination of knowledge, consolidating the spiritual and ritualistic legacy of the group.
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21Estudo das Geometrias Ritualísticas - Investigação das Antigas Práticas e Registos Místicos
O Trabalho dos Monges Nómadas Rovingianos
Os Monges Nómadas Rovingianos têm como missão essencial o estudo, registo e construção de geometrias sagradas e padrões ritualísticos. Estes elementos são encontrados tanto na natureza quanto em locais considerados sagrados, como templos antigos, edifícios históricos e monumentos. A dedicação dos monges manifesta-se na observação minuciosa e na documentação das formas e dos símbolos que carregam significados espirituais e culturais profundos.
Pesquisa em Livros, Manuscritos e Artefatos
Além do trabalho de campo, existe uma intensa investigação realizada através de livros antigos, manuscritos, mapas, pinturas e até tecidos e tapeçarias. Nesses materiais, frequentemente surgem antigas geometrias sagradas, desenhos tribalistas e descrições ritualísticas que se perderam ao longo do tempo. O esforço dos monges visa recuperar e preservar esse conhecimento, resgatando práticas e simbologias que outrora foram centrais em diversas tradições.
Registos Pessoais e Soluções Gráficas
Cada monge mantém um livro pessoal, denominado "O Compêndio", onde regista as suas descobertas, pensamentos e casos de pessoas que lhe solicitaram auxílio. Neste compêndio, são também documentadas as soluções gráficas da Mística Simbólica encontradas, permitindo que o conhecimento adquirido seja perpetuado e possa servir de guia para outros.
Compreensão das Geometrias Sagradas
Mais do que a iconografia, o registo, análise e compreensão das geometrias sagradas são considerados o principal método de trabalho no universo Rovingiano. Essas geometrias podem lançar luz sobre antigas práticas ritualísticas que se perderam no tempo, além de fornecerem uma visão sobre os conceitos místicos, cosmológicos, culturais e práticos que originaram a sua criação ou construção.
O Conselho Rovingiano e o Grande Guia Espiritual
A cada cinco anos, os monges reúnem-se no Conselho Rovingiano para partilhar experiências, trocar conhecimentos e integrar os registos mais importantes no Grande Guia Espiritual Rovingiano, intitulado "O Itinerário Místico dos Ritos". Este momento é fundamental para a preservação e disseminação do saber, consolidando o legado espiritual e ritualístico do grupo.
We
complain,
whine,
feel entitled,
protest,
rail at,
oppose,
self lament,
criticize,
feel disappointed
cant tolerate others' opposing opinions anymore......
We
mock the poor
mock the victim
shoo those eating out of garbage cans
need 3 cars, huge houses, modern kitchens, a new bathroom will make us happy....
a pill to calm down
a pill to feel euphoric
a pill to go to sleep with
a pill to get the day started with
we never have enough
nothing ever is enough
conspicuous invidious consumption rules our lives.....
we need more
followers........
FOLLOWERS= ("ill follow you if you follow me" )
people we dont even know,
never met nor will ever meet
are more important to us than close friends or lovers.
NUMBERS are more important than people................
we become relevant with more numbers!!!!!!
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all he asks for is a meal
to survive
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Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
-Sholom Aleichem
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.”
— Confucius, Chinese teacher and philosopher
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
— Plutarch, Greek historian
at work
during Jummah
@
Baitul Mukarram Mosque ( the largest mosque )
in
Dhaka
Photography’s new conscience
Mural entitled "Ring Around Rosie" depicting Rosemary Clooney, designed by Natalie Lanese and executed by students in the Artworks 2016 Summer Apprentice Program, seen at 1606 Pleasant Street in the Over the Rhine area of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Drone photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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(98/365) On Saturday Wexford Naturalists' Field Club members participated in a workshop at Jamestown Nature reserve entitled "Creating wild pollinator nesting habitats". The talk was given by Erin Jo Tiedeken from the National Biodiversity Data Centre. Her talk was very informative & afterwards we walked around the reserve looking for bees. I didn't realise we have 20 Bumble Bee & 77 Solitary bee species in Ireland, including this tiny one HWW!
The inauguration of the ‘Mirrored Painting’ by Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, entitled 'Ritratto di Paolo Nespoli - Astronauta, Missione VITA', took place on 28 March 2018 at ESRIN, ESA’s centre for Earth observation in Frascati, Italy, as the climax of a joint initiative and a permanent symbol of the important link between space and art. The event hosted by the Head of ESA ESRIN and ESA's Director of Earth Observation Programmes Josef Aschbacher, was attended by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Michelangelo Pistoletto, ASI representative Fabrizio Zucchini and RAM radiartemobile representatives Dora Stiefelmeier and Mario Pieroni.
This original piece of art, created by famous artist Michelangelo Pistoletto who is known as one of the founding fathers of the Italian Arte Povera contemporary art movement, features a full-scale representation of ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli. For Paolo’s VITA mission, ESA and ASI developed original ‘space and art’ initiatives as part of the communication activities to actively involve wider audiences. This began with Pistoletto’s development with ESA of the official patch for Paolo’s mission, which includes the artist’s symbol of his Third Paradise concept in the artwork.
A natural continuation of this cooperation was the ‘SPAC3’ app, which allowed users to select and combine Paolo’s images from space with their own photos. This activity was intended to draw attention to the wellbeing of our planet, and was inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. These provided the basis for Paolo’s choice of photos, and the app users could respond with their own photos on the same theme.
As a social artwork project, SPAC3 demonstrated that the two worlds of art and science can work together with the common objective of highlighting issues affecting our planet, and showed how involving a wider public could contribute to the vision and become part of this collective work. This joint initiative was made possible via a partnership between ESA and RAM radioartemobile, in cooperation with ASI and Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto.
Credits: ESA – M. Valentini
Mural entitled "Connection" by Kilia Llano aka @kiliallano, seen at 2158 NW 5th Avenue in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Florida.
The artist states: "This mural is part of a personal project that I have been developing since the beginning of the year together with the artist-in-residence program of @the_nature_of_cities and @beyondtreesnetwork . I am finally executing it now starting in the city of Miami, simultaneously in Santo Domingo and later in other locations. "Connection" is about how all human beings are connected through nature, in this case migratory birds and specifically the Cape May Warbler (a bird that migrates from Canada, through the United States to the Dominican Republic). Also how to contribute to the conservation of these species in their migratory journey and how they interact with populations from different cities (Hot Spots) thus achieving a beautiful channel that unites people from different places."
Drone photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Missouri painter Sidney Larson completed this painting entitled "The Black Death" in 1969 as part of the "The Riback Mural," commissioned by Harold H. Riback for the Riback Pipe and Steel Company building on the east end of Business Loop 70 in Columbia, Missouri.
The Ribacks sold the business to Plumb Supply Company in 2015. The building housing the mural is scheduled to be remodeled in January of 2022, and the paintings will be destroyed. According to the State Historical Society of Missouri's Art Collections Manager Greig Thompson, the mural can't be preserved due to the method the mural was installed.
Notley Hawkins took photographs of the mural on December 21, 2021, at the request of Vicky Riback-Wilson to preserve a record of the paintings. Notley Hawkins studied painting and drawing with Sidney Larson at Columbia College and earned his BFA in 1987.
With the help of S.C. Steinberg, Sidney Larson published a booklet entitled The Riback Mural in 1980. The following description was included when noting the painting:
"The Bubonic Plague, or the Black Death as it was known, began in 1348, increased in violence in 1349 and died away in 1350. It very seldom stayed more than a year in any locale but while there often killed one of every two people thus depleting the ranks of royalty, the high nobility and the clergy as well as all others. Deaths were so numerous that it was impossible to use ordinary funeral arrangements. City authorities sent wagons around at night, ringing a bell and shouting, "Bring out your dead".
Our panel is set in London. We can see the open well, susceptible to invasion by a numerous germ, the housewife dumping a pan of liquid litter which again could contain germs of various kinds and which would work their way into the waters of the well. Bodies of the dead await the arrival of the wagon to pick them up and in the lower left is the black rat which was held responsible for the spread of much of the dreaded disease. Riding by on horseback are Knights of the Bath, and, in the background, Westminster Abbey. The monks, because of their cleanliness were credited with stopping the plague."
The photograph was taken with a Canon EOS R5 camera with a Canon RF24-70mm F2.8 L IS USM lens at ƒ/5.6 with a 1/160-second exposure at ISO 800. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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Antique painting entitled, "Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy" by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of his life, he moved between Naples, Malta, and Sicily. Wikipedia
Mural entitled "Fountainhead" by Robin Munro aka @_dreadgod and Zehb One aka @zehb_1, seen at 9915 East Colfax in Aurora, Colorado.
Drone photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Mural entitled "Cosmic Dance" by Joy Hernandez aka @joythestampede located on the Monkey's Tale property at 925 East Westfield Boulevard in the Broad Ripple area of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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The Silken whisper of Flickering Desires
A Chronicle
Adapted from the Final Entry Entitled:
Their Regal Gambit
Subtitled:
While Sherlock Holmes vacationed
The first score had been made, now for the Coup de Grace! So far their little operation had gone as smooth as silk, or in this case, satin. Now just to make sure the husband of the silken gowned brunette displaying the jewels in question was still safely out of the picture! Then Mollie would let her husband know that with the coast clear, freeing him to stage his approach of the lady in the long swishing satin gown he had been keeping an eye on all evening. The one who was wearing the exquisite necklace of fiery flickering diamonds, just daring someone to expertly slip it away the throat of its unsuspecting owner.
And therein lay the rub, She happily thought….
As Mollie made her way down the quiet corridor to the gentlemen’s smoking lounge, she lovingly played through her mind the series of unfortunate ( or fortunate?) events that had led her and her husband to this place. It had all began with an innocent one named Tabitha…….
Mollies’ Flash back
They had first come across Tabitha at a resort casino deep in the Catskills. Mollie and her husband had been there about three days, scoping out the grounds, and its wealthy clientele. At the casino they both spotted Tabitha at the same time. She was seated at a baccarat table, really standing out in an elegant dress of gold and black striped silk and velvet Her well-toned body displayed numerous pieces of expensive jewelry. A fat little purse dangled, unheeded by her side. Tabitha had held Mollie’s attention mainly due to the strong resemblance she had to herself. Tabitha’s jewelry, a flashy diamond journey style necklace, matching earrings, wide diamond tennis bracelet, and multiple gem encrusted rings, had held Mollies pickpocket husbands’.
Mollie went on to the bar and watched as her husband waited for the seat next to Tabitha to become vacant. Then he sat, asking for chips, while unobtrusively eyeing Tabitha’s bracelet. He began striking up a conversation with Tabitha, finding her to be an easy mark. He soon learned from the chatty girl that she was a divorced, upper executive for a well-known digital arts company servicing the movie industry. It was during this conversation that Tabitha babbled about the upscale, invitation only(you know), black tie formal ball she would be attending in England the next month. Now, as her husband was keeping Tabitha occupied Mollie had walked by the pair, ‘tripping’ into her husband, who palmed off to her , the diamond bracelet which had been ever so subtly slipped from around the unwary Tabatha’s’ wrist. Walking away with the bracelet secured in her purse, Mollie made her way to their small bungalow. Her husband did not break in his conversation with Tabitha; a mark would seldom suspect a friendly person of stealing from her.
Later that evening, Mollie wore the pricy bracelet while mutually admiring it over a bottle of merlot with her husband. They discussed the high-class affair Tabitha had been bragging about. Wistfully, Mollie admitted it was a shame they had not received an invite. Her husband smiled, and pulled a thickly embossed and crested envelope from his pocket. Easily adopting a British accent, he said “The silly little twit was carrying this in her purse!” The envelope revealed a pair of invitations to the Princess’s Jubilee Royal Ball. As the pair continued to empty the bottle of fine merlot, what had started as speculation, turned towards reality, and soon plans had been laid.
As they lay in bed later that night, Mollie turned to her husband, just think about the jewels that will be worn at the English Ball, she shivered with the delightful thoughts. Do you remember the last time we were in England? Mollie looked at her husband slyly, you remember, the Wriggling Whelp Whispering Wisk! She stated teasingly. Mollie knew the quickest way to get her husband’s goat was coming up with silly phrases to describe his more outlandish endeavors. Such phrases like The Tingling Touch Ice Melt, The Slippery Slick Taffeta Pull, The Glossy Gowned Dangling Peel, or her personal favorite, The Ticklish Wedge Clam Dip, never failed to get a response. In this case the response was a brief pillow fight leading into a romantic interlude, ending up with them in bed as they reminisced about the last time they had “visited” England a few years back…..
It had proven a fairly profitable venture with the jewelry alone netting almost 100,000 pounds. It all had culminated quite nicely at one of the posh events they had crashed that final weekend. Their final score had come about from a rambunctious doe eyed Fourteen year old in a shiny dress who had been oblivious to the valuably delicious gold pendent studded with small rubies and emeralds that sparkled ever so invitingly as it swung from her throat. A pair of matching dangling earrings dripped from her ears as she has run around unminded by her elders. Mollie had indignantly stated to her husband that the antique trinkets were simply just too expensive for a child so squirminly young to be trusted with. Her husband then went about the task to prove his wife correct in her statement.
After talking a bit about the English Girls parents reaction to the unsolved disappearance of their daughters ultra-pricey pendent , Mollie came back to the present and asked if the lady in the maroon silk that her husband pointed out the previous evening would be wearing the same jewels to the dance tomorrow night? Or better her husband replied sleepily, good Mollie pronounced, I did like her emeralds.
In Merry Ole England
They had arrived in England several weeks before the Royal Ball and began the preparations.
In an irony of fate, the profit they had realized from poor Tabitha’s bracelet had paid for a large chunk of their little excursion. Keeping his accent, and adding a trim beard, Mollies husband looked radically different from the man Tabitha had encountered. During the weeks following their arrival, the pair had practiced like they always did before undertaking a new venture. But this time it was with a more daring edge, they quite simply could not afford being caught red handed in a foreign country. Mollie assumed her practice the role. That of the richly dressed, well jeweled quarry. Her husband would stalk and attempt to relieve her of a piece of her jewelry as she went about her business, shopping! The idea being that, If he was able to do so without being caught by an obviously aware Mollie, than he should have no problem at the Royal Ball. As it usually happened when they practiced in this manner, her husband did incredibly well. Mollie had had several pieces of jewelry vanish from her person during the week, without her noticing how or when.
The final night of practice Mollie decided to dress to kill. Looking quite devastating in a glossy gold halter and a long brown velvet skirt with gold stiletto heels clicking as she moved. A diamond heart pendant hung down from her neck, swaying provocatively out from between her breasts. A bracelet, similar to Tabitha’s purloined diamonds, was wrapped around her wrist.
She left their penthouse and made her way to the street outside. Some type of festival was going on as she waded through the crowded streets to the nightclub. Her rings sparkled as they kept rhythm with her swaying diamond waterfall earrings. Just daring her husband to make a move for any of them.
Mollie drank and danced the night away with no hide or hair of her husband until she returned late that evening to their apartment. She found him in the hot tub, smirking. She undressed and joined him. Okay, how did u do it she demanded? I felt nothing, no one bumped or brushed against me all evening that I was not aware of. He opened his fist, allowing her heart diamond pendant to dangle freely in front of her. A magician never reveals his tricks my little cat, he purred, as the pendant swayed in a sparkling arch.
Cat was short for “Cat Lady”, a moniker he had placed upon her when she had broken into a sleeping woman’s room and removed the jewels from her gold case, and even managed to slip off a ring she was wearing. The fact that she was passed out in a drunken stupor, still dressed in her long party gown, didn’t count , or so her husband teased.
You should have been a surgeon! , my dear, Mollie exclaimed with pride. Then she leaned towards him, her green eyes gleaming in earnest, time for a real practice run Mon Cherie, she said in dead seriousness. Then Her eyes opened wide, I got it she exclaimed, I’ll call it The Slinking Sneaky Shearing Snag she pronounced joyfully, getting a face full of water in reply to her effort. Okay Cat, let’s get down to business he retorted, I know just the affair. Mollie listened intensively as her Husband described their next plans, derived while eavesdropping on a couple of ladies shopping in a jewelers.
The next weekend (two weeks to the evening before the Royal Ball) Mollie found herself at a quaint upscale wedding reception held in the large gardens of a country church. She was attired in the same bewitching ensemble that she had been wearing on the final night of practice. Her only jewels were a recently acquired pair of sparkly cascading earrings set with emeralds and diamonds. The affair of the plump piqued peacock plucking she had mused while getting dressed. The only other exception was that the long fiery red hair she had inherited from her Irish namesake grandmother had been cut and dyed blond. Blue contacts had also been added to the disguise to hide her vivid green eyes.
They soon targeted an older jewel laden snob at the reception. An older lady , well jeweled, of the arrogant know it all, obey me totally type whom everyone tries to avoid. While Mollie engaged the mark in a mostly one sided conversation(the older ladies) the lady had become so deeply engrossed about talking about herself and her ties with royalty, that she never detected being relieved of a heirloom antique gold chain and jeweled pendent by Mollies husband who had approached her unnoticed from behind.
It was all Mollie could do no to bring attention to it by looking at the wickedly expensive piece as it was slipped up and away from the Dowager’s ruffled heavy satin blouse.
This time it was mollies turn to keep chatting as her husband headed to the door. He had almost made it when two youths ran into him as they scurried away from a rather sullen looking tween girl they had been teasing, and now were in possession of her purse. Mollie stole a look as she saw her husband topple onto the chasing girl. He managed to extracted himself from the girls long slinky gown that she had probably been forced into by an overly conceited mother. He apologized, and left the girl to go after her antagonizes. Later, when Mollie had caught up to him she teased him about his clumsiness. He just smiled, and pulled out from his vest pocket the most exquisitely matched pearls that the youth had been openly displaying from around her throat and wrist at the reception!
They were, most definitely, ready. The fated evening could not come soon enough. But it finally did.
They had had no problem with using the fancy invitations to gain entrance. Security was heavy, as expected, but with a very lax atmosphere. Mollie was wearing the salmon coloured gown she had had especially made for such occasions, her new blond hair style and the blue contacts. In a coup foray of sorts, Mollie wore the pearls that had been taken by her husband during his run in with the sullen girl at the wedding reception. Her husband was wearing his usual tux with a hand tied bowtie. His ruffled sleeves easily moved up and down along his wrists.
Mollie and her husband split up, each spending the first few hours mingling solo, and taking it all in as they thoroughly enjoyed the Ball and all its many stimulating attractions. It had gone smooth as silk. Spending the first few hours prowling while the guests liquored up Mollie scoping out exactly the right candidates. Dangling jewels with easy clasps were everywhere!, it was surprising how the best of jewel makers skimped on the clasps required to keep the expensive pieces in place. Clothing also made a difference. Silks and satins were quiet and slipped easily. Taffeta could be whispery, more of a challenge. Velvet could easily snag as a piece was being lifted. But these were the costliest of materials, and the wearers would logically be wearing the costlier of jewelry.
Mollie and her husband regrouped several hours later, unobtrusively under the pretense of dancing. Gently discussing their plans. They settled on three likely prospects amongst the almost three hundred present. The first was an older spinster type wearing a luxurious dress of embroidered navy silk and displaying jewelry studded with diamonds and sapphires. The second was a middle aged snotty blonde wearing a shamelessly low cut green silk taffeta gown (which Mollie secretly liked)wearing a thick gold bracelet studded with vulgarly large rubies surrounded by a sea of small sparkly diamonds. She was alone, and a heavy drinker. The third was a longshot. A lanky , flighty brunette wearing immensely valuable jewels of blindingly sparkling Diamonds. Her necklace alone was in the upper hundred thousand range, with a clasp that was one of the easiest to coax open. The only problem was that she came with an obviously newlywed husband who doted on her every move. Both were heavy drinkers, and if he would only leave his wife’s side for, say about fifteen minutes, the necklace would be theirs!
They had decided that any one of the three would produce results worth a king’s ransom, appropriately enough, all things considered. The plan was for her husband to take his time selecting the easiest jewel to acquire from amongst the ones the three marks were displaying , make his move, and pass it off to Mollie who would leave forthwith, while her husband stayed a little while longer to make sure everything remained calm before making his exit stage right via the hallway.
As Mollie went to her station, she saw the Blue silken lady, along with her sapphires and diamonds, leaving with a rather unsavory looking male, eyeing her with a look Mollie knew all too well. Mollie decided to follow them, thinking to herself that some women are just prone to being victimized. Good luck with that one Mollie thought unkindly, as she stole one last look at the ladies glistening sapphires, hope he leaves her with something she sarcastically wished wickedly to the couple’s backside as they went out the exit at the end of the hall. One down and out she thought. Then she spied the husband of the newlywed pair heading down the hall towards her with an older, grey bearded man. Getting close she heard them talking about the Gentlemen’s smoking lounge. Mollie decided to give her husband a signal, but when she found him he was already in the arms of the blond. Molly immediately noticed the absence of the jeweled bracelet from his partners’ wrist. She went back to her table. Immediately she was set upon by some drunken snob asking her to dance. She allowed herself to be taken up into his arms. Spending a few unenchanting minutes with Mr. two left feet, before her husband tapped him on the shoulder cutting in. They danced, Mollie placing a hand into his pocket and feeling something cold and metal wrapped her hand around it. Looking him in the eyes she told him about the now unguarded bride, as she palmed the willowy blonde’s bracelet. They decided to go for it, and as the music ended, Mollie made her way to the hall, where she secreted the blondes bracelet safely away
One down, one more to go! An exquisite necklace of flickering diamonds waiting to be nimbly slipped away from the throat of its unsuspecting wearer. Now just to make sure the husband of the silken gowned brunette displaying the jewels in question was still safely out of the picture! Then to let her husband know that with the coast clear, he was free to stage his approach of the lady in the long swishing satin gown he had been keeping a drooling eye on all evening. The one wearing the exquisite necklace of flickering diamonds waiting to be so expertly slipped away from the throat of its unsuspecting wearer.
She was able to see the groom in windowed room, the husband and his friend were smoking a pair of long cigars and drinking brandy in large glass snifters. Mollie passed unnoticed as she mad e her way to the ladies powder room. He was still there, only halfway through a long stogie as she passed again on her way back. Neither time was she observed. Mollie mad her way back to the Ballroom. She sat down at one side of the room, once again allowing the sights of so many bejeweled women to soak in. Her husband was dancing with a lady in a flowing red ball gown, jewels sparkling in abundance, not aware of the danger so close at hand, nor that even with her husband and his particular skill set so close to them, that at that moment nothing could be safer from his fingertips. Finally she caught her husband’s eye. Mollie innocently rubbed a finger along the side of her nose, a subtle signal that it was safe for him to precede.
Mollie was now uncharacteristically having butterflies in her stomach; it was a huge gamble, trying to get away with a pair of thefts in this inhospitable atmosphere. She kept second guessing herself, Bird in hand she kept thinking. But the lure was too great, and it was with a heavy sigh of relief when Mollie saw her husband finally kiss the hand of the young bride after their dance. Mollie could see that she was no longer sporting the thin silver necklace and its row of at least two caret diamonds that had been encircling her throat with their rippling flashy brilliance all evening. Molly stayed put, not daring to leave until her husband had brushed by her in passing and made his way out the hallway to the exit. She waited for a long fifteen minutes, then curling her hand around the necklace that had been dropped into her lap as he had passed; she gained the safety of the hallway. Just in time. For coming down the hallway was none other than the lady in the long luxurious gown and now bare throats groom and his distinguished looking friend. She passed by them, feeling the men eyeing her with roving wolfish gazes. Then she passed them, and proceeded unhindered to once again enter the ladies’ powder room where the necklace soon joined with the Blondes bracelet in its hiding spot.. Than calmly Mollie left, walking past two security Bobbies, virtually unnoticed. The Groom had been absolutely ignorant to the fact that his young Bride’s ridiculously valuable necklace had walked right past him out the door.
Mollie did not let herself really breathe until she had gained the safety of the street. She allowed herself to imagine the commotion as the news of the missing jewels were circulated around the cavernous Ballroom. There would be a flurry of activity, flashes and sparkles as the women checked themselves reassuringly that they were still in possession of their trinkets. Mollie would have loved to have stayed and watched, but obviously could not do so. She rejoined her husband at their meeting place and they drove off. They made their way to Ireland where they spent a cautious week touring before leaving for the states.
Once the profit was realized from their haul that eventful evening, including obnoxious Dowagers the jeweled antique pendent, and was added in to the modest amount they had already accumulated from previous adventures, Mollie and her husband were able to retire to Ireland and live quite an unpretentious life together in a small stone manor in the woods.
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Apotheosis of the Medici family (1682-1685) by Luca Giordano (Naples, 18 October 1634 - Naples, 12 January 1705) - Luca Giordano Gallery - Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence
Il grande e impegnativo ciclo di affreschi fu realizzato sulla base di un progetto iconografico che il Marchese Francesco Riccardi predispose in collaborazione con Alessandro Segni, segretario dell’Accademia della Crusca. A sua volta, il lavoro di Segni si ispirò al testo di riferimento intitolato "L’Iconologia" e scritto da Cesare Ripa.
Ai lati della grande volta vi sono le Virtù Cardinali rappresentare da figure allegoriche. Agli angoli, invece, si trovano illustrati i Vizi. Sui bordi prendono posto otto episodi mitologici. Infine, al centro del soffitto vi sono quattro storie tra le quali Giove e l’Apoteosi della dinastia dei Medici. In questo episodio, il più importante, Giove assiste alla presentazione dei protagonisti. Il dio si trova assiso in alto su di un cumulo di nubi, circondato da alcuni personaggi tra i quali alcuni componenti della famiglia. Cosimo III de’ Medici, Granduca di Toscana è rappresentato in piedi con un leone ai piedi. Su due cavalli bianchi vi sono i suoi figli, Gian Gastone si trova a sinistra mentre Ferdinando de’ Medici a destra. Il cardinale Francesco Maria de’ Medici, fratello di Cosimo III si trova in basso.
The large and demanding cycle of frescoes was realized on the basis of an iconographic project that Marquis Francesco Riccardi prepared in collaboration with Alessandro Segni, secretary of the Accademia della Crusca. In turn, Segni's work was inspired by the reference text entitled "L'Iconologia" and written by Cesare Ripa.
On either side of the great vault are the Cardinal Virtues represented by allegorical figures. At the corners, instead, are illustrated the Vices. On the edges take place eight mythological episodes. Finally, at the center of the ceiling there are four stories including Jupiter and the Apotheosis of the Medici dynasty. In this episode, the most important, Jupiter witnesses the presentation of the protagonists. The god is seated high up on a pile of clouds, surrounded by some characters including some members of the family. Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany is represented standing with a lion at his feet. On two white horses are his sons, Gian Gastone is on the left while Ferdinando de' Medici is on the right. Cardinal Francesco Maria de' Medici, brother of Cosimo III is at the bottom.
my series entitled "hannah's house."
hope you like it; hannah did! :]
this was the first thing that i photographed in her apartment. this plant hung straight ahead in her dining room and the light called my name so i chased it. and i got it!
Entitled upper class man meets his match in a Steampunk beauty on the streets of London, England. Published in Living the Photo Artistic Life," Issue No. 93, Nov 2022, Featured Artist, Cover and Pgs. 31-35, issuu.com. Received 5th Place Award in the CAGO 2022 ALL Photography/Digital Art Competition. Entitled upper class man meets his match in a Steampunk beauty. Image Sources: Female figure is from faestock on Deviant Art; Male is from KathySG on Shutterstock; dog from pngwing.com; London scene from Graham-H on Pixabay; Archway from Momentmal on Pixabay; Cat from dimitrisvetsikas1969 on Pixabay; Nucly elements; Red Vine from lilifilane on Deviant Art;
Mural entitled "Piece of a Daydream" by DRIK aka @drik_the_villain, seen in the Wynwood Walls Outdoor Museum at 2526 NW 2nd Avenue in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Florida.
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Painting on left is by American artist Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)’’ It is entitled "Black Figuration on Blue," 1950
Painting on right is by American artist Friedei Dzubas. It is entitled “Sentenial,” 1974
Unfortunately, i didn't write down the title of the piece in the foreground. Does anybody know it?
Mural entitled "Laika Boss" by @cooldiscorich seen on the wall of Sputnik Coffee at 2057 West 51st Street in the Back of the Yards area of Chicago, Illinois. The mural commemorates Laika, the first animal sent in to space from Earth.
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Mural entitled "Earth Song" by Andrea Wan aka @andrea_wan and Jopa aka @brotherjopa for Shine on St Pete, seen at 155 17th Avenue South in St Petersburg, Florida.
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Missouri painter Sidney Larson completed this painting entitled "Prehistoric Man" in 1969 as part of the "The Riback Mural," commissioned by Harold H. Riback for the Riback Pipe and Steel Company building on the east end of Business Loop 70 in Columbia, Missouri.
The Ribacks sold the business to Plumb Supply Company in 2015. The building housing the mural is scheduled to be remodeled in January of 2022, and the paintings will be destroyed. According to the State Historical Society of Missouri's Art Collections Manager Greig Thompson, the mural can't be preserved due to the method the mural was installed.
Notley Hawkins took photographs of the mural on December 21, 2021, at the request of Vicky Riback-Wilson to preserve a record of the paintings. Notley Hawkins studied painting and drawing with Sidney Larson at Columbia College and earned his BFA in 1987.
With the help of S.C. Steinberg, Sidney Larson published a booklet entitled The Riback Mural in 1980. The following description was included when noting the painting:
"There is of course, no recorded history of Prehistoric Man, or Cave Dwellers. Thus, this panel reflects the artist's feeling of what life was like many centuries ago. He has taken a very normal assumption that, at some point in time, a piece of metal ore would be included among the rocks surrounding the fire over which their ceramics were baked, and as the ore got hotter, it would ooze metal, in this case, copper. Then a further assumption that, if a metal was available, it would be used for weaponry and the unusable smaller pieces given to the women of the tribe for body adornment.
It was very likely that in this way copper, probably the most used metal in the plumbing industry, was discovered."
The photograph was taken with a Canon EOS R5 camera with a Canon RF24-70mm F2.8 L IS USM lens at ƒ/5.6 with a 1/160-second exposure at ISO 640. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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Mural entitled "Mother of Invention" by Dred Ske aka @dredske88 seen in the Logan Square area of Chicago, Illinois.
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Mural entitled "Hope is a Thing With Feathers" by Nico Cathcart aka @nicocathcart, seen at 709 Clay Street in LaPorte, Indiana.
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Yesterday, 14 April the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) launched its special 28 minute episode of the hit Aussie children's (and Mum and Dad's) series "Bluey". The episodes are usually about seven minutes long but this special one answers an important question set up previously regarding the sale of their "series" home (inspired by Brisbane in a lovely "Queenslander" style home).
The episode is entitled "Sign" with reference to the Real Estate "For Sale" sign outside their home. As usual, the episode deals with real life issues surrounding the impact on families and particularly kids in this sort of situation.
This is an advertising mural on the side of the New Farm Cinemas in Brisbane inviting viewers to watch this episode of the worldwide hit show. Those who collaborated to paint the mural are artist Michael Iglesias and Matt McEnallay and Harry Pepper.
I really can't tell you the outcome (watch on ABC iview) as frustratingly, the show does not display when I sign in!! Grrr!
Well, do they or don't they...someone gave away the secret but my lips are sealed. Just watch the show.
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Mural entitled "In Darkness a Light" by Claudio Picasso aka @cpwon and B K Foxx aka @bkfoxx for Archive 79 Gallery, seen at 180 NE 79th Street in the Little Haiti area of Miami, Florida.
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Mural entitled "Fox in Glass" by Bekki Canine aka @bekkicaninepaintings created for the Wabash Walls Public Arts Initiative located on Wabash Avenue in Lafayette, Indiana.
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Mural entitled "Resilience" by Eric Karbeling aka @erickarbeling, seen at 7583 South Main Street in Midvale, Utah.
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Mural entitled "New Day Rising" by Thomas Turner aka @thomasturner, seen at 2174 South Main Street in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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GBRf Class 60, No 60047 'Faithful' passes Whiston Station on retimed 6E10 operating as 6Z26 10.20hrs Liverpool Biomass Terminal to Drax Aes biomass. 21st June 2022.
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For further images covering Merseyside between 1998 and 2017 see my book entitled: 'Merseyside Traction', at www.amberley-books.com/merseyside-
Mural entitled "Mr. Rooster" by ETAM aka @bezt-etam, seen at 517 East 8th Street in the Flower District of Los Angeles, California.
Drone photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Mural entitled "Mitotli" (A Dance in the Nahautl language) by Bimmer Torres aka @_youngbeam, seen at 3750 Wynkoop Street in Denver, Colorado.
The artist states: "(This is) a dance between the old and the new, a dance between the prehispanic and the mestizo. The black and white figure represents the essence of the past, which transcends through force to the colorful Hispanic dancer. This mural depicts the beauty hidden behind the chaos of events that occurred in the mid 1500s. Dedicated to all the Hispanic women who have fought for their families to survive adversity. Thank you, Grandmothers, Mothers, Wives, Sisters, Daughters, and Granddaughters! This is one for you. By sacrificing so much without remorse and through unconditional love, you have led a people to prosperity.
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Cartoon entitled Potential Guest at Cubbon Park Police Station by Paul Fernandes at Bengaluru Festival2015.
The Cubbon Park police station is a "very beautiful" building. In 1910 an old British house was converted into a police station.
This appears earlier in my stream entitled "Undecided..." Well I'm still undecided on whether it's a b&w or colour pic, but while I'm being indecisive I've fiddled a bit. Four layers - background is mono and slightly blurred, next is mono and sharp (this gives the misty look), third has just the puddle in colour (thanks goodyear), fourth is a sepia gradient fill from the top to tone the sky.
Title is a blend from two Richard and Mimi Farina albums
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Note that the second one in the link is an early version of the transparent screens concept ;-)
Mural entitled "Angels of the North and South" by HIERO aka @hieroveiga and Bacon aka @vizla_bacon seen at 394 NW 24th Street in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Florida.
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O. N. Pruitt's exhibition entitled "Mr. Pruitt's Possum Town: Trouble and Resilience in the American South" at the Center of Missouri Studies art gallery at the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia. Photography by Notley Hawkins. Taken with a Canon EOS R5 camera with a Canon RF24-70mm F2.8 L IS USM lens at ƒ/5.6 with a 1/160-second exposure at ISO 1000, processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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i am recently reading a book by one of my favourite writer, Anne Rice entitled 'Belinda" and i assure you, you wont get bored of it. as the critics said, 'It is a 20th century Lolita'. and that made me remember this shot i took at the pier in Bacolod. this one is my very own representation of the novel. :) the 16 years old runaway girl who came from a rich and famous family that handles the United Theatrical who fell in love with a 44 years old divorced children's book author, Jeremy Walker.
Unaware of who Belinda really is, Jeremy falls in love with her and paints her portraits nude. When he discovers Belinda's true identity, things unravel quickly as his career and freedom are threatened, as well as the love he feels for Belinda. The novel explicitly narrates the sexual union between Walker and Belinda.
The novel deals with an illegal relationship: the age of consent in California, where most of the novel's events take place, is 18. Jeremy is accused of being a child molester. The novel describes numerous relationships with large age gaps. Although Belinda is the only character who is a minor, and is much younger than any of the other characters, the novel raises the question whether genuine love can exist and whether it has a moral basis when there is such a large age gap between the lovers.
ps! this is my 1st strobists shot!!! yeeeeey! and that was totally fun! :) i do like the output,hope u do too! :) be uploading more soon :)
model: 16 yrs old jodi henares
We are now preparing stuffs for the 3rd issue of Ecoseedmagazine. And for those who wants to see the previous issues,here's the link so take a tour! c; We have also decided to make two volumes per issue so that means 2 magazine release every month. We would also want to thank all the photo contributors! we'll get back to you guys once your photos are featured on any issues that we'll be releasing with your credits on it! And for anyone of you who wants to be a part of this big step to a whole new portal just drop a msg. c; xoxo and God bless the world :)
Mural entitled "Soy Nervioso" by Ledania aka @ledania for Bright Walls 2022, seen at 148 East Courtland in Jackson, Michigan.
Drone photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Mural entitled "Freedom" by @bkfoxx seen at 55 Atherton Street in Yonkers, New York.
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Burgh Island is a small tidal island on the coast of South Devon in England near the small seaside village of Bigbury-on-Sea. There are several buildings on the island, the largest being the Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel. The other buildings are three private houses, and a public house, the Pilchard Inn, run by the hotel.
Burgh Island is closely linked to Agatha Christie, as it served as the inspirational setting for Soldier Island (And Then There Were None) and for the setting of the Hercule Poirot mystery Evil Under the Sun. The hotel, with its Art Deco styling, was also a bolt hole in the 1930s for some of London's rich and famous, including Noël Coward. The 2002 TV adaptation of Evil Under The Sun used the island as a filming location. In 1994 an episode of the television series Lovejoy was set and filmed on the island. It was entitled Somewhere Over the Rainbow.[citation needed]
The island was also the location for GMTV's Inch-loss Island slimming feature in 2008, as it was for the original series in 2001. The climactic scene of the 1965 British film Catch Us If You Can (featuring The Dave Clark Five) takes place at the island
Mural entitled "Where Do You Go When You Sleep?" by Carly Ealy aka @carlyealy, seen at 454 Eaton Street in the Arts District of Los Angeles, California.
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St. Edmundsbury Cathedral (formally entitled the Cathedral Church of St James and St Edmund)[1] is the cathedral for the Church of England's Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is the seat of the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. Originating in the 11th century, it was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries as a parish church and became a cathedral in 1914; it has been considerably enlarged in recent decades.
Mural entitled "Lona Life & Rosarita" by Ruben Ubiera aka @urbanruben seen at The Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel, 321 Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Sculpture by James Johnson entitled "Freedom of Movement" located on a restored pier and walkway on the Hudson river.
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Mural entitled "Voyager" by Joy Hernandez aka @joythestampede located on the Monkey's Tale property at 925 East Westfield Boulevard in the Broad Ripple area of Indianapolis, Indiana.
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From my set entitled “Twelve Mile Lake”
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In my collection entitled “Places”
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An anvil is a manufacturing tool, made of a hard and massive block of stone or metal used as a support for chiseling and hammering other objects, such as in forging iron and steel items.
Anvils have been used since early Bronze Age times by smiths of all kinds for metal work, although the tool was also used in much earlier epochs for stone and flint work.
There are many references to anvils in ancient Greek and Egyptian writing, including Homer's works. The anvil was perfected during the Middle Ages when iron working was commonplace.
Anvils have recently lost their former commonness, as mechanized production requires more specialized components for forging. They are still used by blacksmiths producing custom work, and by farriers.
The primary work surface of the anvil is known as the face. It is generally made of hardened steel and should be flat and smooth with rounded edges for most work. Any marks on the face will be transferred to the work. Also, sharp edges tend to cut into the metal being worked and may cause cracks to form in the workpiece. The face is hardened and tempered to resist the blows of the smiths hammer so the anvil face does not deform under repeated use. A hard anvil face also reduces the amount of force lost in each hammer blow. Hammers should never directly strike the anvil face as they may damage it.
The horn of the anvil is a conical projection used to form various round shapes, and is generally unhardened steel or iron. The horn is used mostly in bending operations. It also is used by some smiths as an aid in drawing out stock, "making it longer and thinner".
Some anvils, mainly European, are made with two horns, one square and one round. Also, some anvils are made with side horns or clips for specialized work.
The step or pad, commonly referred to as the table, of the anvil is used for cutting, to prevent damaging the face by conducting such operations there, although most professional smiths shun this practice, as it can damage the anvil.
The hardy hole is a square hole into which specialized forming and cutting tools are placed. It is also used in punching and bending operations.
The pritchel hole is a small round hole that is present on most modern anvils. Some anvils have more than one. It is used mostly for punching. At times smiths will fit a second tool to this hole to allow the smith more flexibility when using more than one anvil tool.
There are many designs for anvils, which are often tailored for a specific purpose or to meet the needs of a particular smith or which originated in diverse geographic locations.
The common blacksmith's anvil is made of either forged or cast steel, tool steel, or wrought iron (cast iron anvils are generally shunned, as they are too brittle for repeated use, and do not return the energy of a hammer blow like steel). Historically, some anvils have been made with a smooth top working face of hardened steel welded to a cast iron or wrought iron body, though this manufacturing method is no longer in use. It has at one end a projecting conical bick (beak, horn) used for hammering curved work pieces. The other end is typically called the heel. Occasionally the other end is also provided with a bick, partly rectangular in section. Most anvils made since the late 1700s also have a hardy hole and a pritchel hole where various tools, such as the anvil-cutter or hot chisel, can be inserted and held by the anvil. Some anvils have several hardy and pritchel holes, to accommodate a wider variety of hardy tools and pritchels. An anvil may also have a softer pad for chisel work.
An anvil for a power hammer is usually supported on a massive anvil block, sometimes weighing over 800 tons for a 12-ton hammer, and this again rests on a strong foundation of timber and masonry or concrete.
An anvil may have a marking indicating its weight, manufacturer, or place of origin. American made anvils were often marked in pounds. European anvils are sometimes marked in kilograms. English anvils were often marked in hundredweight, the marking consisting of three numbers, indicating hundredweight, quarter hundredweight and pounds. For example, a 3-1-5, if such an anvil existed, would be 3x112 lb + 1x28 lb + 5 lb = 369 lb ~= 168 kg.
Cheap anvils made from inferior steel or cast iron which are unsuitable for serious use are derisively referred to as "ASOs", or "Anvil Shaped Objects". Some amateur smiths have used a piece of railroad track as a makeshift anvil.
Top quality modern anvils are made of cast or forged tool steel and are heat treated for optimum hardness and toughness. Some modern anvils are made mostly from concrete. While the face is steel, the horn is not and can be easily damaged. These anvils can be hard to recognize because the gray paint used is the same shade as the steel face. They tend to weight about half as much as a comparable steel anvil.
A metalworking vise may have a small anvil integrated in its design.
The word "anvil" derives from Anglo-Saxon anfilt or onfilti, either that on which something is "welded" or "folded," cf. German falzen, to fold, or connected with other Teutonic forms of the word, cf. German amboss, in which case the final syllable is from "beat,", and the meaning is "that on which something is beaten" and has likely influenced the English word "emboss
"On the anvil" means any thing in the making, being created, in production etc.
A typical metalworker's anvil, with horn at one end and flat face at the other, is a standard prop for cartoon gags, as the epitome of a heavy and clumsy object that is perfect for dropping onto the villain. This visual metaphor is common, for example, in Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts, such as those with Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner.
Anvils are percussion instruments in several famous musical compositions, including:
Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore, featuring the famous Anvil Chorus
Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen in Das Rheingold in Scene 3, using 18 anvils, and Siegfried in Act I, notably Siegfried's Forging Song (Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert!)
Gustav Holst: Second Suite in F for Military Band, which includes a movement titled "Song of the Blacksmith"
Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3 (Copland)
Arnold Bax: Symphony No. 3
William Walton: Belshazzar's Feast (Walton)
Edgard Varèse: Ionisation
Carl Orff: Antigone
Juan María Solare: Veinticinco de agosto, 1983 and Un ángel de hielo y fuego
Pieces by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
Albert Parlow: Anvil Polka and Strauss
Louis Andriessen: De Materie (Part I), which features an extended solo for two anvils
Fear Factory: "Body Hammer" which features the sound of a hammer striking an anvil as percussion.
Judas Priest: "Between The Hammer And The Anvil" which features the sound of a hammer striking an anvil for dramatic effect.
Johann Strauss II: Feuerfest Polka
The Beatles: "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" makes prominent use of the anvil. Beatles road manager Mal Evans played the anvil.
Kansas: "On the Other Side" featured some use of the anvil. Kansas violinist Robby Steinhardt played the anvil on the track.
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