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This project was being executed during the Transformers 3 movie period .It took me quite awhile to finish .I still remember when first saw FR leaderclass ironhide which inspired me with 2 large cannon attached on its arms ,it was amazing I couldn't resist to make one ,so I quickly went to my nearest toysrus store and bought 1 .I guess this was a completed kitbash too as I have dismantle part by part and figure out the way to make it more majestic .It took me almost 1 month to kitbash it and come with its 2 freaking big cannon which I think its worth the wait .YES it can be TRANSFORMED TO ITS TRAIN MODE.
Here are the spec :
Build in with head light white glowing eyes blue LEDs
Independent interchangable LEDs on its cannon up to 3 colours ,RED,BLUE,GREEN
Head modify with 360 turn.
Both hands modify with live adjustable fingers and attachable wraist with very strong durable earth magnet.
Comes with 2 freaking big cannons with interchangable LEDs light build in ,attachable and deattchable to its arms .
Painted with durable lacquer paint added a few protective layer of gloss for its durability.
Over 20 points of articulated areas very posable.
This morning (Thursday 15 January 2026), officers executed an arrest warrant at an address on Brooklands Avenue, Chadderton, resulting in three arrests.
A 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A, B, and C drugs, as well as possession of offensive weapons. A man aged 62, and a woman aged 61, were also arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of drugs.
The warrant was the culmination of a thorough investigation by Chadderton’s Neighbourhood Team, who remain committed to tackling drug supply and misuse across the borough.
Acting on intelligence provided by the local community, officers identified the address as a suspected hub for drug activity. Police Sergeant Tom Layton and PC Aleks Gornisiewicz led the investigation, securing sufficient evidence to obtain today’s warrant.
Upon entry, officers located a man in an attic bedroom. Officers were able to seize drugs located in the bedroom.
Inside the property, officers discovered a variety of Class A, B, and C drugs, including suspected cocaine, nitrous oxide, and cannabis. Several bladed weapons—such as axes, machetes, and zombie knives were also seized, along with multiple mobile phones and luxury items.
The three suspects currently remain in custody for further questioning and all seized drugs will be transported to our labs for testing.
PS Tom Layton from the Chadderton Neighbourhood team said: "Today’s warrant was a great success, made possible thanks to vital intelligence from our community.
“I want residents to know that we are here to listen and act on your concerns. As a Neighbourhood Sergeant, my priority is keeping our community safe.
“Greater Manchester Police is relentless in tackling the supply and use of drugs across the force, and I am deeply committed to that mission here in Oldham.
“We have zero tolerance for offensive weapons and removing them from our streets remains an absolute priority.
“I urge anyone with information about criminal activity to come forward. Today’s warrant demonstrates just how crucial community intelligence is and how we act on it to protect you."
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The Courthouse of Brussels - Belgium
Everything is done to impress, both inside and out. It's a symbolic place with a long history, built on the (rather aptly named) “Mont des Potences”, meaning Gallows Hill, where condemned men were executed in the Middle Ages. Legend has it that in the 16th century, the famous doctor Vesalius went there at night to steal corpses so that he could study the human body…
A little history
In March 1860 (under Leopold I), the Belgian government organized an international competition for the construction of a new courthouse in Brussels. The jury did not select any of the projects presented and the project was instead entrusted to the architect of the City of Brussels (who was on the jury!).
Joseph Poelaert's project was colossal: to synthesize the history of humanity in the architecture of a single building.
The construction, which finally began in October 1866, took 17 years. It led to the sacrificing of part of the Marolles, the working-class district in the lower part of the city, through expropriations at derisory prices, evictions and demolitions. The inauguration (under Leopold II) was held on 15 October 1883, without the architect of this colossus having seen his work completed. Exhausted and driven mad, he died four years before the work was completed.
The “Skieven architek” and “The Great Inkwell”…
The monument left no one indifferent. It was adored by some and mocked by others. Poelaert was granted tremendous artistic and financial freedom throughout the project, which led to popular, political and cultural discontent. A number of charming expressions were coined, such as 'Rotten' and 'Skieven architek' (twisted architect). Victor Horta described the building as "... a crushing mass crowned by a cheese bell". Victor Hugo christened it "The Great Inkwell".
The biggest Palace of Justice in the world…
Built in an eclectic style of Greco-Roman inspiration and larger than Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, it is (still to this day) the largest palace of justice in the world:
* a ground surface of 26,006 m2. The total net area reaches +/- 81.000 m²
* a dome that reaches a height of 100 meters and weighs 24,000 tons
* a colossal vestibule (the « salle des pas perdus »)
* over 250 rooms, including 27 impressive courtrooms…
The plan is organized around the central void of the salle des pas perdus with its height of one hundred meters under the central dome, space for the distribution of circulations organized to give access to the audience rooms on the ground floor and upper floors according to a provision which was intended to be rational according to the requirements of the time.
Demonstration, vigil at the gates of San Quentin Prison, California awaiting the death by lethal injection of Stanley Williams AKA "Tookie". Mr. Williams was pronounced dead at 12:35 AM 12/13/2005
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Today (Friday 10 November), Operation Vulcan executed warrants at premises on Bury New Road, shutting down and seizing half a million of pounds worth of counterfeit items.
Police warnings seem to have fallen on deaf ears for some counterfeit operations in the area. Attempts to re-open and profit from the Christmas sales however continue to be detected and swiftly shut down.
Thanks to intelligence from the Cheetham Hill Neighbourhood Team (who remain in the area with the Vulcan team and conduct daily patrols in the community), Operation Vulcan were able to execute these warrants just days after witnessing customers walking down Bury New Road with bags of fake goods.
Detective Sergeant Matt Donnelly, one of Operation Vulcan’s specialist officers, said: “These results today demonstrate just how important it is that Operation Vulcan remain in the area. The criminals operating here are so brazen, the minute they think they spot an opening, they’re back up and running as though it’s business as usual. We’re here to show them that this isn’t the case, and we will not stop until these illegitimate shops are eradicated and those responsible are locked up.
“I hope this is a warning that no matter how many times you try to reopen, we will continue to seize your belongings and profits, making sure none of this money can make its way back into the criminal market.
Councillor Luthfur Rahman, Deputy Leader of Manchester City Council said: "Over the past 12 months we have achieved a great deal through Operation Vulcan. Through our partnership with GMP gangs have been run out of Cheetham Hill and people have been allowed to feel safe in their own neighbourhoods.
"But the work will go on. We know these gangs are tenacious and that criminals will always find ways to circumvent the law. The Council's Trading Standards will remain vigilant throughout the Christmas period to make sure that dangerous or harmful goods do not make their way in the hands of the public."
Today (Friday 10 November), Operation Vulcan executed warrants at premises on Bury New Road, shutting down and seizing half a million of pounds worth of counterfeit items.
Police warnings seem to have fallen on deaf ears for some counterfeit operations in the area. Attempts to re-open and profit from the Christmas sales however continue to be detected and swiftly shut down.
Thanks to intelligence from the Cheetham Hill Neighbourhood Team (who remain in the area with the Vulcan team and conduct daily patrols in the community), Operation Vulcan were able to execute these warrants just days after witnessing customers walking down Bury New Road with bags of fake goods.
Detective Sergeant Matt Donnelly, one of Operation Vulcan’s specialist officers, said: “These results today demonstrate just how important it is that Operation Vulcan remain in the area. The criminals operating here are so brazen, the minute they think they spot an opening, they’re back up and running as though it’s business as usual. We’re here to show them that this isn’t the case, and we will not stop until these illegitimate shops are eradicated and those responsible are locked up.
“I hope this is a warning that no matter how many times you try to reopen, we will continue to seize your belongings and profits, making sure none of this money can make its way back into the criminal market.
Councillor Luthfur Rahman, Deputy Leader of Manchester City Council said: "Over the past 12 months we have achieved a great deal through Operation Vulcan. Through our partnership with GMP gangs have been run out of Cheetham Hill and people have been allowed to feel safe in their own neighbourhoods.
"But the work will go on. We know these gangs are tenacious and that criminals will always find ways to circumvent the law. The Council's Trading Standards will remain vigilant throughout the Christmas period to make sure that dangerous or harmful goods do not make their way in the hands of the public."
The pictures are from the mock executive and education session with guest
speaker Shenna Bellows, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties
Union of Maine
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Martyrs' Day is a Syrian and Lebanese national holiday commemorating the Syrian and Lebanese nationalists executed in Damascus and Beirut on May 6, 1916 by Jamal Pasha, the Ottoman wāli. They were executed in both the Marjeh Square in Damascus and Burj Square in Beirut. Both squares have since then been renamed to Martyrs' Square. copyright@Ashnag
Designed and executed by Lucien Labaudt. It was sponsored by the San Francisco Park Commission in the 1930's. Its a beautifully executed mural and its big!!
An Air Force F-22 Raptor executes a supersonic flyby over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is participating in Northern Edge 2009, a joint exercise focusing on detecting and tracking units at sea, in the air and on land. (U.S. Navy photo by Sonar Technician (Surface) 1st Class Ronald Dejarnett/Released)
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A finely executed face carved out of granite, one of the hardest of stones to cut, on Rhynie's war memorial.
Reproduction of Frans Hals painting of Jacobus Zaffius by Frank Mason executed with Alchemist Mediums.
Memorial to the Red Cross nurse who was executed in 1915 by the German Military Authorities after she had been found guilty of helping British and Allied soldiers escape.
The "sentence was carried out hurriedly and furtively in the early hours of October 12th. Two firing squads, each of eight men, fired at their victims from six paces." The Story of Edith Cavell
About the monument (Himetop)
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I'm currently reading the biography of Edith Cavell by Diana Souhami (Quercus 2010).
Not only finding out a lot more about the woman herself, but also something about the life of a young middle class woman in the late 19th century, and the development of the nursing profession into the early years of the 20th century. Very interesting.
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Edith Cavell: World War I Nurse and Heroine (historynet)
and more to read when time permits:
The heroine who humbled me (Daily Mail)
No title (Palgrave website)
This is only the introduction to a book (whose title I cannot find in the PDF). It raises some interesting issues.
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The reaction to Nurse Cavell's execution is perhaps a good place to start Exploring the use of Propoganda during the Great War.
What is propaganda? (Mr Holzhauser's website)
Great War posters (Leeds University Library)
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Capone was shot and killed on Sept 27,2011 while being let out of his own house by a lake elsinore detective when he illegally kicked oipen our front door. Approx. 25-30 ft away in our yard not one growl, bark and never even acknowledging the officers that stood on our front porch.Capone was facing perpindicular to the officers, nHe was shot and killed unjustly. My husband had a bullet hit his foot leaving a bullet hole in his boot grazing his foot. There was NO REASON for this ! If either of our dogs wanted to charge and attack like they "claimed" they had every opportunity when the front door was kicked open with the two officers standing on our front porch. MY husband and I both were arrested on BOGUS charges to justify what they did.
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U.S. Army cavalry troopers execute a mounted pistol charge during field maneuvers at Fort Riley, Kansas, circa 1936. Wearing khaki summer uniforms, leather Sam Browne belts, and armed with Colt M1911 pistols, the horsemen of the Cavalry School demonstrate the precision and discipline of interwar mounted tactics—among the last years of traditional horse cavalry training before the branch’s mechanization on the eve of World War II.
The Jubilee Cross
Designed by Jack Penton and executed by Hector Moore of Brandeston.
The cross is hollow, made of copper strips plated with silver, surmounted by the Star of Bethlehem. The crown and arrows are a tribute to St Edmund. The coats of arms are those of the Diocese. The staff is ebony inlaid with silver fillets.
A church has stood on the site of the cathedral since at least 1065, when St Denis's Church was built within the precincts of Bury St Edmunds Abbey. In the early 12th century the Abbot, Anselm, had wanted to make a pilgrimage along the Way of St James to Santiago de Compostela. He was unsuccessful and instead rebuilt St Denis's and dedicated the new church to Saint James, which served as the parish church for the north side of Bury St Edmunds. Anselm was also responsible for building the abbey gate tower, known today as the Norman Tower, alongside St James's, which also served as the church's belfry and it continues in this function to the present day. The church is located about 200 yards from St Mary's Church, which is of a similar size.
This church was largely rebuilt, starting in 1503, in the Perpendicular style by John Wastell, a master mason who also worked on King's College, Cambridge. Further alterations to the building were undertaken in the 18th and 19th centuries, notably a new chancel and a hammerbeam roof by George Gilbert Scott. When the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich was created in 1914, St James's Church was made the cathedral. In 1959 Benjamin Britten wrote the Fanfare for St Edmundsbury for a "Pageant of Magna Carta" held in the cathedral grounds.
From 1959 onwards there was renewed building work designed to transform the former parish church into a cathedral building. Between 1959 and 1970, the Victorian chancel was demolished and replaced with a new quire, a cloister was added on the west side; also transepts, a Lady chapel and a side chapel dedicated to St Edmund were built. The cathedral architect from 1943 to 1988 was Stephen Dykes Bower and he left £2 million for the completion of the cathedral. In the cathedral grounds a new choir school and visitor's centre, which were opened in 1990, were built by Dykes Bower's successor, Alan Rome. Work started on a Gothic revival style tower in 2000; funded by the Millennium Commission, the Stephen Dykes Bower Trust and others, the Millennium Tower was designed by Hugh Mathew, an associate of Dykes Bower. The 150 foot (46 metre) structure was built from 600,000 bricks and faced with Barnack and Clipsham stone. Its completion was officially celebrated on 22 July 2005. Further additions are the Chapel of the Transfiguration and the East Cloister, both completed in 2009, and the Crypt Treasury in 2012.
La fontaine de l’Encelade fut exécutée en plomb par Gaspard Marsy entre 1675 et 1677. Le sujet en est emprunté à l’histoire de la chute des Titans, ensevelis sous les rochers de l’Olympe par les dieux qu’ils avaient voulu détrôner. Le sculpteur a représenté le géant Encelade à demi englouti sous un amoncèlement rocheux, luttant contre la mort et dont la souffrance se traduit par le puissant jet qui s’échappe de sa bouche, comme un cri. Le dessin du bosquet, dont le pourtour est scandé par des pavillons de treillage reliés par des berceaux, a été totalement modifié en 1706 par Jules Hardouin-Mansart qui transforme cet espace fermé en carrefour ouvert en supprimant les treillages, les petits bassins et la dénivellation d’origine. Un programme de restauration mené de 1992 à 1998 a permis de restituer à ce bosquet son aspect d’origine. (Source : les Bosquets - château de Versailles)
The Enceladus Fountain was made of lead by Gaspard Marsy between 1675 and 1677, and was inspired by the legend of the fall of the Giants in Greek and Roman mythology. Punished for trying to climb Mount Olympus to dethrone the gods, they were buried under a heap of rocks, as illustrated here by the figure of Enceladus, whose suffering is conveyed by the powerful water jet gushing out of his mouth like a cry of pain.
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls, and bridges throughout the world. His work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy says that he was inspired by 3D, a graffiti artist and founding member of the musical group Massive Attack.
Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self-built physical prop pieces. He no longer sells photographs or reproductions of his street graffiti, but his public "installations" are regularly resold, often even by removing the wall on which they were painted. Much of his work can be classified as temporary art. A small number of his works are officially, non-publicly, sold through an agency he created called Pest Control. Banksy's documentary film Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) made its debut at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. In January 2011, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the film. In 2014, he was awarded Person of the Year at the 2014 Webby Awards.
Banksy's name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. In a 2003 interview with Simon Hattenstone of The Guardian, Banksy is described as "white, 28, scruffy casual—jeans, T-shirt, a silver tooth, silver chain and silver earring. He looks like a cross between Jimmy Nail and Mike Skinner of The Streets." An ITV News segment of 2003 featured a short interview with someone identified in the reporting as Banksy. Banksy began as an artist at the age of 14, was expelled from school, and served time in prison for petty crime. According to Hattenstone, "anonymity is vital to him because graffiti is illegal". Banksy reportedly lived in Easton, Bristol, during the late 1990s, before moving to London around 2000.
In an interview with the BBC in 2003, which was rediscovered in November 2023, reporter Nigel Wrench asked if Banksy is called Robert Banks; Banksy responded that his forename is Robbie. The Mail on Sunday claimed in 2008 that Banksy is Robin Gunningham, born on 28 July 1974 in Yate, 12 miles (19 km) from Bristol. Several of Gunningham's associates and former schoolmates at Bristol Cathedral School have corroborated this, and, in 2016, a study by researchers at the Queen Mary University of London using geographic profiling found that the incidence of Banksy's works correlated with the known movements of Gunningham. According to The Sunday Times, Gunningham began employing the name Robin Banks, which eventually became Banksy. Two cassette sleeves featuring his art work from 1993, for the Bristol band Mother Samosa, exist with his signature. In June 2017, DJ Goldie referred to Banksy as "Rob" in an interview for a podcast.
Other speculations on Banksy's identity include the following:
Robert Del Naja (also known as 3D), a member of the trip hop band Massive Attack, had been a graffiti artist during the 1980s prior to forming the band, and was previously identified as a personal friend of Banksy.
In 2020, users on Twitter began to speculate that former Art Attack presenter Neil Buchanan was Banksy. This was denied by Buchanan's publicist.
In 2022, Billy Gannon, a local councillor in Pembroke Dock was rumoured to be Banksy. He subsequently resigned because the speculation was affecting his ability to carry out the duties of a councillor. "I'm being asked to prove who I am not, and the person that I am not may not exist," he said. "I mean, how am I supposed to prove that I'm not somebody who doesn't exist? Just how do you do that?"
In October 2014, an internet hoax circulated that Banksy had been arrested and his identity revealed.
Recognize this horse? He has two world championships in halter. In heeling, Execute is ridden by Clay Logan of Granbury, Texas.
Marines execute a High Intensity Tactical Training session during the unit’s physical training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort June 10. Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 in coordination with Marine Corps Community Services South Carolina organized the PT event to familiarize the Marines and provide basic instruction about the HITT program. (Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez/Released)
Shawn Dalsen
Eric Mattheis
Matt McGorry
Matt Wells
EXECUTE ROGUE CITIZEN
PARTITIONED IN FOUR CELL BLOCKS
March 14th - April 2nd
Cruising into the Year of the Rabbit, Rogue Citizen painting crew and artist collective: Inspired heavily by music, political activism, and video games. .. Individually and as a group is redefining the Arts collaborative.
OPENING : ‘INCARCERATION’ = Fri. March 18th 7:30 -10:30 p.m.
THE MUSIC: 'OKSTRAKA'
CLOSING ‘NO REPRIEVE’ : Fri.April 1st 7:30 -10:30 p.m.
THE MUSIC: 'SEA WHORES'
Executing the repair.
Want to find out more?
www.nearfuturelaboratory.com/2007/12/23/cmd-x-cmd-z-in-ha...
This project was being executed during the Transformers 3 movie period .It took me quite awhile to finish .I still remember when first saw FR leaderclass ironhide which inspired me with 2 large cannon attached on its arms ,it was amazing I couldn't resist to make one ,so I quickly went to my nearest toysrus store and bought 1 .I guess this was a completed kitbash too as I have dismantle part by part and figure out the way to make it more majestic .It took me almost 1 month to kitbash it and come with its 2 freaking big cannon which I think its worth the wait .YES it can be TRANSFORMED TO ITS TRAIN MODE.
Here are the spec :
Build in with head light white glowing eyes blue LEDs
Independent interchangable LEDs on its cannon up to 3 colours ,RED,BLUE,GREEN
Head modify with 360 turn.
Both hands modify with live adjustable fingers and attachable wraist with very strong durable earth magnet.
Comes with 2 freaking big cannons with interchangable LEDs light build in ,attachable and deattchable to its arms .
Painted with durable lacquer paint added a few protective layer of gloss for its durability.
Over 20 points of articulated areas very posable.
13 Cavallini Birth of Jesus The Birth of Jesus 1291 Mosaic Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome Cavallini executed a mosaic cycle representing six scenes from the life of St Mary. The Birth of Jesus is one of the six, following Byzantine iconography but renderig it in traditional Roman form showing a direct influence of the late antique art. ....Web Gallery Of Art
Executed for the church of San Rocco and long venerated as miraculous, this painting is a German-style interpretation of a traditional Venetian devotional model.
Today (Friday 10 November), Operation Vulcan executed warrants at premises on Bury New Road, shutting down and seizing half a million of pounds worth of counterfeit items.
Police warnings seem to have fallen on deaf ears for some counterfeit operations in the area. Attempts to re-open and profit from the Christmas sales however continue to be detected and swiftly shut down.
Thanks to intelligence from the Cheetham Hill Neighbourhood Team (who remain in the area with the Vulcan team and conduct daily patrols in the community), Operation Vulcan were able to execute these warrants just days after witnessing customers walking down Bury New Road with bags of fake goods.
Detective Sergeant Matt Donnelly, one of Operation Vulcan’s specialist officers, said: “These results today demonstrate just how important it is that Operation Vulcan remain in the area. The criminals operating here are so brazen, the minute they think they spot an opening, they’re back up and running as though it’s business as usual. We’re here to show them that this isn’t the case, and we will not stop until these illegitimate shops are eradicated and those responsible are locked up.
“I hope this is a warning that no matter how many times you try to reopen, we will continue to seize your belongings and profits, making sure none of this money can make its way back into the criminal market.
Councillor Luthfur Rahman, Deputy Leader of Manchester City Council said: "Over the past 12 months we have achieved a great deal through Operation Vulcan. Through our partnership with GMP gangs have been run out of Cheetham Hill and people have been allowed to feel safe in their own neighbourhoods.
"But the work will go on. We know these gangs are tenacious and that criminals will always find ways to circumvent the law. The Council's Trading Standards will remain vigilant throughout the Christmas period to make sure that dangerous or harmful goods do not make their way in the hands of the public."
Hélène
1901
Frederick Carl Frieseke
oil on canvas
This early work by the American painter Frederick Carl Frieseke was executed in Paris and shows the impact of Whistler's aesthetics and teaching (Frieseke attended the Académie Carmen in Paris). The rich and dark palette and close toal harmonies reflect Whistler's own painting, as does the framing of the figure and cropping of the objects in the room (most notably the framed print which Frieseke may have taken from the portrait of Whistler's mother). Frieseke's description of his approach to picture construction also parallels that of Whistler: both felt that a successful composition was based on harmony and judicious selection, not on slavish recording of what is before the painter. Frieseke's early work in Paris may also have been influenced by American pictorialist photography, which itself drew some of its sensibility from knowledge of Whistler.
Frieseke's early style, as seen in "Helene", changed later in the decade. He moved to Giverny, where he leased Theodore Butler's house next to Claude Monet. Frieseke later work was heavily influenced by the work of Renoir and Monet. He specialized in the depiction of the female nude in both dappled sunlight and in interiors--a subject drawn from study of Renoir--and his palette became much brighter and luminous. In his mature work paint is more heavily applied and in bright touches of color, reflecting his understanding of Monet and possibly the post-Impressionists.
Physical Description:
In an interior composed of muted browns, red, and green paint, a woman sits on a couch or bed with her legs crossed, leaning with her chin in her left hand while holding a handkerchief in her right hand. She gazes directly at the viewer.
EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ART FROM 1700–1900
Stroll the second floor balcony gallery overlooking the Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse and take in a pleasing procession of some of the Museum’s most beloved and iconic works, including Claude Monet’s La Débacle (The Breakup of the Ice), James McNeill Whistler’s Sea and Rain, and Spring Landscape by Arthur Wesley Dow. Natural light returns to the heart of the Museum for the first time in over half a century through the reopened and restored skylights.
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The U-M Museum of Art (UMMA) is one of the oldest and largest university art museums in the country. Built as a war memorial in 1909 for the university’s Civil War fallen, the building originally housed U-M’s alumni office along with the University’s growing art collection. UMMA’s collections represent more than 150 years of collecting at the university, with more than 21,000 works of art that span cultures, eras, and media. The Museum hosts nearly 20 special exhibitions per year, and displays works from their permanent collection that features world renowned artists like James McNeill Whistler, Helen Frankenthaler, Pablo Picasso, Joshua Reynolds, Claude Monet, and Andy Warhol, among many others.
In addition to visual art, UMMA hosts a variety of performing arts events. The Helmut Stern Auditorium, located on the lower level of the Museum, is a state-of-the-art, acoustically superb space that seats 185, which hosts lectures, film screenings, readings, and performing arts events. The Auditorium is home to the Zell Visiting Writers Series readings and the Mark Webster Reading series—ongoing events that are free and open to the public.
UMMA hosts a variety of programs and events for all ages. Admission is free and open to the public.
The University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) is a meeting place for the arts, bridging visual art and contemporary culture, scholarship and accessibility, tradition and innovation. The museum's collections include nearly 19,000 objects that span cultures, eras, and media and include European, American, Middle Eastern, Asian, and African art, as well as changing exhibits. The Museum of Art re-opened in 2009 after a three-year renovation and expansion. UMMA presents special exhibitions and diverse educational programs featuring the visual, performing, film and literary arts that contextualize the gallery experience.
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The statue of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt by Ernst Plassman was executed in 1869 and moved to its current location on the south facade of Grand Central Terminal in 1913. The 8-foot, 6-inch-tall, bronze statue originally stood from 1869-1913 in the niche of a panel with reliefs of railroads, steamships, and agricultural elements at the Hudson River Railroad Freight Depot. The panel was not relocated with the sculpture when it was moved. In the past, this piece was attributed to Albert DeGroot, but historian David M. Kahn, in an article for The Connoisseur, June 1980, reattributed it to Plassman.
Grand Central Terminal, located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue, was built by and named for the New York Central Railroad opened to the public on February 2, 1913. The Beaux Arts design, by the architectural firms Reed and Stem and Warren and Wetmore, features iconic elements like the Main Concourse with its vaulted astronomical ceiling, a four-faced opal clock that doubles as a popular meeting point, and a majestic façade with sculptures by Jules-Félix Coutan. Serving over 750,000 daily passengers riding the Metro-North Railroad, it is the largest train station in the world by number of platforms, boasting 41 across two underground levels. Over the years it has played a crucial role in the development of New York and as a cultural landmark, housing more than 70 shops and dining options. The terminal faced potential demolition in the 1970s but was saved by a landmark preservation campaign led by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
In 2007, Grand Central Station was ranked #13 on the AIA 150 America's Favorite Architecture list.
Grand Central Terminal National Register #75001206