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Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.
In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.
The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.
They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.
In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.
The Farewell (1878)
Artist: Harriet Backer
Throughout Harriet Backer's 50-year career, women's rights changed radically. Being a woman and an artist became accepted. Backer was talented and determined, inspiring a new generation of women and men in the Norwegian art world.
In Backer’s family, art and culture were part of how the children were raised. Her older sister Agathe was musically gifted and wanted to become a pianist. She had to go abroad to learn, and Harriet became her sister's traveling companion. This gave Harriet the opportunity to visit art museums and get to know the historical masters of the art world at a young age. Agathe eventually became a renowned composer and concert pianist, while Harriet became an important artist.
Backer showed an early talent and interest in art, but embarked on full-time studies rather late in life. In 1874, at 29 years, she decided to travel to Munich. The art community in Norway was small, so one had to go abroad.
The art academies in Europe were reserved for men in those days, but women could receive private tuition or attend "women's classes". During her years in Munich, Backer had several teachers. In 1878 she moved to Paris to continue her studies.
Being accepted for exhibition at the Salon in Paris was an important step on the path to becoming a professional artist. In 1880, Backer was accepted with the painting Solitude. Hundreds of artists exhibited at these exhibitions at the same time, and the paintings hung close together, from floor to ceiling. The jury thought Backer's painting was excellent, and she was honoured with a diploma, known as a Mention honorable.
In Munich, Backer learned to paint in a style characterised by a high level of detail and dark colours. We see this for example in Avskjeden (The Farewell), from 1878. When she came to Paris, she was greatly inspired by impressionism. In one of her best-known paintings, Blått interiør (Blue Interior), painted five years after Avskjeden, the transformation of her painting style is evident. Clear and pure colours dominate the composition. From this point on, the interaction between figure, interior and light effects became a theme that permeated Backer's paintings. How to create contrasts between the light indoors and outdoors? How are colours perceived in lamplight compared to daylight? She approached her subjects with these issues in mind.
Backer started her career with a desire to become a portrait painter. She painted many friends and acquaintances, and also received portrait commissions. But it is her interior scenes she has become best known for. She painted interiors from all walks of life – from farmhouses to bourgeois living rooms. For the most part, Backer's rooms are populated by women.
I think I serve the cause of women best by concentrating like a man – Harriet Backer
In 1888, Backer established herself in Norway, and from 1892 to 1910 ran a painting school in Kristiania. She became a popular teacher. Her openness to new ideas in both art and social development was appreciated. She sympathised with the women's movement, but did not actively participate in political work.
In the women's cause, Backer was recognised more for what she did than what she said – as a renowned artist she was an important role model. Together with friend and fellow artist Kitty Kielland, she was a pioneer who paved the way for women to have the opportunity to choose art as a career path.
About Harriet Backer:
Born 21 January 1845 in Holmestrand.
Lived in Paris in 1878–1888.
Started an art school in Kristiania in the 1890s. Backer’s students included Nikolai Astrup, Halfdan Egedius, Harald Sohlberg, Henrik Lund, Helga Ring Reusch, Astri Welhaven and Sara Fabricius (Cora Sandel).
Died 25 March 1932 in Oslo.
Important works:
Solitude (1878–1880)
Blått interiør (Blue Interior) (1883)
På blekevollen (Bleaching) (1886–1887)
Ved lampelys (By Lamplight) (1890)
Barnedåp i Tanum kirke (Baptism at Tanum Church) (1892)
Inngangskoner (Women in Church) (1892)
Interiør fra Uvdal stavkirke (Interior from Uvdal Stave Church) (1909)
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www.visitoslo.com/en/articles/national-museum/
On 11 June 2022 the new National Museum opened in Oslo. This is the largest museum in the Nordics. The new museum now consists of the collections of the former National Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design.
The new museum has a permanent exhibition of about 6 500 objects. Design, arts and crafts, fine art as well as contemporary art will be exhibited alongside each other. As such, the permanent exhibition highlights interesting connections between different collections that previously have been on show at three different museums. Additionally, audiences will be able to see the most famous paintings by the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, including The Scream (1893) and Madonna (1894).
The building was designed by Kleihues + Schuwerk Gesellschaft von Architekten, with emphasis on dignity and longevity over sensationalist architecture. Great care was given to achieve a balance with the museum’s surroundings and the existing monuments in the area, such as Oslo City Hall and Akershus Fortress.
The most eye-catching feature of the new museum is the large, illuminated exhibition hall on top of the building. It will be used for temporary exhibitions.
The rooftop terrace offers a unique view of the inner Oslo fjord. The square in front of the main entrance has become an urban meeting place, with benches and a café that invites you in to take a rest.
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Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.
In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.
The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.
They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.
In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.
Day 8 - Travel to NOLA - February 2024
Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from Zeus and Calliope?s musically inclined son. Founding members include musician/actor Harry Connick, Jr. and his father, Harry Connick, Sr., former New Orleans district attorney. With their first parade in 1994, the Krewe of 700 members established itself as a super Krewe. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.
The krewe?s throws include a number of sought-after items, including light-up Orpheus medallion beads, three different types of doubloons - Captain's, Krewe, & Musical Legends, four-foot-long stuffed dragons, and their prized throw is a custom decorated tambourine.
Notable floats include the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand. There?s also the Smoking Mary, an eight-unit float that looks like a steam locomotive. And everyone loves the three-unit, 139-foot Orpheus Leviathan Float, the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.
Over the years, Orpheus monarchs have included Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino, Sandra Bullock, Glenn Close, Whoopi Goldberg, Stevie Wonder, Laurence Fishburne, Forrest Whitaker, Brad Paisley, Anne Rice and Toby Keith.
Unlike many Carnival events which are members-only, visitors are allowed to buy tickets to the black-tie Orpheuscapade, a musical extravaganza after the parade in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
Year founded: 1993
Membership: 1500 male and female riders
Number of floats: 38 floats (including tandems)Day 8
Various pics of the day eight in New Orleans.
Diverses photos prisent en Nouvel Orlean le jour huit.
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MUSICALLY YOURS: Singer SHREYA GHOSHAL has come a long way since her Dola Re Dola days and today like her tee shirt proclaims, she is one of the reigning divas of the music industry. On Saturday afternoon, CT lensman caught up with her at a film studio in the city where she was shooting for a programme which will be aired on a private Bengali channel
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Look in her eyes, Look in her eyes,
forget about the ones that are crying.
Go or Go Ahead by Rufus Wainwright
I find that Tuesday I have no time for 365, so I tend to make up the photos the next day. Good thing my last day of my 365 falls on a Thursday. :)
I have never felt happier. yesterday I seriously was so happy i could die that day and id die happy.
I never felt so free, so content, just so plain happy. life is falling into place and i feel so carefree.
project 365: day 344
TOTW: Imagine
Musically Challenged: Rufus Wainwright - Go or Go Ahead
Dear GOD, there is nothing like a challenge AND a protest to make a man peek out of self-imposed exile!!!
By way of elucidation, campers:
In the group, Musically Challenged (list of songs to choose from this week compiled by the owner of my favorite Flickr handle Favourite Waste Of Time ), the talented and marvelously ponytail-ed Red.Dahlia took time away from her new career as creator and illustrator of homoerotic tabloid stories (I assure: thou art better off NOT knowing....) to post an image to the Editors' song "All Sparks"
She then suggested - nay, URGED - group members to copycat the tightly cropped B&W "eyes and above" style of her shot using our respective 50mm lenses - irrespective of whether one was in possession of said lens type. She currently is celebrating our lemmings-like participation by chanting the phrase "Viva la Revolucion" - although what it is we have allegedly found revolting remains abundantly unclear.
All of this seemed so quaint in much the same way as a scene in which Aunt Bea would attempt to be "hep" by doing the young people's moves while chaperoning a dance on some episode of "The Andy Griffith Show". You know: something that brings a smirk to your face in that "what the hell is all of this about?" sort of way.
Then I listened to the song.
Clever that. But for my purposes 100% INFURIATINGLY (Emotions being the Theme Of The Week ....) dead WRONG. I quote from said musical piece's "hook"
All sparks will burn out
All sparks will burn out
All sparks will burn out
In the end
Keeping in mind my abiding and indeed abundant affection for BOTH the beloved Dahlia and Favourite Waste, I am nevertheless compelled to opine, "popycock".
Or, more precisely and in the language I use when neither Ma nor the network television cameras are around: BULLSHIT ON TOAST .
It is not my intent to emerge from either my brief Salinger-esque isolation OR this calendar year as a sparkler to be extinguished faster than a pro-affirmative action speech at a Republican fundraiser (love you, too, Mustang Sheila Babe.....)
Cameraphone only - no problem.
Cameraphone lacking a fiddy (as 50mm lenses are identified by the Flickr pros) - no problem.
Posting to a song by a group named after a profession of people who used to assign me some of the dumbest ass stories to cover (It's AUGUST in Miami, and as God as my witness, Paul Kaplan one day walked up to me and said, "Maurice, find out why it's hot outside...") - no problem
High key image from a low-key brother - no hay problema, mis amigos
Buying into the bleak existential outlook painted by thick-accented lads young enough to be my, um, younger cousins - BIG ASS PROBLEM
This is my first time posting to one of the 32,532,826 songs in the group that I have never heard before in my 19 (metric) years on this planet. I have no idea what in the name of Godot this ditty is SUPPOSED to mean. But I am sure loving the fact that it has proven I still believe something that is much more powerful and, NAY, optimistic.
SPECIFICALLY:
The Eternal Flame, MoFos!!
ps. Oh and Dahlia? I used to be cool and had a smaller ponytail to show for it and all. But it fell victim to a half-drunken barber years ago who clipped it off while my attention was diverted to who was winning the craps game in the back room. It never grew back. I've been traumatized ever since. If these blokes want songs that will REALLY move the people, let them write about THAT!!!
pss. Don't nobody challenge me to a GOT-DAYUMM (Ma is still sleeping and the cameras are off), mother flapping (in case there's a hidden microphone somewhere) nuther thing for the next 48 hours. You wouldn't believe the cleansing that has been going on in these here parts. Catch ya'll in 2010.
REALLY.....
Day One Hundred and Three:
24 little hours
oh God please wipe them all away
I mean look at what I ended up with. Eaten in a Zombie Apocalypse. It's even spelled wrong that's how terrible an apocalypse it's going to be. If I could reverse it back to the start of the day I'd definitely have picked another number and possibly another colour too. Course there's a 50/50 chance that it would yet again predict me doom requiring another restart.
Though does anyone actually know what the button to restart the day actually looks like? That's assuming it's a button. Could be a switch or a toggle or a lever or a thingmy. I'm hoping for a great big mad scientist switch with sparks and surrounded by dohickies. I do like a good dohicky.
I bet aliens will know where it is. They know everything. Except that when it comes to probing all the good stuff is on the front. But they do know the whatnots and wherefores of the universe. Ah but what will it take for them to share their learning.
Oh dear I hope it's not a probing.
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Today's photo was brought to you by "If i could start today again" by Paul Kelly.
Oh and because I saw this today.
Musically gifted boys shone at The Grange Monmouth Preparatory School’s annual prize-giving day. Read more below
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.
In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.
The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.
They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.
In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.
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Goin' the wrong way down a one way street
Where the feeling is criminal
Nobody helps me out when I believe
Just a look, look, looking for someone like me
Where the feeling is mutual
Can anybody see what I see
Cuz I don't see me
[Criminal - Alexz Johnson]
Musically Inspired Week 04/52
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.
In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.
The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.
They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.
In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.
In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.
The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.
They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.
In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.
In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.
The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.
They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.
In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.
Pagina 24-25 intervista di cover. Scattata in Via Ernesto Rossi, 7 - Milano, nel giardino della "Why Not House". Il gatto è stato affittato per lo shooting da "Animal One" a Milano.
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For Musically Challenged (my week!!! Come play with us!), Need you Now.
And TOTW / Dreamy
When I put this song on the list, I pictured a drink and dial shot - I thought I would have so much fun doing it... -, but the strongest drink I can find here is diet coke. Which, by the way, I had to use as a tripod.
Sorry I've been such a bad contact these days. As you might have noticed by my last couple of pictures, I'm stuck in China and, between meetings and the "internetless" factory dorm (yes, you read well, I'm staying at the "guest rooms", long story, but I didn't want to look like a brat) I haven't had much chance to catch up. Will probably be able to do so during my airport time tomorrow :-)
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.
In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.
The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.
They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.
In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.
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Happy Family - "Youtube"
The Art Department - "Get On"
Lower Dens - "A Dog's Dick"
Celebration - "Junky" (world premiere)
Weekends "Team Wolf"
Dustin Wong - "For Daniel"
Beach House - "I Do Not Care For The Winter Sun"
Lands & Peoples - "Restless Legs"
Run DMT - "Romona"
Winks - "Weed Makes Sex Weird" - (no folk version)
Dope Body - "Enemy Outta Me"
Wye Oak - "Civilian"
Sri Aurobindo - "Towards The Sun"
Teenage Souls - "Ice Flow"
Height With Friends - "Cold Crush"
Future Islands - "In The Fall" ft. Katrina Ford
Ami Dang - "Manali"
Secret Mountains - "Rest Easy"
Lexx - "Alley Oop"
Double Dagger - "Pillow Talk"
Holy Ghost Party - "Shit House Luck"
Mickey Free - "Shock"
DJ Dog Dick - "New Swing Music"
INEVERYROOM - "EM E GEE"
Raindeer "Juanita"
Dead Drums - "Literarlly Illiterate"
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.
In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.
The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.
They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.
In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.
Evening, Interior (1896)
Artist: Harriet Backer
Throughout Harriet Backer's 50-year career, women's rights changed radically. Being a woman and an artist became accepted. Backer was talented and determined, inspiring a new generation of women and men in the Norwegian art world.
In Backer’s family, art and culture were part of how the children were raised. Her older sister Agathe was musically gifted and wanted to become a pianist. She had to go abroad to learn, and Harriet became her sister's traveling companion. This gave Harriet the opportunity to visit art museums and get to know the historical masters of the art world at a young age. Agathe eventually became a renowned composer and concert pianist, while Harriet became an important artist.
Backer showed an early talent and interest in art, but embarked on full-time studies rather late in life. In 1874, at 29 years, she decided to travel to Munich. The art community in Norway was small, so one had to go abroad.
The art academies in Europe were reserved for men in those days, but women could receive private tuition or attend "women's classes". During her years in Munich, Backer had several teachers. In 1878 she moved to Paris to continue her studies.
Being accepted for exhibition at the Salon in Paris was an important step on the path to becoming a professional artist. In 1880, Backer was accepted with the painting Solitude. Hundreds of artists exhibited at these exhibitions at the same time, and the paintings hung close together, from floor to ceiling. The jury thought Backer's painting was excellent, and she was honoured with a diploma, known as a Mention honorable.
In Munich, Backer learned to paint in a style characterised by a high level of detail and dark colours. We see this for example in Avskjeden (The Farewell), from 1878. When she came to Paris, she was greatly inspired by impressionism. In one of her best-known paintings, Blått interiør (Blue Interior), painted five years after Avskjeden, the transformation of her painting style is evident. Clear and pure colours dominate the composition. From this point on, the interaction between figure, interior and light effects became a theme that permeated Backer's paintings. How to create contrasts between the light indoors and outdoors? How are colours perceived in lamplight compared to daylight? She approached her subjects with these issues in mind.
Backer started her career with a desire to become a portrait painter. She painted many friends and acquaintances, and also received portrait commissions. But it is her interior scenes she has become best known for. She painted interiors from all walks of life – from farmhouses to bourgeois living rooms. For the most part, Backer's rooms are populated by women.
I think I serve the cause of women best by concentrating like a man – Harriet Backer
In 1888, Backer established herself in Norway, and from 1892 to 1910 ran a painting school in Kristiania. She became a popular teacher. Her openness to new ideas in both art and social development was appreciated. She sympathised with the women's movement, but did not actively participate in political work.
In the women's cause, Backer was recognised more for what she did than what she said – as a renowned artist she was an important role model. Together with friend and fellow artist Kitty Kielland, she was a pioneer who paved the way for women to have the opportunity to choose art as a career path.
About Harriet Backer:
Born 21 January 1845 in Holmestrand.
Lived in Paris in 1878–1888.
Started an art school in Kristiania in the 1890s. Backer’s students included Nikolai Astrup, Halfdan Egedius, Harald Sohlberg, Henrik Lund, Helga Ring Reusch, Astri Welhaven and Sara Fabricius (Cora Sandel).
Died 25 March 1932 in Oslo.
Important works:
Solitude (1878–1880)
Blått interiør (Blue Interior) (1883)
På blekevollen (Bleaching) (1886–1887)
Ved lampelys (By Lamplight) (1890)
Barnedåp i Tanum kirke (Baptism at Tanum Church) (1892)
Inngangskoner (Women in Church) (1892)
Interiør fra Uvdal stavkirke (Interior from Uvdal Stave Church) (1909)
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www.visitoslo.com/en/articles/national-museum/
On 11 June 2022 the new National Museum opened in Oslo. This is the largest museum in the Nordics. The new museum now consists of the collections of the former National Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design.
The new museum has a permanent exhibition of about 6 500 objects. Design, arts and crafts, fine art as well as contemporary art will be exhibited alongside each other. As such, the permanent exhibition highlights interesting connections between different collections that previously have been on show at three different museums. Additionally, audiences will be able to see the most famous paintings by the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, including The Scream (1893) and Madonna (1894).
The building was designed by Kleihues + Schuwerk Gesellschaft von Architekten, with emphasis on dignity and longevity over sensationalist architecture. Great care was given to achieve a balance with the museum’s surroundings and the existing monuments in the area, such as Oslo City Hall and Akershus Fortress.
The most eye-catching feature of the new museum is the large, illuminated exhibition hall on top of the building. It will be used for temporary exhibitions.
The rooftop terrace offers a unique view of the inner Oslo fjord. The square in front of the main entrance has become an urban meeting place, with benches and a café that invites you in to take a rest.
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Two musically gifted women’s lives overlap over the boundaries of time in Rosalyn Story’s novel Sing Her Name. With racism barring her way, a nineteenth century concert artist can never achieve the place in history she deserves. Then, long after her death in poverty and obscurity, a 21st century waitress, talented but musically untaught, has a chance to revive this singer’s name and reach her own success–if her family ties don’t hold her back. Photos made at The Center at Belvedere during the Festival of the Book on 3/23/23.
Photo by Pat Jarrett/Virginia Humanities
Photo Collaboration with Thomas Hawk
photo taken by Thomas Hawk at my direction.
You can hear the waves in underwater caves
As if you actually were inside a saltwater room
Time together isn't ever quite enough
When you and I are alone, I've never felt so at home
What will it take to make or break this hint of love?
Only time, only time
The Saltwater Room by Owl City
today was a blast!!! went to biscayne key to have a flickr meet up with Thomas Hawk, Mike, Carlos Miller, Maria Campo, Invisible Cirkus, Shannon, and Burnt Umber! it was a blast! i had brought the wedding dress and some another dress to play dress up. I did take some photos but not as much as the others did. i cant wait to see their photos!!!
project 365: day 291
musically challenged: the saltwater room by owl city
Trolled my archives again for this week's "Musically Inspired" set photo. Taken at the Cincinnati Union Terminal. Neil Diamond #29/52
Far. We've been traveling far.
Without a home, but not without a star.
Free. Only want to be free.
We huddle close, Hang on to a dream.
On the boats and on the planes, They're coming to America.
Never looking back again, They're coming to America.
Home, don't it seem so far away.
Oh, we're traveling light today.
In the eye of the storm, In the eye of the storm.
Home, to a new and a shiny place.
Make our bed, and we'll say our grace.
Freedom's light burning warm, Freedom's light burning warm.
Everywhere around the world, They're coming to America.
Every time that flag's unfurled, They're coming to America.
Got a dream to take them there, They're coming to America.
Got a dream they've come to share, They're coming to America.
They're coming to America (x5)
Today, today, today, today, today
My country 'tis of thee
- Today
Sweet land of liberty
- Today
Of thee I sing
- Today
Of thee I sing
- TODAY!!!
She's a jar
With a heavy lid
My pop quiz kid
A sleepy kisser
With feelings hid
She begs me not to miss her
"She's a jar" by Wilco
For the group Musically Challenged
Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017
Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.
In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.
The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.
They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.
In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.
Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun
But mama, that's where the fun is
-Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Blinded By the Light
Holy smokes, I love this song! Just this very morning, it was playing while my hubs and I were driving to work. We rocked out. He even played air piano to the Chopsticks segment, which made me laugh.