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stretching the idea of drawing a stack of books a little, but i couldn't resist doing the blocks and plastic figures.
prompt: highly-detailed Roman colosseum, sunrise, golden hour with appropriate depth of field and sunset in the background, Canon EOS-5D Mark IV, Canon 85mm f1.2 lens at f/2, narrow depth of field --ar 3:2 --s 250 --c 20 --v 5.2
Beyonce was photoshopped into the scene in from a blend of three reference photos.
Detailed in Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop and Color Effects Pro.
Background blurring in photoshop and Color Effects Pro.
I highly appreciate your viewing and commenting on my work.
Prompt: a vintage film poster in the style of Drew Struzan, West Highland White Terrier Dog holding a lightsaber, and various other dogs are playing the characters from star wars but with the title "STAR PAWS" as the film title --ar 3:4 --stylize 250 --v 6.1
Prompt: Two enchanting birds with delicate butterfly wings, perched elegantly on a flowering branch. Their bodies are sleek and birdlike, one adorned with soft pastel pink feathers, and the other in a gentle baby blue, both glowing with a subtle, magical shimmer. Their wings, inspired by butterflies, are semi-translucent and intricately patterned with gradients of pastel hues--soft lavenders, mint greens, and golden highlights--fluttering gracefully as if caught in a gentle breeze. Each bird wears a tiny, ornate crown crafted from gold, embedded with miniature gemstones that sparkle subtly in the light. Their postures are natural and lifelike, with their feet grasping the branch delicately, and their heads slightly tilted toward one another, as though engaged in a royal conversation. The wings are positioned in a way that suggests gentle movement, enhancing the sense of animation and realism. The background is a dreamlike garden bathed in soft, golden light, with a palette of pastel flowers and blurred foliage creating a serene, ethereal setting. The overall composition balances biological accuracy with fantastical elegance, ensuring a visually stunning and lifelike depiction. --ar 11:14 --v 6.1
Prompt:
Enhance the image of a historical book titled "Old Lübeck Hansestadt". The book is now open with elaborate 3D images dramatically leaping out of its pages, depicting vivid scenes from Old Lübeck, a notable Hanseatic city, with rich details and textures. The denser mist surrounding the emerging images adds to the mysterious and enchanting atmosphere. The background should be dark and moody, creating a sharp contrast with the illuminated pages and lifelike 3D images. Aim for an ultra-realistic composition, filled with finer details that offer an immersive historical experience, as if the city's rich past is coming to life before the viewer's eyes.
Prompt: A heartwarming masterpiece capturing two female police officers, They kneel beside their patrol car to pet an adorable white west highland terrier. The westie wears a tiny custom-made police badge collar, purring as it rubs against their polished boots. Their pristine dark blue uniforms. shallow depth of field. Cinematic lighting creates a soft atmosphere while maintaining photorealistic detail. Ultra high resolution, professional photography, golden ratio composition. --v 6.1
Prompt 3D render of a giraffe and baby giraffe, anthropomorphic, exaggerated features, big smile with human-like teeth, large eyes, savanna background, acacia trees, sunny day BREAK humorous, whimsical, family-friendly, vibrant colors BREAK detailed rendering, high quality, professional artwork BREAK 8k uhd, sharp focus, highly detailed fisheye lens effect, close-up
3D render of a giraffe and its calf, anthropomorphic smile, exaggerated features, savannah background, acacia trees, daytime, sunny BREAK cartoon style, humorous, whimsical, vibrant colors BREAK 8k uhd, sharp focus, high quality, highly detailed, professional artwork
Prompt: Ultra-realistic, photo-realistic, digital fine art of the Gettysburg battlefield at early morning. A lone Civil War cannon sits firmly perched on a small grassy hill, its dark metal catching faint hints of dawn light. A rustic wooden rail fence stretches across the landscape, weathered and uneven. Low ground fog blankets the field, curling around the hill and drifting through the fence, giving a ghostly atmosphere. Above, a tattered and torn American flag waves solemnly in the soft morning breeze, its fabric frayed but resilient. The background fades into misty silhouettes of rolling fields and sparse trees. Style: Ultra-realistic, digital fine art Mood: Somber, reverent, historic, atmospheric Lighting: Early morning glow with soft, diffused light piercing through fog Quality: Museum-quality fine detail, no noise, no grain
This digital fine art was created using OpenAI Sora AI and Photoshop
Prompt: collage of a beautiful woman with an Indian head dress on the top of the imagine and a bald eagle on the bottom of the imagine in a black an grey pencil sketch realistic tattoo style design, white background, airbrush like shading, --ar 4:5 --v 6.1
Day 26 - Together // This is about as together as me and Master are going to be for a while. LO wasn't in the mood to have a picture taken today, so I just did one of Master's original ring that he wore when I met him and the promise ring her gave me. I don't consider our wedding bands to mean anything anymore, so I didn't take a picture of them.
Prompt: Sailing ship in the ocean, seen through a round nautical window with a worn frame, in the style of digital art, high resolution, old rustic wood background, soft colors, detailed texture, in the style of a watercolor painting, --ar 1:1 --sref s.mj.run/PiezXgU-gxo --sw 25
digital fine art was created using Midjourney AI v 6.1 and Photoshop
PROMPT:
An intriguing (((figure))) by Casey Baugh, representing a (((very poor skinny farm worker girl))) in a ((tiny summer dress)) with nothing underneath and a loose-hanging, open top - a captivating blend of innocent youth and sultry allure, drawn with expert detail and a mix of realism and abstraction. Set in the sunny south of France, a (((worn and dirty unmade bed))) serves as the backdrop, with a (((crumpled sheet))) adding to the air of neglect, against which the girl, a (18-year-old with big brown eyes and long, messy black hair), strikes a serene pose, her freckled skin and delicate features emphasized by Baugh's masterful brushstrokes
I'm considering this the reverse effect of a photo from earlier in my stream. Instead of complete black, the background is nearly solid white. She is actually standing with her feet in the ocean, and the white is all water.
Created for guttergirlz.blogspot.com challenge!! and it also fit nicely into the We Spy challenge blog too!! Thanks for looking! Just a little creative therapy for myself with all sorts of hidden meaning in it.
I am taking advantage of our group site to send all of you who practice the Christian Faith and will celebrate Easter Sunday, this greeting and my love to all of you .
This overlooks our bay front...Corpus Christi, The body of Christ. I texted in the inscription and name of the sculpture because it did not show..
I revisited Donmouth Nature Reserve today 2/3/2018, prompted by the severe weather conditions that the so called "Beast From The East" has brought to the UK in the past few days, I decided to visit and capture any impacts it may have had along the coastline.
I found that the walk paths have eroded due to the heavy tides and tall waves that have battered the shore over the past few days, you can see the pathway clumps of grass that previously sat above the coastline now laying on the shore waiting for the sea to drag them off to the bottom of the North Sea.
Today was bitterly cold, the sea raged though I enjoyed a magnificent walk along the shore capturing what lay before me.
Check out my photos previously posted to appreciate the impact this "BFTE" has had on this beautiful nature reserve.
Coastal erosion is the wearing away of land and the removal of beach or sand dunes sediments by wave action, tidal currents, wave currents, drainage or high winds (see also beach evolution). Waves, generated by storms, wind, or fast moving motor craft, can cause coastal erosion, which may take the form of long-term losses of sediment and rocks, or merely the temporary redistribution of coastal sediments; erosion in one location may result in accretion nearby.
The study of erosion and sediment redistribution is called 'coastal morphodynamics'.
It may be caused by hydraulic action, abrasion, impact and corrosion by wind, water, and other forces, natural or unnatural.
On non-rocky coasts, coastal erosion results in dramatic (or non-dramatic) rock formations in areas where the coastline contains rock layers or fracture zones with varying resistance to erosion.
Softer areas become eroded much faster than harder ones, which typically result in landforms such as tunnels, bridges, columns, and pillars.
Over time the coast generally evens out. The softer areas fill up with sediment eroded from hard areas, and rock formations are eroded away.
Also abrasion commonly happens in areas where there are strong winds, loose sand, and soft rocks.
The blowing of millions of sharp sand grains creates a sandblasting effect. This effect helps to erode, smooth and polish rocks.
The definition of abrasion is grinding and wearing away of rock surfaces through the mechanical action of other rock or sand particles.
Examples
Small-scale erosion destroys abandoned railroad tracks
A place where erosion of a cliffed coast has occurred is at Wamberal in the Central Coast region of New South Wales where houses built on top of the cliffs began to collapse into the sea. This is due to waves causing erosion of the primarily sedimentary material on which the buildings foundations sit.[2]
Dunwich, the capital of the English medieval wool trade, disappeared over the period of a few centuries due to redistribution of sediment by waves.
Human interference can also increase coastal erosion:
Hallsands in Devon, England, was a coastal village that washed away over the course of a year, an event directly caused by dredging of shingle in the bay in front of it.
The California coast, which has soft cliffs of sedimentary rock and is heavily populated, regularly has incidents of housing damage as cliffs erodes .
The Holderness coastline on the east coast of England, just north of the Humber Estuary, is one of the fastest eroding coastline in Europe due to its soft clay cliffs and powerful waves.
Groynes and other artificial measures to keep it under control has only accelerated the process further down the coast, because longshore drift starves the beaches of sand, leaving them more exposed. The White Cliffs of Dover have also been affected.
Fort Ricasoli in Kalkara, Malta already showing signs of damage where the land is being eroded Fort Ricasoli, a historic 17th century fortress in Malta is being threatened by coastal erosion, as it was built on a fault in the headland which is prone to erosion.
A small part of one of the bastion walls has already collapsed since the land under it has eroded, and there are cracks in other walls as well.
Wave action
Hydraulic action
Hydraulic action occurs when waves striking a cliff face compress air in cracks on the cliff face. This exerts pressure on the surrounding rock, and can progressively splinter and remove pieces. Over time, the cracks can grow, sometimes forming a cave. The splinters fall to the sea bed where they are subjected to further wave action.
Attrition
Attrition occurs when waves cause loose pieces of rock debris (scree) to collide with each other, grinding and chipping each other, progressively becoming smaller, smoother and rounder. Scree also collides with the base of the cliff face, chipping small pieces of rock from the cliff or have a corrasion (abrasion) effect, similar to sandpapering.
Solution
Solution is the process in which acids contained in sea water will dissolve some types of rock such as chalk or limestone.
Corrasion
Corrasion or otherwise known as abrasion occurs when waves break on cliff faces and slowly erode it. As the sea pounds cliff faces it also uses the scree from other wave actions to batter and break off pieces of rock from higher up the cliff face which can be used for this same wave action and attrition.
Corrosion
Corrosion or solution/chemical weathering occurs when the sea's pH (anything below pH 7.0) corrodes rocks on a cliff face. Limestone cliff faces, which have a moderately high pH, are particularly affected in this way. Wave action also increases the rate of reaction by removing the reacted material.
Factors that influence erosion rates
Primary factors
The ability of waves to cause erosion of the cliff face depends on many factors.
The hardness (or inversely, the erodibility) of sea-facing rocks is controlled by the rock strength and the presence of fissures, fractures, and beds of non-cohesive materials such as silt and fine sand.
The rate at which cliff fall debris is removed from the foreshore depends on the power of the waves crossing the beach. This energy must reach a critical level to remove material from the debris lobe. Debris lobes can be very persistent and can take many years to completely disappear.
Beaches dissipate wave energy on the foreshore and provide a measure of protection to the adjoining land.
The stability of the foreshore, or its resistance to lowering. Once stable, the foreshore should widen and become more effective at dissipating the wave energy, so that fewer and less powerful waves reach beyond it. The provision of updrift material coming onto the foreshore beneath the cliff helps to ensure a stable beach.
The adjacent bathymetry, or configuration of the seafloor, controls the wave energy arriving at the coast, and can have an important influence on the rate of cliff erosion. Shoals and bars offer protection from wave erosion by causing storm waves to break and dissipate their energy before reaching the shore.
Given the dynamic nature of the seafloor, changes in the location of shoals and bars may cause the locus of beach or cliff erosion to change position along the shore.
Coastal erosion has been greatly affected by the rising sea levels globally.
Donmouth Local Nature Reserve is a beach site in the historic Old Aberdeen part of the City where the River Don meets the sea.
A great place to see seals and a range of interesting birds. The beach area has changed over time as the river has changed its course. There are lots of interesting plants in the dunes and beach area. Bird hide is an excellent shelter from which to watch the wildlife. The paths run across King Street to the Brig 'o Balgownie., the original bridge in to the City from the North, then down the other side of the river to the sea.
The site was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 1992
Paths are good although wheelchair access to the beach would be difficult as the boardwalk can get covered with sand.
There is plenty of free car parking on the Beach Esplanade and at the car park in Donmouth Road. There are cycle racks on Beach Esplanade
Bridge Of Don has five spans of dressed granite, and rounded cutwaters that carry up to road level to form pedestrian refuges. The spans are 75 feet (23 m), with a rise of 25 feet (7.6 m).
It was widened in 1958-59, from 24 feet (7.3 m), to 66 feet (20 m) by the construction of a new concrete bridge adjacent to the old one.
It now carries four lanes of the A956 road, and is the last bridge on the River Don before it meets the sea. The bridge is just downstream from a substantial island in the river. Around the area of the bridge is the Donmouth Local Nature Reserve, designated as a LNR in 1992.
Near to the bridge are a number of World War II era coastal defences, including a pill box.
Mudflats
Mudflats are formed when fine particles carried downstream by the river are deposited as it slows down before entering the sea, and to a lesser extent by fine particles washed in by the tide. The sand spit at the mouth of the Don provides shelter from the wind and waves allowing this material to build up. The mud flats are a very rich and fertile environment. Despite their rather barren appearance they support a surprisingly diverse invertebrate fauna which includes; worms, molluscs and crustacea. These invertebrates are vitally important to wildfowl and wading birds within the estuary.
Salt marsh
Along the upper shore of the south bank saltmarsh has developed. This habitat would once have been much more extensive prior to the tipping of domestic and other refuse in the area and the formation in 1727 of an artificial embankment to prevent flooding of the river into the Links. This habitat is now reduced to a narrow strip of vegetation along the river margins upstream from the Powis Burn.
The species composition of the salt marsh varies according to the salinity of the water i.e. the proximity to the sea. Close to the Powis Burn this habitat is dominated by reed sweet-grass (Glyceria maxima) with reed canary-grass (Phalaris arundinacea), sea club-rush (Scirpus maritimus), spike-rush (Eleocharis palustris), hemlock water-dropwort (Oenanthe crocata) and common scurvygrass (Chochlearia officinalis).
Further inland reed sweet-grass continues to dominate but hemlock water-dropwort is more abundant with meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) and valarian (Valariana officinalis),
Sand dunes
Sand dunes are found in the more exposed parts of the estuary at the river mouth. Again, this habitat was once much more extensive in this locality with dune grasslands stretching from Aberdeen Beach inland as far as King Street, southwards from the estuary of the Dee, northwards to the Sands of Forvie and beyond. Many of the dunes formed part of Seaton Tip, and following tipping the area was grassed over. Other areas have been formally landscaped to form golf courses or planted with native trees in 2010 to create a new woodland area.
Some remnants of the natural dune flora can be seen in the 'roughs' on the Kings Links golf course and near the mouth of the river.
Above the high water mark, fore dunes with thick clumps of the pioneer grass species including sea lyme grass (Elymus arenarius) and marram grass (Ammophila arenaria) occur. Few other species are able to cope with the shifting sand. The largest area of these young dunes is to the north and west of the headland. Further inland where the dunes are sheltered from the actions of the wind and waves, and soils are more developed, more stable dunes are present supporting a more diverse grassland habitat.
Strand line plants which are able to tolerate occasional coverage by sea water include sea rocket (Cakile maritima), frosted orache (Atriplex laciniata), sea sandwort (Honkenya peploides) and knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). Bur-reed (Sparganium sp.) has been recorded; presumably washed down by the river.
Marram grass (Ammophila arenaria) and sea lyme grass (Elymus arenarius) dominate the fore dunes. The latter species is not native to this area but appeared in 1802. It is thought to have been unintentionally introduced into the area by fishing boats. For a number of years it remained uncommon but from 1870 onwards it spread rapidly along the coastline (Marren, 1982).
In the more stable dunes red fescue (Festuca rubra), sand sedge (Carex arenaria), yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor), wild pansy (Viola tricolour), harebell (Campanula rotundifolia), bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and lesser meadow-rue (Thalictrum minus) are abundant. Small amounts of kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria), valerian (Valeriana officinalis) and spring vetch (Vicia lathyroides) are present.
Scattered willows (Salix sp.) and sycamore (Acer pseudoplantanus) have seeded into this area. Gorse (Ulex europaeus) scrub has colonised the dunes in some areas and appears to be spreading.
Scrub
This habitat is almost entirely artificial with only the gorse scrub on the inner dunes being a semi-natural habitat. Alder and willow were planted along the south bank of the river in about 1970 and these shrubs are now generally well established. Further shrub planting on the south bank was carried out in 1990.
Willow (Salix sp.) and alder (Alnus glutinosa) were planted in the 1970's along the south bank of the River Don eastwards of the Bridge of Don. The trees to the west of this strip are doing considerably better than those to the east. More recent planting was carried out in 1990 with hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) elder (Sambucus nigra), goat willow (Salix caprea) and alder.
Underneath the scrub neutral grassland is present with cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata), false oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius), cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris), sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata), hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) and hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium).
Grassland
Much of the grassland within the reserve is formed on imported soil and is intensively managed. This includes grassland on the north and south sides of the Esplanade. Daffodils are present in the grassland on the north side of the road. On the north bank to the east of the Bridge of Don is rank grassland on a steep south-facing slope. This is unmanaged and contains some patches of scrub.
Rough grassland is present on the headland. This area has been modified by tipping, with rubble to the east and with grass cuttings to the west. The grassland contains a mixture of neutral grassland, dune grassland, ruderal, and introduced garden species. This area attracts flocks of seed eating birds in late summer and autumn.
Improved grassland is present on the headland and along the south bank of the estuary downstream from the bridge of Don. Much of this vegetation has developed on imported soil and contains a high proportion of ruderal species and garden escapes. On the headland, broadleaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius), nettle (Urtica dioica), coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare), cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris), hemlock (Conium maculatum) and hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) are abundant. Sweet cicely (Chaerophyllum bulbosum) is widespread and in late summer fills the air with the scent of aniseed.
To the south of the Esplanade the grassland is managed with an annual cut.. The grassland does flood to form pools. Early in the year cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis) is common, meadow foxtail (Alopecuris pratensis)is known to occur around the margins of these pools.
Woodland
Semi-mature woodland is present on the steep sided south bank of the river upstream from the Bridge of Don. Most of this woodland has been planted in the mid 1930's though some older oak and elm trees are present. These may be relicts of former woodland cover. The woodland in the reserve is part of a strip of woodland along the River Don corridor which continues upstream from the Brig 'o' Balgownie.
Woodland is present on the south bank upstream from the Bridge of Don.
Much of the woodland consists of even aged stands with willow (Salix sp.), sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), ash (Fraxinus excelsior), beech (Fagus sylvatica) and alder (AInus glutinosa).
At the top of the slope mature oak (Quercus sp.) and elm (Ulmus glabra) are present. The ground flora contains tufted hair-grass (Deschampsia caespitosa), red campion (Silene dioica), ramsons (Allium ursinum) and lady fern (Athyrium felix-femina) .In a few areas dense shading is caused by the trees and in these areas the ground flora is poor.
On the north bank scattered trees are present, mainly willow and sycamore with some scrub.
Prompt
on outdoor stone steps. The mural features a white male person in worn-out, tattered clothing sleeping. The artwork captures themes of hardship and resilience, using bold, contrasting colors and expressive brushstrokes. The stairs are set in an urban environment, with the painting blending into the texture and contours of the stone steps. Realistic, dynamic, hdr, a punk rocker guy. He wears a Leather jacket with spikes, spiky hair in a mohawk style, a crazy lunatic facial expression, plaid suspender pants, and black combat boots. His figure appears rough and gritty. He is holding a bat with chains and spikes around it. Bg of an old abandoned asylum
Today's prompt Finger - fingering an F on my F Bass recorder (aka flûte à bec) I think I cover a lot of Fs
Today, I want you to draw a picture, doodle, sketch, of a person who you love, or admire. Then, write that person a letter telling them why they mean so much to you!
taken by my daughter
Top left 1 - "An alabaster panel carved with the head of John the Baptist, within a wooden housing known as a tabernacle.
In the course of his collecting career, Burrell acquired three alabaster heads of St John the Baptist that still retain their original painted tabernacles. In total only five such heads in tabernacles are known. The other two are in museums in Leicester and Carmarthen. This is the first, and finest, of the three acquired by Burrell, probably bought in the 1890s from the artist/dealer George Grosvenor Thomas who was active in Glasgow between about 1885 and 1899. Completely unknown to alabaster aficionados, the object was one of Burrell’s first collecting coups and prompted him to seek out others. Over four decades Burrell quietly acquired a second and a third, each as unknown as the other. Of such differing qualities, this rare and unique assemblage allows us to appreciate how medieval makers tailored their responses to consumer spending power. They illustrate the trappings of medieval domestic devotion as opposed to the more monumental evidence for public worship provided by large-scale altarpieces in ecclesiastical settings. The high-quality of this work, when compared to other survivals, including 1.33 and 1.35, suggests this piece may have been a special commission
2. - The decapitated head of St John, with long curled hair and a forked beard, sits in the centre of a platter, his eyes partially open and his lips parted, as though ready to commune with the viewer. The head is surrounded by figures, including six saints, four identified on the painted outer wings by name, St James, St Catherine, St Anthony (head missing) and St Margaret. The two full-length saints in the foreground are St Peter, and a bishop saint, probably St Thomas Becket. Above, two angels support the saint’s soul on its ascent to Heaven. At the base, Jesus is presented as the Man of Sorrows, bearded and wearing a torse, he rises from his tomb. The panel is surmounted by an ornately carved canopy of gothic tracery. Passages of paint and gilding survive, most notably on the canopy and in the field of green with the common ‘daisy’ motif that runs along the background.
The panel is set within a wooden tabernacle with two hinged doors, these open to present painted interior wings. Both wings are richly painted with three square fields surrounded by red borders. The middle fields are painted with saints’ names (a detail unique to this piece) and a scrolling floral motif on a white background. The upper and lower panels are painted with white roses and red sun-bursts, emblematic devices often associated with the House of York, although their meaning in this context is debated.
St John’s Head, decapitated on the orders of Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee and Perea, 4 BC-39 AD (Matthew 14:1-12; Mark 6:14-29), was widely venerated in medieval Europe. More than a dozen sites claimed ownership of his skull, including Amiens Cathedral, France. The wound above St John’s left eye is informed by a gash found on the Amiens’ skull.
Popular devotional objects, artistic representations of St. John’s head were made throughout Europe in a variety of materials. Commonly appearing in inventories and wills of the period, nearly 100 examples survive in English alabaster and are indicative of a wide market for such images. Often recorded in intimate domestic spaces, such sculptures were an aid to private prayer and contemplation, it was also believed that prayers to St John could offer relief from head related ailments, such as migraines, headaches and melancholy."
3 - Alabaster carving of the Virgin and Child. The Virgin is seated on a bench-like throne, holding the Christ Child with her right hand, and an orb at her lap in the left. Christ stands with his left foot on the throne and the right resting on his mother’s right knee. He reaches out and grasps the veil around the Virgin’s head with his left hand and holds a bird in the right. The bird pecks at Christ’s index finger; a detail shared with an alabaster panel depicting the Tree of Jesse in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (A.36:1, 2-1954). The bird may be a goldfinch, a traditional symbol of Christ’s passion.
The veiled Madonna wears a long mantle over her dress and is, unusually for English alabasters, without a crown. There are two holes in her veil, which may have provided fixing points for a nimbus. The inner garment, which contains traces of pink polychromy, is edged with an embroidery like finish, a little of which can be seen at the neck. There are traces of a blue and gilded hem on the mantle, with a red lining, which can be seen in the deep and extravagant folds that rest below her knees. There are flesh tones on both the head and hands, with gilding present in traces on the veil and hair of the Virgin, the hair of Christ, and along the hem of his cloak. The very top of the Virgin’s head and the cross that would usually surmount the orb are missing.
The reverse is flat with a large central section cut-away indicating the image was only to be viewed from the front. There are seven dowel holes plugged with lead, these would originally have been fitted with latten wire for attaching to a support, frame of housing.
The earliest documentary evidence of English alabaster work dates from the mid to late fourteenth century and commonly regards figurative carvings, rather than the narrative altarpiece panels that dominated the later trade (see 1.17). These early references are indicative of a demand amongst a noble and princely clientele. Notably an inventory of 1360 lists alabaster figures of the Virgin and St Stephen in the belongings of the recently deceased Queen Isabella (1295-1358) and in 1382, a representative of Pope Urban VI (r. 1378-1389), Cosmato Gentilis, negotiated the export of three large alabaster images, two of which may be the figures of SS Peter and Paul, now in the church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome.
Three figures, of a similar date to the Santa Croce pieces, were uncovered in 1779, hidden, or ceremonially buried, under the chancel floor of the ruined Flawford church, Nottinghamshire. The figures of the Virgin and Child, St Peter and an unidentified bishop are now in the collection of Nottingham Castle.
In 1964, Clement Pitman, compared this work to the Flawford Virgin, suggesting that the Flawford figures and the Burrell piece were the product of the same carver. This much discussed and researched example is considered amongst the most important works of the early English alabaster workshops.
Provenance: Purchased by Sir William Burrell from John Hunt, 8 August 1938.
4 - right - An alabaster figure of God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Souls of the Saved, sometimes referred to as a Trinity figure - although the Holy Spirit is not present in this representation.
The kingly figure of God the Father, crowned, bearded, and enthroned, wears a long gown and cloak which rests in elaborate folds over his knees. In his hands he holds a napkin containing the souls of the dead, who are depicted as diminutive figures. Between his knees, a cross is set upon an orb and bears the bearded figure of Christ, who wears a torse on his head and a loincloth. Passages of polychromy remain, most noticeably in the red of Christ’s halo, within the folds of God the Father’s robes and his lips, and there are traces of gilding in the hair. The base shows traces of white and red dots, indicative of the floral ‘daisy-pattern' decoration common to English alabasters.
The reverse is roughly worked flat and drilled with holes, which would have originally been fitted with latten wire and plugged with lead for fixing to a housing or support. The bottom of the reverse is cut away for ease of lifting.
English alabasters were very popular among both British and American collectors, so Burrell had to establish himself in the face of fierce competition. By keeping a careful eye on the market, he was able to gather an example of almost every type of alabaster produced from the mid fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries, ranging from a large-scale, three-dimensional figure of the Virgin and Child to individual panels from altarpieces and small-scale figures of flanking saints.
Burrell’s alabasters reflect two main preoccupations: collecting multiple specimens of the same iconography or, conversely, collecting completely unparalleled examples. As a consequence of this collecting strategy, the Burrell Collection is home to a number of alabasters for which only very few related works are known to survive, not least among which is this important Trinity admired by art historian Nikolaus Pevsner as ‘a piece of the highest emotional qualities’.
Alabaster Trinities are relatively common, as they often formed the focus of altarpieces or chapels; over 100 are known in total. Trinities featuring the souls of the blessed, seen here suspended in a napkin above the Crucifixion, are much rarer. Only 20 are known to survive, of which this is the largest recorded example. The quality and scale of this work suggests that the piece was most likely intended for public display within an ecclesiastical setting, rather than private ownership.
This representation of the Trinity is without parallel in continental Europe, and could be unique to English medieval alabaster. The iconography is seemingly derived from traditional representations of the ‘Bosom of Abraham’, with the souls of the dead gathered to the biblical patriarch Abraham’s bosom, as related in the story of Lazarus (Luke 16:22). As this belief ceased to be theologically acceptable, the figure of Abraham was replaced by God the Father.
A close parallel for this piece can be found in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (A.60-1935).
Provenance: John Hunt; from whom purchased by Sir William Burrell in 1938, for £500.
Burrell Collection
Prompt: A young child Native American girl sitting in the grass, vintage illustration. with black hair wearing traditional native American attire, detailed, full-body portrait. She has two braids and is sitting on a log along a riverbank surrounded by wildflowers. Blue sky with clouds. She is holding white feathers, a vintage painting. --v 6.1
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China's out-of-control space station carrying toxic chemicals is set to crash to Earth on Easter Sunday.
In an attempt to reassure the world, the Chinese government says it will 'promptly be in touch' if Tiangong-1 looks set to hit a nation.
But any warning may be too late, as China admits it still has no idea where parts of the space station will land.
The bus-sized space station, weighing 8.5-tons, is predicted to reenter Earth's atmosphere at 3pm BST (10am ET) on April 1, according to the latest estimates.
It could crash into a number of highly populated areas, including New York, Barcelona, Beijing, Chicago, Istanbul, Rome and Toronto.
When the station does eventually enter the atmosphere, it may unleash a 'series of fireballs' that could be seen by the naked eye, scientists claim.
The bus-sized space station, weighing 8.5-tons, is predicted to reenter Earth's atmosphere at 3pm BST (10am ET) on April 1, according to the latest estimates. It could crash into a number of highly populated areas, including New York, Barcelona, Beijing, Chicago, Istanbul and Rome
The latest prediction comes from Aerospace engineering, who claims the time for re-entry could be anywhere within 16 hours either side of this.
Others have more conservative estimates. China's space agency stated that Tiangong-1 will re-enter the atmosphere some time between Saturday and Monday.
The European Space Agency has a smaller window between midday Saturday and early Sunday afternoon GMT time.
Speaking at a daily news briefing, foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the government had been continually informing the U.N. space agency of the latest information about the Tiangong-1.
China had been responsible and transparent, Lu said.
WHICH CITIES LIE IN THE TIANGONG-1 'DANGER ZONE'?
Name of city
Country
Name of city
Country
Barcelona
Spain
Milwaukee
USA
Beijing
China
Monaco
Monaco
Bilbao
Spain
Naples
Italy
Boise
USA
New York
USA
Boston
USA
Nice
France
Boulder
USA
Philadelphia
USA
Buffalo
USA
Pittsburgh
USA
Cannes
France
Punta Arenas
Chile
Chicago
USA
Rochester
USA
Christchurch
New Zealand
Rome
Italy
Cleveland
USA
Salt Lake City
Spain
Concord
USA
San Sebastian
Spain
Des Moines
USA
Sapporo
Japan
Detroit
USA
Sioux Falls
USA
Florence
Italy
Sochi
Russia
Istanbul
Turkey
Stanley
Falkland Islands
Kushiro
Japan
Toronto
Canada
Madrid
Spain
Trelew
Argentina
Marseilles
France
Valladolid
Spain
'If there is a need, we will promptly be in touch with the relevant country,' he said.
'As to what I have heard, at present the chances of large fragments falling to the ground are not very great, the probability is extremely small.'
There is 'no need for people to worry', the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) said on its WeChat social media account.
Such falling spacecraft do 'not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth', it said.
At the Fraunhofer Institute, scientists can track Tiangong-1 using radar (pictured). Radar allows the institute to watch the station regardless of the weather, or if it is day or night
Due to its gentle descent, Tiangong-1 is now experiencing significant drag as it brushes against the planet's denser outer atmosphere and it is dropping out of orbit by about 2.5 miles a day.
During the uncontrolled re-entry, atmospheric drag will rip away solar arrays, antennas and other external components at an altitude of around 100 kilometres (60 miles), according to the Chinese space office.
The intensifying heat and friction will cause the main structure to burn or blow up, and it should disintegrate at an altitude of around 50 miles (80km), it said.
Most fragments will dissipate in the air and a small amount of debris will fall relatively slowly before landing, most likely in the ocean, which covers more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface.
Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, estimates that the Tiangong-1 is the 50th most massive uncontrolled re-entry of an object since 1957.
'Much bigger things have come down with no casualties,' McDowell told AFP.
'This thing is like a small plane crash,' he said, adding that the trail of debris will scatter pieces several hundred kilometres apart.
During the uncontrolled re-entry, atmospheric drag will rip away solar arrays, antennas and other external components at an altitude of around 100 kilometres (60 miles), according to the Chinese space office
This image of the Chinese Space Station was taken over a two second exposure and from the Virtual Telescope Project live feed. The space station was travelling at 18 degrees a second across the sky
At an altitude of around 40 miles (70km), debris will begin to turn into 'a series of fireballs', which is when people on the ground will 'see a spectacular show', he said.
The dramatic reentry will be unmissable, but keen astronomers are keeping their eyes peeled for Tiangong-1 throughout its final days.
Earlier this week, a live stream was set up by Virtual Telescope Project to capture Tiangong in one of its final passes across the sky.
At an altitude of around 40 miles (70km), debris will begin to turn into 'a series of fireballs'
It is visible to the naked eye and can be seen by people living in mid-latitude areas in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
Like many satellites and the ISS, Tiangong-1 looks like an unblinking white light gliding swiftly across the sky.
Predicting when and where the rogue station will reach the surface is extremely difficult as it orbits the Earth at around 18,000 mph (29,000km/h).
To track the satellite, experts are using some of the most advanced and powerful telescopes in the world.
At the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques, scientists were recently able to capture images of the craft using radar imaging.
Commissioned by the ESA, Fraunhofer researchers are studying the speed of the satellite and its rotation.
The tracking and imaging radar system uses signals in the Ku-band (12 to 18 gigahertz) and I-band (100 – 150 megahertz) radio frequencies to follow Tiangong-1.
Radar allows the institute to watch the station regardless of the weather, or if it is day or night.
Fall of Chinese space station Tiangong-1 over time and potential landing spots and times. The odds of being struck by space debris at one in 1.2 trillion. That is roughly 10 million times less likely than getting hit by lightning
In a statement, Esa aid: 'The Chinese space station Tiangong-1 will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere where it will to a large extent burn up.
'It is possible that some debris will reach the Earth's surface.'
As stated by experts tracking the station at the European Space Agency (ESA), it has the highest chance of crashing along a narrow strip around latitudes of 43 degrees north and south.
This includes a number of highly populated cities including New York, Barcelona, Beijing, Chicago, Istanbul, Rome and Toronto.
There is a chance parts of the station containing hazardous hydrazine could plummet into these highly-populated area.
Hydrazine is a chemical which is included in rocket fuel that causes irritation of the eyes and throat, dizziness and can lead to the growth of cancerous tumours.
The chances of human injury are small, claims Stijn Lemmens, an ESA space debris expert based in Darmstadt, Germany.
'Over the past 60 years of space flight, we are nearing the mark of 6,000 uncontrolled reentries of large objects, mostly satellites and upper (rocket) stages,' he told AFP.
'Only one event actually produced a fragment which hit a person, and it did not result in injury.'
Mr Lemmens says the odds of being struck by space debris are at one in 1.2 trillion.
Scientists will only know the precise date Tiangong-1 will impact and exactly where debris will fall during the finals days of its decline. Pictured is a graph showing how the window of predicted impact dates (y-axis) has changed over time (x-axis)
That is roughly 10 million times less likely than getting hit by lightning.
Although nobody has ever died from being hit by space junk falling back to Earth, one Australian region did fine Nasa $400 for littering when its Skylab crashed around the town of Esperence in 1974.
'At no time will a precise time/location prediction from ESA be possible,' the agency's Space Debris Office, based in Darmstadt, Germany, said in a previous statement.
WHAT IS THE TIANGONG-1 SPACE STATION?
The vehicle is 10.4 metres long and has a main diameter of 3.35 metres. It has a liftoff mass of 8,506 kilograms and provides 15 cubic metres of pressurised volume
Tiangong-1 is China's first Space Station Module.
The vehicle was the nation's first step towards its ultimate goal of developing, building, and operating a large Space Station as a permanent human presence in Low Earth Orbit.
The module was launched on September 29, 2012.
Tiangong-1 features flight-proven components of Chinese Shenzhou Spacecraft as well as new technology.
The module consists of three sections: the aft service module, a transition section and the habitable orbital module.
The vehicle is 10.4 metres long and has a main diameter of 3.35 metres.
It has a liftoff mass of 8,506 kilograms and provides 15 cubic metres of pressurized volume.
The Tiangong-1 space station (artist's impression) is hurtling towards Earth carrying a 'highly toxic chemical'. The doomed 8.5-tonne craft is believed to contain dangerous hydrazine
The doomed 8.5-tonne craft, which is roughly the size of a bus, has been hurtling towards Earth since Chinese scientists lost control of it in 2016
The doomed 8.5-tonne craft has been hurtling towards Earth since Chinese scientists lost control of it in 2016.
Although far smaller than some other satellites (the ISS is 450 tons (408,000 kg) for example) it is still the size of a school bus.
WHAT IS THE 'HIGHLY TOXIC' CHEMICAL ONBOARD CHINA'S TIANGONG-1 SPACE STATION?
A 'highly-toxic' corrosive chemical could land on Earth when parts of an out-of-control Chinese space station crash into our planet.
The chemical, called hydrazine, is used in rocket fuel and long-term exposure is believed to cause cancer in humans.
It is being carried aboard the Tiangong-1 space station which is hurtling towards Earth.
The warning over exposure to the chemical came from Aerospace Corp, a non-profit corporation based in El Segundo, California, which provides technical guidance and advice on all aspects of space missions.
Hydrazine is a colourless, oily liquid or sometimes white crystalline compound with a very highly reactive base.
A 'highly-toxic' corrosive chemical could be spread over the planet when a Chinese space station crashes to Earth, experts have warned. The substance, called hydrazine, is used in rocket fuel and is believed to cause cancer in humans (stock image)
It has a number of industrial, agricultural and military uses, including in rocket fuel.
Symptoms of short-term exposure to high levels of hydrazine include irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat, dizziness, headache, nausea, pulmonary edema, seizures, and coma, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Long-term exposure can also damage the liver, kidneys, and central nervous system in humans.
The liquid is corrosive and may produce dermatitis from skin contact in humans and animals.
Increased incidences of lung, nasal cavity, and liver tumours have been observed in rodents exposed to hydrazine.
The EPA has classified hydrazine as a Group B2, a probable human carcinogen.
The last time people set foot on the space station was in 2013.
After completing its final life phase, the space craft became unresponsive.
The descent is difficult to predict as the conditions in space are widely unknown and unpredictable.
The orbit pattern of Tiangong-1 is also making predictions more complex.
Explaining why, Dr Hugh Lewis, senior lecturer in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Southampton, compared the geometrical processes at work to crossing the road.
The last time people set foot on the space station was in 2013. After completing its final life phase, the space craft became unresponsive
Tiangong-1 is China's first Space Station Module. The vehicle was the nation's first step towards its ultimate goal of developing, building, and operating a large Space Station and it is set to die a fiery death as it reenters the atmosphere
Speaking to MailOnline, he said: 'The spacecraft is travelling around a more or less circular orbit, which is tipped with respect to the equator at 43°.
'If you plot this path on a map of the Earth, it produces a sine wave pattern, with the slower curve of the wave in northern and southern latitudes and the faster straighter sections running from east to west.
'If you imagine the green low risk area on the map is the part of the road we're trying to walk across, the quickest way is to go at 90 degrees – straight across.
The descent of the space craft is difficult to predict as the conditions in space are widely unknown and unpredictable. The orbit pattern of Tiangong-1 is also making predictions more complex and leads to 'highly variable' predictions
'When the spacecraft crosses the equator, it's crossing the road at this point, and it does so really fast.
'When it goes across the red bands further north and south, it's crossing at a steeper angle - almost parallel to the road.
'It takes longer to cross at these latitudes, which is why it has a higher risk of coming down here.'
Predictions of Tiangong-1's most likely point of impact come from Aerospace, a US research organisation based in El Segundo, California, that advises government and private enterprise on space flight.
The vehicle is 10.4 metres long and has a main diameter of 3.35 metres. It has a liftoff mass of 8,506 kilograms and provides 15 cubic metres of pressurised volume
Tiangong-1 is experiencing drag as it brushes against the planet's denser outer atmosphere and it is dropping out of orbit by about 2.5 miles a day. When Tiangong-1, Chinese for Heavenly Place, reaches an altitude of about 43 miles above the surface, it will begin its re-entry
Estimates from Aerospace say the space station will enter the Earth's atmosphere on April 1, give or take a few days, and debris will fall no further north than 42.7° N latitude or south of 42.7° S latitude.
An interactive map from SatView allows you to track the space stations's descent in real-time.
There are two maps available; the largest one shows the past path and the predicted path as a series of dots, whilst the smaller inset map shows the space station's exact location above Earth at any given moment.
The Satview map shows several different satellites in orbit, including the Hubble telescope and the International Space Station.
Tracking website SatView allows users to follow the exact movements of a range of different satellites, the Chinese Tiangong-1 is one of them. It shows a predicted time of reentry to the atmosphere as well as information on where it has been and where it is going
The larger map which shows the dots revealing the satellite's route is produced by Satview.
The second map is powered by USstratcom (United States Strategic Command) and then overlaid on to Google Maps.
As more information is garnered as to when the reentry will take place, the site updates with the most likely landing spot for the space station.
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Fonts: Impact and Halo Handletter; Digital Kit: Spook by Karla Dudley
Prompt;
A highly detailed abstract image of a human face formed from a complex grid-like structure, creating a futuristic and surreal effect. The face emerges from the background as if seamlessly woven into the intricate geometric patterns, with dramatic lighting accentuating the depth and three-dimensional effect. The structure appears to be metallic or glass-like, with reflective surfaces catching the light. The overall aesthetic is modern, digital, and thought-provoking, evoking themes of artificial intelligence and human-machine integration. The image is in UHD, 8K resolution.
The prompt for Day 1 of LOAD1013 was what does LOAD mean to you. Because LOAD in Vogue was dedicated to Alison, I decided to go off prompt, but instead, I lifted one of Alison's creations in an effort to honor her contributions to this group. I remember them well.
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Journaling Reads: Labor Day 2013 was spent savoring the last rays of summer sunshine on the paddle boat with Kevin. The lake turns to glass like the calm before the storm.
There was a creative prompt in the 52 weeks for dogs group this summer simply titles "the best part". That prompt came at a great time for me as this weekend is a cabin weekend, and the cabin is the best part of summer for my family - people and canines included.
Last time we were here there was still ice on the lake so we had to put out the dock. Eva watched with great interest from the fenced in deck while we rolled in the dock, then assembled the decking on it. Every time someone opened the gate to get more decking, she tried to break through and go swimming. So, my wife took her for a car ride to the local greenhouse while I finished putting in the dock under the supervision on my four year old son who likes the cabin more than anyone else. Once the dock was finished my son literally sat on the end of it for at least ten full minutes while I did some yard work and waited for the gardening crew to return.
When everyone was back, the kids and I put on bathing suits while my wife was smarter and stayed out of the lake. Apparently 3 weeks ice free doesn't mean warm water. Wy wife's job was to handle Eva on the long lead while I took photos and waded in the water with the kids playing in an inflatable boat attached to the dock by a lead of it's own. Eva was so excited to get to the water that she produced sounds no one had ever seen before. Something between a dog, a mating camel and a wookie. Some time in the winter she turned into an avid swimmer wanting nothing more than to swim in circles. But without Kael to lead she was very timid on the dock. No jumps from her this trip, but I'm sure we'll conquer that before the end of the summer.
Her long lead is cloned out in this picture.