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The Course of Empire is a five-part series of paintings created by Thomas Cole in the years 1833–36. It is notable in part for reflecting popular American sentiments of the times, when many saw pastoralism as the ideal phase of human civilization, fearing that empire would lead to gluttony and inevitable decay.
This is the 3rd in a new series of multiple exposure images inspired by Thomas Cole's Course of Empire.
In this difficult and sad time of the Corona crisis, I would like to express my sympathy to everyone when you are infected and do not know whether you will survive the fight against the virus or not.
I feel helpless in this big challenge and I would like to tell everyone, even if it may sound dull: have courage and don't lose hope! Try to fight the disease and if you run out of strength, try to think of your loved ones who will help and assist you from a distance. It's easier said than done, but I know what I'm talking about because my loved ones don't live near me either, they're all far away.
I try to find a hold in prayer and am feeling close to my loved ones and friends internally. I know that not everyone can do so, but it depends on a try. It can give a little peace and comfort, at least internally.
All those who have already lost their loved ones and friends, who have fought the fight against the virus, but have lost it, all my deepest condolences to you and may you experience all comfort and strength.
Take care all of you, stay healthy, if you can and be safe!
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A few of the scores of messages left on a large peace banner outside the Ukrainian Embassy, Washington, DC. Photo: 9 March 2022
Still life (1997) - oil on canvas 101 x 85 - painter O.P. Dolgaja - Russian Charms Exhibition at the Albertina Picture Gallery in Turin
Nel 1986 l’artista sovietico Il’ja Glazunov, durante il periodo riformatore della perestrojka, è riuscito a far rivivere la gloriosa Accademia di Belle Arti di Mosca che tanto seguito aveva avuto nel corso dell’Ottocento e nel periodo delle avanguardie russe degli anni venti del Novecento. Vi ebbero influenza e vi furono ospiti artisti come Lentulov, Konchalovsky, Mashkov, Rodchenko, come anche Malevich e Kandinsky.
Fondamentalmente legata alla tradizione pittorica dei grandi modelli della pittura e della scultura classica, in primis italiana, o alle rievocazioni storiche e religiose del folclore e del sentimento popolare russo, l’Accademia a metà negli anni ’20 fu fusa con altre istituzioni più tecniche che artistiche per volere dello stesso Lenin, in nome di un certo disprezzo per la pittura antica e i modelli classici a favore del cosiddetto “realismo socialista” che voleva avvicinare l’arte alle classi proletarie in chiave di propaganda politica. Oggi, scomparso il suo rifondatore, Il’ja Glazunov, questa particolarissima Accademia è retta dal figlio Ivan Glazunov, artista di grande rilievo, in nome di un ritorno a quei temi cari alla cultura del popolo russo, alla sua letteratura, alla sua musica, al suo teatro e al suo più antico mondo poetico ovvero lo sguardo alla storia nazionale, al sentimento e alla tradizione religiosa popolare e alla mitologia del popolo russo insieme ai suoi paesaggi e visioni architettoniche.
In 1986 the Soviet artist Il'ja Glazunov, during the reform period of perestroika, managed to revive the glorious Moscow Academy of Fine Arts that had been so popular during the nineteenth century and the Russian avant-garde period of the 1920s. There was an influence and artists such as Lentulov, Konchalovsky, Mashkov, Rodchenko, as well as Malevich and Kandinsky were guests.
Basically linked to the pictorial tradition of the great models of classical painting and sculpture, primarily Italian, or to the historical and religious re-enactments of Russian folklore and popular sentiment, the Academy in the mid 1920s was merged with other institutions more technical than artistic at the behest of Lenin himself, in the name of a certain contempt for ancient painting and classical models in favour of the so-called "socialist realism" which wanted to bring art closer to the proletarian classes in terms of political propaganda. Today, after the death of its re-founder, Il'ja Glazunov, this very particular Academy is run by his son Ivan Glazunov, an artist of great importance, in the name of a return to those themes dear to the culture of the Russian people, its literature, its music, its theatre and its most ancient poetic world, i.e. the look at national history, popular religious sentiment and tradition and the mythology of the Russian people together with its landscapes and architectural visions.
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Belur is a sleepy little township in the heart of Karnataka. It is perhaps the biggest receptacle of the finest temple sculpture that you can feast your eyes on. The leit motif of the art is the 42 or so bracket figurines called Apsaras or Madanikas that are on the exterior of the temple. Carved out of soapstone that is great to use your chisel and file on, the figurines have perhaps the most intricate carvings on them with exemplary details and story telling that the sculptors manage to convey to the world. The Apsaras depict the fine art of ancient Indian yogic traditions and the nine sentiments or 9 rasas.
Belur is about 220 kms away from Bangalore and the presiding deity or Godhood is that of Vishnu, a part of the triumvirate of Hinduism and is the one who creates, protects, and transforms the universe.
The temple was built in the 12th century AD by the Hoysala rulers to commemorate their victory over the Chola dynasty. The figurines are about 2.5 feet each and are finely carved and situated at an angle just below the eaves.
The most famous Apsara purely on sculpting merit is the Darpana Sundari ( The Mirror Beauty ) photographed here from way below. The lenses tend to distort and foreshorten the figure but then there is no way to shoot it “front on” to showcase the proportions and the dynamic nature of the sculpture.
IN Hindu temple carvings “shringar” or getting the makeup on or getting ready is the first of the nine navasaras and is a forbearer of love and erotic ponderings. The figurines generally remain in dance mudras with sinuous legs or hip thrusts and more than ample display of breasts.
In the present photograph the breast catches the light and amplifies the proportions from the angle that it has been shot from. The lady holds a mirror in her left hand and there are cohorts further down on either side helping her to pass on bric a brac or ornaments to her. The jewelry covers her feminine form .
it would appear that the sculpture has gone through some depradations and the knee joints show and the pillar which should be standing on its own has masonry work alongside to bolster the old artifact.
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