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A 17th Century memorial to "two virtuous women". The winged skull at the base, represents mortality, the fleeing nature of life.
St Cybi's was dedicated to the 6th Century Cornish St Cybi who crossed the Bristol Channel and sailed up the Usk, landing at Llangybbi. After a confrontation with a local chieftain involving a couple of miracles, he was granted the land for the church. The tower, nave and chancel date from the 13/4th Centuries, with 17th Century fittings such as the font. The church is noted for its mediaeval wall paintings, including the famous "Christ of the Trades" or "Sunday Christ". Unfortunately they have been badly damaged, possible by Cromwell's Roundheads who tore through Monmouthshire destroying all signs of "idolatry" like a 17th Century Taliban.
A crowd placing bets on the wrestling match during the Vice Tweed Ride in Portland, OR.
A full report on the ride will be available at The Prudent Cyclist.
And if you didn't catch the Virtuous Tweed Ride, there's a little on that ride as well.
Compass Sport Cup - Virtuous Lady
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The Elysian (back) yards, the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous... city dwellers. (also known as Far Rockaway)
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Along the route of the Virtue Tweed Ride in Portland, OR.
The Prudent Cyclist has more on the ride.
There's also an account of the later Vice Tweed Ride available on the same site if you're curious.
Mantua.
Palazzo Te.
Chamber of the Emperors
The room, whose decorations may be dated back to the years 1530-1531, is so called because of the images of rulers and commanders painted on the ceiling, extolled as virtuous examples taken from ancient history.
The fresco in the hexagon in the center of the vault is devoted to an episode, narrated by Pliny, Caesar ordering the letters of Pompey to be burnt, which aims to celebrate the greatness of Caesar’s soul, who, after the victory of Pharsalus, refused to read the letters that proved the link between the defeated enemy Pompey and the leading men of Rome.
The two round frescoes on the long sides of the vault depict examples of noble gestures of ancient kings and generals : Alexander the Great who puts the Iliad in a casket (South wall), honors Alexander’s noble decision of storing the books of Homer in a gold casket taken from his defeated enemy, Darius king of Persia; The Continence of Scipio (North wall), glorifies the resignation of Scipio to hold a young prisoner woman.
The sides of the vault are occupied by six vertical rectangular frescoes with figures of emperors and warriors : Alexander the Great (East wall), Julius Caesar and A Signifer (South wall), Augustus (West wall) ; A Warrior and Philip of Macedonia (North wall) .
The corners of the ceiling, decorated with octagons on a light blue background, house four ovals, supported by putti and winged Victories, showing the Gonzaga’s devices: Cupid in the small wood (South-East corner), Mount Olympus (South-West corner), Salamander (North-West corner), Zodiac (North-East corner). This one presents the earth in the center of the universe, as pointed out by the Latin motto : " IN EODEM SEMP[ER] " (‘Always in the same place’).
The frieze is of the late eighteenth century (the original is lost).
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In this painting, Venus is shown with her son Cupid (also known as Eros) who embodied sensual, earthly love and a second child, presumably his brother and counterpart Anteros, who symbolized spiritual, virtuous love. Venus has taken Cupid's weapon, the dart, which he shoots at unsuspecting mortals to make them fall in love. This is punishment for the crime he has committed. He has neglected his duties as a spreader of love and has spent his time learning to do sums, seen on the sheet of accounts he holds.
Without his dart, Cupid is a sad, emasculated little figure; but the tone of the painting as a whole is light-hearted and witty. It is a new take on one of the most familiar mythological subjects in western art. There had been many images of Venus scolding Cupid and clipping his wings, or Eros having a tussle with his brother Anteros. The idea that Cupid's crime is an interest in money, however, is Reynolds's own. Reynolds may have been having a sly dig at the loveless lives of people who married for money, a common practice in the circles of high-spending young men who were the picture's anticipated audience. And it is possible he may even have been having a little fun at his own expense. The figures on Cupid's account sheet appear to be the prices Reynolds charged for various sizes of painting and frame. Could he be commenting upon his own status as a confirmed old bachelor whom love has passed by, as a result of his too-eager pursuit of professional success and with it, financial security?
Reynolds painted Venus subjects on numerous occasions. Indeed, this canvas is a later version of a painting he originally exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1771, now in the collection of English Heritage at Kenwood House, Hampstead. The earlier painting was smaller and square in format. This may suggest that it was intended as part of a decorative scheme. The whole effect is lighter and brighter, with Venus's swirling drapery more prominent and the figures have a rather cramped feel. In the Lady Lever painting, there is more attention to contrasts of light and shade, more space around the figures, and a more pleasing treatment of Venus's right arm. One simple explanation might be that in making the second picture, Reynolds felt he could improve on the first one, making the subject more convincing and 'Old Master'-like. His handling of paint in this work is especially rich and textural.
Reynolds was obviously conscious of the dangers of his mythological pictures appearing to patrons and critics as dry exercises in theory. In order to make them marketable, he often chose subjects that, as here, had distinctly erotic overtones. Painting Venus was an accepted way for artists to portray the female nude, as generations of connoisseurs had long understood. Reynolds was appealing to this awareness even as he took care to treat the subject with humor and intellectual sophistication. Given that the depiction of Venus had been uncommon within traditional British art, it could be said that in works like this Reynolds was first and foremost persuading British patrons that they had now grown up to the level of their continental counterparts.
Louise Glück read from her work and then joined with Peter Streckfus in a conversation as part of the Lannan Foundation's Literary series live at the Lensic Theater.
Wednesday May 11, 2016
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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At the start of the Vice Tweed Ride in Portland, OR.
A full report on the ride will be available at The Prudent Cyclist.
And if you didn't catch the Virtuous Tweed Ride, there's a little on that ride as well.
Cocoa has been described as a "virtuous crop". There is an increasing appreciation of its value for: land rehabilitation, enrichment of biodiversity (of previously cleared land) and provision of sustainable incomes in less developed regions. Like other crops though, it can be attacked by a number of pest species including fungal diseases, insects and rodents - some of which (e.g. frosty pod rot and cocoa pod borer) have increased dramatically in geographical range and are sometimes described as "invasive species".
shawna chopping more wood in the kitchen. it seems unlikely that there are many pursuits more virtuous than chopping wood for heat.
Along the route of the Virtue Tweed Ride in Portland, OR.
The Prudent Cyclist has more on the ride.
There's also an account of the later Vice Tweed Ride available on the same site if you're curious.
Along the route of the Virtue Tweed Ride in Portland, OR.
The Prudent Cyclist has more on the ride.
There's also an account of the later Vice Tweed Ride available on the same site if you're curious.
Design: Jhon Sebastian
Table lamp with opal mouth blown triplex glass diffuser.
Base in spun opaque-white varnished metal.
Honeymoon is a table or suspension lamp with a blown glass diffuser characterised by deep symmetric nooks of virtuous handcraft.
Inspired by the moon phases in which the light plays with the missing shadow volumes, Honeymoon is an essential sign that draws around itself an alluring light. (Two size available)
...I got Apples to Apples!!!
And supposedly the cards that you win in this game describe you/your personality. Heh. Heh. I didn't do too bad for myself...although after this shot I also won "virtuous" and "unhealthy"...virtuous because I played the AIDS card! haha...AIDS, Helen Keller, and Quentin Tarantino tend to trump everything, no matter when they're played. *loves it*
I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmases. :-D
Virtuous Vanilla • SPF 18 Lip Balm • Be Worthy, Be Noticed • Get Tight with Christ!
(A gag gift we bought at Toy Joy when we were in Austin, Texas. Gave it away tonight in a white elephant gift exchange.)
Second year of the Tweed ride, and my first. Matthew put together a beautiful antique bike, we got a spot of sunshine and an enjoyable tea & croquet stop near Forest Park. The Vice Tweed ride is in April.
"Near this place lie the bodies of John Hewett & Sarah Drew an industrious young man and virtuous maiden of this parish contracted in marriage who being with many others at harvest work were both in one instant killed by lightning on the last day of July 1718"
"Think not by rigorous judgement seiz'd
A pair so faithful could expire
Victims so pure Heav'n saw well pleas'd
And snatched them in celestial fire.
Live well and fear no sudden fate
When God calls virtue to the grave
A like tis justice soon or late.
Mercy alike to kill or save.
Virtue unmov'd can hear thee call
And face the Flash that melts the ball."
(Epitaph lines attributed to Alexander Pope, living at Harcourt House at that time)