Friday, June 19, 2015
Monday, March 24, 2014
Wandering around the Tokyo National Museum website on a Tuesday night in early Spring 2014
Wandering around the Tokyo National Museum website. So many fun and interesting things to see. Treasures of all kinds. Some strange ones too. Here is a page of doll's heads from the last century, so realistic and exquisitely detailed.
How a doll of this kind looks fully clothed
How a doll of this kind looks fully clothed
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| Buddha image from the Tokyo National Museum |
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| Antique embroidery from the Tokyo National Museum |
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| Heian Period (12thC) sculpture in the Tokyo National Museum |
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| A 19C musical instrument in the Tokyo National Museum |
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A Japanese website, The International Library Of Children's Literature, with an online selection of vintage children's picture books
Stewarts Law RCA Secret is an exhibition and sale of original postcard-sized artworks, by internationally acclaimed artists plus up-and coming graduates from the Royal College of Art. It's your chance to get your hands on original works of art for a tiny price.
A delicate Spring treat. Cherry Blossom marshmallows
Stewarts Law RCA Secret is an exhibition and sale of original postcard-sized artworks, by internationally acclaimed artists plus up-and coming graduates from the Royal College of Art. It's your chance to get your hands on original works of art for a tiny price.
THE CLEAREST PICTURE OF MERCURY EVER TAKEN
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Assorted, pre-Spring, March 11th 2014
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The above is the Vanderbilt family's Doll House made by Paul Cumbie in 1883, the real building is 660, Fifth Avenue, NY
MOMA has this cool website where one can click on an artist's name and see the names of people with whom they were connected.
Have always liked this typically dark poem by Charles Bukowski, who calls his true self a blue bird in this instance.The poem describes the impact of alcoholism on a person's true self so aptly and poignantly.
Rudolf Balogh was an innovative Hungarian photographer, who was born in 1879 and died in 1944. These are a few of his images I like.
Rudolf Balogh: "Shepherd with his Dogs, Hortobágy". c. 1930
Hungarian Museum of Photography
Dangerous turn by Rudolf Balogh,1927
Lake Balaton and its surroundings are the most beautiful and varied region of Hungary. Balaton often called as the “Hungarian Sea” - the biggest lake in Central Europe.
Rudolf Balogh, 1909
Stud, Rudolf Balogh, Stud,1930 © Hungarian Museum of Photography
The following is pretty astonishing. It's a 30 minute film, called, The Idea. In French,
Despite its heavy didacticism, the film is interesting for its unique style of animation. Bartosch utilizes two-dimensional figures posed at varying distances in relation to the painted backgrounds for diverse depth effects.
The lighting creates a soft-focus halo around the figures and produces an overall muting of the painted decor. The history of the film's inception dates back to 1930, when Bartosch met Masereel in Berlin and agreed to make an animated version of the latter's book, Die Idee. The collaboration fell through, however, and Bartosch proceeded alone.
The music was written expressly for the film by Honegger and added in 1934. It makes use of a new electrical instrument, "Les Ondes Musicales," played by Martenot. The female figure representing the artist's idea is always announced by notes from this instrument.
(Fonte: The Museum of Modern Art Circulating Film Library Catalog, New York, 1984)."
Berthold Bartosch (1893-1968)/ Arthur Honegger (1892/1955): L'Idee, film sperimentale di animazione di Berthold Bartosch con illustrazioni di Franz Masereel e musiche originali di Arthur Honegger (1932/1934).
L'Idée (1932)
"L'Idee is an animated narrative on the theme of humanity's response to ideals. This film traces the story of an artist who sends his abstract ideal out into the world. His artistic conception (symbolized by the figure of a nude woman) is rejected and exploited by the ruling powers of business, religion and the military. As the titles make clear, Bartosch's conclusion is that "men live and die for an idea... the idea is immortal. You can persecute it, judge it, forbid it, condemn it to death. But the idea continues to live in the minds of men."Despite its heavy didacticism, the film is interesting for its unique style of animation. Bartosch utilizes two-dimensional figures posed at varying distances in relation to the painted backgrounds for diverse depth effects.
The lighting creates a soft-focus halo around the figures and produces an overall muting of the painted decor. The history of the film's inception dates back to 1930, when Bartosch met Masereel in Berlin and agreed to make an animated version of the latter's book, Die Idee. The collaboration fell through, however, and Bartosch proceeded alone.
The music was written expressly for the film by Honegger and added in 1934. It makes use of a new electrical instrument, "Les Ondes Musicales," played by Martenot. The female figure representing the artist's idea is always announced by notes from this instrument.
(Fonte: The Museum of Modern Art Circulating Film Library Catalog, New York, 1984)."
Berthold Bartosch (1893-1968)/ Arthur Honegger (1892/1955): L'Idee, film sperimentale di animazione di Berthold Bartosch con illustrazioni di Franz Masereel e musiche originali di Arthur Honegger (1932/1934).
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Jaan Pehechan Ho
It's about being afraid of love, and craving it, at the same time."
May there be familiarity
Living would be easy,
The heart stealers,
Don't miss my gaze,
Tell me your name.
And may it not be lost,
The night is young,
And may it not be lost.
It won't be coming back on anybody's call (x2)
Living would be easy,
May there be familiarity,
Living would be easy,
The heart stealers,
Don't miss my gaze,
Tell me your name.
May there be familiarity,
Living would be easy.
Are you done with signs and signals?
Tell me this now, won't you?
Are you done with signs and signals?
It's a straight wound to my heart.
Living would be easy,
May there be familiarity,
Living would be easy,
The heart stealers,
Don't miss my gaze,
Tell me your name.
May there be familiarity,
Living would be easy.
Are our crazy eyes,
Silently staring,
Are our crazy eyes,
And maybe this little incident will spin out our stories (x2)
Living would be easy,
May there be familiarity,
Living would be easy,
The heart stealers,
Don't miss my gaze,
Tell me your name.
May there be familiarity,
Living would be easy.
Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/en/jaan-pehechaan-ho-may-there-be-familiarity.html#ixzz3dXVZO6AF
Jaan Pehechaan Ho
Jeena aasaan ho,
Dil ko churane walon,
Aankh na churavo,
Naam tho batavo..
Yun na chali jaaye,
Aaj ki yeh shaam javan,
Yun na chali jaaye,
Phir se na aayegi yeh kisi ke bulaaye,
Phir se na aayegi yeh kisi ke bulaaye..
Jeena aasaan ho,
Jaan pehechan ho,
Jeena aasaan ho,
Dil ko churane walon,
Aankh na churavo,
Naam tho batavo..
Jaan pehechan ho,
Jeena aasaan ho,
Hogaye ishaare,
Bolo yeh na bolo tum,
Hogaye ishaare,
Sidi sidi chot huve dil pe hamaare,
Sidi sidi chot huve dil pe hamaare..
Jeena aasaan ho,
Jaan pehechan ho,
Jeena aasaan ho,
Dil ko churane walon,
Aankh na churavo,
Naam tho batavo..
Jaan pehechan ho,
Jeena aasaan ho,
Nazaren diwani,
Chup chup dekha dekhi,
Nazaren diwani,
Zara si yeh baat ban jaaye na kahani,
Zara si yeh baat ban jaaye na kahani..
Jeena aasaan ho,
Jaan pehechan ho,
Jeena aasaan ho,
Dil ko churane walon,
Aankh na churavo,
Naam tho batavo..
Jaan pehechan ho,
Jeena aasaan ho..
Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/en/jaan-pehechaan-ho-may-there-be-familiarity.html#ixzz3dXVfqkCh
An intelligent interpretation of the song's lyrics by the author of the thoughtful and interesting blog,
GRABBINGSAND