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dimisfit: Illo 365: May 17th Who has two thumbs and don’t want...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:59:51 -0400

dimisfit:

Illo 365: May 17th

Who has two thumbs and don’t want to work on this film?

YOU

(and me)

stormtrooperfashion: Linnea G (Elite) in “Leaving the Nest” by...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:40:14 -0400

stormtrooperfashion:

Linnea G (Elite) in “Leaving the Nest” by Lisa Hasselgren for REVS Magazine, May 2013

I can’t tell if this “skip school and be a real person” idea is the best or worst...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:39:34 -0400

I can’t tell if this “skip school and be a real person” idea is the best or worst I’ve ever had.

cavetocanvas: George Stubbs, Horse Frightened by a Lion,...

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:56:55 -0400

cavetocanvas:

George Stubbs, Horse Frightened by a Lion, 1763

From the Tate Gallery:

In order to create a convincing portrayal of the animals in his ‘Horse and Lion’ subjects, Stubbs made numerous studies of a lion in Lord Shelburne’s menagerie at Hounslow Heath, while the horse had earlier been the subject of meticulous scientific observation by the artist. In these works, Stubbs wholly departs from the restrained portraiture of well-bred animals to echo the more sublime emotions of Romanticism: terror, anguish and the throes of death. The Romantic mood is enhanced by the wild landscape setting that Stubbs chose - the dramatic rock formations of Creswell Crags, on the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire border. The looming limestone crags are made to work in conjunction with the emotionally-charged combat between the two noble beasts. In this composition, the horse’s head, still free, is outlined against an open sky, while in later episodes the animals are engulfed in the dark mass of the rocks, as the horse succumbs to its fate.