Category Archives: Art

Art Du Jour

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Saint Michael, Northern Spain, ca. 1460-1490. Original here. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Art | Tagged Antichrist, medieval art, Saint Michael, Spain | 2 Comments

Swings

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Art, Movies | Tagged a, A Day In the Country, Charulata, Film, France, Impressionism, India, Jean Renoir, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, movies, painting, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Rococo, Satyajit Ray, swings | 6 Comments

Eddie’s Tea Chronicles: Vintage Tea Ads, Five Ways

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: “Vintage” is really superfluous: there’s no doubt these are from a very, very different era.

Posted in Art, Commercial art, Food and health, History, Humor | Tagged Advertising, art, eddies tea chronicles, politically incorrect, tea, vintage | 4 Comments

Elvgren Du Jour

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Art, Sex | Tagged BBQ, Gil Elvgren, Memorial Day, Pin-Ups | 1 Comment

Quote Du Jour: Virginia Postrel on Glamour

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: For theatrical grace, the audience must not know, or must be willing to overlook, the effort behind the effortlessness. Sprezzatura is an illusion. Even in the naturally gifted, it requires cultivation. “She’s disciplined,” said Humphrey Bogart of Audrey … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Performers | Tagged Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, glamour, Grace Kelly, longing, Sean Connery, sprezzatura, theatrical grace | 4 Comments

Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Anaïs Reboux and Roxane Mesquida in Catherine Breillat’s FAT GIRL. And if you haven’t already, you really should read PR’s essay on Breillat’s ROMANCE. As you can probably tell, the actors are looking in a mirror in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Movies | Tagged Anaïs Reboux, catherine breillat, faces in mirrors, Roxane Mesquida | 14 Comments

Art Du Jour (ANZAC Day Edition)

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Garry Shead, Light Horse at Gallipoli Related A previous ANZAC-themed ADJ, by Sir Sidney Nolan.

Posted in Art | Tagged anzac, Australia, gallipoli, garry shead, World War I | 10 Comments

A Day at the Bowers Museum

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Although I’ve lived within 10 minutes of it for almost a decade, it was only within the past month that I finally made it over to Orange County’s Bowers Museum, an art and cultural history institution located in … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art | Tagged Academic art, ancient Egypt, ancient history, Bowers Museum, brooklyn museum, Chinese art, French art, headhunters, Knohl Collection, Ludwig van Beethoven, mummies, Oceania, Orange County, painting, Papua New Guinea, Spanish colonial revival | 3 Comments

Soft Spots

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I have a soft spot for secret passageways, bookshelves that open into silence, staircases that go down into a void, and hidden safes. I even have one myself, but I won’t tell you where. At the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Movies | Tagged Film, Luis Buñuel, movies, Surrealism | 1 Comment

Art Du Jour: Egypt and The Holy Land

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Via Bauman Rare Books: Inquisitive Western minds first glimpsed the mysteries of Egypt and the Middle East in detail through David Roberts’ folio-sized Holy Land, issued in 41 parts from 1842 to 1849 and containing 250 full-page hand-colored lithographs … Continue reading →