A pinch of magic: Fran Evans

 

A fine romance, blue and green

- Gallery of the maps, Vatican Museums

- Nut

- Jian Chong Ming, via The magic lantern

- Crossing the River Styx, Joachim Patinir

- Google maps

Indigo blues

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Some images I found on the web while looking for Indigo blue.For some reason blue jeans and ballpoint pens are not very exotic, but these...


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Smile today, Google in 1960

via business-oportunities

Renaissance fashion day

Saint Catherine
Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina, 1505,1510
El Prado Museum


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Gaëlle Boissonard's blog, where she shares a bit of her creative process and more

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Questions without answers VI or VII

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In fashion and make up, why does it take so much effort to get the natural look....?just wondering...dd

Summer quiz results

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The funny character ( ) is a detail from one of the panels that the German Renaissance painter Matthias Grünewald painted for the so called Isenheim Altarpiece. It can be now seen at the Unterlinden museum in Colmar (France). The panels depict the Temptations of Saint Anthony.

The painting is dated as early as 1515! Can you believe it?

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Quite expressive and lord of the ringsish, isn't it? I should post something about medieval and renaissance representation of hell, it's like Jaws, Saw and A Nightmare in Elm Street all rolled into one..

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The whole altar looks like this:

The detail is from the panel on your right. You can see it much larger if you click here

This made me smile today

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Card by Edward Monkton