Anonymous Women: Draped

Posted by Maverick ~ on May 18, 2018
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Forty – from the series Anonymous Women: Draped 
- Patty Carroll

Anonymous Women: Draped

"My series of photographs, Anonymous Women: Draped is about becoming the dwelling itself: experiencing the dichotomy of domesticity. The home is a place of comfort but can also be camouflage for individual identity when idealized decor becomes an obsession, or indication of position or status. “Staying home” is a state that some women also aspire to as a place of power, while others abhor because of its prison-like atmosphere. In all cases, women need “A room of their own.” This series has references to draped statues from the Renaissance, nuns in habits, women wearing the burka, the Virgin Mary, priests’ and judges’ robes, ancient Greek and Roman dress, among others. The series is also a small tribute to Scarlett O’Hara, who, undaunted by wars, pulled down her drapery to fashion a beautiful gown, and would do anything to keep her home, Tara. Hopefully, I am bringing humor to pathos."  - Patty Carroll
Red Pattern – from the series Anonymous Women: Draped 
- Patty Carroll
Out of the Woods – from the series Anonymous Women: Draped 
- Patty Carroll
Flowery – from the series Anonymous Women: Draped 
- Patty Carroll
Black Flowers – from the series Anonymous Women: Draped 
- Patty Carroll

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WPC: Liquid

Posted by Maverick ~ on May 17, 2018
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“Tea! thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid,… thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart-opening, wind-tippling cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall prostrate.” ― Colley Cibber

“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.
Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” — Langston Hughes


Weekly Photo Challenge: Liquid

♥ Ramadan Mubarak ♥

Posted by Maverick ~ on May 15, 2018
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Let the beauty we love become the good we do. — Rumi

There’s hidden sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness.
We are lutes, no more, no less.

جلال‌الدین محمد رومی

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May the spirit of Ramadan stay in our heart and illuminate our soul from within.

 

Virgin of the Immaculate Conception

Posted by Maverick ~ on May 14, 2018
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Virgin of the Immaculate Conception
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Oil on canvas (ca. 1670)

Murillo was one of Spain's greatest 17th-century painters, known for his atmospheric renderings of religious scenes. The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception is a later work painted in what is called Murillo's vaporous style. Here surface textures soften, and contours appear to dissolve in the shimmering atmosphere, lending a gentle, otherworldly aspect to the subject of the painting. A belief of the Latin Church for centuries, the Immaculate Conception holds that the Virgin Mary was conceived naturally in her mother's womb, but with immunity to Original Sin. As the second Eve and the mother of Christ, she was proclaimed to be spotless or "immaculate." The crescent moon on which the Virgin stands is the spiritual symbol of the Immaculate Conception.

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The Earth is Green and Beautiful

Posted by Maverick ~ on May 12, 2018
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“The Earth is green and beautiful, and Allah has appointed you his stewards over it. The whole earth has been created a place of worship, pure and clean. Whoever plants a tree and diligently looks after it until it matures and bears fruit is rewarded. If a Muslim plants a tree or sows a field and humans and beasts and birds eat from it, all of it is love on his part.” – Hadith

Italian Woman at the Fountain

Posted by Maverick ~ on May 11, 2018
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Italian Woman at the Fountain 
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Oil on canvas (1869)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s technique appears almost photorealistic—a result of close study of nature and the use of photographs that allowed him to capture the most minute details of his compositions. His typical works were classical, religious, or everyday life scenes characterized by their realism, restrained palette, and classically posed figures inspired by Italian Renaissance models.

A leading Academic painter of his time, Bouguereau also achieved great commercial success. He was wildly popular with critics and the public in France, as well as with American and British collectors in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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A Ravine: Souvenir of Algeria

Posted by Maverick ~ on May 9, 2018
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A Ravine: Souvenir of Algeria
Eugène Fromentin
Oil on wood panel (1874)

Eugène Fromentin made three trips to Algeria in North Africa between 1846 and 1853. The notes and sketches he made during these expeditions provided a wealth of material for his work. He established himself as an acclaimed Orientalist, a European term to describe writers and artists who took inspiration from the lands of the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia Minor. Using sketches and memories of his travels from more than 20 years earlier, Fromentin created this painting as a romantic reminiscence of a foreign place.

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