As the story goes with most men, we're fighters and hunters by nature. So wanting to learn a form of PRACTICAL martial arts shouldn't come as too big of a surprise, and the Israeli Martial Arts of Krav-Maga is about as bad ass as it gets! Along with sambo (russian martial arts), this style of ... Read more
Here are our collection of paper dolls and paper men that my daughters and I have created for our World History studies, Social Studies, Unit Studies, as well as for re-enacting Shakespeare plays, …
Making a connection to the past through hands-on learning helps a child to remember what he has learned and develop critical thinking skills.
If you'd like some personal help in claiming and owning your practical magic powers, I'm here.
Here are our collection of paper dolls and paper men that my daughters and I have created for our World History studies, Social Studies, Unit Studies, as well as for re-enacting Shakespeare plays, …
In a world where visual appeal and sophistication hold immense value, the concept of a luxury aesthetic has become increasingly prominent. But what exactly does it entail?
This year we started our art lessons using the highly recommended book ~ Drawing with Children by Mona Brookes To begin, Mona Brookes suggests you teach the 5 Basic Elements of Shape. Download my f…
Creating a distinct style that references French Impressionism.
These 20 works of art capture the coziness of fall reading.
Dolls aren’t just for playing house, you know.
Design history is partly built on design books and ephemera. Organizing, categorizing and analyzing these materials are essential to the documentation of our past. For those who have built design libraries with the rarities purchased from Irving Oaklander, who passed away last year, you won’t want to miss the forthcoming Swann Auction, “Art, Press & Illustrated Books Featuring Graphic Design & Typography from the Inventory of the Late Irving Oaklander” (Sale # 2313) on May 9,
You might want to have a fresh pair of undies ready. Just sayin’. I was conferred my PhD last week (or fortnight, or thereabouts-which, by the way, is not the reason for the above suggestion, altho…
This is a sphinx moth bed built in 1904, part of a photo tour of a French magistrate's home shared by Alexandre Prévot. The lazy translation that accompanied this image states: Click through, too, to find our links on submitting YOUR stuff to Offbeat Home!
Illustrations from Vaught's Practical Character Reader, a book on phrenology by L. A. Vaught published in 1902.
Eine Australeirfamilie von Neu-Sudwales.
Identifier: handbookoforname1900meye Title: Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors: Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849- Subjects: Decoration and ornament Art objects Publisher: New York, B. Hessling Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: r fur Kunstgewerbe 1875. Plate 118. The Tassel. 1. French ladys girdle, 12th century, (VioUet-le-Duc). 2—3. Tassels, Holbein, (Teirich). 4. Tassels, Turkish harness, 17th century, United collections,Carlsruhe. 5. Tassel, old standard. United collections, Carlsruhe. 6. Tassel, Tunisian pistol, United collections, Carlsruhe. 7. Leather tassel, ladys bag, German Renascence.8—10. Modern tassels, by Aug. Topfer, (Gewerbehalle). 11. Modern tassel, by A. Seder, Munich. The Fringe, and the Valence. (Plate 119.) If, at the end of a piece of material, the weft-threads (parallelto the end) be drawn-out, the remaining warp-threads will form asimple Fringe. If we give the end greater security, by knotting ortieing the threads together in tufts, we get the ordinary Fringe. TheFringe, however, is not always made of the material; it is oftenmanufactured independently, and sewed-on to the edge of the material.In this case the Fringe is combined with a woven heading-band (gimp). FREE ORNAMENTS. 189 Text Appearing After Image: The Tassel. Plate 118. 190 The Fringe, the Valence, and the Lace Border. Richer tyi^es of Fringes may be produced either by variety ofi\\e edge, so that tufts of unequal lengths form rhythmically alternatinggroups (fig. 2), or by using several thicknesses of Fringe, lying onebehind the other, (fig. 4). The Fringe is always applied long, when a pendant terminationis required. In other cases as, for example, where the fringed ma-terial is to lie horizontally, like small Table-covers, Napkins, &c., it isadvisable to keep the fringe short. Fringes have been in use from the very earliest periods; but itis again the Orientals, and especially the Assyrians, who show a pre-ference for this form. Fringes occur perpetually in various nationalcostumes, and in the toilet of our modern ladies. The Renascence adopted the Fringe as a trimming for furniture,fiiid specially for chairs; although not always with true artistic feeling. The Valence is a hanging textile termination; the lower edge isor Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Pictures shared by the Concepttalk Instagram account probably cannot be put under one category, except with the help of the account’s description of having something interesting and unexpected about them.
barbaromahony: “ “Macavity: The Mystery Cat”, from T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, illustration by Edward Gorey (1982) ”
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Long term relationships are a fulfilling commitment that, if done right, can become the defining element of a long and happy married life. Years of familiarity does mean, however, that a certain frisson, the thrill of spontaneity, does sometimes get lost in the comfortable routines of everyday coexistence with your life partner.
With Taurus moving into the spotlight this week, we begin a month long celebration of our “practical, sensual, artistic” Taurians (know any of those?) Taurus is an Earth sign, so we wil…
Throne, Roman, late 1st century A.D. "This object was not intended to have a practical function but rather was created for a ceremonial or symbolic purpose. The motif of the empty throne would come...
Published/ Created in Paris, for André Bocard, 12 Feb. 1453. The Ars Moriendi, or "art of dying," is a body of Christian literature that provided practical guidance for the dying and those attending them. These manuals informed the dying about what to expect, and prescribed prayers, actions, and attitudes that would lead to a "good death" and salvation. The first such works appeared in Europe during the early fifteenth century, and they initiated a remarkably flexible genre of Christian writing that lasted well into the eighteenth century. By 1400 the Christian tradition had well-established beliefs and practices concerning death, dying, and the afterlife. The Ars Moriendi packaged many of these into a new, concise format. In particular, it expanded the rite for priests visiting the sick into a manual for both clergy and laypeople. Disease, war, and changes in theology and Church policies formed the background for this new work. The Black Death had devastated Europe in the previous century, and its recurrences along with other diseases continued to cut life short. Wars and violence added to the death toll. The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) between France and England was the era's largest conflict, but its violence and political instability mirrored many local conflicts. The fragility of life under these conditions coincided with a theological shift noted by the historian Philippe Ariès whereas the early Middle Ages emphasized humanity's collective judgment at the end of time, by the fifteenth century attention focused on individual judgment immediately after death. One's own death and judgment thus became urgent issues that required preparation. The two original versions of the Ars Moriendi initiated a long tradition of Christian works on preparation for death. This tradition was wide enough to accommodate not only Roman Catholic writers but also Renaissance humanists and Protestant reformers—all of whom adapted the Ars Moriendi to their specific historical circumstances. Yet nearly all of these authors agreed on one basic change: They placed the "art of dying" within a broader "art of living," which itself required a consistent memento mori, or awareness of and preparation for one's own death. The Ars Moriendi tradition remained strong within the Roman Catholic communities. In his 1995 book From Madrid to Purgatory, Carlos M. N. Eire documented the tradition's influence in Spain where the Ars Moriendi shaped published accounts of the deaths of St. Teresa of Avila (1582) and King Philip II (1598). In his 1976 study of 236 Ars Moriendi publications in France, Daniel Roche found that their production peaked in the 1670s and declined during the period from 1750 to 1799. He also noted the Jesuits' leading role in writing Catholic Ars Moriendi texts, with sixty authors in France alone. Perhaps the era's most enduring Catholic text was composed in Italy by Robert Bellarmine, the prolific Jesuit author and cardinal of the church. In 1619 Bellarmine wrote his last work, The Art of Dying Well. The first of its two books describes how to live well as the essential preparation for a good death. It discusses Christian virtues, Gospel texts, and prayers, and comments at length on the seven sacraments as integral to Christian living and dying. The second book, The Art of Dying Well As Death Draws Near, recommends meditating on death, judgment, hell, and heaven, and discusses the sacraments of penance, Eucharist, and extreme unction or the anointing of the sick with oil. Bellarmine then presents the familiar deathbed temptations and ways to counter them and console the dying, and gives examples of those who die well and those who do not. Throughout, Bellarmine reflects a continuing fear of dying suddenly and unprepared. Hence he focuses on living well and meditating on death as leading to salvation even if one dies unexpectedly. To highlight the benefits of dying consciously and well prepared, he claims that prisoners facing execution are "fortunate"; knowing they will die, they can confess their sins, receive the Eucharist, and pray with their minds more alert and unclouded by illness. These prisoners thus enjoy a privileged opportunity to die well. In 1534 the Christian humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam wrote a treatise that appeared in English in 1538 as Preparation to Death. He urges his readers to live rightly as the best preparation for death. He also seeks a balance between warning and comforting the dying so that they will be neither flattered into arrogant self-confidence nor driven to despair; repentance is necessary, and forgiveness is always available through Christ. Erasmus dramatizes the deathbed scene in a dialogue between the Devil and the dying Man. The Devil offers temptations to which the Man replies clearly and confidently; having mastered the arts of living and dying, the Man is well prepared for this confrontation. While recognizing the importance of sacramental confession and communion, Erasmus says not to worry if a priest cannot be present; the dying may confess directly to God who gives salvation without the sacraments if "faith and a glad will be present" (Atkinson 1992, p. 56). The Ars Moriendi tradition in England has been especially well documented. It includes translations of Roman Catholic works by Petrus Luccensis and the Jesuit Gaspar Loarte; Thomas Lupset's humanistic Way of Dying Well; and Thomas Becon's Calvinist The Sick Man's Salve. But one literary masterpiece stands out, which is Jeremy Taylor's The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying. When Taylor published Holy Dying in 1651, he described it as "the first entire body of directions for sick and dying people" (Taylor 1977, p. xiii) to be published in the Church of England. This Anglican focus allowed Taylor to reject some elements of the Roman Catholic Ars Moriendi and to retain others. For example, he ridicules deathbed repentance but affirms traditional practices for dying well; by themselves the protocols of dying are "not enough to pass us into paradise," but if "done foolishly, [they are] enough to send us to hell" (Taylor 1977, p. 43). For Taylor the good death completes a good life, but even the best Christian requires the prescribed prayers, penance, and Eucharist at the hour of death. And Holy Dying elegantly lays out a program for living and dying well. Its first two chapters remind readers of their mortality and urge them to live in light of this awareness. In the third chapter, Taylor describes two temptations of the sick and dying: impatience and the fear of death itself. Chapter four leads the dying through exercises of patience and repentance as they await their "clergy-guides," whose ministry is described in chapter five. This bare summary misses both the richness of Taylor's prose and the caring, pastoral tone that led Nancy Lee Beaty, author of The Craft of Dying, to consider Holy Dying, the "artistic climax" of the English Ars Moriendi tradition (Beaty 1970, p. 197). Susan Karant-Nunn, in her 1997 book The Reformation of Ritual, documented the persistence of the Ars Moriendi tradition in the "Lutheran Art of Dying" in Germany during the late sixteenth century. Although the Reformers eliminated devotion to the saints and the sacraments of penance and anointing with oil, Lutheran pastors continued to instruct the dying and to urge them to repent, confess, and receive the Eucharist. Martin Moller's Manual on Preparing for Death (1593) gives detailed directions for this revised art of dying. Karant-Nunn's analysis can be extended into the eighteenth century. In 1728 Johann Friedrich Starck [or Stark], a Pietist clergyman in the German Lutheran church, treated dying at length in his Tägliches Hand-Buch in guten und bösen Tagen. Frequently reprinted into the twentieth century, the Hand-Book became one of the most widely circulated prayer books in Germany. It also thrived among German-speaking Americans, with ten editions in Pennsylvania between 1812 and 1829, and an 1855 English translation, Daily Hand-Book for Days of Rejoicing and of Sorrow. The book contains four major sections: prayers and hymns for the healthy, the afflicted, the sick, and the dying. As the fourth section seeks "a calm, gentle, rational and blissful end," it adapts core themes from the Ars Moriendi tradition: the dying must consider God's judgment, forgive others and seek forgiveness, take leave of family and friends, commend themselves to God, and "resolve to die in Jesus Christ." While demons no longer appear at the deathbed, the temptation to despair remains as the dying person's sins present themselves to "frighten, condemn, and accuse." The familiar remedy of contrition and forgiveness through Christ's passion comforts the dying. Starck offers a rich compendium of "verses, texts and prayers" for bystanders to use in comforting the dying, and for the dying themselves. A confident, even joyful, approach to death dominates these prayers, as the dying person prays, "Lord Jesus, I die for thee, I live for thee, dead and living I am thine. Who dies thus, dies well."
Illustrations from Vaught's Practical Character Reader, a book on phrenology by L. A. Vaught published in 1902.
An abandoned piano in the woods. Who left it here and how and why? No, it doesn't play. We opened it up and just found a lizard inside its hollow shell.
Cottagecore Aesthetic Painting -"Pomegranate" fruits and trees were popular symbols in ancient Asian and Mediterranean art. It is customary to have it on New Year's Eve or Thanksgiving tables, with the belief that it will bring abundance to the home. As a symbol in ancient art it is generally used to denote fertility and abundance, a meaning which holds true in traditions throughout the Orient. The connection that the pomegranate bears to fertility and abundance is derived from the fact that it has many sweet and beautiful seeds that are contained within the fruit itself. Aside from being a source of healthy sweet juice, the pomegranate was useful by textile & felt artists for color purposes. The dye makers would produce a red color dye from the pomegranate’s flowers and the tannin within its rind was used for tanning leather hides. Tannin is also a useful compound that is frequently used in natural medicine with a variety of applications. Needle felted merino wool, with nuno-felted silk inclusions, hand-dyed silk tops, sari silk waste, mohair tops, viscose tops, Harris tweed threads, curly locks, spun silk threads, and hand-dyed silk carrier rods. For all of these reasons, the pomegranate design and fruit itself is always highly prized. Predominantly for its aesthetic look, medicinal properties and practical uses (Schneider). When used as a symbol in art from these regions it can thus be interpreted as representing fertility, healthy and plentiful bounty. Turkish Pomegranate- Original Felt Art Painting, Abstract Painting, Needle Felt Art, Wool Painting, Felt Picture, Embroidery Wall Artwork Abstract Home Decor, Felt Art which enriched with silk embroidery evil eye bead / amulet motifs of Turkish / Asian ancient kilim /rug & head scarfs. Perfect gift or home wall art decor for Easter. ❤️ DIMENSIONS -- 16.5 x 20 inches ( 50 x 42 cm) ❤️ NEEDLE FELT WALL ARTWORK -- Felt painting enriched with Tussah silk, Mulberry silk, multicolor beads and embroidery details. Brings a sophisticate touch into your home and office with its unique dimensional texture and strong colors. ❤️ INSPIRATIONAL NEEDLE FELT PAINTING -- Unique piece, perfect as decoration in any room of the house as well as in a stairwell. ❤️ MATERIALS -- Natural felt, Angora and Merino wool, Tussah silk & Mulberry silk yarns. ❤️ FRAME /HANGING -- My all artworks send without any frame within bubble envelope for easy & safe shipping. Please make sure to get it framed so it will remain the beauty for years. But I prefer to use with a simple frame without any glass. You can also use the felt painting by attaching it on a canvas with double-sided tape. ❤️ WONDERFUL CHRISTMASS GIFT -- The texture of felt and rich color creates warm and luxury feelings. Looks great in the bedroom, living room and even in the nursery! Perfect for anyone who are both stylish and artful. Great for birthdays, other special occasions and holidays; Christmas, New Year, etc. An original and unique gift to be incorporated into your décor or that of a loved one. ❤️ DELIVERY -- By UPS Courier Service. Shipment cost is free. ❤️ CARE INSTRUCTION -- You can always clean and remove dust by shaking in the open air. Only if it is necessity, you may hand-wash in cold water with very gentle movements. Please do not use any detergent & soap. Please lay it flat and leave it to dry. Do not dry clean. you can iron by covering it with a clean & slight wet cheesecloth or similar thin cotton fabric. Just keep in your mind that, you can use "hairspray" to keep the felt fibers smooth and intact or to prevent the fibers from spreading around. On the other hand, the most effective and care-free solution for a long time is a glass frame which will be kept it appropriately from all environmental effect Please contact me with any questions! I'm always happy to help! Thanks for visiting my shop!
Paper People a brilliant new kids editorial by Abi Campbell and Julie Vianey for the new summer issue of Milk Magazine which has just been published. Abi explains the inspiration for this fab quirky shoot below; “My children made robot heads out of cardboard boxes, which I shared on Facebook, a friend of mine Guido Harari saw my post and left an image and comment “do you ...
Nationaal Archief / Spaarnestad Photo / Het Leven / Fotograaf onbekend, SFA022807114. Tekening van een “pneumatische sport-visch-en jachtboot”, een opblaasbare boot voor 1 persoon, wiens benen in de laarzen onder de boot steken. Nederland, 1915. Drawing of a “pneumatic sports- fish and hunt boat”, an inflatable boat for one person with boots attached. The Netherlands, 1915. Collectie Spaarnestad Voor meer informatie en voor meer foto’s uit de collectie van Spaarnestad Photo, bezoek onze Beeldbank: www.spaarnestadphoto.nl/ U kunt ons helpen onze kennis van de fotocollecties te verrijken door tags en commentaren toe te voegen. Herkent u mensen of locaties of heeft u een bijzonder verhaal te vertellen bij één van de foto’s, laat dan een reactie achter (als u ingelogd bent bij Flickr) of stuur een mailtje naar: [email protected] You can help us gain more knowledge on the content of our collection by simply adding a comment with information. If you do not wish to log in, you can write an e-mail to: [email protected]
In honor of the one hundredth anniversary of the Met's acquisition of Madame X, Assistant Research Curator Stephanie L. Herdrich revisits the correspondence between John Singer Sargent and then-Director Ned Robinson.
Two Dutch girls in traditional costumes, Holland
How we implement the principles of Maria Montessori in our home.
Up till about a week before my wedding I would have sworn up and down that I was going to wear a veil. I had so many reasons, including the Jewish idea that when you wear a veil, the spirits of all your decedents walk down the aisle with you. (Beautiful right?) Also, I really like Read more...
Illustrations from Vaught's Practical Character Reader, a book on phrenology by L. A. Vaught published in 1902.
L’artista russa Asya Kozina è un’appassionata di storia del costume di moda oltre ad essere, ovviamente, dotata di una grandissima abilità manuale. Così per passione (e ora anche professione) intaglia carta bianca per riprodurre costumi d’epoca e anche abiti delle varie tradizioni locali (bellissimi per esempio i vestiti da sposa mongoli intagliati qualche tempo fa). Asya mette particolare attenzione ai copricapo ed alle parrucche, le piace arrotolare i ricci delle parrucche maschili di epoca vittoriana, ma ancora di più le […]
3rd edition.Judging by the page numbering, several pages were missing in the front matter. Blank pages were inserted to make the page numbering correct. It's...
