To Sleep Perchance to Dream Florence 1962 Photo: Ferdinando Scianna
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~mark twain . . . one of the best things ever is to wake up at an insanely early hour and catch a flight to some wildly romantic, far-off place, even if it means a tiny cat-nap, […]
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I have always been an expert sleeper. I'm one of those people who wake up in the same position they went to sleep without any recollection of the hours in between. I've been known to sleep through earthquakes, storms and noisy parties. I have taken for granted my ability to sleep.
Les Fleurs Animèes, by J. J. Grandville, published in Paris by Gabriel De Gonet, 1847. As far as I can tell this in the public domain . Please let me know if you discover that it is not
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Well I tried my hand for the first time at doing the Art Creations Friday challenge . I am just a beginner with photoshop and all that it e...
In a symphony of iridescence, To Sleep Perchance To Dream D2 captures the viewer's gaze, its surface a tapestry of cadmium red and dioxazine purple hues, intertwined with veils of titanium white. Amidst this chromatic dance, the generous daubs of mars black avow their presence, grounding the composition in earthiness while echoing the unfathomable depth of a starless cosmos. This segment evokes an aura of mystery, reminiscent of the enigmatic nature of artistic innovation in visual art, where each nuance of color offers a glimpse into the creator's soul.The essence of this abstract creation thrives in any space aspiring to sophistication and modernity. Suitable for sunlit atriums or contemplative studies, the Scale suggests settings awash with neutral tones or a canvas of matte charcoal walls, allowing its vivid warmth and the cool whispers of grey and periwinkle to converse harmoniously with its surroundings. The suggestion of adjacent Scales A2, B2, C2 adds to the allure, inviting collectors to compose a gallery wall that narrates an uninterrupted visual tale, a procession of enigmatic cascades, each connected yet sovereign.Envision this captivating Scale magnified on an expansive canvas, where its epoxied textures beckon to be explored with curiosity, its minimalist artistry a vivid complement to a luxurious art collection. The simplicity of its form belies a profound emotional resonance, stirring sentiments of longing and introspection. It is a statement piece not just for a home gallery or office decor, but a fulcrum of rich, brilliant tones that celebrates the cutting edge of contemporary abstract art.
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Like most skills, lucid dreaming takes practice, and acquiring self-knowledge is not the only reward. Living out our private fantasies is another perk.
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Simon Cheung's Photography Portfolio Depicts the Artist Snoozing
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Felice Casorati was an Italian painter, sculptor, and printmaker. The paintings for which he is most noted include figure compositions, portraits and still lifes, which are often distinguished by unusual perspective effects. Born in Novara he showed an early interest in music and art. To please his parents he studied law at the University of Padua until 1906, but his ambition to be a painter was confirmed in 1907 when a painting of his was shown in the Venice Biennale. The works he produced in the early years of his career are naturalistic in style, but after 1910 the influence of the symbolists and particularly of Gustav Klimt turned him toward a more visionary approach. In 1915 he had a solo exhibition at the Rome Secession III, where he showed several paintings and the first of his sculptures. His military service in World War I began that year and lasted until his discharge in 1917. In 1918, "intrigued by the decadent atmosphere of Turin with its sinister views", he settled there with his mother and two sisters. His works of the next decade typify, in their emphasis on geometry and formal clarity, the "return to order" then prevalent in the arts as a reaction to the war. Although many critics found his work cold, cerebral, and academic, Casorati achieved international recognition as a leading figure in this movement. Often working in tempera, Casorati drew inspiration from his study of Renaissance masters, especially Piero della Francesca, as in his 1922 portrait entitled Silvana Cenni. This symmetrical composition of a seated woman in a white dress is perhaps the best-known of the artist's works. In it, the careful rendering of volumes results paradoxically in a sense of unreality which is characteristic of Casorati's art. In 1925, Rafaello Giolli summarized the disconcerting aspects of Casorati's art—"The volumes have no weight in them, and the colors no body. Everything is fictitious: even the living lack all nervous vitality. The sun seems to be the moon ... nothing is fixed or definite"—and argued that these very qualities give his work its originality, and connect him to the metaphysical painters. Casorati himself wrote, in 1931: "In taking up, against me, the old polemic of classicism and romanticism, people rail against intellectualized and scholastic order, accuse my art of being insincere, and willfully academic—in a word, of being neoclassical. ... since my art is born, so to speak, from within, and never has its source in changing "impressions", it is quite natural that ... static forms, and not the fluid images of passion, should be reflected in my works". Briefly arrested in 1923 for his involvement with an anti-Fascist group, Casorati subsequently avoided antagonizing the regime. Beginning in 1923, he opened his studio to the young art students of Turin. One of his famous students was the Italian painter Enrico Accatino. After 1930 the severity of Casorati's earlier style softened somewhat and his palette brightened. He continued to exhibit widely, winning many awards, including the First Prize at the Venice Biennale of 1938. He was also involved in stage design. He died in Turin in 1963.
