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Mary Ellen Bute ‘s ‘Synchromy no. 4: Escape’ (1938)
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Posted in Abstraction
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Also tagged action , An experiment to test the destiny of the world , DIY , early , film , fun , light , mary ellen bute , pioneer , sound , the wild , unknown
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Lucy McKenzie , ‘Fascist Bathroom’ (2012)
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Posted in Composition
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Also tagged bathroom , fascist , fuckem , imitation , light , lucy mckenzie , maquette , model , plinth , romance , sculpture , trompe l'oeil , white
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‘Madonna della Scodella’ (2012) by Paolo Chiasera .
“So the question is: what information can be gleaned from paintings about the knowledge that this power has tried to conceal?”
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Also tagged boy , catholic , child , christianity , church , devil , diana , fantasy , god , Holy , image , knowledge , Madonna , magic , mannerism , mysticism , myth , Paolo Chiasera , power , question , religion , renaissance , scodella , supernatural , symbol , video
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VIDEO Angela Bulloch , ‘Grid Drawing Machine’ (1992)
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Posted in Composition
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Also tagged action , activated , angela bulloch , blue , control , grid drawing machine , installation , lines , marker , music , pen , performance , randomness , sculpture , sound , speech , unknown , voice , wall
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John Everett Millais , ‘Twins (Grace and Kate Hoare)’ (1876)
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Posted in Composition
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Also tagged 19th century , beauty , canvas , color , copy , difference , john everett millais , light , oil , Pre-Raphaelite , romance , siblings , similarity , twins , unknown
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Pavel Banka , ‘Hills & Meadows # VIII’ (1999)
Gelatin Silver Print
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Posted in Composition
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Also tagged abstract , black and white , czech , edition , found , fuzzy , gelatin print , hills , infinity , landscape , light , meadows , minimal , nature , pavel banka , photograph , romance , sky , the wild , unknown
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‘Salome with the head of John the Baptist’, (1524) Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen
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Also tagged beheading , bible , biblical , cruelty , DIY , fuckem , history , Holy , horror , jacob cornelisz van oostsanen , john the baptist , renaissance , romance , salomé , the wild , trash , unknown
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Anne Adams , ‘Pi’ (1998)
The work portrays the first 1,471 digits (plus the decimal point) of the mathematical ratio pi. With white, black, and component colors of the white light spectrum marking each integer from 0 to 9, Adams tried to capture the randomness of pi’s expansion.
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Posted in Composition
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Also tagged action , anne adams , biology , chemistry , code , colors , correspondents , dementia , guache , madness , math , mental , numbers , obsessive , pi , science , system of representation , teacher , unknown , what's in a name
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Léon Bakst , costume for a brigand in Fokine’s ballet Daphnis and Chloé (1912)
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Posted in Composition
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Also tagged avant-garde , ballet , ballets russes , black and white , clothes , collection , costume , daphnis and chloe , designer , dress-up , early 20th century , fabric , Léon Bakst , performance , Russia , theatre , unknown
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Elina Brotherus , ‘Mirroir’ (1999)
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Posted in Composition
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Also tagged 90s , action , appearing , bathroom , camera , elina brotherus , light , looking , mirroir , mirror , mist , naked , romance , self-portrait , steam , video , waiting , water , youtube
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