Sunday, 14 February 2010

The devil's dictionary





LEARNING, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.


PLAN, v.t. To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result.


CRITIC, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.


PHILOSOPHY, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.


HABIT, n. A shackle for the free.


(Hah, hah, or in Spanish, je, je)

Sunday, 7 February 2010

Today's find: street art by Kurt Wenner








Painters


Pompeii Fresco, from the house of the surgeon


Elisabetta Sirani, self portrait





Angelica Kaufmann, self portrait





Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, self portrait





Catherina van Hemessen, self portrait




Adelaide Labille-Guiard, self portrait with two pupils



From De claris mulieribus, Marcia



Sofonisba Anguisola, self portrait


Fantin-Latour, portrait of Sarah Elisabeth Budgett



Eva Gonzales by Manet


Miss Gladys M. Holman Hunt, by William Holman Hunt
( I think she's writing, but allow me the licence, doesn't she fit nicely in here?)


Medieval lady



Mary-Denise Villers, young woman painting



Rosalba Carriera, self portrait



Gabrielle Münter by Kandinsky


Judith Leyster, self portrait


Arpad Szenes, M. Hélène


Elisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun, self portrait


Mary-Denise Villers, atelier of a painter



Artemisia Gentileschi, self portrait as the allegory of painting


Rosalba Carriera, allegory of painting








Sunday, 24 January 2010


without earthquakes we're invisible
El Roto, El País 23 January 2010



Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Coptic textiles
























































A bit of colour from Madrid Fashion Week

Spring Summer 2010


Agatha Ruiz de la Prada






Lemoniez



Kina Fernández


María Barros


Amaya Arzuaga


Juana Martín


Francis Montesinos


Elio Berhanyer


Ana Locking :)

Alma Aguilar