The Art Thread

I see. (Buck house refers to Buckingham Palace.)

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Speakina which:

Artsy!!

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Probably the tastiest urinal cake out there, but I’m not going to test the theory.

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Or does it?

And, conclusively, all the portraits of her I have seen in literally 5 minutes of googling her ears are covered. /S

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“It’s much better than other bananas,” Sun said after getting his first taste.

Sigh

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Landscape photography as painting (and Welsh translation).

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Gerhard Gluck
“An Ordinary Day for Mona Lisa”

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I was surprised at the huge numbers of people at a Holbein exhibit in Toronto about 30 years ago; I had no idea that many people knew who he was. It was pretty much impossible to get close to the paintings and drawings, many of which are quite small.

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Sad day!

Given the crowds, I have no desire at all to visit the real Mona Lisa.

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Visit the other one. Close enough, not nearly as many people.

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Nah. I’d feel like she’s judging me.

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If you are ever in Oxford, I strongly recommend a visit to the Ashmolean Museum; a gem. They have weird and wonderful little collections, like a collection of Japanese sword furniture (as it’s called) made by one family over the course of a thousand years, so you can see the gradual changes in style, fashion and technique. And it won’t be as crowded as better known museums.

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valentineua

Self-Portrait as a Painter (1886) - Vincent van Gogh

{edited to supply forgotten caption - D’Oh!}

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The Ashmolean Museum tumblr is still a glorious place to browse despite being inactive. I would love visiting IRL!

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In one of those “small world” incidents, I was on the transit telling a coworker, who was visiting Oxford, that she go swing into the Ashmolean, and the person sitting in front of us turned around and said “They recently had a major renovation, and it’s even better now!” Maybe the Ashmolean gets more traffic than I realised.

I’ll check out the tumblr; thanks!

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I’ve been hip to the Ashmolean since childhood. Books about Ancient Egypt and other stuff I’ve read mentioned its multitudinous goodies.

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