"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

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John William Waterhouse, Amadriade
books and literature

The Ghost Tower

Remember Edogawa Ranpo? The Japanese author of horror and thrilller who gave us the strange and haunting Panorama Island. After reading the graphic novel, I read the novel last summer, and apparently it became tradition that I read Japanese horror when I’m on the traditional

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books and literature

Werewolves Wednesday: The Wolf-Leader (24)

A werewolf story by Alexandre Dumas père. Chapter XXIV: Hunting Down the Were-Wolf Thibault had got well ahead of the dogs, thanks to the precaution he had taken of making good his escape at the first note of the bloodhound. For some time he heard no

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architecture, engineering and construction

Poetry Reading List for Architects

Why Look to Poets for Lessons on Space? Architecture, as a discipline, has long claimed dominion over the notion of space. From Vitruvius’ triad of firmitas, utilitas, venustas to Le Corbusier’s declaration of the house as “a machine for living in”, architects have positioned themselves

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5 Comments
  • heraclitus
    Posted at 11:00h, 09 June Reply

    sempre grazie di regalarci queste splendide visioni.

  • fumoffufumo
    Posted at 11:48h, 09 June Reply

    ti piace molto l’arte vero? io ultimamente l’ho lasciata un pò da parte…ma conto di ritornarci! riguardo ad orgoglio e pregiudizio…se vuoi saperne di più guarda il dvd originale, ci sono molte curiosità interessanti sul film…

  • venturo
    Posted at 13:15h, 09 June Reply

    Fortuna che qualcuno ogni tanto ci ricorda queste opere…

    Ciao

  • babilonia61
    Posted at 17:38h, 09 June Reply

    …quando colori, chiaroscuri, sentimenti si mescolano armonicamente…

    Bella scelta, complimenti.

    Felicità

    Rino, amante dell’arte.

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 09:41h, 10 June Reply

    Sono felice che Waterhouse riscuota sempre i vostri consensi: ho postato l’immagine più che altro per celebrare un momento di vita quotidiana (vedi categoria del post), ma adoro il modo in cui Waterhouse ha reso i capelli della driade, che si staccano dall’albero, il suo passo mentre esce dal cavo del tronco, il suo sguardo verso il basso sul satiro che sta suonando, uno sguardo a metà tra il sorpreso e il compiaciuto, ma sempre con una delicata noncuranza di fondo. Meraviglioso.

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