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That's a good one. :D
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Frank Lloyd Wright's vision for downtown Los Angeles from 1925. :wub:
Did he rip off The Ten Commandments or did they rip him off?
Quote from: Syt on April 21, 2022, 08:36:33 AM(https://i.redd.it/v4aek8wk6lu81.jpg)
Frank Lloyd Wright's vision for downtown Los Angeles from 1925. :wub:
hmm. Some similarities:
(https://preview.redd.it/j2sfgrmggt531.png?width=868&auto=webp&s=7e63cc3f7003f5fc6224bf2b88c2f8f92c79ba80)
Quote from: Syt on April 21, 2022, 08:36:33 AMFrank Lloyd Wright's vision for downtown Los Angeles from 1925. :wub:
:mmm:
Quote from: viper37 on April 21, 2022, 01:54:15 PMhmm. Some similarities:
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Is that...Metroplex from Transformers?
Who knew Hasbro was so inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright?
Quote from: Valmy on April 21, 2022, 02:14:26 PMQuote from: viper37 on April 21, 2022, 01:54:15 PMhmm. Some similarities:
(https://preview.redd.it/j2sfgrmggt531.png?width=868&auto=webp&s=7e63cc3f7003f5fc6224bf2b88c2f8f92c79ba80)
Is that...Metroplex from Transformers?
yes :)
Reminds me of Empire State Plaza in Albany. A soulless windtrap.
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Visualization of size and latitude of Germany vs. North America.
Fucking Gulf stream.
Germany seems small. Might they inquire about more space?
Quote from: FunkMonk on April 22, 2022, 08:15:37 AMGermany seems small. Might they inquire about more space?
I am sure Quebec would be willing to discuss a long term lease over the section identified on that map.
Quote from: FunkMonk on April 22, 2022, 08:15:37 AMGermany seems small. Might they inquire about more space?
Too soon.
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https://ibb.co/PQ6MQ6r
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schrodingers-cupboard-1.jpg
Always find this stuff incredible - best example is the Sistine Chapel restoration. It is something that always hits home how much more bright and colourful the past was compared to the period drama take.
Constable painting of Waterloo Bridge before restoration:
(https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/8C87/production/_124357953_waterloo1024.jpg)
And after restoration and conservation (mainly removing layers of Victorian varnish that trapped soot/smoke particles):
(https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/8647/production/_124357343_01conserved-constablewaterloobridgepaintingreturns-cnationaltrustimages-jamesdobson.jpg)
Is that THE Constable of contract law 101 fame (mutual mistake)?
Quote from: Sheilbh on April 29, 2022, 10:02:28 AMAlways find this stuff incredible - best example is the Sistine Chapel restoration. It is something that always hits home how much more bright and colourful the past was compared to the period drama take.
For me the best example would be the painted classical statues and buildings. No, the ancient past was not all white marble as far as the eye can see.
Quote from: The Larch on April 29, 2022, 01:31:38 PMFor me the best example would be the painted classical statues and buildings. No, the ancient past was not all white marble as far as the eye can see.
Yeah - exactly that. Medieval cathedrals too.
Quote from: The Larch on April 29, 2022, 01:31:38 PMQuote from: Sheilbh on April 29, 2022, 10:02:28 AMAlways find this stuff incredible - best example is the Sistine Chapel restoration. It is something that always hits home how much more bright and colourful the past was compared to the period drama take.
For me the best example would be the painted classical statues and buildings. No, the ancient past was not all white marble as far as the eye can see.
They're all gaudily painted jesters :D
*edit* they also, apparently, invented leggings
(https://greekreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/reconstruction-aphaia-multi-color-greek-sculpture-paint-credit-public-domain-1392x1044.jpg)
What confuses me on this stuff is how it became such a established (wrong) fact that all these statues were not painted.
You still see plenty of examples about where the paint is still sort of visible. Yet for eons it just wasn't considered this had been done in the not too distant past.
Quote from: Josquius on April 29, 2022, 07:00:59 PMWhat confuses me on this stuff is how it became such a established (wrong) fact that all these statues were not painted.
Well the Euros lived among them for so long and just got used to them not being painted.
QuoteYou still see plenty of examples about where the paint is still sort of visible. Yet for eons it just wasn't considered this had been done in the not too distant last.
Only if you really closely study them I think.
But were the bronze statues painted? That seems like it would be tough to make paint that sticks to metal back then.
Quote from: Sheilbh on April 29, 2022, 10:02:28 AMAlways find this stuff incredible - best example is the Sistine Chapel restoration. It is something that always hits home how much more bright and colourful the past was compared to the period drama take.
It is why I love this youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BaumgartnerRestoration
It is amazing what varnish and cigarette smoke will do to even an early 20th century painting.
Cover of the first edition of the Soviet Unions magazine on photography, 1926.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FSfgy3bXoAchZTB?format=jpg)
Looks a bit like a 90s pop/hip-hop cover. :D
MC Hammer, obviously.
Nah, has the Vanilla Ice haircut.
So it's a photography magazine and it chooses not to use photography?
Quote from: Josquius on May 11, 2022, 01:21:22 PMSo it's a photography magazine and it chooses not to use photography?
They Soviets were edgy back then.
Quote from: Josquius on May 11, 2022, 01:21:22 PMSo it's a photography magazine and it chooses not to use photography?
It did use photography, it's just that the quality wasn't that great back then.
Quote from: Josquius on April 29, 2022, 07:00:59 PMWhat confuses me on this stuff is how it became such a established (wrong) fact that all these statues were not painted.
You still see plenty of examples about where the paint is still sort of visible. Yet for eons it just wasn't considered this had been done in the not too distant past.
Not so much an established fact, but rather an established ideal since the Renaissance. The classical statues rediscovered at the time constrasted favourably with the coloured medieval art they tried to move away from. Many traces of paint were purposely scrubbed off because it didn't match the self created aesthetic.
Quote from: Valmy on April 29, 2022, 07:13:11 PMBut were the bronze statues painted? That seems like it would be tough to make paint that sticks to metal back then.
They were adorned with stone or glass (eyes) and sometimes completely gilded. I've seen what looks like a red paint on lips (copper?) and traces of silver.
The future that could have been. :(
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(Ferrari 512S Modulo)
Quote from: Syt on May 16, 2022, 03:59:54 PMThe future that could have been. :(
(snip)
(Ferrari 512S Modulo)
A future of cars that cannot turn? Sounds fun!
These images are political in that they're art that depict a politically charged subject, but they're not obviously didactic.
The photographer Gabriele Gamberti travelled the US taking pictures of diverse gun owners and their gun collections, for the series the Ameriguns (https://www.gabrielegalimberti.com/the-ameriguns/).
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gabrielegalimberti.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F05%2F0_0_0006.jpg&hash=7d7ac0ce6cbd10592d2f0599ecc8b4c83ffd7bc8)
Worth clicking on the captions as well, if you're interested.
Flame throwers guy is my favorite. Piano guy looks like he'd be willing to pay to hunt people.
A few of those collections look like collections of historical weapons, which I can kinda see as a legit hobby. The vast majority of those people are clearly fetishizing guns as a symbol of their readiness to fight the supervillains as soon as Superhero Headquarters calls on them to don their buffalo shaman hats.
Quote from: grumbler on June 04, 2022, 04:08:52 PMA few of those collections look like collections of historical weapons, which I can kinda see as a legit hobby. The vast majority of those people are clearly fetishizing guns as a symbol of their readiness to fight the supervillains as soon as Superhero Headquarters calls on them to don their buffalo shaman hats.
Agreed.
The one Jake posted is just disturbing. With kids around too...
Hell. I flicked through a bunch and didn't get to a non disturbing one. <_<
Apparently guns are like Pringles.
Thats a lot of money tied up in something other than caring for the family - getting a new smoker for example.
Map of latitude on Europe - I always find these kind of amazing of just how far north Europe is:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVR8tpQXsAAd0bg?format=jpg&name=small)
Also for some reason I always thought New York was far more northern than San Francisco (and it also surprises me that north-south it looks like Toronto is closer to San Francisco than Vancouver).
Southern Ontario juts down quite a bit, and Toronto is only at the halfway mark.
This is about a politician - but not political because I know literally nothing about the guy's politics. But I used to live in Westminster (the borough) and follow a few people who are involved in politics there. So I became aware of Hamza Taouzzale who has just become Lord Mayor - I think he's the first non-white or Muslim Lord Mayor and also the youngest, at 22.
I know nothing about him, but I find it really winning how much he loves his formal/ceremonial garb - especially as everyone else in politics is going tieless and maybe shirtsleeves. So even for a small community event he's officially attending in a park, he'll turn up like this:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWNoMkEXkAAufSE?format=jpg&name=small)
Or for the unveiling of a blue plaque for Jimi Hendrix:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FU4298vX0AA-uCN?format=jpg&name=small)
Many times he doesn't go for the full outfit but I don't think I've seen a picture of him without the chain of office - and I just absolutely love how much he's really clearly enjoying the traditional Lord Mayor's outfit :lol:
Wonder how he could get the job at such an age.
He's a councillor and it's just a one year honorary position with no power (but with a fancy office, car and costume). I assume the governing party just rotates it and he won.
Quote from: Sheilbh on June 15, 2022, 06:17:19 AMAlso for some reason I always thought New York was far more northern than San Francisco (and it also surprises me that north-south it looks like Toronto is closer to San Francisco than Vancouver).
I am amused that both New York and San Francisco happen to be on the same latitude as southern Italy and Sicily.
I don't think that it would work for the Westminster City Council, with 54 members, to "just rotate" the Lord Mayorship. I think that the election of a Muslim and young man was a deliberate jab at the Conservatives, who until May had held the majority in the Council since it was created. I also noted that, since the Lord mayor is Muslim, so must be his chaplain, who is also apparently the Council Chaplain.
I lived in Westminster for three years and never knew the city had a Lord Mayor.
Same - I didn't live there as long but I had no idea either. And makes sense if it's a jab - also possibly about him being from Westminster and growing up in a council house (I looked him up now) because that's a side of Westminster that is often forgotten, not least by the Tory councils who've historically governed for the rich bits in the middle. I remember being amazed I was in that council area given how cheap my flat was (at the time), but there are areas of Westminster that are among the most deprived in London - which doesn't fit with the image.
Although I suppose it makes sense they have one - it's technically the City of Westminster so it makes sense that, like the City of London, they have a Lord Mayor. From what I can see their main responsibility is picking up the Christmas tree gift from Oslo every year :lol: