by Remedios Varo Uranga (1908-63), painted in 1945, 20 × 15.5cm, gouache on paper.
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Weird Life
Posted in Art with tags Art, painting, Remedios Varo, Weird Life on May 30, 2018 by telescoperRhythm of the Forest – Paul Klee
Posted in Art with tags Paul Klee, Rhythm of the Forest on May 4, 2018 by telescoper
Detail from Rhythm of the Forest by Paul Klee (1914), watercolor on ecru cotton coated with plaster, 17cm ×20cm (Musée d’Art et Histoire, Geneva).
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‘Stephen Hawking RIP’ by Ella Baron
Posted in Art, The Universe and Stuff with tags Ella Baron, Stephen Hawking, Times Literary Supplement on April 5, 2018 by telescoper
I just saw this lovely illustration (by Ella Baron) and thought I would share it here.
It appears in the March 23 of the Times Literary Supplement which arrived in Maynooth while I was away and I’ve just found time to read it. I subscribe to the TLS primarily because I like the crossword..
The ‘cartoon’ is accompanied by an excerpt from A Brief History of Time:
Follow @telescoperIf a pulse of light is emitted… then as time goes on it will spread out… like ripples on the surface of a pond when a stone is thrown in…
Crystalline Landscape
Posted in Art with tags Abstract Art, Bauhaus, Crystalline Landscape, Paul Klee on April 1, 2018 by telescoper
Paul Klee, Kristallinische Landschaft, 1929, watercolour on cardboard, 42cm by 33.3cm.
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Posted in Art, History on March 22, 2018 by telescoper
I didn’t have time to write a post today before it became necessary for me to go to the pub, so I thought I’d just share this marvellous photograph of astronomer Sir John Herschel taken in 1867 by pioneering portrait photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.
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Posted in Art, Politics with tags Jacob Rees-Mogg, Mark Harrison, photography on March 10, 2018 by telescoper
Picture Credit: Mark Harrison
I couldn’t resist posting this brilliant photograph (by Mark Harrison) of Jacob Rees-Mogg. I’ll refrain from commenting on the subject, but I think the picture is a work of art!
Anyone like to suggest a caption?
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Posted in Architecture, Maynooth with tags Maynooth University, Pugin Hall, St Patrick's College, St Patrick's House on February 9, 2018 by telescoperI usually have a sandwich lunch when I’m in Maynooth because I’m quite busy, but it’s rather cold (though bright) today so I decided to get myself a hot lunch at Pugin Hall, which is situated in St Patrick’s House on the South Campus of Maynooth University. I stayed in St Patrick’s House briefly before Christmas, and had my breakfasts in Pugin Hall. It’s a nice place to have an expensive but filling meal. It was particularly cosy today because of the sunlight streaming in through the windows:
The hall is named, of course, in honour of architect Augustus Pugin. He didn’t design St Patrick’s House itself – construction of that building started before he was born – but did lay out the quadrangles elsewhere that make up much of the South Campus.
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Posted in Art with tags Art, Jasper Johns, Paiting with Two Balls on November 28, 2017 by telescoper
Jasper Johns, Painting with Two Balls, 1960 Encaustic and collage on canvas with objects, 65 x 54 in, on display at the Royal Academy until December 10th 2017.
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Posted in Art with tags convergence, Jackson Pollock on November 16, 2017 by telescoper
Jackson Pollock, Convergence, 1952 oil on canvas; 93.5 inches by 155 inches. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, US.
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Posted in Art with tags Art, Kazimir Malevich, The Black Square on November 6, 2017 by telescoper
Kazimir Malevich, The Black Square, 1915, oil on linen, 79.5 x 79.5 cm, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
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In the Dark 