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…..interested in Art , music , philosophy , books and also share pics I take with my 📸. All photographs are mine except retweets or when specifically mentioned otherwise. No AI 😉 Live in - Auckland, New Zealand
Volcanic cliffs and rock formations at #Piha ( a black sand beach and village west of #Auckland ) are roughly 16 to 20 million years old. 📷 📸 #photography
Title: Viewing plum blossoms by moonlight Artist: Ma Yuan (Chinese, active ca. 1190–1225) Period: Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279) Date: early 13th century Culture: #China Medium: Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk At the #Metmuseum #Artsky
Sharing the The #Aphrodite of Syracuse Took this pic on my last visit to the Archaeological Museum of Athens . Antonia Canova was asked to fix it . #photography 📷 📸
I like the way they actually try to measure “Feels like “ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparen...
The Lovers Painting by Riza-yi 'Abbasi Iranian 1039 AH/1630 CE Riza revolutionised Persian painting with his inventive use of calligraphic line and unusual palette. The subject of a couple entwined reflects a relaxed attitude to sensuality introduced in the reign of Shah Safi (r. 1629–42).
Chess Players, Monsoon Floods, Benares, India Photographer - Raghubir Singh www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Head of Sorrow Auguste Rodin This androgynous head expresses in equal parts yearning, disturbance, vulnerability, and pain. Its ambiguity allowed Rodin to merge the head with different bodies to produce male and female figures www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
HOMME QUI CHAVIRE 1950 Alberto #Giacometti ( “Man who capsizes”) #ArtSky www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr/en/collectio...
Was reading this one last weekend . It is always a good antidote ( also v funny and entertaining) when one starts flying high with the clouds . It never fails to bring you back on terra firma .