Colorado Choo-Choo: 1900
via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive – Vintage Fine Art Prints by Dave
Pikes Peak, Colorado, circa 1900
“Summit, cog wheel train, Manitou and Pike’s Peak Railway”
8x10 glass negative by William Henry Jackson
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
Separating the pseudo from science. The greater science’s prestige, the more fringe theories flourish, like shadows of the real thing... more
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Why is the sky dark at night?
via Boing Boing by Maggie Koerth-Baker
So, the sky looks blue because of the particular gases in our atmosphere reflect and scatter the blue wavelengths of light from the Sun. Fair enough.
But that leads directly to a second question that, I’m ashamed to say, I never really thought to ask – why doesn’t the light from all the stars in the Universe reflect and scatter off our atmosphere, producing a blue sky, all the time?
This Minute Physics video provides a great explanation, which is grounded in both the timey-wimeyness of astrophysics and the limitations of our own human biology.
Via BrainPickings
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Expressive Picasso Artworks That Don’t Need Color
via Flavorwire by Marina Galperina
Would Pablo Picasso’s Weeping Woman look more somber if every surface of her body wasn’t garlanded with festive colours? Would his mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter look less sensual if her curves were monochromatic instead of pale fleshy pink?
Opening tomorrow [that was 5 October 2012] at the Guggenheim, Picasso Black and White focuses on the legendary artist’s work in black, white, and gray – with the occasional hint of yellow or blue. Organised chronologically along the Guggenheim’s spiralling ramps, the show runs through January 23rd and features 118 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from 1904 to 1971, including six pieces on public view for the first time. From his devastating reflections on the atrocities of war to his opulent meditations on the female form and its various details, preview some highlights from the exhibition in our slideshowincluding:
- The Maids of Honor (Las Meninas, after Velázquez)
- Man, Woman, and Child (Homme, femme et enfant)
- Accordionist (L'accordéoniste)
- Man with Pipe (L'homme à la pipe)
- The Milliner's Workshop (Atelier de la modiste)
- Bust of a Woman (Marie-Thérèse) (Buste de femme [Marie-Thérèse])
- Marie-Thérèse, Face and Profile (Marie-Thérèse, face et profil)
- Study for Sculpture of a Head (Marie-Thérèse) (Étude pour sculpture d'une tête [Marie-Thérèse])
- Mother with Dead Child II, Postscript to Guernica(Femme avec enfant mort II, Post-scriptum à Guernica)
- The Kitchen (La cuisine)
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Ghost stories make metaphysicians of us all. “Let us honour the marvellous as well as the matter of fact!” writes Michael Dirda... more
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The Lesson of Barry Commoner, A Social Revolutionary in Environmentalist’s Clothes
via Big Think by David Ropeik
When I was young and bold and strong,Dorothy Parker’s wonderful poem about the simplistic passion of the young crusader comes to mind as I think back to the time I met Barry Commoner, one of the pioneers of the modern environmental movement who just passed away.
O, right was right and wrong was wrong!
My plume on high, my flag unfurled,
I rode away to right the world.
Come out you dogs and fight! said I,
And wept there was but once to die.
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Girls Demand Excitement, 1931
via Retronaut by Chris
Girls Demand Excitement is a 1931 film starring Virginia Cherrill, John Wayne, and Marguerite Churchill
Wikipedia
See the rest of Chris’s choices here
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In apocalyptic times, Simkha-Bunim Shayevitch believed, great care must be given to culture. He died at Auschwitz; his poems survive as a Jeremiah-like cri de coeur... more
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Watch Sesame Street’s Hilarious ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Parody
via Flavorwire by Caroline Stanley
Sesame Street’s parodies of popular TV series are pretty hard to resist. Remember Sad Men? Or True Mud? How about when Liz Lemon was played by a lemon in 30 Rocks or that spot-on send-up of Glee from last fall? If you love these spoofs as much as we do, then you’ll be happy to hear there’s a new skit that takes its inspiration from one of the most ridiculous sources to-date: HBO’s violence- and sex-packed gangster drama, Boardwalk Empire. Click through to watch Nucky Ducky Thompson face-off against Clucky Luciano and Agent van Cuckoo on the “Birdwalk”, and let us know in the comments what totally inappropriate TV show you’d like to see Sesame Street tackle next. Any takers for Breaking Bad?
[via The A.V. Club]
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Stunning Swedish Posters for Classic Hollywood Films
via Flavorwire by Caroline Stanley
It would probably seem oddly specific if we opted to plaster our walls with a bunch of Swedish posters for films from the 1920s and ’30s, wouldn’t it? But they’re all so well-executed — from the unexpected typefaces to the rich colour palettes — that we’re a bit tempted by the idea!
Click through to see a selection of the gorgeous artwork, all pulled from a lovely stash assembled by Will Schofield at 50 Watts (who found them as expired auction listings), and let us know in the comments which of these vintage beauties is your favourite of bunch.
These are the ones that Caroline chose:
Shanghaied, 1920s. Artist: Eric Rohman
Death Takes a Holiday, 1934. Artist: Moje Aslund
Dance Fools Dance, 1931. Artist: Eric Rohman
Hit the Deck, 1930. Artist: Russell Patterson
The Black Cat, 1934
Sky Hawk, 1929. Artist: Eric Rohman
The Passionate Plumber, 1932. Artist: Carl Gustav Berglow
Sweet Surrender, 1935
Things to Come, 1936. Artist: Moje Aslund
Champ of the Champs Elysées, 1934. Artist: Eric Rohman
My choice?
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