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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 15d

At Tate Modern and the 'Theatre Picasso' exhibition.

Looking afresh at 'The Weeping Woman'. What do we see in her eyes? Despite having looked upon this painting countless times, I hadn't noticed it.

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Aeroplanes and Bees - Theatre Picasso (I)

‘ Poison grows in this dark. It is in the water of tears Its black blooms rise. ’ (Wallace Stevens, ‘ Another Weeping Woman ’ ) * Even...

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 4h

It left me a bit cold but I have vowed to revisit.

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Angela @angelt.bsky.social · 3d

Dear John Clare grieving the losses from the hedges and fields that he loved.

John Clare @johnclare.bsky.social · 9d

1824: Took a walk in the fields saw an old wood stile taken away from a favourite spot which it had occupied all my life the posts were overgrown with Ivy & it seemd so akin to nature & the spot where it stood as tho it had taken it on lease for an undisturbd existance it hurt me to see it was...

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 4h

How was she?

I think my driving playlist needs some Patti. I shall remedy it anon. ‘Because the Night’ or ‘Gloria’?

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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 12h

Absolutely adore this beautiful thistle vase by the French artist Eugène Feuillâtre, a famous enameler of the Art Nouveau period who was head of the Renée Lalique workshops & also worked for Tiffany & co. @joaokay.bluesky.social loves this period, knew his work & saw this vase recently.

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Eugene Navakas @enavakas.bsky.social · 3d

painted lady

#Photography #Butterfly #Ohio

A Painted Lady perches on a white/pink/yellow bloom alongside a green tuft of spade-shaped leaves. The underside of its facing wing is crammed with detail--segmented and saturated, like a cel of animation or a tattoo. Brown and white, orange and black, lacy webs, disk-like eyes--nature's design in full aesthetic flower.

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 4h

Outside the hotel window in Montalcino, there’s a noisy taverna. Every night, around 11 o’clock they blast out AC/DC’s Thunderstruck. This annoys me. Until about the third ‘Wo ho a-ho Ho’ … and then I remember that I love Thunderstruck. ⚡️ 🌩️

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 5h

Today’s favourite piece of Tuscany art.

The Uffizi still lingering from last week, & the chance to see Hugo van der Goes and his triptych ‘The Adoration of the Shepherds’. I read about this in Bart van Loos’ excellent book ‘The Burgundians’. Incredible & rich (and full of the ubiquitous patrons).

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 19h

Had to get up early to move the car from the free car park. Still, sunrise ….

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

Perfect!

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

It might come down to an ice cream penalty shoot out. :-)

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

Love the Wallace Collection. It has to be raining though to drive you inside. :-)

Love that Rembrandt too.

My favourite though is the Fragonard, which I wrote about in 2019.

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Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir - Grand Passions and their Objects

If the only thing of note to come out of watching The Souvenir , Joanna Hogg's latest film, was a reminder of the existence of the Walla...

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

That definitely sounds intriguing, K. Is it happening at Napier and will it be online?

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

I think Tuscany doesn’t allow you to take a bad photograph. :-)

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

And to add, the whole inspiration for this Tuscany trip was the National Gallery’s Siena exhibition. Whisper it, but I might prefer Siena to Florence.

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Siena by Candlelight

‘Everybody looks great at night, Ain't no trick to look great at night, Everyone has a chance at night, Leaning into the candlelight.’ (Spa...

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s favourite piece of Tuscany art.

To Siena for the very first time and other than the glorious cathedral, there was Duccio’s ‘Maestà’. The central panel shimmered.

And how it would have looked in totality.

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 2d

😅

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 2d

And that thumb and the fingernail.

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 2d

Simon Schama wrote a magnificent book on Rembrandt and called it ‘Rembrandt’s Eyes’. You can see why. So close to the dying of the light; still so alive.

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 2d

I did and I exclaimed ‘Ouch!’

Loved Cellini’s Perseus too.

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s favourite piece of Tuscany art.

From the Uffizi vaults. My favourite painter and ‘The Rabbi’. It appeared in the final room I visited. And with it, Rembrandt sends art off in a direction leading towards the modern. Controversial, but Rembrandt has more in common with Picasso than Raphael.

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 2d

Sun setting and the full moon rising over the Tuscan hills. I love the hints of autumn here, and the sun warm but with no sting. Good job, as I left my hat in the post office.

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 2d

Worst places to have my morning coffee and do my Wordle and Connections.

#Montalcino

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 3d

Well, that’s a reason to visit Spring in Winter! 😅

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 3d

I love the other Botticellis I’ve seen … including the one at the National Gallery in London … but this felt like something else … magical, otherworldly, yet strangely closer to home and identifiable.

Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 3d

Anyway, night all! I’m off to hang out with three diaphanous Graces in an orange grove!

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