Jane Hoodlessさんのイラストまとめ

Off-camera, Ava Gardner–who died #OTD 1990–could be witty & pithy. Her photo was spotted in a NY studio & details were sent to MGM, where they found her Southern accent almost incomprehensible. Louis B. Mayer wired: "She can't sing, she can't act, she can't talk, she's terrific!"

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Radical herbalist, Nicholas Culpeper–died #OTD 1654–believed medicine was a public asset rather than a commercial secret & "no man deserved to starve to pay an insulting, insolent physician". In his opinion, examining "as much piss as the Thames might hold" didn't help diagnosis.

Debate regarding the tomb of Giotto–died #OTD 1337–initiated forensic examinations at two sites. One, of a man less than 4' tall, pointed to him being a painter, showed a presence of arsenic & lead, & neck bones that indicated he spent much time with his head tilted backwards.

Typographer John Baskerville–died OTD 1775–requested "my body be placed in a Conical Building in my own premises…which I have lately Raised Higher &painted &in a vault which I have prepared for It. This to many may appear a Whim…But it is a whim for many years Resolve'd upon…"

Joseph Cornell–died #OTD 1972–elevated the found object to the centre of his oeuvre & embodied a new paradigm of the artist as collector & archivist. Rejecting Surrealism's violent & erotic aspects, he preferred what he described as the 'white magic' side of Surrealism.

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Walt Disney–died #OTD 1966–"There's absolutely no truth to the rumor that my father wished to be frozen. I doubt he'd ever heard of cryonics."

David Bomberg–born #OTD 1890–whose faith in the machine age had been shattered by his experiences as a soldier in the trenches & moved to a more figurative style in the 1920s, his work becoming increasingly dominated by portraits & landscapes drawn from nature.