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Different approached to the flame in the Matthias Storm ‘Salome receives the head of Saint John the Baptist’ at the Walker Art Gallery. Storm (1) and William Dobson (2). Photo 3 is a detail of the murder weapon absent in Dobson’s cut down (left side) version.
Solome In Stom’s painting of ‘Solome receives the head of John the Baptist’ (1 &3), and Solome in the Dobson version (2 & 4). Notable differences can be seen. Both are shown at present in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.
A VERY LARGE MEISSEN PORCELAIN PLAQUE OF 'LA BOUTIQUE DU MARÉCHAL', late 19th Century, after Philips Wouwerman (Dutch, 1619-1688). Finely painted. https://t.co/FWujOF0v4w
Turner claimed that if he lived his life again he would have been an architect. But his drawings & oils are full of buildings and how they relate to thier surroundings. His ships are his buildings of the seas. Turner’s House remains the only extant example of his architecture.
On this day in 1775 was born Joseph Mallord William Turner, a son of a barber & whigmaker from Covent Garden. J.M.W. Turner would become Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy of Arts. In his lifetime he produced over 32,000 art works. Happy birthday Mr Turner! 🎂
Graphic showing the original tower building at Sandycombe as designed by J.M.W. Turner (c.1810). The tower was later accompanied by two wing buildings, possibly following advice from Turner’s friends, fellow Professor at the Royal Academy, Sir John Soane.
Sir John Soane was an architectural visionary. He realised that every great civilisation would eventually end, yet thier existence could be found within their architectural legacy. His ability 2 look to the past but also into the future is just 1 reason why I love this architect
Soane presented them with the manuscript and the drawings, reconstructing the ruins. The visitors, who included the painter J.M.W.Turner and the topographical artist John Buckler, were invited to play their part in the parlour, again by suggesting alternative reconstructions but
O yes- I am looking forward to this which is receiving rare reviews. I have always considered this 2 be 1 of Stephen Kings finest novels & certainly one of his darkest.I love the cover, a great throwback to some of the fine art that appeared on films & horror novels of the 1980s