//=time() ?>
Now the Sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence …
Franz Kafka / The Silence of the Sirens
Howard Pyle #BookChatWeekly #ofdarkandmacabre
King Arthur is, in the words of Howard Pyle, the “mirror of chivalry” to the Knights of the Round Table.
That's real power: modeling the conduct and excellence you want for those who ride with you, and doing it so compellingly that they want to follow your example.
Howard Pyle (1853–1911)
The Mermaid
1910
oil on canvas
height: 57.8 in (147 cm); width: 40.1 in (101.9 cm)
Katharine Pyle was born on this day, November 23, in 1863.
She was a leading illustrator (like her brother, Howard Pyle); she advocated for underserved youth; and she was a champion for artists’ rights.
Her niece, Ellen Pyle, said she was, “a woman well ahead of her time”.
Anton Otto Fischer (1882-1962) was a German-born American illustrator. He sailed on ships before becoming an artist. Howard Pyle helped him transform his firsthand knowledge into pictorial drama. Fischer created more than one-thousand illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post.
Marc Davis was no doubt inspired by classics like "The Book of Pirates" and "Treasure Island," masterfully illustrated by Howard Pyle and NC Wyeth.
A year before his death, the artist Howard Pyle set off for Italy, leaving unfinished on his Delaware easel his final painting *The Mermaid* — a profoundly haunting work of art: https://t.co/B8A9NRqkqH
Ethel Franklin Betts was born on this day, September 6, in 1877.
This Philadelphia native studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; she was mentored by Howard Pyle; and she was a well-known illustrator in the early 1900’s.
"Make no reply, but listen; I am not dead, nor yet am I alive. I hover between this world and the world of Spirits. Mark me."
(Frederick Marryat "The Phantom Ship")
🎨 Howard Pyle "Flying Dutchman"
#bookwormsat #ofdarkandmacabre
Van Hook estaba interesado en artistas como Thomas Eakins, Singer Sargent y Wyeth. Otra influencia local temprana fue la “Tradición Brandywine” y lo ilustrativo de Howard Pyle. Esto, reforzado por su estrecha asociación con la costa de Maine donde ha pintando mucho al aire libre.
‘Private Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence’ … as played by Vincent D'Onofrio in Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Full Metal Jacket’ … Soundtrack: ‘WAR’ by Edwin Starr @procreate #VincentDOnofrio #GomerPyle #StanleyKubrick #Kubrick #FullMetalJacket #BornToKill @vincentdonofrio @stanleykubrick
Pyle proposes defining moults on the basis of feather-replacement sequences as opposed to timing or location of replacement.
Read more on: https://t.co/qAPwBtWcOn
@NordicOikos @WileyEcolEvol
#OpenAccess #ornithology #avian #research #birds
"Do you think I’m cute, Private Pyle?"
Any interaction on this tweet will be considered for WL.
Remember to follow @keloke_io and to Turn on Notis.🔔
#Solana #SolanaSummer #NFT #SolanaNFT #NFTCommunity