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Title: Mizrah Artist: Wolf Kurzman, American, b. Ukraine, 1865-1945 Origin: Ukraine Date: 1903 Medium: Ink and watercolor on cut-out paper Size: 17 3/8 × 14 in. (44.1 × 35.6 cm) Description: “The creator of this masterful papercut was a watchmaker in Podolia (present-day Ukraine), who came to the United States in the 1920s with his five children. Three years after he had cut it, he added the name of his mother Pessya, and the day of her death in 1906. The work mizrah appears in a medallion on the double-headed eagle. Snakes twine around the columns Jachin and Boaz, a common motif in Eastern European Jewish papercuts. Flanking the pillars are two griffins whose origins derive from the guardian cherubim described in detail in Exodus. They were half lion, half eagle, and had human faces.“ Source: Jewish Museum
jewish symbols von Franciska Über Flickr: Zsidó temető, Kolozsvár. Jewish cemetery, Cluj-Napoca, Ro. “On Jewish tombstones you will sometimes see a symbol showing two hands arranged for the Priestly Blessing like the example here. (symbol of the Kohen)… The six-pointed Star of David, a symbol of Judaism, is frequently found on Jewish tombstones. It is also called the Shield of David (Magen David in Hebrew). Sometimes you will see the Hebrew abbreviation “Peh-Nun” inside the star like the example here. This abbreviation stands for either “poh nitman” or “poh nikbar” and means simply, “here lies…” resourse: cemeteries.wordpress.com/category/jewish/
#ThrowbackThursday In honor of Sukkot, here’s a celebration from 1908 in a sukkah on our terrace.
Yemenite Jewish children, Sana'a, Yemen, Circa 1909. By Hermann Burchardt.
Jewish children say goodbye to their parents through a fence after being separated for deportation in Lodz, Poland .
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I’ve been making a comic to debut at SPX for the past few weeks. I finally finished it and it’s up for free on my site. It’s got some sad, possibly triggering type stuff in it, especially for fat folks that might have internalized sizeism, so proceed at your own risk.
READ OTHERTHAN HERE.
Luminous Entity
oil on canvas | 40 x 36" | 2013 Rick Stevens Art
270- Fall Colors
Happy Inktober! I was just playing around with some of my new inks and gauche from Winsor and Newton. I love my new stuff! #art #drawing #inktober http://ift.tt/1YRYqi6
Dornier Do-24 de la Real Marina Holandesa.
What a Fox. | http://cur.im/1iBu1UU
Fine Art Prints from $25, by Jay Fleck (USA)
Acrylic sketch
By the Coast at Bornholm - Peder Mork Monsted
1917
Mandalas and things are starting to fall together for the next open studios. A new series of work will be on view October 3 & 4 at the Los Angeles Brewery Art Walk! (at Brewery Art Los Angeles)
Pouran Jinchi, Black and Blue at Leila Heller Gallery through October 24, 2015.
Rosh Hashanah 2015: The Jewish New Year Begins
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is celebrated in 2015 from sundown on Sept. 13 to the evening of Sept. 15. In the Hebrew calendar it falls on 1 and 2 Tishrei 5776.
Here’s what you need to know.
Martha Nelson Joins Yahoo as Global Editor-in-Chief
By Kathy Savitt, CMO and Head of Media
Yahoo Media, including Yahoo’s new Digital Magazines, are comprised of some of the media industry’s strongest editorial and publishing talent, and today I’m happy to announce our newest addition, Global Editor-in-Chief, Martha Nelson. Martha joins us on August 17th and will be based in our New York office, reporting to me.
As an accomplished editor, proven brand innovator and media veteran, Martha adds to Yahoo’s established media business to continue to elevate our world-class products and journalism. In January 2014, we launched our first Digital Magazines and have since built 13 in the United States and 30 globally, which are rapidly rising to the top of their categories. With her proven track record of building successful brands as the founding editor of InStyle and for the growth of People (and People.com) into a globally recognized brand, I’m excited to work with Martha to further grow our Digital Magazines.
Most recently, Martha was the first female editor-in-chief of Time Inc., where she oversaw the editorial content for the media company’s 21 brands. She has received many accolades for her outstanding work, including “Editor of the Year” by Adweek and Forbes Most Powerful Women three years in a row. She is a trustee of both the National Trust for Historic Preservation and The Actors Fund, serves as a judge for the Peabody Awards.
“Upritchard’s proclivity for painting her characters’ skin in tones such as jaundiced yellow, mossy green, or calming lavender— sometimes in two tones or even a rainbow of hues—or having the patterns of their clothing continue onto their faces and hands, as if they have evolved to be able to camouflage themselves within their immediate surroundings, suggests that these creatures may signify a future race. But the combination of recognizable referents that appear to leave her figures nearly paralyzed—their partially opened eyes in a continuous state of rueful pondering— is what the viewer will recognize as disconcertingly familiar, a state of mind that syncs up perfectly with the contemporary moment.”
Hammer Projects: Francis Upritchard closes on Sunday: http://bit.ly/1GpKIbQ
Aquarela sobre papel, 21x14,8cm , 2015.
“Roundabouts” - finished a few days ago. Artwork size: 8"x10". Unlimited prints will be available in 8"x10" and 5"x7". A limited, signed-and-numbered edition will soon be available. The artwork will measure 8"x10" on 12"x16" superb-quality paper. #art #artbytroythomas #geometricabstract #scribble #fineart
This Monday, Aug. 17, marks the final targeted flyby of Dione, one of Saturn’s many moons, in Cassini’s long mission. During this flyby, the science team will conduct a gravity experiment that will contribute to our knowledge of the internal structure of Dione. We will also learn more about its outer ice shell, and will be able to compare this with Saturn’s other icy moons.
Beyond the icy moons, Saturn is adorned with thousands of beautiful ringlets, While all four gas giant planets in our solar system have rings – made of chunks of ice and rock – none are as spectacular or as complicated as Saturn’s. Like the other gas giants, Saturn is mostly a massive ball of hydrogen and helium.
This image of Saturn was taken using an infrared filter. Using this type of filter can help scientists determine the location of clouds in the planet’s atmosphere. The darker areas reveal clouds that are lower in the atmosphere, while the bright areas are higher altitude clouds.
Since Cassini reached Saturn in 2004, it has captured important data and images. This spacecraft has the ability to “see” in wavelengths that the human eye cannot, and it can “feel” things about magnetic fields and tiny dust particles that no human hand could detect. These heightened “senses” have allowed us to have a better understanding of Saturn, its moons and the solar system.
Learn more about Cassini & Saturn: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/
Brad Wilson’s Affinity II series of animal portraits || See gallery
Photographer Brad Wilson, based in Los Angeles, started his Affinity series of animal portraits in 2010. These are the second part of this series. Brad takes the pictures in a photographic studio, just feet away from the animals. Some, such as the mountain lion and tigers, are deadly.
Artistic Stuff. Paintings Blog. Rainbow-colored drawings by Fiona Woodcock, posted on the blog… via Tumblr
Dark paths. Edinburgh, Scotland
original travel photography by- mbphotograph
Happy birthday, Ai Weiwei!
Watch “The Art of Dissent,” a collaboration between Ai, activist Jacob Appelbaum, Laura Poitras, and Rhizome.
STACKSOPHONE, BABY!
The Black Widow: Forever Red YA book by Margaret Stohl is now available for pre-order! Get it here.
Mur des Lamentations (The Wailing Wall), 1880, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Israel Museum
Happy Mother’s Day!
Aphotographer returns to his home town of Detroit to capture a city and its people, bent but “unbroken.”