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“Carnival of 1915” ‘Danza Macabra Europea’ – WW1 Propaganda lithographs by Alberto Martini, 1915 420 Brush Strokes in the Art of War While looking through the stunning work of Alberto Martini’s ‘Danza Macabra Europea’, WW1 series of propaganda lithographs, Read More …
“Guitarplayer” – by David Rijckaert III, 1641 “The feather hat that the woman is wearing characterizes her as a prostitute. She is drinking (Taste), smoking (Smell), prodding the man with her pipe (Touch), who is playing the guitar (Hearing). Only Read More …
Rattle and Smoke Dance In 1564 the French sent a party in a attempt to colonize Florida. Under the direction of explorers Jean Ribault and René Laudonnière, a group ventured deep into northern Florida. Jacques le Moyne de Morgues was Read More …
Et le soleil se coucha sur l’Adriatique (Sunset over the Adriatic)- And a name for the artist? Joachim-Raphael Boronali aka Aliboron aka Lolo the Donkey Revenge of the Hashishin’s Although the original Hashishin hangout the ‘Cabaret des Assassins’ in Read More …
“Certain bodies… Become luminous when heated. Their luminosity disappears after some time, but the capacity of becoming luminous afresh through heat is restored to them by the action of a spark” – Marie Curie Boy Lighting a Pipe – Hendrick Read More …
‘Farm interior’ by David Rijckaert III – 1647
O, WOMEN, kneeling by your altar rails long hence, When songs I wove for my beloved hide the prayer, And smoke from this dead heart drifts through the violet air And covers away the smoke of myrrh and frankincense; Bend Read More …
Le Fumeur Oriental by José Villegas Cordero, 1875
“It was an insurrection of the negroes, who were that night to have set fire to the large and beautiful town of St. Pierre… The combustibles were laid were laid in upwards of 100 houses (consisting of hemp dipt in Read More …
Fumadores “Smokers” by Joos van Craesbeeck between 1645-1655