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Alex Connor

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Author - Winner of the Rome Prize. FRSA. Artist, & Historian Published by Hachette, Newton Compton, Head of Zeus & Quercus https://t.co/injxCb30ye

UK เข้าร่วม Aralık 2012
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Alex Connor@alexconnorwrite·
Painted in a wall in an alleyway in Naples. Now this is true art, done from love and the pure joy of creation.
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Richard Morris
Richard Morris@ahistoryinart·
If you get a chance, go to see the brilliant 'Stanley Spencer in Suffolk,' exhibition at Gainsborough House in Sudbury, the show finishes 29th March. This is 'Southwold,' (1937) a favourite resort of Spencer's first wife Hilda Carline.
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V&A
V&A@V_and_A·
Celebrating the birthday of William Morris, born on this day in 1834. He played a central role in the Arts and Crafts Movement, championing the value of handmade craftsmanship at a time when the Victorian era was defined by industrial progress.
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SPIES&VESPERS
SPIES&VESPERS@SpiesVespers·
OTD March 24, 1603 Elizabeth I died. Wielded intelligence effectively to create something akin to proto-police state. Lest anyone forget, she wore eye and ear spy dress. Note the eyes and ears embroidered on dress
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Richard Morris
Richard Morris@ahistoryinart·
This painting depicts Vilhelm Hammershøi's sister Anna, who was two years his junior. It is one of the earliest known works by him of a figure viewed from behind. The picture created a sensation when it was first exhibited in 1885.
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@SpiesVespers If you like F Scott Fitzgerald, you like Arlen. I know Anthony Trollope is English and of the Victorian era, but if you want to read something that could have been written today (without the Victorian trimmings) try THE WAY WE LIVE NOW. A brilliant satire.
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SPIES&VESPERS@SpiesVespers·
@alexconnorwrite I have not read Arlen, but supposed to be good. A favorite of F Scott Fitzgerald.
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SPIES&VESPERS@SpiesVespers·
IT’S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! WHAT SPIES READ EDITION! Ian Fleming’s bedside reading at Goldeneye included Swift, French porn, and a 1934 novel titled Hell! Said the Duchess by once popular Michael Arlen about a lady serial killer.
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La femme merveilleuse invisible
In 1933, visionary choreographer Busby Berkeley stunned audiences with one of the most spectacular musical sequences ever filmed in the classic pre-Code movie Footlight Parade.
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Nicole Nichelle
Nicole Nichelle@alamanecer·
Oh my God FINALLY an excuse to post one of the most INSANE Mikhail Baryshnikov performances from Don Quixote… Baryshnikov never relied on a body double OR a butt double either, Sir Chalamet… ballet is not 4 the weak!! ☕️🩰
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3️⃣80k 😊 Paris Paname FB
3️⃣80k 😊 Paris Paname FB@ParisAMDParis·
Édith Piaf devant ses propres affiches. 1941. Paris
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History Girl
History Girl@HistoryGirlBW·
A rare Victorian gem and one of the oldest surviving films of London. Shot in Hampstead Village on this day, 8th March 1896. It captures people arriving on their bicycles and horses and being welcomed by a gentleman in a top hat.
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Richard Morris
Richard Morris@ahistoryinart·
Described as 'almost frighteningly realistic,' and 'unfeminine,' by critics, this painting (1883) by Helene Schjerfbeck of her friend the artist Helena Westermarck depicts her absorbed in her work at the Academy of Fine Arts.
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@debjshaw @ampomata @ChrisPopeWrites @London_W4 Of course, she will send her best heart beats and love. And her toys. (The ones she hasn't torn apart yet.) Talking about Babette. I've got a surprise coming very soon - for Babette AND JoJo.
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Impressions
Impressions@impression_ists·
The Secret Story of an 1892 Photo: ▪️​The man is the painter, Gustave Caillebotte. ▪️​The dog is his companion, Bergère. ▪️​The photographer was his brother, Martial Caillebotte. ▪️​Paris, 1892, near the Louvre. ​It's a rare glimpse of the artist living the life of the flâneur he captured in his paintings. ​Not an anonymous period photo: it's Caillebotte
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Fascinating History
Fascinating History@Fascinate_Hist·
A 2,000-year-old statue of the Greek goddess Aphrodite unearthed from the mud during excavations in modern-day Turkey.
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