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cavetocanvas: Artemisia Gentileschi, Self Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, 1630

cavetocanvas:

Artemisia Gentileschi, Self Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, 1630

cyanotype-thrill:

Berlin Secretary Cabinet, David & Abraham Roentgen.

One of the finest achievements of European furniture making, this cabinet is the most important product from Abraham (1711—1793) and David Roentgen’s (1743—1807) workshop. A writing cabinet crowned with a chiming clock, it features finely designed marquetry panels and elaborate mechanisms that allow for doors and drawers to be opened automatically at the touch of a button. Owned by King Frederick William II, the Berlin cabinet is uniquely remarkable for its ornate decoration, mechanical complexity, and sheer size.

This cabinet is from Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, and is on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens: http://www.metmuseum.org/en/exhibitions/listings/2012/roentgen

humansofnewyork: He told me he was on his way to a labor law class, so I asked him if he was studying to be a lawyer. He said: “No, I’m an electrician, actually. I just want to have as much knowledge as possible so that I can give good advice to my family and community. I didn’t really have access to much good advice when I was growing up. People think that kids become drug dealers and gang members because of rap, or movies, or video games. But it’s actually because of bad advice. They see criminals with money and nice things, and those are their examples of success. So they look to them for advice.”

humansofnewyork:

He told me he was on his way to a labor law class, so I asked him if he was studying to be a lawyer. He said:

“No, I’m an electrician, actually. I just want to have as much knowledge as possible so that I can give good advice to my family and community. I didn’t really have access to much good advice when I was growing up. People think that kids become drug dealers and gang members because of rap, or movies, or video games. But it’s actually because of bad advice. They see criminals with money and nice things, and those are their examples of success. So they look to them for advice.”

zolotoivek: The black team in a game of human chess being played between Ilya Rabinovich and Pyotr Romanovsky using members of the Red Army and Soviet Navy on Uritsky Square in Leningrad, June 20, 1924.

zolotoivek:

The black team in a game of human chess being played between Ilya Rabinovich and Pyotr Romanovsky using members of the Red Army and Soviet Navy on Uritsky Square in Leningrad, June 20, 1924.