Halfway Time

Despite my attempts at being regular, sometimes the overwhelming research I undertake while writing a post, collides with my need to travel. And then, typical to all procrastinator in the world, I decide to take a long break. And what you know, its 2024! And I still have pending blogs drafted and waiting to be completed. I finally managed to complete my Jordan chronicle from 2022. Going to work on few more travelogues from 2022 and 2023. Here’s to hope for diligence, and apologies for the long disappearance! How’s everyone doing?

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Let’s Stroll in the Park

Popular paintings of parks

The parks in cities are where people go to relax, to stroll, to picnic, and to enjoy themselves. These are painting that famous artists have created of some of the beautiful parks in the world. I think a painting of a park makes it even more desirable than a photograph.

England

Hyde Park Danish-French Impressionist and neo-Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro

Painter Pissarro is known for his artworks of natural scenes and landscapes. Among his greatest masterpieces is the painting Hyde Park finished in 1890. He depicted Hyde Park in London painting the scene before him during the autumn season.

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An American Artist

The artwork of Winslow Homer

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Winslow Homer was an American artist known for his marine subjects in the late 19th-century American art. He was a master in sketching and watercolor which later led to painting with oil colors.

The Early Years

Born into an old New England family, he was just six when the family moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts where he spent a happy childhood in a rural village. It was his mother, who was an amateur painter, that urged him to become artistic. At the age of 19, Homer began an apprenticeship in a lithographic firm in Boston. At first, he just copied the designs of other artists but after some time passed he began drawing for publications like Ballou’s Pictorial and Harper’s Weekly. In 1859 he moved to New York City and began a career as a freelance illustrator. His first paintings were exhibited at the National Academy of Design.

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Lovely Landscapes

Some of the most famous painted landscapes

Landscape paintings are paintings that famous artists have painted of the natural beauty they see before them.

Thomas Cole was an English-born American artist and the founder of the Hudson River School. He created lovely oil paintings of landscapes. Among his famous paintings is The Oxbow painted in 1836. Today this painting can be viewed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

This landscape portrays the Connecticut River Valley in the New England region of the US. The view the artist had when painting was from Mount Holyoke in Northampton, Massachusetts just after a thunderstorm. The oil painting depicts the dark wilderness upon rugged cliffs while above are dark rain clouds. The view then moves on to depict a lighter landscape to the right showing the tranquility of the flowing Connecticut River. The painting is titled The Oxbow, a bend in the river.

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Renaissance Painter Raphael

Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance

Among the places where the artwork of Raphael can be seen are The Raphael Rooms at the Vatican and in the Vatican Museum.

The great painter Raffaello Sanzio or Raphael came into this world on April 6, 1483, in Urbino, Italy. He lived and created art during the period known as the High Renaissance and was both a painter and an architect. Raphael had a workshop with 50 students and assistants. A great deal of this work was done for the Vatican. His artworks have been categorized into three phases – his early career, the Florentine period, and his final years in which he produced some of his best artwork.

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Public Art to Feast Your Eyes On

Amazing public art from around the world

Europe

England

The Singing Ringing Tree is a ten-foot-tall sculpture located in the Pennine Hill range in Burnley, England. It was created to resemble the grace and shape of a real tree. This sculpture is a wind-powered sound sculpture. It was created by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu. The sculpture is made of galvanized steel and when the wind blows through it a song is produced. It won the National Award of the Royal Institute of British Architects/RIBA in 2007.

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Renaissance Painter Sandro Botticelli

A Renaissance painter

Earliest Art Work

This Renaissance painter came into this world as Alessandro Mariana Vanni Filipepi in Florence, Italy in 1445 and became known as the famous artist Sandro Botticelli. Botticelli’s father was a tanner who has a shop in Santo Spirito a popular neighborhood in Florence. The painter became an apprentice when he was 14 at the workshop of Fra Filippo Lippi. The earliest artwork Botticelli painted was around 1465 titled “Madonna and Child”. In 1470 he already had his own workshop and even if this assignment didn’t work out he was asked to do frescoes for the Monumental Cemetery in Pisa in 1474.

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Train Coming Down the Track

Popular songs about trains

“This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore” by Elton John is the final track on his 2001 album Songs from the West Coast. The song is written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The lyrics in this song refer to John’s star no longer shining as bright but he still tours and gives great performances worldwide. It was released as the second single from the album and made it on the UK Singles chart and was a Top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart in the US.

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Dutch Painter Jan Vermeer

Well-known Dutch painter

Even though he counts as being among the most beloved and well-known Dutch painters, Jan Vermeer wasn’t very well known during his lifetime. One of the main reasons was that he created around 45 paintings done for a small group of patrons in Delft, The Netherlands. During his lifetime most of the work that Vermeer created was bought by a small number of collectors. His work was best known in Delft, Hague, and some neighboring regions. Vermeer’s father was an art dealer and the pieces that his father collected let him study different art forms. When his father died in 1652 there wasn’t much money left for Vermeer to study art so he taught himself.

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You Say Tomato

Some of the top dishes made with tomatoes

Europe

Hungary

Hortobagyi palacsinta is a dish prepared with savory pancakes filled with meat like veal and prepared like a stew with tomatoes, onions, spices, and mushrooms. After the pancakes are filled the ends are tucked in and baked in an oven with sour cream and paprika.

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