Pictures I like

[mahler10th]

Well, I see them !! What's wrong?

I'll tell you whats wrong.  You only see what you want to see, is that it Barak?       

Sorry my friend, they're not showing up here.

[Lilas Pastia]

I'm afraid you're right. But I can't figure out what's wrong  . When I review the post, everything is there, but when I leave the thread and come back it's all gone. Oh well. Just forget the whole thing. As I said, there was a lot of white stuff...

[Opus106]

I'm afraid you're right. But I can't figure out what's wrong  . When I review the post, everything is there, but when I leave the thread and come back it's all gone. Oh well. Just forget the whole thing. As I said, there was a lot of white stuff...

Did you copy and paste the links from your e-mail inbox? (Just curious. I'm imagining the white stuff as I type. )

[Opus106]

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[mahler10th]

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Navneeth is a Shuttle Maniac.     It is very nice Navneeth.  I've set it as my wallpaper for a few days.  Thank you!   

[Opus106]

You're welcome, Wilson. Not a Shuttle maniac, just a fan of awesome photos!

Now, for the next one, I'm trying to post it without actually looking at it, as I simply spend too much time ogling if I do.

http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1006/

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Link to full-size orginial - 341.5 MB

[oyasumi]

[Opus106]

All right, I'm a shuttle maniac.





Read about that streak here.

[The Six]

[The Six]

[The Six]

[SonicMan46]

[Szykneij]

1930's magazine ad

[Lethevich]

[mahler10th]

I have always liked this for some macabre reason.
Interesting period piece.

The Anatomy Lecture of Dr Nicolaes Tulp

[SonicMan46]

I have always liked this for some macabre reason.
Interesting period piece.

The Anatomy Lecture of Dr Nicolaes Tulp

Yep, as a physician, I've always enjoyed those types of works - another favorite of mine is the Gross Clinic by Thomas Eakins which is located in Philadelphia (although the scene is of an operation!) - Dave 

[Lethevich]

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[DavidRoss]

...the Gross Clinic by Thomas Eakins

Great painting, great painter:



 

[Sergeant Rock]

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[SonicMan46]

Great painting, great painter:  RE:  Thomas Eakins, an American painter!

Hi David - yes, I really enjoy Eakins - was at a medical meeting in Philadelphia in the fall of 2008 - we went to the museum (w/ the steps that Rocky Balboa ran up & down -  ) - plenty of his works there; he had clients reject his portraits because of their realism and the ability of Eakins to portray the inner souls of his posers - I guess, Tom did it too well for some! 

A good example of the above is the portrait of Ashbury Wright Lee (below) which is hanging in Reynolda House in my home town - I've seen this one many times, and it must be seen in person to really look into those eyes - yes. Lee rejected it - a little description from a website below the pic! 

In 1905, Ashbury Wright Lee saw his finished portrait by Eakins for the first time. Lee sent the artist two hundred dollars and a note stating, "you will receive the Painting back." The exchange was not atypical. Upon his death, Eakins left a studio filled with paintings, many of which his wife donated to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1929. Several of the portraits, like this painting of Lee, had been rejected by the sitters. By the 1920s, art critics were rapidly rethinking Eakins. This posthumous recognition gathered steam in 1933 when Eakins scholar Lloyd Goodrich published his first study of the painter and continues to this day with exhibitions and monographs that justly place the painter in the canon of American artists. Today, Eakins's work is prized for the artist's skill at rendering anatomical detail and nuance. Lee's bloodshot eyes and sallow complexion, while not congruent with the sitter's sense of self, give the painting uncanny presence.