Hello, and welcome :-) Thank you for visiting!Tumblr (3.0; @birdsong217)http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/615673c5e499214952cb8ec7bb8706aa/tumblr_mlart9MCzf1qi3u5ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Margaret MacDonald (English, 1864 -1933)</p> <p><em><a href="http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/foxweb/huntsearch_Mackintosh/DetailedResults.fwx?SearchTerm=52882&reqMethod=Link" target="_blank">“A Great God’s Angel”</a>.</em> Photograph of a watercolour, 1896-7. </p> <p>This illustrates the poem,<em> ‘The Defence of Guinevere’, </em>by William Morris. The two cloths the angel holds are representative of choices.</p>http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50227092339http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50227092339Sun, 12 May 2013 05:53:00 +0100Margaret MacDonaldWilliam MorrisThe Defence of GuineverepoetryMargaret MacDonald Mackintoshillustrationwatercolourangel“IF I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the...http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50224140366http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50224140366Sun, 12 May 2013 05:10:00 +0100Emily Dickinsonpoetry<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e13906e29a2cbb9d6691e0418c01d397/tumblr_ml5v3jk17H1qi3u5ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.markkarnes.com/paintings/paintings.html" target="_blank">Mark Karnes </a></p> <p><em>Interior with Sugar Bowl</em>, 2000. Acrylic on board. (<em><a href="http://www.giotto.org/cimabue/karnes/" target="_blank">via</a>)</em></p>http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50222475372http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50222475372Sun, 12 May 2013 04:46:37 +0100Mark Karnesartinterior<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b7e4fa146bf8a6c385bf1bd693df81fa/tumblr_ml493pOGGt1qi3u5ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.markkarnes.com/paintings/paintings.html" target="_blank">Mark Karnes</a></p> <p><em>Dormer Window</em>, 1998. Oil on board. (<a href="http://www.giotto.org/cimabue/karnes/" target="_blank">via</a>)</p>http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50221848755http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50221848755Sun, 12 May 2013 04:37:46 +0100Mark Karnesartwindowinterior““The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”” - Michael Altshuler ...http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50140508513http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50140508513Sat, 11 May 2013 04:54:29 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/475c1033287fc2bd60a2638b057336f2/tumblr_mmkadrMnTV1qi3u5ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>William Stott-of-Oldham (English, 1857-1900)</p> <p><a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/" target="_blank"><em>Girl in a Meadow, 1880.</em></a> Oil on canvas.</p>http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50139653978http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50139653978Sat, 11 May 2013 04:41:52 +0100William Stott of OldhamArtTate<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/86e11f52648becd0f848424686965d8d/tumblr_mmm5spQHFN1qi3u5ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>William Morris (English, 1834-1896)</p> <p><a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/morris-a-girl-with-a-flute-a00817" target="_blank"><em>A Girl with a Flute</em>, n/d.</a> Watercolour and graphite on paper.</p>http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50138765674http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50138765674Sat, 11 May 2013 04:29:09 +0100William Morrisart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b76460f06fcbe0291f4cbaf764734de3/tumblr_mmm4xqPDlV1qi3u5ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>William Morris (English, 1834 -1896)</p> <p><a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/morris-figure-of-guinevere-n05221" target="_blank"><em>Figure of Guinevere</em>, c.1858.</a> Watercolour and graphite on paper. </p>http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50136034361http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50136034361Sat, 11 May 2013 03:51:06 +0100William Morrisart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f8fbd3077600d380190cd1bcb8d77b63/tumblr_mmm1zy7xgb1qi3u5ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jean Béraud (French, 1849-1935)</p> <p><em> Paris Kiosk</em>, 1880-84. Oil on Canvas. Walters Art Museum.</p>http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50134205656http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/50134205656Sat, 11 May 2013 03:26:11 +0100Jean Beraudart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e41c231316fe50a54f6047212020fa2d/tumblr_ml7bj9E1RX1qi3u5ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?id=690" target="_blank">John La Farge</a> (1835-1910)</p> <p><em>Water-Lily, Study from Nature</em>, 1874 </p>http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49496723457http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49496723457Fri, 03 May 2013 07:07:49 +0100John La Fargeart“Put your mouthful of words away and come with me to watch the lilies open in such a field,...http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49495918472http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49495918472Fri, 03 May 2013 06:47:30 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3114d71c26dc8ab10ed2c900f4b6d68f/tumblr_mly1pqOpR21qi3u5ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Valentin Serov (1865-1911)</p> <p><em>The Hall of the Old House,</em> 1904. Oil on canvas.</p>http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49494989297http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49494989297Fri, 03 May 2013 06:25:00 +0100Valentin Serovart“The love of books. My library is an archive of longings.” - Susan Sontag, As...http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49494226324http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49494226324Fri, 03 May 2013 06:08:25 +0100Susan Sontag<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/13c95c78b3e8db594ad1f4f2d24bd94d/tumblr_mm6dp9MSla1qbidlso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://iamjapanese.tumblr.com/post/49438664878/leonard-baskin-american-1922-2000-thistle-and" target="_blank">iamjapanese</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Leonard Baskin</strong>（American, 1922-2000）</p> <p><a href="http://www.goldmarkart.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/a/baskin-leonard_baskin_blue_thistle.jpg" target="_blank"><em><strong>THISTLE AND BLUE FLOWER</strong></em></a>    1970</p> <p>etching</p> </blockquote>http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49493735270http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49493735270Fri, 03 May 2013 05:58:06 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3a00574b0b9ab85f249c95926101345d/tumblr_mlzm9hWru51qi3u5ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Robert Demachy</p> <p><a href="http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?artist_id=demachy-robert" target="_blank"><em>Caudebec </em> (circa 1910)</a></p>http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49492939145http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49492939145Fri, 03 May 2013 05:42:20 +0100Robert Demachypictorialism“Now I will wrap my agony inside my pocket-handkerchief. It shall be screwed tight into a...http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49491869125http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49491869125Fri, 03 May 2013 05:22:48 +0100Virginia WoolfThe Waves<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_49490263890" src="http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49490263890/audio_player_iframe/birdsong217/tumblr_mltt4sa3c71qf2wat?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fbirdsong217%2F49490263890%2Ftumblr_mltt4sa3c71qf2wat" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://outdarethenight.tumblr.com/post/48899409564" target="_blank">outdarethenight</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>La Villageoise,</em> Jean-Philippe Rameau<br/> Emil Gilels</p> </blockquote>http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49490263890http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49490263890Fri, 03 May 2013 04:55:24 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c99d23120ec2b8798dc8980b11c803a0/tumblr_mfm4neUcSe1qi3u5ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson (American, 1847-1906)</p> <p><em>Une Martyre (Saint Thechla)</em>, 1891. Smithsonian American Art Museum </p>http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49489147747http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49489147747Fri, 03 May 2013 04:37:00 +0100ArtSarah Paxton Ball Dodson<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a3b718cc2aa51ad5c0a15c9b0d0be834/tumblr_mk8xtjCyMp1qi3u5ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Man Ray</p> <p><em> Rue des Grands-Augustins, Paris, c1937</em></p>http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49486866724http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49486866724Fri, 03 May 2013 04:04:00 +0100Man RayParisblack and white<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5263fb0344fbfa0e66b11637b6e01c73/tumblr_mltftxBeUA1s7f3fyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/post/48854932868/vendors-and-pedestrians-along-a-steep-staircase-in" target="_blank">natgeofound</a>:</p> <p><span>Vendors and pedestrians along a steep staircase in Hong Kong, November 1934.</span><span>Photograph by W. Robert Moore, National Geographic</span></p>http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49485338165http://birdsong217.tumblr.com/post/49485338165Fri, 03 May 2013 03:44:03 +0100W. Robert MooreNational Geographic