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detroitlib · 4 days

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View of mural triptych on Man's Mobility by John S. Coppin located in Adam Strohm Hall at the Detroit Public Library. Printed on front: "Adam Strohm Hall, Detroit Public Library." Printed on back: "Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan. Adam Strohm Hall. An exhibition center for the display of books and other cultural materials. This room of outstanding architectural beauty is enhanced by the mural triptych on Man's Mobility, designed and created by Detroit artist John S. Coppin. Photo by John Penrod. [copyright] Penrod/Hiawatha Co., Berrien Center, Michigan 49102, phone 616-461-6993."

Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

#john s. coppin #art #murals #library #john penrod #detroit #man's mobility #adam strohm hall #libraries #library buildings #postcards #triptych #detroit public library

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salmonrowe · 1 year

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Designed a mural for the office equity, diversity and inclusion for painting class, and we all finished it last night! Had a great time doin it

#illustration #art #artists on tumblr #mural #community art #triptych

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youngmoviemaker · 18 days

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Triptych mural found in the Scorched Gorge. Triffany & Buddy are having a fun discussion about its potential meaning.

#bugsnax #bugsnax journalist #triffany lottablog #buddy inkguard #my art #digital art #artists on tumblr #the fool was i

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nicodelenfent · 1 year

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More art on Interview with the Vampire:

The jigsaw puzzle Daniel Molloy is solving in one of the very first scenes of the show (s01e01) is a replica of Bruegel the Elder's The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1562).

The illustrations on Lestat's Mardi Gras ball invite (which can be seen in s01e07) are taken directly from Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights (central panel) (1480-1505).

Both artists (Bruegel and Bosch) are mentioned in Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (1976), as their sinister works decorate the walls of the vampire lair underneath the Théâtre des Vampires in Paris:

"I could see a world of frescoes and murals surrounded us, their colors deep and vibrant above the dancing flame, and gradually the theme and content beside us came clear. It was the terrible `Triumph of Death' by Breughel, painted on such a massive scale that all the multitude of ghastly figures towered over us in the gloom [...] I turned away, but the auburn-haired one touched my hand and led me further along the wall to see `The Fall of the Angels' slowly materializing with the damned being driven from the celestial heights into a lurid chaos of feasting monsters. So vivid, so perfect was it, I shuddered [...] The candle rose. And horrors rose all around me: the dumbly passive and degraded damned of Bosch, the bloated coned corpses of Traini, the monstrous horsemen of Durer, and blown out of all endurable scale a promenade of medieval woodcut, emblem, and engraving."

(Rue Royale Art) (Dubai Penthouse Art) (F. Bacon Triptych)

#iwtv #interview with the vampire

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askvectorprime · 8 months

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Dear Vector Prime, what can you tell me about IDW1 Treadshot? What was life like before Impactor ended him via harpoon?

Dear Gunman Gleaner,

Treadshot was originally incepted as part of the Silver Harvest, the mass population boom that filled Cybertron's city streets with life, and was assigned a fairly prestigious position as part of the artisan caste, like many who shared his body-type. Given a particle magnetizer, it was his job to paint murals depicting Cybertron's glorious past onto public buildings. Treadshot saw this as his calling, greatly admiring those ancient heroic deeds. He would speculate at length as to what life must have been like in those times, imagining what he might have done if he’d been there, and dreaming about what he’d say to various important historical figures—many of whom were still alive, naturally.

Misfortune first befell Treadshot during renovation of the Primal Basilica. While working on a fresco of Onyx Prime, a stately piece in the traditional triptych form, Treadshot fell from his hover platform, and impaled himself on the statue of Primus.

Though he recovered to working order fairly quickly, Treadshot found himself reassigned to lower-profile tasks. The official word was that Treadshot’s absentmindedness meant he posed a risk to others, but it was clear to everyone involved that his demotion would never have happened were it not for the fact that he had splattered a senator with his spilled oil.

Reduced to maintaining public buildings, he soon fell in with his fellow artisans Atomizer and Bricolo. The brothers spent both their work-cycles and off-cycles together, dreaming of bigger things. Their bar crawls eventually took them to the Dead End, where the three were introduced to the violent world of gladiatorial combat. Watching the combatants, Treadshot felt each and every blow in his spark—at one point almost literally, when a stray spear sailed into the crowd and pierced his abdomen. Once he came back online, Treadshot found he had a new calling… spraying elaborate warpaint onto gladiators like Skyquake. And much like he had while painting heroes of myth, he daydreamed of how it would feel to be the one fighting.

When Megatron’s grand uprising began, Treadshot finally got his wish. He joined up with the Decepticons to take part in the "Liberation of Kaon" (what Autobots would record as the start of the Fall of the First Five Cities)—and was even able to personally take revenge on the senator who'd been responsible for his fall from grace. However, when Megatron had his legendary battle with Sentinel Prime, Treadshot wound up pinned under the Prime’s Apex Armor. Had Megatron not thought to make the ruined battle suit a throne, they might never have discovered Treadshot crushed beneath, one of its many cannons nearly puncturing his spark. As it happened, Megatron took inspiration from the sight, and tore loose a warped piece of Treadshot’s spark casing, commanding that it be forged into a new Deceptibrand for Treadshot—the first instance of this barbaric practice.

This was as close as Treadshot ever came to entering into Cybertron’s mythology. He spent much of the war acting as just another soldier, with long periods of boredom punctuated by brief intervals of shocking violence. Through diligence over the millenia, he worked his way up the ranks, eventually finding his way into the Decepticon Secret Service as a troubleshooter—but after a disastrous mission to track down Monstructor and Jhiaxus, he was captured by the Autobots, who had to physically pry him from the wall where he’d been skewered.

Placed into Spark Extraction in Garrus-9, Treadshot was eventually reactivated during Overlord’s takeover, and was offered a position as one of the new prison guards. It’s impossible to say whether Overlord knew anything of Treadshot’s history for which to favor him, or if he was selected by chance—but if it was luck that governed his fate, it was certainly bad luck, and over the following three years Treadshot partook in brutality unlike anything in the Cybertronian legends which had once enthralled him. Perhaps, when his spark was reunited with his body, it fell through the holes that lingered from those old near-misses, leaving only an empty chamber to await Impactor’s harpoon.

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surfingkaliyuga · 2 years

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“Trittico della marcia su Roma / Triptych of the March on Rome” Duilio Cambellotti 1933 Central panel of a triptych mural in Palazzo del Governo in Ragusa, Sicily.

#mural #painting #art #italy #italia #fascism #marcia su roma #march on rome #partito nazionale fascista #duilio cambellotti #mussolini #ragusa #sicily

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scotianostra · 6 months

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Happy Birthday Scottish artist Jack Vettriano.

Born Jack Hoggan 1951 in St. Andrews, I think many of us will identify with Jack’s upbringing in the industrial seaside town of Methil, in Fife.

The family lived in a spartan miner’s cottage, sharing a bed with his brother and wearing hand-me-down clothes. From the age of 10, his father sent him out delivering papers and milk, cleaning windows and picking potatoes — any job that would earn money, he took half his earning from the youngster.

At 16, like so many in the Fife area he went into the pits, as a mining engineer, he also spent sometime as a bingo caller at the Beachcomber Amusements on Leven Promenade.

For his 21st birthday, his then girlfriend gave him a set of watercolour paints, from there he taught himself to paint. His first attempts at painting were copies of impressionist paintings such as Poppy Fields by Claude Monet. His early influences also included works displayed in the Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery. He moved to Edinburgh in 1987 and adopted the last name of Vettriano, his mother’s maiden name. Jack applied to study Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh, but his portfolio was rejected.

A year later he submitted two paintings for sale to the Royal Scottish Academy. He sold both paintings, and galleries began approaching him to sell his work. Vettriano successfully exhibited his work in many cities, including Edinburgh, Hong Kong, London, and New York. Vettriano’s paintings typically sell for between £48,000 and £195,000, and his total income from royalties is £500,000 per year.

The Royal Academy rejected The Singing Butler for its 1992 summer exhibition, but it sold for £744,500 in 2004, and I say good on him, I suspect their refusal was more to do with snobbery than anything else.

Jack went on to create a series of seven paintings in 1996 that commemorated Sir Malcolm Campbell’s land-speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The most expensive painting in this series was Bluebird at Bonneville, which sold for £468,000 in 2007.

It’s not all about pocketing his earnings though, Bethany Christian Trust, Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres, Quarriers and Teenage Cancer Trust are just a few of the charities to have benefitted from the sale of some of his paintings.

Vettriano collaborated with Sir Jackie Stewart in 2008 to create Tension, Timing, Triumph – Monaco 1971, a triptych that commemorated Stewart’s overall victory of the 1971 Formula One racing season The Weight is Vettriano’s self-portrait, which has been displayed in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery since 2011.

He likes to gamble on horses, but only bets what he can afford to lose, which I think would mean every day!!!

Jack has set up the Vettriano Trust, and plans to leave his money in the trust “to do good work”

His work rarely fails at auction - he points out that a recent oil painting of his sold for £35,000, well above the estimate. Reproductions of the painting remain the best selling art print in the UK.

But while Vettriano is loved, he's also loathed.

His work has been variously described as "brainless erotica", "just colouring in" "mere wallpaper" and "crass male fantasy ". But another artist David Mach says: "If he was a fashion designer Jack would be right up there. It's all just art world snobbery." Just as I said earlier.

Now 70, he still has his demons, and still rails against the establishments which continue to shut him out. But after two postponements and nearly three years of waiting, he recently said he's delighted his exhibition in Kirkcaldy finally opened to the public earlier this year

One of my favourites by Vettriano is “Dr Connolly I Presume” –which Glasgow street artist Rogue One reproduced in a giant mural outside Hootenanny Bar at Dixon Street, but it is danger of being destroyed as there are plans for a new building to go up there.

Meanwhile Fife Council are trying to raise funds for a statue of his Singing Butler,as seen in the third pic, at least he is being recognised there as I still see a lot of snobbery in the art world towards him, at least in Scotland.

You can check out more from this talented Fifer on his own web site below, and while some of his work is described as erotic, it really is very tame, naughty but nice I would say.

https://www.jackvettriano.com/

#scotland #scottish #history #artist #painter #fifer #happy birthday

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pwlanier · 2 years

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Multi-Fish Mural — A Triptych Display

Diplomystus dentatus, Knightia eocaena, Cockerellites liops, Mioplosus labracoides

Early Eocene (approx. 50 million years ago)

Green River Formation, Fossil Lake Member, Green River Stone Quarry, Wyoming

Panels measure 48 by 24 inches (122 x 61 cm) each, together 48 by 72 inches (122 x 182.9 cm). 56 pounds (25.4 kg) together.

Three separate fossil fish mosaic murals assembled on a large natural slab of tan and gray Green River limestone matrix. Largest fish (Diplomystus dentatus) measures 17¾ inches (45.1 cm). Each mural is backed in wood with finished beveled edges. A two-part aluminum, French cleat has been added to verso for hanging.

Sotheby’s

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nyandreasphotography · 20 days

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Streets of color by City-as-School in the West Village - New York City by Andreas Komodromos

A street vendor stationed in front of the largest mural in New York City, at City-as-School in the West Village. The triptych was created by Magda Love (left panel), Al Diaz (center) and Eduardo Kobra (right panel, partial view).

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queenofspoons · 10 months

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I got Vykron in the mail today, very cool packaging with a big Frazetta inspired triptych mural on the front of the box.

The figure itself is really nice and I’m going to check out his other armors later today.

#motu #vykron #mattel creations #packaging design

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tomorrowusa · 1 year

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A mural in Nairobi which is part of a triptych created by a team of six Kenyan and Ukrainian artists. 🇰🇪🇺🇦

The Kenyan news site Tuko reports:

Kenyan and Ukrainian artists worked together on a beautiful triptych mural that symbolises a beautiful partnership between the two countries

According to one of the Ukrainian artists this wall project signifies the start of relations between the nations

This project dubbed Grains of Culture explores three themes: the colonial past and post-colonial roles, the collapse of empires, and national identity

Vladimir Putin views Ukraine as a colony which never should have become independent. In that respect, the invasion of Ukraine is an echo of some of the imperialist colonial wars of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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detroitlib · 1 year

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View of mural triptych on Man's Mobility by John S. Coppin located in Adam Strohm Hall at the Detroit Public Library. Below murals is a librarian at reference desk; bookshelves and card catalog in background. Typed on back: "The Detroit News, December 7, 1964."

Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

#john s. coppin #man's mobility #mural #art #library #libraries #adam strohm hall #detroit #detroit history #1964 #detroit public library #bookshelves #books #strohm hall #librarian #reference desk #detroit news

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rosewatergrapefruit · 6 months

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I love you triptychs of Hieronymous Bosch I love you murals of Diego Rivera I love you paintings with so so so many things in them

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roleplaying-grenade · 1 year

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My son has been watching a lot of archaeology documentaries, like a lot, and today I saw a photo of ancient Greek architecture.

This immediately led to thoughts about Dungeons and Dragons and ttrpgs in general, as well as Wasters. So buckle up, this may ramble.

I think DnD shines best when you’re dungeon crawling. Big surprise, it’s not called Ballrooms and Beholders, although that game sounds sick.

The question that I frequently run against is ‘why dungeons?’

It doesn’t really make sense in most campaigns that a family of bugbears or guardbots have crafted a residence in neat 5x5 squares.

Here’s where we circle back. In the same way medieval Europeans walked on Roman roads, or modern archaeological digs extrapolate meanings, a party of adventurers should consistently be tramping over, under, around and through the remains of culture.

“But Ryan, what about just using caves as a setting? That seems way easier.”

You’re right! It doesn’t entail thinking about who ruled the land 2,000 years ago, or why elves don’t just remember all these things.

I think it’s more interesting, though.

A lived in world with history feels real and gives so much depth to a table.

“Okay. Reasonable, but how?”

After you’ve spent your thirty minutes thinking about who it was (make it gnomes, but that’s a second thread) just start sprinkling art. Art survives.

Empty tombs colonized and trapped by goblins are covered in the triptychs and reliefs of preFall elven burial practices and death beliefs.

Kobolde have hollowed out a mound and found an ancient orcish palace with murals, statuary and ornamental weapons.

It’s easy to watch any historical tv show or documentary and just dip your setting in it.

Does this seem a little colonizery, having bloodthirsty monster hunters and treasure seekers plumb the depths of a dead civilization? Yes.

Can we push back against that? Yes.

It’s crucial that you add in an NPC somewhere who is interested in this civilization and is OF this civilization, at least through ancestry or heritage. If the gnomish diaspora has been scattered for 5,000 years, having a single scholar be interested in logging places of importance and beginning to uncover their peoples lost history is needed.

If the orcish empire fell to the demonways 2,000 years ago, then a council of orcs needs to be searching for answers in the background to head off some recurrent threat.

Having these NPCs be able to guide and interface with, let’s you treat a lost or forgotten culture respectfully, as well as the type of thing that livens a world.

Also, elves live to 400 years max. Immortal species are the worst.

#ttrpg #dungeons and dragons #dnd #wasters #dungeonmaster #dm advice #campaign design

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soup-is-here · 2 years

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Jared = Kevin or Cal?

I have a theory that Jared Banksy is either Kevin or Cal in a different form.

Reasons for Kevin:

Banksy's Mural of Kevin with a meat crown, signifying the creation of Night Vale's counterpart

Mirror Mural showing Cecil looking at a version of himself that makes him uneasy

Reasons for Cal:

Mirror Mural showed Cecil looking back at himself; Cal could look like Cecil

Cecil seemed to have more fear than genuine anger at the Mirror Mural, similar to his reaction to Cal in Cal

Kevin seems to only get anger (other than the sympathy in Triptych)

These are extremely basic observations that might mean nothing or might mean everything. Either way, I like having it written down

#Also can I just say that Cecil Baldwin put his whole Cecussy into this episode #absolutely ate that shit up #the emotion. the theatrics. the variation.#chefs kiss #good episode finknor good episode #wtnv #wtnv tracking guide #wtnv 213 #wtnv spoilers

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cewritten23 · 6 months

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new and updated conceptual mind map

Revisited Ideas for Project: only slight additions

• Painting; limited colour pallet, acrylic, oil paint, watercolour, gaping mouth, manic grin, unnatural expressions, and unnatural features.

• Other mediums; willow charcoal, chalk, Quink or Indian ink, graphite stick and pencil

• Scale; in feet, meters, A1, A2, and A3.

• Stretch my own canvases as well as buying pre-made stretched canvases.

• Textured painting; salt, plaster, collage under paint, impasto, sgraffito, and modelling paste.

• Distortion techniques; wash, wire brush (sgraffito), rags, washes of colour, spray bottle to create dripping and warped appearance.

• Inspiration/Research; Edvard Munch, Francis Bacon, Ken Currie, Gerhard Ritcher, Frank Auerbach, Douglas Gordon, Johnathan Meese, Boo Saville, Soulages Pierre, Phillipe Rodrigue, George Martin, Zdzislaw Beksinski, Stephen Dunne, horror movie imagery, the theory of the uncanny, surrealism, metamorphism, shadow figures, painting and painting techniques as well as the psychology of dreams by Sigmund Freud.

• Installation; for degree show either hang certain works independently or within my 8-foot wooden structure. Mounted on wall, large scale, polyptych, triptych, mural size, stretched canvas, upstretched canvas, or diptych.

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