La beaute d'une #nature
fugace et mouvante..
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• En pratiquant l' #art - Nihonga- lié au shintoïsme, l’artiste se retrouve plongé dans un état de méditation active…
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“L’étang de Monet, à l’ombre des feuillages (2011)”
•| Hiramatsu Reiji

“...the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of #mind which is close to that of prayer.”
•|• Henri Matisse |••
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|•|• 13 #sketches , 13 prayers before #painting the Dream,1940
#art #history

Princess Kako of #japan realises her first official visit in #Athens under the light of the transcultural collaboration between the two Countries...
In attendance for Her presence at the one of the kind #museum of #Asian and #japan ese #art in the Island of Corfu..

“By 'Suprematism' I mean the supremacy of pure #feeling in creative #art
..The visual phenomena of the objective world are, in themselves, meaningless; the significant thing is feeling.”
Kasimir Malevich [The Non-Objective World]
~•| #art ist
1916-1917

When the image becomes an utopia..
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#artist Helge Dahlman 1924-1979
Parisian Model
#portrait

The Illusionist's Turn
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Edouard Vuillard,1895
#artist

Encountering with PostGods..
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Merci pour le moment..
Thankful for the experience.. Benaki #museum of #Athens |•
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#books #history #art #culture

“... even if it was absolutely true,
then I should like to show by my work
what such an eccentric nobody
has in his #heart .”
Vincent van Gogh
#diaries
L’Eglise d'Auvers, 1890
#painting

“If you can change your #mind , you can change your #life ..”
William James #Monday
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Εrin Gregory
#portait #WomensArt

“... I believe that all human visual #experiences are born from movement..”
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner #artist
Naked couple..
#Expressionism

“Song of the Twelve Months in the Tune of the Tea Picker’s Song”
#art Ding Liangxian
c. 1700–1750
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This print illustrates the three winter months .The imagery of each scene is based on a popular drama catered to the tastes of urban audiences..
#chinese #culture

#japanese philosophy encounters the harmony of the Greek #landscape
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The awarded #architect Kengo Kuma focus on the combination of different elements & materials under the light of the balance between a modern sustainable approach in #Athens ,the ebb and the flow of sea

“The #world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities but to know someone who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant, is close to us in #spirit , this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.”
Goethe
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Gerald Marks
#art

“It is not the language of #painters but the language of #nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves...”
|• Vincent Van Gogh|•
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#Landscape under Stormy Sky (April 1889)

Manzai is a traditional style of comedy in #Japanese #culture comparable to double act comedy.
Manzai usually involves two performers —a straight man and a funny man —trading jokes at great speed..
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A pair of manzai performers #artist unknown
19th century

“So at the end of this #day , we give thanks
For being betrothed to the unknown.”
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• John O'Donohue •
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~ • | #wisdom #Lifequote

“The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!”
Fernando Pessoa #LiteraturePosts
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•|Spring |•|
1770-1772
Isoda Koryusai
#japanese #artist

Art is called the recognition of the hidden concepts...
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Suddenly in a gallery of #athens
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#experience #moment #thoughts

“ If #history were taught in the form of #stories , it would never be forgotten.”
• Rudyard Kipling [The Collected Works]
#Literature
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Cuno Amiet,1921
#portrait

The Ionian in May
(But not Corfu…)