Rainy Day in #Paris: ‘The Umbrellas' by Pierre-Auguste Renoir invites us to step into a moment suspended in time

"It's hard to believe that Renoir & his fellow Impressionists were the first #artists to capture such aspects of everyday life in the city... from the viewpoint of the Parisian worker... rather than the upper classes."

The latest article in Signifier is by Kim Vertue & can be read for free via this link:

https://medium.com/signifier/a-rainy-day-in-paris-1b33207bebad?sk=74326ff7702cad0f4ddb3183738cd4ed

#art #artists #history #painting #impressionism

The #paintings of Lisa Eurgain Taylor are showcased in the current #exhibition at The Signifier : six : shot : gallery

https://medium.com/the-signifier/snowdonia-and-me-eryri-a-mi-f9c63213f473?sk=32ed5943c3406ca8825c88662299795b

"...a combination of specific and imaginary places, and have an other-worldly and magical feel to them."

#art #artist #Wales #Cymru #landscape #Snowdonia

#DyddGwylDewiHapus #HappyStDavidsDay

& here's a piece about the #folklore of #Wales - 'A Year & a Day: My Top 5 Characters from the Mabinogion' - published in Folklore Thursday

https://folklorethursday.com/legends/a-year-and-a-day-my-top-5-characters-from-the-mabinogion/

"The Mabinogion is a mess of misconstrued mythology, a minefield of mistranslation and misinterpretations. It’s also the font of all #Fantasy ..."

#illustration : a Cŵn Annwn (of the Hounds of Arawn) by Zel Cariad #イラスト

"The ‘futuristic’ form of the Ericofon may conjure imagery of 1960s science fiction or, in the case of the bright orange model, 1970s #PopArt optimism. It seems to proclaim, 'this is tomorrow!' but the concept was born during the interwar Modernist revolution."

I'm dialling-up the retro-chic in my latest article for Signifier now published at Medium:

https://medium.com/signifier/ericofon-calling-the-future-829bdc4322f0?sk=d3c54c34d578cb78db98a0bbe6dc6a3a

#art #design #retro #style #antique #marketing

French #author Victor Hugo #BOTD 1802

Celebrate his birthday with a couple of #reviews I wrote for Frame Rated of #films adapted from his famous epic novels...

the classic THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1923) starring the great Lon Chaney - https://medium.com/framerated/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-1923-blu-ray-eureka-masters-of-cinema-f299c2b67f77?sk=369732b28a646cde5cb972c7ca715c5f

& the superior THE MAN WHO LAUGHS (1928) directed by Paul Leni, with Conrad Veidt - https://medium.com/framerated/the-man-who-laughs-1928-blu-ray-eureka-masters-of-cinema-89de17881c0?sk=1feea03de0132df43991a25b1d0ba961

#silent #cinema #Gothic #horror #movies

Hideo Gosha's 'Violent Streets' (1974)

"In one poignant scene, characters discuss memories of meaningful moments they’ve shared & all of them occurred in places that have since disappeared. Much of late-C20th #Japanese #cinema deals with the aftermath of WWII as the nation acknowledges its heritage & reinvents its cultural identities."

my #review of the new #bluray release from Eureka! for Frame Rated

https://medium.com/framerated/violent-streets-1974-blu-ray-eureka-masters-of-cinema-6586bcdaf503?sk=8a3c2aebd62f4b258d51242ff111600d

#Japan #thriller #1970s #film

"With 'The Final Programme' (1973), Robert Fuest proved himself the only director brave enough to adapt a novel by Michael Moorcock for the screen. The results are as entertaining and audaciously bonkers as one might imagine."

my review of the new StudioCanal Blu-ray release for Frame Rated

https://medium.com/framerated/the-final-programme-1973-blu-ray-studio-canal-cult-classics-387153464c01?sk=67367048bf5b1e5ea8d132e69f408043

#sciencefiction #movies #1970s #classic #film #PopArt

Immortal Beauty: Botticelli’s Venus Trilogy

"The brightest evening star currently making its appearance after sunset in the Northern hemisphere is the planet Venus... The most iconic image of Venus was painted by Sandro Botticelli 500 years ago, and after centuries of obscurity, it finally came to epitomise ideals of feminine beauty."

The latest article in Signifier is by Kim Vertue & can be read for free via this link:

https://medium.com/signifier/immortal-beauty-botticellis-venus-trilogy-921ab326ed69?sk=a52d4130b4aa1ea043611fa44d31fe5c

#art #artists #history #painting #Mythology

"there was a crashing close behind them as branches snapped & cracked, followed by a soft thudding on the mossy ground. They turned to see, emerging from a thicket, the head & shoulders, followed by the arching wings, body & snaking tail of a bronze-coloured dragon. Its body was covered in an armour of scales & its eyes burnt with a cinder-red glow"

#illustration & extract from
THIS (Part 3) 'This Citadel, Wherein The Elfyn Royal Reside'
epic fairy-tale #Fantasy by Remy Dean with Zel Cariad

a tasty BIODE

(suitable for vegans, new work, photoreactive print © 2023)

a few more can be seen here: https://medium.com/the-signifier/biodes-871976e6bb27?sk=cf412eccf5b253b072172c0339691ad7

#abstract #art #photography #food