The Hype Dragon

Anna Mary Robertson Moses (Grandma Moses) (American, 1860--1961)

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Noah's Ark

Description

The biblical story of Noah’s ark, depicted here, is found in the book of Genesis (6:9–9:28). To punish people for their wicked and violent ways, God decided to send heavy rains to earth for forty days and forty nights. First, however, he instructed Noah, a righteous man, to build an ark for his family and two of every kind of animal. After the rains stopped, a dove sent out by Noah returned to the ark with an olive branch, proof that the floodwater had receded and plants could grow again. Then God created a beautiful rainbow in the sky as a symbol of his promise to never destroy the earth again.

This painting by Edward Hicks shows a long, curving line of animals approaching Noah’s huge boat. Prancing horses and a serious-looking lion stare out at us, while pairs of elegant, black-and-white-striped zebras, giraffes, camels, tigers, and hippopotamuses stand patiently. In the distance, tiny black birds fly down from the dark, rain-filled clouds overhead.

Edward Hicks learned to paint decorative motifs when he was apprenticed to a coach maker at the age of thirteen. Later he became a successful sign painter and a devout Quaker preacher. Although his business conflicted with Quaker beliefs-that art is a distraction and a needless luxury-Hicks considered his art to be an expression of his faith and created paintings that told religious stories. This is the only painting he made of the story of Noah’s ark.

18th century tiles from Arenys de Mar (Barcelona Metropolitan Ambit, Catalonia).

Source: Museu d'Arenys de Mar.

Art by Ukrainian folk artist Tetiana Pata (1884-1976) from the village of Petrykivka (after wich the distinctive local art style of folk drawings was named). Petrykivka artists used drawings to decorate walls ans ceilings of the houses, furniture and sometimes clothes. The pictures are from the album printed in 1973. Scans are of good quality, so feel free to save the favs and zoom in as it's not easy to find such a quality while searching on Google.

Мистецтво української народної художниці Тетяни Пати (1884-1976) з села Петриківка (від якої названо самобутній місцевий художній стиль народного малюнка). Петриківські художники малюнком прикрашали стіни та стелю будинків, меблі, іноді одяг. Малюнки подано за виданням альбому 1973 року. Відскановані зображення хорошої якості, тож не соромтеся зберігати що сподобається та наближати картинку, оскільки непросто знайти таку якість під час пошуку в Google.

Source : https://uartlib.org/knygy-pro-hudozhnykiv/tetyana-pata-albom/

18th-century painted tile of a woman and her cat keeping warm.

This style of tiles is called "job tiles" and is one of the most characteristic forms of Catalan folk art. They were very common between the 17th and the early 20th centuries and represent people doing everyday activities such as jobs, hobbies, holidays, playing musical instruments, etc as well as representing animals, ships, and more.

Source: Museu d'Història de Barcelona.

House and barn, 1848, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

"The Man and the Girl by the River" (1994) by Anastasiya Rak (1922-2014)

To Grandma's House We Go on Thanksgiving Day, Grandma Moses, 1 September 1942

Oil and glitter on Masonite 16 x 22 ½ in. (40.6 x 57.2 cm)

17th- and 18th-century tiles decorated with representations of disabled people. From Barcelona, Catalonia. Museu d'Història de Barcelona: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

This tiles are "rajoles d'ofici" (meaning "job tiles" in Catalan language), a typical kind of decorated tiles that were very common in Catalonia between the 16th and 19th centuries, and which have become one of the most iconic examples of Catalan folk art. "Job tiles" are called this way because very often they represented people working, but they also represent people taking part in festivities, hobbies, or many other activities from daily life, as well as animals and workplaces. Thousands of these tiles have been preserved, and thanks to them we can see snippets of life a few centuries ago. (You can find more information and examples of these tiles in this previous post.)

Vase with Irises (1890) by Vincent van Gogh

"Porn is bad because (something that happens because of lack of sex education)" is such a frustrating and common opinion tbh

Ppl genuinely thinking exposing a boy to extreme porn with themes of rape and violence from ages 8-25 in a misogynistic society can be adequately counteracted with a "always ask for permission" session once in highschool is a very frustrating and common opinion tbh

wanted to rant about howl's moving castle and decided to rewatch it... I'm only like five minutes in and I'm just thinking why even bother claiming it's an adaptation..........

I like how it introduces patrick bateman Howl swooping in to save Sophie from creepy soldiers when in the book Howl was the one creeping her out........ straight up butchered my husbando

like this is my biggest problem with the movie....... they made Howl too selfless. like Christian Bale would "fit" him if he was like his book counterpart but instead you have the creepy Patrick Bateman voice coming out of a guy whose biggest flaw is that he is a little bit of a drama queen (in like, one scene in the whole movie). but he is still unambiguously good and heroic. they made Howl so boring lmao

I think that is also my biggest problem with ghibli movies in general... the whole draw is the animation, the characters tend to be pretty conventional and boring. there are some exceptions. but turning the very deeply flawed (but ultimately good) Howl into some generic hero is such a bizarre creative choice. not getting into things like completely neutering Calcifer or making Michael into a small child or any of the other gigantic changes lmao

honestly I'm curious what even drew miyazaki to the story or why he wanted to adapt it outside of "oh I found the moving castle very charming" like ??? he turned a funny modern (for the time) feminist take on fairy tales into a generic anti-war ghibli movie............. anyway it is a bad adaptation