I never felt so much
Since I have felt at all
The tingling smell and touch
Of dogrose and sweet briar,
Nettles against the wall,
All sours and sweets that grow
Together or apart
In hedge or marsh or ditch…
“Had a fit of the scunners: heart withered up.”
—Willa Muir (1890–1970) was born #OTD, 13 March. Her translations of #Kafka solidified his reputation in English, & then internationally
In this article, Prof Michelle Woods looks at Willa Muir—a #Shetland translator in #Prague
Lots of great pieces. My personal favorites probably are the paintings by Abram Manewytsch. The phone pics don't do them justice. That goat 🐐 made me smile 😂
Was on my way home on Monday and decided to stop in the Loop to go to a stationary shop. As I was exiting the Monroe Blue Line, I saw a sign with an arrow that said "Chicago Chagall." I went upstairs and found this beautiful Chagall in front of the Chase building. One of the special things about Chicago is the presence of a lot of public art from very famous artists.
James Leslie Mitchell (1901–1935), better known as Lewis Grassic Gibbon, was born #OTD, 13 Feb. Author of SUNSET SONG – & many other titles from #HistoricalFiction to #ScienceFiction – he is one of the most important #Scottish writers of the #20thcentury
Nan Shepherd (1893–1981) was born #OTD, 11 Feb. Recently her nature writing, & her memoir THE LIVING MOUNTAIN, has gained attention—but she was also an important #modernist novelist. Charlotte Peacock weighs her contribution to Scotland’s literary renaissance
Stumbled across this lovely post by photographer Darren Bradley and it made me feel very differently — warm and fuzzy, even — about our campus architecture, which he describes as being "one of the finest collections of Modernist architecture in the United States."
I like an interesting piece of street furniture, and this modernist-style head, from Prague, is just the ticket.
I've no idea if it has any purpose, but it's very striking.
📖 In a chapter of the book "Music and the Making of Portugal and Spain", Vera Marques Alves explores how modernism and transnational connections shaped the folklore policy of the Estado Novo, in particular the nationalist uses of folk carried out by the regime's propaganda service (the Secretariat of National Propaganda).
This streamlined extension was added in 1937, as a domestic science block, it is one of many schools in our new Modernism Beyond Metro-Land book, get yours here ⬇️
Progress report on new #freeformcrochet project. Top of the back and both arms shown, in double knit hand-dyed merino, also chunky recycled plastic bottles and a bit of metallic/Angora. Inspiration... Georgia O'Keeffe, body parts in a grey/red palette. The rest of the yarn is a lighter 4-ply. I needed a heavier yarn for everything to hang from. Much more surface work to do on the joined scrumbles.
Recinte Sant Pau, a hospital well ahead of its time and more beautiful than any I’ve seen.
Designed in late 1800s, mostly for poor, it used aromatherapy, bright colors & nature to boost moods, and had significant focus on air circulation and ventilation. #hospital#arquitectura#architecture#barcelona#modernism
there are not little accounts on the #birdsite, who on first sight promote #classical#art* only to get a whole lot of reactionary crap passed under the radar and show off their simplistic world views and lack of capacity and/or will to get the #postmodern discourse. by all means culture_crit is a perfect example.
*in itself nothing wrong with that at all
"I must tell you that I should really like to think there's something wrong with me -- Because, if there isn't, then there's something wrong with the world itself -- and that's much more frightening!"
Strathclyde University's Livingstone Tower. Built in the 1960s, it was designed in an International Modern style by Covell, Matthews & Partners. I know this building won't be everyone's cup of tea, but does encapsulate the architecture of its time.