Four allegories of the four seasons

 1573: Giuseppe Arcimboldo, The Four Seasons

 circa 1618: Sebastian Vrancx, Allegory of the Four Seasons

 1874: Ferenc Plachy, Allegory of the Four Seasons with Chronos

1903-9: Walter Crane, The Masque of the Four Seasons

And the first season is..?

Simple household pieces

Let's look at the intricate floral work in some Roseville pottery wall pockets.

 Apple Blossom

 Bittersweet

 Bleeding Heart

 Bushberry

 Daisy

 Foxglove

 Iris

 Jonquil

 Rose

 Thornapple

Zephyr Lily

Roseville Pottery wall pockets patterns, from Apple Blossom through Mostique

What is a wall pocket?

Belle époque on the ocean

Edwardian era lady

Launched during the Edwardian era (1901-1910s), RMS Lusitania and Mauretania were British oceanliners. They both have been briefly the world's biggest ship.

First class promenade on the boat deck (Lusitania)

Machinery space (Lusitania)

Deck equipment and navigation bridge (Lusitania)

Kitchen (Lusitania)

Officer standing on the navigation bridge, looking aft (Lusitania)

Purser's bureau on the promenade deck (Lusitania)

Stateroom, second class (Lusitania)

Third class dining saloon (Lusitania)

Crew of Mauretania

Edwardian photomanipulation?

Deck machinery and curved bridge front (Mauretania)

Engine control room (Mauretania)

First class smoking room (Mauretania)

General view of upper and lower dining saloon (Mauretania)

Kitchen (Mauretania)

Third class general activity room (Mauretania)

Verandah café (Mauretania)

Mauretania under construction

The gentleman in uniform is Mauretania’s first chief engineer, John Currie

If interest, Historic ships & shipping @ flickr

Dissimilar destiny for RMS Mauretania and RMS Lusitania:

RMS Mauretania


RMS Lusitania

In-tal-ee-oh

To create her multi-plate intaglio prints, Nancy Previs uses techniques including solarplate etching and drypoint.

She re-works her own unretouched photographic images into traditional handmade multi-plate prints.

Nancy Previs' images capture the nature's beauty, especially the one found in open spaces, such parks and fields, near water or high in the hills.

Famous intaglio artists.

The intaglio art piece Butterfly was created by Ambera Wellmann.

Happy spring equinox!

Global block

Agustín Sirai (b. 1978) is an Argentinian artist who paints scenes that seem to exist outside the confines of space.

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Yggdrasill, the mundane tree

In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is an immense ash tree, etc…