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Descent from the Cross, Adam Lenckhardt , 1653, Cleveland Museum of Art: European Painting and Sculpture

The prince of Liechtenstein, Karl Eusebius–one of the preeminent Central European art collectors and patrons of music during the 1600s–commissioned this work. The contract challenged Lenckhardt to carve an eight-figure group out of a single huge African elephant tusk from Eusebius’s own treasury. Because of the tusk’s hollow interior, the artist plugged the sculpture with an additional piece of ivory at the base, now the skull and bone at the foot of the cross. The story unfolds only by walking around the sculpture, with every viewpoint offering subtle fluctuations of the narrative. Size: Overall: 44.8 x 16.5 x 12.1 cm (17 5/8 x 6 ½ x 4 ¾ in.) Medium: ivory

https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.134

Lois Weaver and Peggy Shaw in Belle Reprieve, 1990.

Shaw and Weaver take on Tennessee Williams’ “Streetcar Named Desire” and the mythic proportions of Stanley and Blanche. Both steamy and hysterical, Belle Reprieve looks at gay and lesbian sex in the 1940’s and both honors Williams and turns him on his head. Written and performed by Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver of Split Britches and Bette Bourne and Paul Shaw of Bloolips.

Footage of the play in its entirety is available here.

The Boston Athenæum, Massachusetts, United States,

The Boston Athenaeum is one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States. It is also one of a number of membership libraries, for which patrons pay a yearly subscription fee to use Athenæum services. 

The institution was founded in 1807 by the Anthology Club of Boston, 

Architects: Edward Clarke Cabot, Bigelow & Wadsworth,

The Warsaw Uprising in color

The Warsaw Uprising, which broke out on August 1, 1944, was the largest resistance operation in German-occupied Europe during World War II. For 63 days, the Poles fought on their own, receiving only a small amount of support as part of the airdrops by the Allies.

From A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935).

‘mystery of love’ by sufjan stevens but you’re picking flowers in your countryside backyard while your neighbor who you’re secretly in love with plays music you can hear through their open window. (headphones recommended) (youtube)

An abandoned potato sorting station near Krasnosilka, Ukraine with a unusual, cantilevered design. The concrete block at the end forms the counterweight of the structure, creating the impression it floats over the fields.

Photographer unknown.