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[Missoni]

That's quite something - isn't it? A - slightly - disturbing mimetic quality about it. It looks as if someone just hit the pause button - and at any time - the figure could recommence its march. The modelling of the fabric and the musculature is exquisite - whats it made out of? - cheers - I.

...yes, it was an eye opener for me as I was so used to seeing the art of the time in 2D. Some of the figures were clearly wooden but I am not sure what other materials were used. Over 10,000 items were removed from Tut's tomb and no doubt we will never again see many items such as his personal jewellery. It was the everyday objects that were the most fascinating to me, like his bed, desk, writing instruments, comb etc. Apparently the same bed making techniques are still used in Pakistan.

The exhibition was probably the last time many of the items will be seen on display outside of Egypt as they are being repatriated to a new mega museum in Cairo. However some items were stolen and or remain in private collections. I found it fascinating that every effort was made shortly after Tut's death to erase his name from history and yet his is one of the few names that will probably travel through time for as long as humanity exists.

Excuse the poor photographs...

 

[Pat-W]

These photographs bring back fond memories of my visited to Cairo. Went to the museum and ogled at the death mask,had lunch sailing on the Nile and then onwards to the Pyramids. Marvelous!!!

Great photos, @Missoni

Cheers

 

[Missoni]

These photographs bring back fond memories of my visited to Cairo. Went to the museum and ogled at the death mask,had lunch sailing on the Nile and then onwards to the Pyramids. Marvelous!!!

Great photos, @Missoni

Cheers

Thank you...

 

[thegallus1]

A small herd of deer live in forest around Culloden House Hotel. I recently tried to take some pictures of them with my Sigma 70-200 f2.8. Needless to say I didn't really have the reach. So with a summer event being cancelled due to the current situation I invested in a second hand Sigma 120-400 f 4.5-5.6. So glad I did as I managed to get a shot of this young fellow.

Canmera: Nikon D600
Lens : Sigma 120-400 f4.5-5.6
Focal Length: 400mm
Aperature: f5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/50
ISO: 100

Added a little exposure compensation, saturation and sharpening in post processing.

 

[Tony'schin]

That's quite something - isn't it? A - slightly - disturbing mimetic quality about it. It looks as if someone just hit the pause button - and at any time - the figure could recommence its march. The modelling of the fabric and the musculature is exquisite - whats it made out of? - cheers - I.

Iain, you have a wonderful turn of phrase, "mimetic" used as it should be.
The photos are very nice.
Although I do enjoy Egyptian art and I am fascinated by the pharaohs history, alas, I have not seen any of it "in situ".
Not somewhere I have fancied visiting.
Maybe one day.
T

 

[Digimonkey]

@Missoni - I.

 

[Missoni]

@Missoni - I.

Thanks for this; just checked it out, it comes across as a must read. I have downloaded several free texts on the early history of the region and added them to my reading list but this looks like a real gem. One description, I read regarding the author "the quintessence of a man who is a scholar, poet, and philosopher all rolled into one" had me hooked even though I think the definitive article "the" is missing from the book title, which I am sure is not but rather my own somewhat warped grasp of grammar. I am going through a dry patch with reading at the moment, sometimes I just can not pick-up a book or a kindle and other times I can not put one down - I remain a stranger to the middle path.

 

[Digimonkey]

@patw - lockdown close - in colour. I.

 

[Pat-W]

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@patw - lockdown close - in colour. I.

Lockdown - getting jobs done !

 

[Pat-W]

Edinburgh, circa early 1970's...the last of the original tenements...

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Reminds me of my childhood,growing up in Springburn (Glasgow).

 

[Missoni]

Reminds me of my childhood,growing up in Springburn (Glasgow).

...I am assuming you made it past 30 then. The life expectancy for some of these inner city, Scottish neighbourhoods is bettered by many of the poorest countries in the global South. I was one of the lucky ones, I think, many were not, and succumbed early in their lives to the diseases of despair.

 

[Pat-W]

Ha, yes ,I managed to survive.So far so good !!!

 

[am4862]

Venturing out into the garden between bouts of painting!!! Taken with a iPhone XR, uneditted

 

[am4862]

And another

 

[Blademonkey]

 

[Digimonkey]

'Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp,
Dare its deadly terrors clasp!

When the stars threw down their spears
And water'd heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?'



Unlike Blake - I can spell - tiger - properly - lockdown walk pictures - I.

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