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POPSVan Gogh's Letters This website is a treasure! One of the great Masters of Art is revealed in his letters. A couple excerpts below: "Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Wilhelmina van Gogh (19 September 1889) ... together with that copy after Delacroix. It is splendid weather outside - but for a long time - two months to be exact - I have not left my room; I don't know why. What I need is courage, and this often fails me. And it is also a fact that since... Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (c. 10 December 1889) ... - and be sure that I think of you often, here where I spend my days more withdrawn into myself than now and then seems to me desirable. Yet I have decidedly no reason at all to complain, feeling stronger and healthier...
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POPSMona Lisa Portrait of Mona Lisa (1479-1528), also known as La Gioconda, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo; 1503-06 (150 Kb); Oil on wood, 77 x 53 cm (30 x 20 7/8 in); Musee du Louvre, Paris
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POPSAncient Theater Masks Rediscovered in Pompeii more: According to Borriello, the fact that the large plaster masks were all dug up in the same place, might suggest they belonged to an artisan's workshop. A closer look at the artifacts revealed that the plaster was carefully hand-worked. Moreover, some of the masks have their mouth shut, a clear indication that they were used as models for a craftsman who then produced lighter masks for actors to wear.
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POPSDi Fruscia Photography If you can take a few moments to refresh your view of our world, check this site out. Amazing landscape photography presented in a slide show with wonderfully relaxing soundtrack.
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POPSThe Psychology Behind Paint Color The office didn’t have a color scheme per se. The walls and carpet featured a shade of dirty beige known as “I-have-no-hope,” the metal staircase was painted “dead-body” gray, and the dropped ceiling was done in “dingy-Styrofoam-flecked-with-debris” white. When I toiled in this grim warren after college, I didn’t know anything about the effect of color on mood. And while dirty beige probably can’t be held completely accountable for the mass depression that permeated the office, lately I’ve started to wonder: Was it a coincidence that while working in these dank, colorless surroundings my boss and his wife split up, three employees made a habit of drinking beer mid-afternoon at their desks, and I took to wearing a shapeless brown corduroy jumper?
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POPSIt's the hat! And this is how a hat makes the difference between a mass murderer and a really funny person. Lol. =]
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