http://www.flickr.com/photos/viejito/tags/allegory/ Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:53:27 -0700 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:53:27 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2856/buddyicons/74172748@N00.jpg?1369285975#74172748@N00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/viejito/tags/allegory/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/viejito/7358880946/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/viejito/">Viejito</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/viejito/7358880946/" title="Not Built Like a Tractor!"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7224/7358880946_8bef4f4f79_m.jpg" width="240" height="148" alt="Not Built Like a Tractor!" /></a></p> <p>We all know John Deere &mdash; Nothing Runs Like a Deere&trade;... &mdash; but I had never heard of <b>John Deare</b>, the English sculptor (1785-1787), until <a href="http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=113424" target="getty" rel="nofollow">this marble plaque</a> caught my eye at the <a href="http://www.getty.edu/museum/" target="getty" rel="nofollow">Getty Center</a>. The title is <b>Venus Reclining on a Sea Monster with Cupid and a Putto</b>.<br /> Dimensions are 1'1&frac14;&quot; x 1'11&quot; x 4 7/16&quot; (34 x 59 x 11cm).</p> Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:53:27 -0700 2012-06-08T13:32:16-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Viejito) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7358880946 34.077501 -118.47446 34.077501 -118.47446 28751324 Not Built Like a Tractor! <p>We all know John Deere &mdash; Nothing Runs Like a Deere&trade;... &mdash; but I had never heard of <b>John Deare</b>, the English sculptor (1785-1787), until <a href="http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=113424" target="getty" rel="nofollow">this marble plaque</a> caught my eye at the <a href="http://www.getty.edu/museum/" target="getty" rel="nofollow">Getty Center</a>. The title is <b>Venus Reclining on a Sea Monster with Cupid and a Putto</b>.<br /> Dimensions are 1'1&frac14;&quot; x 1'11&quot; x 4 7/16&quot; (34 x 59 x 11cm).</p> Viejito california bw sculpture hairy white tractor art english love feet monochrome beauty monster museum america naked nude beard geotagged blackwhite losangeles wings topv333 breasts shoot artist waves venus arte arms head bare kunst tail topv444 goat curls carving musée powershot eros collection desire torch thighs bow figure getty arrow museo marble shoulders reclining cupid lust amerika allegory gettycenter flaming built sculptor iconography johndeere nue basrelief jpaulgetty putti astride ardor amérique sculpteur geo:lat=34077501 geo:lon=11847446 johndeare http://www.flickr.com/photos/viejito/7339043572/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/viejito/">Viejito</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/viejito/7339043572/" title="Venezia, by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, Jr. (1835-1910)"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7339043572_01bd4d5e2d_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Venezia, by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, Jr. (1835-1910)" /></a></p> <p>The lighting at <a href="http://www.sbmuseart.org" target="new" rel="nofollow">Santa B&aacute;rbara Museum of Art</a> is not perfect, but I still thought this 1865 marble bust looked rather cute. Apparently our man Larkin liked it, too, since <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/20017873" target="met" rel="nofollow">he made more than ten of them</a>...</p> Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:01:01 -0800 2012-05-06T15:11:36-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Viejito) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7339043572 34.423292 -119.703973 34.423292 -119.703973 2488828 Venezia, by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, Jr. (1835-1910) <p>The lighting at <a href="http://www.sbmuseart.org" target="new" rel="nofollow">Santa B&aacute;rbara Museum of Art</a> is not perfect, but I still thought this 1865 marble bust looked rather cute. Apparently our man Larkin liked it, too, since <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/20017873" target="met" rel="nofollow">he made more than ten of them</a>...</p> Viejito california portrait bw sculpture woman usa white art girl monochrome face topv111 santabarbara museum america canon geotagged florence blackwhite beads américa vermont artist arte unitedstates head bare kunst shell marriage sculptuur musée powershot bust barbara firenze gondola pearl museo marble shoulders mead scallop amerika allegory wit venezia blanc sbma sculptor neoclassical nuptial beeldhouwer marbre buste beeldhouwkunst marmer s100 beeldhouwwerk bárbara amérique sculpteur canons100 santabarbaramuseumofart geo:lat=3442316 geo:lon=119704381 larkingoldsmithmead mariettadibenvenuti