Illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith For “A Child’s Garden of Verses” (By Robert Louis Stevenson; 1905)
Image from a friend — thanks Elizabeth B.M.! You can see this picture on the Website of Ortakales.com.
Art
Birds, Brains, and Brahms
Some birds can move/”dance” to music, like the cockatoo Snowball, who can “dance” to Stevie Nicks. Birds seem to have some neurological precursor to music …
Monkeys & Music
In “Play that monkey music: Tunes inspired by tamarin calls seem to alter the primates’ emotions” (Science News, Tuesday, September 1, 2009), Jenny Lauren Lee …
“The Difficult Lesson” by William Bouguereau (1825-1905)
Image from the Art Renewal Center; hat tip to Scott Powell.
Internet Art Magazine
Ignacio Villarreal says of his Art Daily: Artdaily is the outcome of 44 years of writing, editing, and in summary, communicating. …If Artdaily was established …
The Gotta-Have It: Ms. Krauss
“When You Say Nothing At All” and “Baby, Now That I’ve Found You” by Alison Krauss. What a gorgeous voice…
“A Pupil Learning His Lesson” by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805)
Hat tip for painting to Scott Powell at History At Our House.