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Ciara Quill

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Lecturer/teacher of 🇫🇷&🇩🇪 in Ireland Interests: art, travel, education #edchatie MFL, food,wine, photography, film, history,🇪🇺, France, Germany Kerrywoman living & working in Cork Love Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, London, Naples, Marseille, Venice, Kerry💚💛

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Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 21h

Day 2040 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Vaas met bloemen" (1670) Jan Davidsz de Heem. Mauritshuis. Compared to flower still lifes from the early 17th century, this painting is a veritable floral explosion. Here there is no stiff bouquet, but a colourful profusion of flowers hanging over the rim of the vase.

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Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 20h

#edchatie

“The study of literature and history, art and music, language and culture, helps us to develop empathy and compassion, the very things that make us a human in the first place. Get rid of those and you are losing a lot more than you realise.”

👏🏻 Well said!

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

Opinion: UK students are abandoning languages and the arts. Let’s make sure it never happens here

When governments signal that some subjects matter less, the cultural and human cost is far greater than imagined

www.irishtimes.com

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Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 21h

The reflection in the glass bottle is striking; it reveals the studio window with a cloudy sky and some objects on the windowsill. De Heem, who was the most influential flower painter of his time, lived in Antwerp for several periods. #JanDavidszdeHeem

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Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 1d

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Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 1d

The other attendees are wearing white shirts, ties and jackets. Edgerton's youth and workmanlike hands are fashioned with a worn and stained jacket, while the other attendees appear to be older and more neatly and formally dressed. #NormanRockwell

Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 1d

Edgerton supported the rebuilding process but was concerned about the tax burden of the proposal, as his family farm had been ravaged by disease. The blue-collar speaker wears a plaid shirt and suede jacket, with dirty hands and a darker complexion than others in attendance.

Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 1d

Day 2039 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Freedom of Speech" (1943) Norman Rockwell. Saturday Evening Post. This depicts a scene of a 1942 Arlington town meeting in which Jim Edgerton, the lone dissenter to the town selectmen's announced plans to build a new school, was accorded the floor as a matter of protocol.

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Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 2d

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Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 2d

Artle #1262: 1/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜

artle.uk/2025/10/13

Artle - mystery art, every day!

A hidden work of art, six guesses to work out what it is. Now slightly easier.

artle.uk

Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 2d

As his style progressed, he showed a preference for painting at dawn or dusk, in haze or rain. His first exhibition at the Salon came in 1882. #NilsKreuger

Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 2d

In 1878, he was able to resume studying at the private painting school of Edvard Perséus. He then went to Paris, in 1881, and studied with Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Colarossi. Much of his time was spent painting en plein air in Grez-sur-Loing.

Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 2d

Day 2038 #ArtKicksCovid19 "September evening, Riddarfjärden" (1924) Nils Kreuger. Swedish painter Kreuger specialised in landscapes and rural scenes. He began his studies at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, but was forced to discontinue them due to illness.

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Harry Burton @hbtoons.bsky.social · 4d

My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social. uploaded again as I had scuppered Heather's surname!

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Joe O'Hara @joeoharadcu.bsky.social · 3d

When life imitates art

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Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 3d

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Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 3d

Artle #1261: 1/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜

artle.uk/2025/10/12

Artle - mystery art, every day!

A hidden work of art, six guesses to work out what it is. Now slightly easier.

artle.uk

Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 3d

Artle #Artle October 12, 2025 🎨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 www.nga.gov/Artle

Artle – the daily art exploration game.

Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 4d

"Through their own negligence, Fianna Fáil have given us a presidential election with an asterisk — the last thing that any state needs at a time when democracy across the world is being undermined."

This week's column. Fair warning, the first few paragraphs are me saying I told you so.

Surrealing in the Years: Fianna Fáil once again aggrieved that their actions have consequences

Jim Gavin’s catastrophic campaign was predictable, but the Taoiseach couldn’t predict it.

www.thejournal.ie

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Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 3d

Lapini specialised in allegorical and genre subjects, as well as models after the antique, which he sold with great success from his Florence workshop to an elite global clientele. He achieved outstanding effects of surface texture in his compositions. #CesareLapini

Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 3d

Day 2037 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Bust of a Veiled Maiden" (1888) Cesare Lapini. Private Collection. This beautiful bust of a woman whose face is veiled in diaphanous drapery all'antica is reminiscent of the work of Milanese sculptor, Raffaelle Monti, who won acclaim for his ethereal veiled marble maidens.

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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 4d

#RIP Diane Keaton
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"She works with geniuses, chooses terrific projects, and runs away with every scene."
- Christopher Bollen

Keaton in a black dress and one of her trademark hats. She holds up a large flower in front of her face.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 4d

The tree is rendered in bold strokes of yellow, pink, and green, while the sky is painted in short, parallel stripes like a halo around the tree. Colour serves as the painting's driving force and is used by the artist to convey emotions. #LeoGestel

Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 4d

in which the precise imitation and depiction of nature was replaced by the expression of colour. The trees, which occupy the centre of the canvas, are depicted with fluid brushstrokes of yellow and orange, interspersed with blue tones that suggest the sky.

Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 4d

Day 2036 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Autumn" (1911) Leo Gestel. Kunstmuseum Den Haag. Dutch artist Gestel was captivated by the autumnal splendour of trees, a subject he devoted extensive attention to during his stay near Nijmegen. Between 1909 and 1911, he produced a series of paintings

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