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Nothings Monstered

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Bull's head rhyton, Minoan, 1600-1500 BC

The head of a bull done in I think clay in black and white and I spotted a bowl here a right honey is a drinking vessel designed so that you can't put it down once you fill it with liquor fill it with wine you have to keep drinking till it's empty

December 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM

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Jasper Sharp

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Artomyces pyxidatus, the Crown-tipped Coral or Candelabra Coral fungus, was not seen in the UK over the entire 20th century, its last record in 1886 until a spate of recent findings around 2022, which is when I found this specimen (in East Kent). Where did it disappear all this time?

December 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM

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Journal of Art in Society

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Dutch artist Dirck Jacobsz cleverly creates a double memorial portrait of his deceased mother and father by depicting his artist father painting a portrait of Dirck’s mother. Both parents now gaze at us (1550) Toledo Museum of Art

December 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™

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Mark Grantham (Canadian Artist, born 1966)
"February on June Street, Halifax", 2015.
Acrylic on Canvas Board, 24" × 18".
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

December 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM

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Christoph Fischer

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The serrated peaks of Patagonia's Mount Cerro Torre, one of nature's outstanding sculptures, softly emerge from a veil of clouds, as they are touched by the early morning light.

#photography #travel #bluesky #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #mountains

December 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM

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Jeremy Miranda (American, born 1980)
December, 2023
Acrylic on board
10 x 12 inches
Private collection
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

December 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM

Chris The Boatman

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December 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM

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Ohara Koson

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Falcon on a Branch https://www.wikiart.org/en/ohara-koson/falcon-on-a-branch

December 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM

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December 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM

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Towpath Talk

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£6.46 MILLION Secures Restoration of Stroudwater Canal’s ‘Missing Mile’ After 70 Years ⬇

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£6.46 MILLION Secures Restoration of Stroudwater Canal’s ‘Missing Mile’ After 70 Years | Towpath Talk

ONE of the UK’s largest and most significant waterway restoration projects has secured £6.46 million in funding, paving the way for the Stroudwater Navigati ...

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December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM

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curious ordinary

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I couldn't resist sharing this beautiful snowy print of Mount Fuji in winter for #LegendaryWednesday.
🎨'Mount Fuji After Snow from Tagonoura Bay' - Kawase Hasui, 1932.
#JapaneseArt #shinhanga

Snow covered branches of a pine tree and on the ground in the foreground of a scene looking over a lake to Mount Fuji in the distance.

December 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM

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Random Japanese Webcams

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📍 Yokohama, Japan 🇯🇵 — Local Time 05:00:08 PM

December 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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Namiki Tsunenobu (Japanese, born 1949)
"Path of Fresh Green Leaves", 2015.
Lacquer, Gold Powder, 116 × 91 cm.
Private Collection.

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt