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  By Alec | Edited By John Kuroski he Confession of Love The Rococo movement was an artistic period that emerged in France and spread thrartisticoughout the world in the late 17th and early 18th century. The word is a derivative of the French term rocaille , which means “rock and shell garden ornamentation”. It began in 1699 after the French King, Louis XIV, demanded more youthful art to be produced under his reign. It is also referred to as Late Baroque because it developed as Baroque artists moved away from symmetry to more fluid designs. The Rococo art movement addressed the most important controversy of the time – color versus drawing – and combined the two to create beautiful pieces. Artists of this period focused more on attention to detail, ornamentation and use of bright colors. Rococo furniture and architecture was defined by a move away from the austere religious symmetrical designs of the Baroque. Instead, they focused on secular, more light-hearte

  This photo was taken when the crew felt they had a good chance of freeing the trapped Endurance from the sea ice of the Weddell Sea, so they put the sails up. As we know, this and other attempts failed, and realizing the ship wasn’t moving Hurley went onto the ice to take this photograph. New details of sea ice have been revealed. Photo by Frank Hurley 1914-1917. Single-use permission from the Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers. In what may be one of history’s most famous successful failures, explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and 27 other men set out on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914 to make what they hoped would be the first land crossing of Antarctica. The crew had hardly reached the continent when their ship was swallowed and crushed by ice. Freezing in unfathomably cold conditions, all 28 men survived for nearly 17 months in makeshift camps in a desperate trek back to civilization. Despite losing their ship, expedition photogr

  For millennia, cultures across the globe have venerated mother goddesses who embody maternal roles and symbolize fertility and cosmological creation. For the Inuit, Nerrivik is known as the sea mother and provider, and another deity associated with the sky, Pinga, watches over the hunt. In the Odinani tradition of the Igbo people in southeast Nigeria, Ala presides over the underworld and observes morality, fertility, and creativity. And in Greek mythology, Gaia is poetically portrayed as the personification of the Earth and the ancestor of all living beings. For artist Yulia Brodskaya , the unequivocal power of Mother Earth encompasses a vibrant series of quilled paper portraits that celebrate cultural diversity and women around the world. She says: I create from the place of honoring history and the past—drawing lots of inspiration from various cultures existing on the planet, but at the same time, making a conscious choice to bring forward a new vision of the future: a

  Aloha Wanderwell was born on October 13, 1906, as Idris Galcia Hall in Winnipeg, Canada. The seeds of her adventurous spirit were sown early in life. After the death of her father during World War I, she was sent to a French boarding school. But the confines of the school could not contain her wanderlust. By age 16, she had joined an expedition led by Walter Wanderwell, an explorer and adventurer. It was at this point she adopted the name “Aloha Wanderwell” – a name that would soon become synonymous with courage, exploration, and filmmaking. The Global Expedition In 1922, Aloha embarked on an ambitious expedition aboard a Model T Ford. Her journey began in Nice, France, and would span continents, taking her to places as varied as India, China, and Africa. Driving through treacherous terrains, crossing rivers, and navigating through political unrest, she embraced challenges that would have deterred most. Not just content with traveling, Aloha also documented these unprec

  Born 1934 in New York City, American actress and singer Tina Louise began her career on stage during the mid-1950s, before landing her breakthrough role in 1958 drama film God's Little Acre for which she received Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. Louise had starring roles in a number of Hollywood movies, including The Trap , The Hangman , Day of the Outlaw , and For Those Who Think Young , appearing in The Wrecking Crew , The Happy Ending , and The Stepford Wives . She is probably most famous for portraying movie star Ginger Grant in the CBS television situation comedy Gilligan's Island from 1964 to 1967. Take a look at these stunning photos to see the glamorous beauty of this redhead woman from the 1960s.

  Women are weak? No, they're not only fun, strong, but also, sometimes they're dangerous too. Believe or not? Just check out these badass photos of naughty women from between the 1930s and 1960s to see.

  Born 1899 in New York City, American actress Genevieve Tobin had her stage debut in Disraeli in 1912. She appeared in a few films as a child and formed a double act with her sister Vivian. In 1929, she achieved a significant success in the play Fifty Million Frenchmen . She introduced and popularized the Cole Porter song “You Do Something to Me”, and the success of the role led her back to Hollywood, where she performed regularly in comedy films from the early 1930s. Tobin played prominent supporting roles opposite such performers as Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Cary Grant, Barbara Stanwyck, Claudette Colbert, Joan Blondell, and Kay Francis, but occasionally played starring roles, in films such as Golden Harvest (1933) and Easy to Love (1934). One of her most successful performances was as the bored wife of a wealthy businessman in the drama The Petrified Forest (1936), starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart. Tobin married director William Keighley

In many stores, the book comes with a bookmark in the shape of a kitchen knife. A reference to those same strange dances. Britney Spears' book "The woman in me" has appeared on the shelves of bookstores in the United States. In it, Britney talked about her life: the pressure of her father, the betrayal of her husband and mother. Источник: https://fishki.net/4513116-otec-nakachival-preparatami-a-maty-vzyvala-kopov-v-prodazhe.html?from=upd © Fishki.net Britney Spears' book "The woman in me" has appeared on the shelves of bookstores in the United States. In it, Britney talked about her life: the pressure of her father, the betrayal of her husband and mother. Father pressure   Britney Spears has talked a lot about her relationship with her father. He did not give her freedom, forced her to lose weight, watched her in her soul and sold his daughter like a toy. In the book, Britney said that her parents still do not understand what they did. "I don'

  “Stunning Siblings First Encounter,” First Place Winner, Photo: Marijke Thoen Birthphotography Childbirth represents one of the greatest—and most rewarding—challenges that a human can endure. Every year, the International Association of Professional Birth Photographer s (IAPBP) celebrate this poignant experience with their annual birth photography contest . As an online community of over 1,200 members in 42 countries, they host the Image Competition in an effort to “share the beauty of birth with the world .” The winners were recently announced, and within the scope of the competition, history was made. In 2016, photographer Marijke Thoen Geboortefotografie won the grand prize for her image of a water birth. “The beautiful baby in that photo is now a big sister,” the competition explains, “and [Geboortefotografie] has won the competition with an image featuring the adorable siblings!” In addition to Geboortefotografie’s awe-inspiring photograph, IAPBP has selected winners in

Life is weird and wonderful. I like telling stories about mine, and what better way to do that than in graphic short stories, comics if you will.I live and work in Amsterdam, which is great except that the rent is too damn high. Therefore I share my small, creaky, and leaky apartment with my lifelong friend Famke. She’s in my comics too. Went to a pretentious art school. It turns out comics are not art. Somebody should have told me. I left after a year or so. Or maybe I was kicked out; I forget. I draw comics for fun; I make psychedelic art for fun, occasionally I do commissions, and when I’m poor, I do odd jobs. These are usually not fun but definitely great material for new comics. My notebooks are full of graphic stories in all shapes and sizes. Recently I’ve started to produce stories you can read on your phone. I’ve made a pretty awesome website, and I publish my work on Imgur and Reddit. I also dabble at Instagram. So yeah, find me there. Lots of love, Jean Dolly. M

  “Skeleton Keys.” Everyday objects are puzzled into meticulously organized compositions in the work of Adam Hillman , who has a knack for arranging items like coins, fruits and vegetables, toothpicks, and keys into vibrant flat-lays. Inspired by textures, color, and gradients, the artist responds to the tactile qualities of each material to form intricately woven straws, stacked pennies, and breakfast cereal into geometric forms. You can find more of Hillman’s work on Instagram , and purchase prints at Society6 . “Straws-hatching” “Brick Work” “Pickwheeling” “Cubism” Details of “Straws-hatching” and “Skeleton Keys” “Balanced Budget” “Break-Fast”

  The Devonshire House Ball in 1897 was a fancy dress ball, aka a costume party. The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire had hosted a similarly lavish ball in the 1870s, and it was immensely popular with the Prince and Princess of Wales (the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra). In honor of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897, they decided to replicate the event. They held the ball at their London house, Devonshire House, in Picadilly. While multiple balls were held every night during the London season, this was the ball. The Duke of Devonshire was a Member of Parliament and a Liberal cabinet member and was an original member of the Marlborough Set. (The Marlborough Set was the group of friends and aristocrats who were closely connected with the Waleses, named for the Prince’s Marlborough House. The group enjoyed a lavish party, where money was no object- at least not for Edward…) Like any good costume party, the ball needed a theme. The Devonshires chose the theme

During the golden age of Antarctic expeditions, men risked their lives in this frozen wasteland — and brought back some incredible photos. A wave, frozen while crashing through the air, frames Douglas Mawson's ship, the  Aurora . 1911. National Library of Australia At the dawn of the 20th century, men risked their lives venturing into the frozen lands of Antarctica and toward the South Pole. It was called the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, a name earned because so many of those men didn't make it back alive. The wreck of the  Gratitude , washed up among the penguins of Macquarie Island. 1911. State Library of New South Wales Some of the stories that came out of this period of Antarctic expeditions are incredibly brutal. Over the course of 17 expeditions into Antarctica, 19 men died, some shattering their bones on the hard rocks of the frozen continent and others freezing under heavy blizzards. A blizzard hits members of an expedition, just outside of their winter

  Why do you suppose God preserved life stories of bad girls in the Bible? Perhaps to illustrate “… that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16 NAS). From the Garden, God gave instructions, the consequences, and allowed His creations to make their choices—faith in Him or eternity with the devil. Could it be, like beauty in the eye of the beholder —all bad girls in our eyes may not be condemned in God’s eyes? Why? Because of Jesus and their changed hearts. What encouraging words for us that harlots, murderers, liars, and rich, evil queens are listed in God’s Word. Could whosoever mean there’s hope for you and me? Absolutely. You have a choice. Your past doesn’t dictate your future or your eternity. Tamar One of Jacob’s 12 sons, Judah, married a Canaanite woman who had two sons. According to custom, Judah obtained Tamar as wife for his eldest, Er. But God called this boy evil and took his life. According to the law, Judah told his ne

  越戰期間，美國向寮國投擲了2.7億枚炸彈。 40 多年後，這些設備仍在殺人 我站在寮國北部的一片稻田裡，距離最近的大城市豐沙灣幾公里。 雖然是清晨，但已經很熱了。 到中午，首都萬象的氣溫將達到32度以上，接近40度。 我跟隨一個叫馬克·懷特塞德的人進入了這個領域。 我被指示不要走開，要永遠靠近他。 現在我們站在一起，懷特塞德指著離我們很近的東西，這讓我心跳加速。 我們正在觀察一個部分顯露的物體，其大小和形狀與網球相同。 這是一顆 Blu-26 集束炸彈。 如果它現在熄滅會發生什麼？ 馬克·懷特塞德(Mark Whiteside) 與MAG（地雷顧問集團）合作，週遊老撾，清理了1964 年至1973 年間美國投下的8000 萬枚未爆炸彈藥中的一部分。視頻：Brenda Fitzsimons / 由Simon Cumbers Media Fund 支持 懷特塞德在安哥拉從事掃雷工作十年，大約 18 個月前來到寮國，他實事求是地回答。 「將會有人死亡，」他說。 “因為我們離它太近了。” 每年，由於寮國內戰的未爆彈，數百名洛阿提亞人繼續遭受死亡、肢解和毀容的痛苦。 影片：布倫達·菲茨西蒙斯。 由西蒙·坎伯斯媒體基金會支持 我的同事、攝影師布倫達·菲茨西蒙斯（Brenda Fitzsimons）比我們離物體更近。 我們將成為死亡者。 恐慌突然襲遍我全身。 我從來沒有在不知不覺中如此接近死亡。 我們現在看到的 Blu-26 是美國在 1964 年至 1973 年間投放到寮國的估計 8,000 萬枚未爆炸彈藥之一。它是集束炸彈外殼內的 670 枚類似小炸彈之一，稱為CBU-24 ，它在半空中打開並投放其內容物。 大多數集束炸彈在撞擊時爆炸。 我們現在看到的那個卻沒有。

  In 1979, a sheriff’s deputy in rural Minnesota encountered what he could only describe as an unidentified flying object. And no expert, investigator or engineer could ever prove him wrong On a late August night in 1979, Deputy Sheriff Val Johnson was on patrol in rural Marshall County, Minnesota. The closest town was 10 miles away and the night was still, the fields around him quiet and empty. Suddenly, Johnson saw a bright light streak across the darkness above. He grabbed hold of the wheel of his patrol car and hung a left on State Highway 220.  Perhaps the light was a pilot in distress? Either way, Johnson kept racing toward whatever it was. But then the light shifted and began to head in his direction, right at him in fact. It grew brighter and brighter, until he heard glass shatter –– the light had entered his patrol car. Everything turned to black, and Johnson lost consciousness. What happened next has remained a mystery for the last 43 years.  He later told local reporter Jil