I can understand sculpture that is… I guess the word would be “additive.”
Take a block of clay, for instance, and mold it into something.
Perhaps a torso… then add bits to build up arms, legs, etc.
A vein on the wrist, no problem… make a thin rope of clay and stick in on, smooth it out.
I’m not saying I can DO it… but I understand the process… I could make an attempt.
…
But this… this is something else.
Take a hard block of marble, or even a soft piece of wood, and subtract the parts that don’t belong.
Carve out the torso while leaving the arms and legs properly attached.
Perfectly shape the hand and wrist without cutting away the marble you’ll need for those veins…
that is, know where every vein will be, and leave them exposed as you cut down to the back of the hand.
….
While you do that, be sure to leave enough bits sticking out to shape the wrist bones, and that strange bump (growth?) on his thumb, without accidentally chipping or cracking anything.
If you DO break anything off, it’s gone.
You can’t make a separate bump and glue it on.
It has to all emerge in one piece from the stone.
…
Michelangelo said there is an angel already in the marble, and his job was only to cut away the rest, and release it.
it IS magic. You bring up the major difference between computer art and real art. it is the UNDO button….there is no going back when mistakes are made.
This statue has always bothered me . It is referred to as angelic. But, the hands are large and gnarled and calloused (my interpretation of the bump on the thumb). IIRC, the nose has kind of a hook to it.
I’ve never heard it called angelic… maybe I missed that.
What I remember is almost the opposite… and it’s too hot right now for research.
….
The sculptor Donatello, IIRC, had done a David that was very effete, almost feminine, focusing on David’s youth when he fought Goliath.
There was another one after that, also portraying him as soft… Can’t remember the sculptor. The idea was that this weak adolescent won the battle, through faith.
Modern critics have even called them purposely homoerotic, because that would imply a soft, gentle boy..
I’m not so sure about that, but what do I know.
…
Michelangelo was commissioned to finish David from a block that had already been roughly started…
the story is that he didn’t like the weak interpretation, and made him older, stronger, and a working… um… I THINK he was a shepherd… carrying the slingshot he used on wolves.
His stance is purposely defiant. I do know it was a new interpretation.
…
I’ve also heard that hands and heads are purposely larger in that sort of statuary… Especially as it was meant to stand on a high roof, but I think it was too heavy.
The exaggeration was meant to make the poses and expressions more visible from a distance.
….
Not quite sure why it bothers you… But it’s one of my favorite sculptures. That’s why I’ve read about it.
‘Washington, D.C., 1927. “Cadillac Motor Co. window.” The Washington-Cadillac showroom on Connecticut Avenue. At left, a vintage Cadillac; at right, the new LaSalle, in the first year for Cadillac’s “companion make.” National Photo Company glass negative.‘
comes from HERE. After all these years, I now know what Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker was singing in the theme song to “All in the Family”.
…. look what’s started being in the advertisements on my computer.
Google’s? / Microsoft’s? anti-tracking software option isn’t exactly the best in the world (I don’t know who does what anymore I just keep clicking the do-not-track and no-you-can’t-have-my-location type buttons as they come up).
The signature initials appear to be “S” “D,” but I can’t find any expansion for them into a name.
It was turned into a PAINT BY NUMBERS KIT but I don’t think that was the original intent.
Except for the fact that this is THE BatBasset and Sparrow!
The ones we need to save our arches…
the ..um….caped canine equivalent of custom orthotics!
….
Holy rubber-band, Susan!
Everybody stand back… that analogy is stretched so far, I think it’s gonna snap!
Sorry… but, you know… they can’t all be gems.
…
Dr. Ratbreth and the EWC have thrown our now-mini heroes a curve…
well, I guess that’s one curve they didn’t keep.
But how are two teeny weeny tabletop-size superdogs going to escape from the evil clutches of these feline fiends, and save all the rest of the curved monuments?
Not to mention the future Big Macs and Quarterpounders of Got-Ham City… if not the world??
I kinda disappeared this afternoon (Tuesday) and never came back to the comments on the June 21st strip.
That’s because it was 103° here today at 4pm… we’re having another heatwave, though today was supposed to be the hottest.
…
We ARE lucky in that we almost never have hot nights…
The coastal fog and breezes reach us in the form of lowered temperatures, usually starting about 5 or 6 pm…. but not till 8 or 9 tonight, and it didn’t really get comfortable in my place till around 11pm.
Tomorrow should stay in the fairly respectable low 90’s… which is still too hot for my taste.
These have to be from this recipe. The one’s I make have the same colouration and shaping as these. From:
My mother’s cook book.
Onion Rings
2 lbs. large Bermuda or Spanish onions
Ice water
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup milk (whole milk 3.25% milk fat)
1 egg, slightly beaten
flour for dredging
Peel the onions; slice 1/4 inch thick. Separate into rings. Soak in ice water for 2 or more hours. Drain; dry thoroughly.
Mix the next five ingredients to form a batter. Dip rings in flour, then in batter.
Fry in deep hot fat, 370° F. until brown. Drain on absorbent paper. Serve hot from cooking at once, or chill and package for freezing.
To serve, crisp the frozen rings in moderate oven, 350° F. 5 to 8 minutes. For crisper rings, pop under broiler for last 2 minutes of warming.
Notes from me:
If you don’t have a deep-fat fryer, remember they weren’t invented until long after deep-fat frying became a cooking method.
Buy a candy thermometer, fill a deep sauce pan with enough oil (I use corn oil) to float the rings.
Heat the oil to 370° F. using full burner heat and when it reaches that temperature, turn the burner down to just above 5/8 of the dial (from experience).
Don’t put too many rings in at a time, and use a sieve that will fit the pan as your scoop.
From: .
The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook (Reader’s Digest Edition) .
By: Zoe Coulson.
Published by: Hearst Books New York (1980) .
ISBN 0-8785-037-0.
“SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE GLAZE:” In 1 quart
saucepan over low heat, melt 2 squares semisweet chocolate and 2 tablespoons butter, stirring
constantly. Stir in 1cup confectioners’ sugar and 3 tablespoons milk until smooth. ( Makes 1 cup. )
Notes from me:
From page 366 as part of the recipe for Èclairs.
I’ve followed the formatting of the book as closely as I can.
I’d use salted butter and whole milk (3.25% milk fat ) to prevent an “off” taste.
i make a breakfast cookie by using Belvida ‘buiscuit’ as the base, then melt about 1 cup 63 % cacao chips, 1 tsp butter, and about 1/4 cut granola in the microwave. stir, then spread on 8 Belvida cookies, refrigerate. eat one after my fruit and yogurt. the chocolate is good for your heart and circulation. one is all i need. CHOCOLATE!
Brought over from today’s “Ripley’s…”
Why the spoiler box?
The only “bad” language here, (as an example / there’s no river in this joke / there are two ways to dam a river; and it’s the second way used here), is mild, but the joke is fairly deep on the risqué side.
I laughed out loud when I read the punch line though.
Michelangelo
I can understand sculpture that is… I guess the word would be “additive.”
Take a block of clay, for instance, and mold it into something.
Perhaps a torso… then add bits to build up arms, legs, etc.
A vein on the wrist, no problem… make a thin rope of clay and stick in on, smooth it out.
I’m not saying I can DO it… but I understand the process… I could make an attempt.
…
But this… this is something else.
Take a hard block of marble, or even a soft piece of wood, and subtract the parts that don’t belong.
Carve out the torso while leaving the arms and legs properly attached.
Perfectly shape the hand and wrist without cutting away the marble you’ll need for those veins…
that is, know where every vein will be, and leave them exposed as you cut down to the back of the hand.
….
While you do that, be sure to leave enough bits sticking out to shape the wrist bones, and that strange bump (growth?) on his thumb, without accidentally chipping or cracking anything.
If you DO break anything off, it’s gone.
You can’t make a separate bump and glue it on.
It has to all emerge in one piece from the stone.
…
Michelangelo said there is an angel already in the marble, and his job was only to cut away the rest, and release it.
Right.
This, to me is magic.
it IS magic. You bring up the major difference between computer art and real art. it is the UNDO button….there is no going back when mistakes are made.
and, i was just thinking what a neat piece of work this was. nice and simple. right!
I was going to say I guess it IS simple, if you’re Michelangelo.
But then I remembered that David took him years…. I think 4 years, but I might be mixing that up with the Sistine Chapel.
This statue has always bothered me . It is referred to as angelic. But, the hands are large and gnarled and calloused (my interpretation of the bump on the thumb). IIRC, the nose has kind of a hook to it.
I’ve never heard it called angelic… maybe I missed that.
What I remember is almost the opposite… and it’s too hot right now for research.
….
The sculptor Donatello, IIRC, had done a David that was very effete, almost feminine, focusing on David’s youth when he fought Goliath.
There was another one after that, also portraying him as soft… Can’t remember the sculptor. The idea was that this weak adolescent won the battle, through faith.
Modern critics have even called them purposely homoerotic, because that would imply a soft, gentle boy..
I’m not so sure about that, but what do I know.
…
Michelangelo was commissioned to finish David from a block that had already been roughly started…
the story is that he didn’t like the weak interpretation, and made him older, stronger, and a working… um… I THINK he was a shepherd… carrying the slingshot he used on wolves.
His stance is purposely defiant. I do know it was a new interpretation.
…
I’ve also heard that hands and heads are purposely larger in that sort of statuary… Especially as it was meant to stand on a high roof, but I think it was too heavy.
The exaggeration was meant to make the poses and expressions more visible from a distance.
….
Not quite sure why it bothers you… But it’s one of my favorite sculptures. That’s why I’ve read about it.
“Bothered” not really the right word, but I was pressed for time. Just that it always caught my eye.
It is magic. And I know if I tried anything like that, it would be called rubble.
.
the new Cadillacs are in!
This Caption:
‘Washington, D.C., 1927. “Cadillac Motor Co. window.” The Washington-Cadillac showroom on Connecticut Avenue. At left, a vintage Cadillac; at right, the new LaSalle, in the first year for Cadillac’s “companion make.” National Photo Company glass negative.‘
comes from HERE. After all these years, I now know what Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker was singing in the theme song to “All in the Family”.
“…gee, our old LaSalle ran great…”.
WIKIPEDIA ON THE LaSALLE AUTOMOBILE.
I went looking for that picture caption and…
Google’s? / Microsoft’s? anti-tracking software option isn’t exactly the best in the world (I don’t know who does what anymore I just keep clicking the do-not-track and no-you-can’t-have-my-location type buttons as they come up).
what are the prices of those little cars? 60K maybe?
If they’re little enough… about $1.50.
.
The Alpha Rho Phi fraternity picture for 2022.
.
I prefer to do my whale (or whatever) watching from the shore.
I think that is a ‘whatever’.
LOL
The signature initials appear to be “S” “D,” but I can’t find any expansion for them into a name.
It was turned into a PAINT BY NUMBERS KIT but I don’t think that was the original intent.
The complete opposite of “What you see is what you get.”
Hopefully the Evil White Cat doesn’t think they look good enough to eat since they are mouse-size. This is getting more and more intriguing.
These teens are pretty good with the Watusi.
They were part of a teen late show, allowed to use old equipment and broadcast after hours on a local Kansas City TV station in 2014.
Awww… what a cute little BatBasset and Sparrow.
They’d look so nice on a knickknack shelf.
Except for the fact that this is THE BatBasset and Sparrow!
The ones we need to save our arches…
the ..um….caped canine equivalent of custom orthotics!
….
Holy rubber-band, Susan!
Everybody stand back… that analogy is stretched so far, I think it’s gonna snap!
Sorry… but, you know… they can’t all be gems.
…
Dr. Ratbreth and the EWC have thrown our now-mini heroes a curve…
well, I guess that’s one curve they didn’t keep.
But how are two teeny weeny tabletop-size superdogs going to escape from the evil clutches of these feline fiends, and save all the rest of the curved monuments?
Not to mention the future Big Macs and Quarterpounders of Got-Ham City… if not the world??
It looks like they’ll have to be very cagy….
and let nothing bar their way.
…
Stay tooned.
I kinda disappeared this afternoon (Tuesday) and never came back to the comments on the June 21st strip.
That’s because it was 103° here today at 4pm… we’re having another heatwave, though today was supposed to be the hottest.
…
We ARE lucky in that we almost never have hot nights…
The coastal fog and breezes reach us in the form of lowered temperatures, usually starting about 5 or 6 pm…. but not till 8 or 9 tonight, and it didn’t really get comfortable in my place till around 11pm.
Tomorrow should stay in the fairly respectable low 90’s… which is still too hot for my taste.
anything over 85 is still too hot for me.
onion rings
These have to be from this recipe. The one’s I make have the same colouration and shaping as these. From:
My mother’s cook book.
2 lbs. large Bermuda or Spanish onions
Ice water
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup milk (whole milk 3.25% milk fat)
1 egg, slightly beaten
flour for dredging
Peel the onions; slice 1/4 inch thick. Separate into rings. Soak in ice water for 2 or more hours. Drain; dry thoroughly.
Mix the next five ingredients to form a batter. Dip rings in flour, then in batter.
Fry in deep hot fat, 370° F. until brown. Drain on absorbent paper. Serve hot from cooking at once, or chill and package for freezing.
To serve, crisp the frozen rings in moderate oven, 350° F. 5 to 8 minutes. For crisper rings, pop under broiler for last 2 minutes of warming.
Notes from me:
If you don’t have a deep-fat fryer, remember they weren’t invented until long after deep-fat frying became a cooking method.
Buy a candy thermometer, fill a deep sauce pan with enough oil (I use corn oil) to float the rings.
Heat the oil to 370° F. using full burner heat and when it reaches that temperature, turn the burner down to just above 5/8 of the dial (from experience).
Don’t put too many rings in at a time, and use a sieve that will fit the pan as your scoop.
chocolate eclairs
can i just have the topping, please?
Well, since that’s all you want…
From: .
The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook (Reader’s Digest Edition) .
By: Zoe Coulson.
Published by: Hearst Books New York (1980) .
ISBN 0-8785-037-0.
“SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE GLAZE:” In 1 quart
saucepan over low heat, melt 2 squares semisweet
chocolate and 2 tablespoons butter, stirring
constantly. Stir in 1cup confectioners’ sugar and 3
tablespoons milk until smooth. ( Makes 1 cup. )
Notes from me:
From page 366 as part of the recipe for Èclairs.
I’ve followed the formatting of the book as closely as I can.
I’d use salted butter and whole milk (3.25% milk fat ) to prevent an “off” taste.
a FULL cup of sugar, a couple tablespoons of butter and 2 squares chocolate?
gad. no wonder I loved that stuff!
One cup of powdered sugar is half a cup … officially half a cup plus a bit less than one tablespoon…
of granulated sugar.
i make a breakfast cookie by using Belvida ‘buiscuit’ as the base, then melt about 1 cup 63 % cacao chips, 1 tsp butter, and about 1/4 cut granola in the microwave. stir, then spread on 8 Belvida cookies, refrigerate. eat one after my fruit and yogurt. the chocolate is good for your heart and circulation. one is all i need. CHOCOLATE!
eons ago, I remember slurping the chocolate icing up and tossing the rest away
Catman!
Great picture!
Getting down with the punnies today.
Good morning Bat Basset fans! Bizzy bizzy bizzy around here.
Y’all have an onion ring, an eclair and suck face with the HVAC tech of your choice. (((((HuGz!)))))
oh my! when are our two Super Heroes going to wake up from their awful nightmare?
help!!!
as Rosemary said in Ira Levin’s ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ :
this is no dream! This is really happening!
I’m fairly confident you and Susan never saw that one
Funny!
agreed!
I actually did see it… Except for the parts where I covered my eyes.
I was braver back then….I wouldn’t go see slasher films, Roger Corman stuff… pure horror or blood and gore..
But I did go when it was supposedly of artistic merit, or sci fi, or good actors.
…
In fact I loved Clockwork Orange, and liked Alien, and actually laughed at Jaws… so fake.
More recently, I’d probably not have gone to them, because I started getting nightmares and toned down my viewing habits.
just cool
Yes, it is ! It’s the work of Colin Elgie.
He began in the 1970’s.
His site says he still takes commissions.
Brought over from today’s “Ripley’s…”
Why the spoiler box?
The only “bad” language here, (as an example / there’s no river in this joke / there are two ways to dam a river; and it’s the second way used here), is mild, but the joke is fairly deep on the risqué side.
I laughed out loud when I read the punch line though.
Okay, laughed out loud, too. But what a way to go!!
Just like Nelson Rockefeller.
i’ll look forward to those ice cream trucks!
hah! at the risk of you thinking I’m picking on you,
my guess is that ice cream trucks just don’t get around to your neck of the woods
hahahaha. they ‘sointanetly’ don’t come up on these dirt roads!
I’m steeling that. 😀
Oh no, I was expecting the bat-mirror to turn the tables