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painted sky (watch me disappear) by Lamson
Via Flickr:
I was working on and mulching my garden yesterday and this job is only once a year at the beginning of the year… and it was getting late when I was sitting at this lily of the valley bed and realized the sun was setting fast and my photographic opportunity was not lasting too long so ran inside and grabbed my camera… in the end all the mulch was on me, instead of in this flower bed, but i got this pic :) Thanks for looking!
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Nine Dragons Hidden in Clouds (九龍隱雲), also known as The Convergence of Dragons and Clouds (龍雲契會) are the two most prominent painted ceilings of Vietnam: one resides in the Tomb of Khải Định, the other is in Diệu Đế Temple. Both are cultural heritages of the Imperial City of Huế. The mausoleum’s ceiling was accomplished by the reputable court artist Phan Văn Tánh (潘文性)(constructed from 1920-1931), who exceptionally completed the artwork in an extraordinary horizontal position. Each dragon is depicted uniquely in different concentrations, leaping amidst the auspicious clouds, creating such an enchanting picture. The nine dragons altogether soar to the entire 3 ceilings of Khải Thành Hall and Thiên Định Palace, akin to an ink wash painting. Legends say the paint mixture is so miraculous that the ceilings are apparently cobweb-proof and have never faded despite its almost-100-year existence. This peculiar feature has been left unsolved for decades. On the contrary, the temple’s (constructed from 1953-1955) evokes a more elegant and lissom aspect of the same concept: 5 dragons gently piercing layers of clouds on the ceiling with another 4 crawling along 4 pillars of the main hall. This modified masterpiece was constructed under the supervisor of Diệu Hoằng Buddhist monk with the help of fundraising by Empress Dowager Đoan Huy, but the actual artist behind this piece remains unidentified.
The said two masterpieces have inspired a completely new sub-collection, included in Annam Heritage and exclusive to BARO, which exploits the richness of Vietnamese mythology, folktales about supernatural spirits, fiends and monsters. Eventually, the design Convergence of Dragons and Clouds has marked its debut right in the Ghost Festival of 2020.
Source:La Quốc Bảo
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A beautiful rendition of the mixture between modern high fashion with historical high fashion of Nguyễn dynasty, mixing áo nhật bình, áo ngũ thân, and Western elements.
Source:Thảo My Nguyễn
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Non volevo raccontarti della sua morte, ma io e te abbiamo visto abbastanza distruzione e violenza da sapere che c’è solo un modo per parlare della guerra: onestamente. Soltanto con l’onestà, possiamo conoscere la verità.
Phan Que Mai Nguyen, Quando le montagne cantano
