Steps leading up to Villa d'Este. View from Tivoli near Rome.
by Peder Mørk Mønsted
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True Detective
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Tranquility by Yang Yu-Tang
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Rincewind was a coward and an unwitting clown, but he had several times saved the world in slightly puzzling circumstances. He was a luck sink, the Archchancellor had decided, doomed to be a lightning rod for the fates so that everyone else didn't have to. Such a person was worth all his meals and laundry (including an above-average level of soiled pants) and a bucket of coal every day even if he was, in Ridcully's opinion, a bit of a whiner. However, he was fast, and therefore useful.
"Look," said Rincewind, "a mysterious urn turns up and suddenly it's all about football. That bodes. It means something bad is going to happen."
"Come now, it could be something wonderful," Ridcully protested.
Rincewind appeared to give this due consideration. "Could be wonderful, will be dreadful. Sorry, that's how it goes."
Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
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You can't be a realist without being a delusional at first.
08/30/22, anastasiasyah
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Edward Hopper
Landscape: Hills and Trees
1926
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THE SNAKE CHARMER (1879) by JEAN-LÉON GÉRÔME
In the painting, we see a boy with a python in his arms while an old man is playing a recorder on his right. In the painting, the boy is naked except for the python, which is wrapped twice around his body and the boy holds its head high.
In the background, ten men in traditional tribal garb, carrying staffs and swords, sit on the floor in front of a stunning eastern tiled wall that glows in shades of aquamarine, aquamarine, cyan and turquoise.
Inspired by a visit to Constantinople, Arabic text can be seen along the top wall of the painting. Like most of the artist’s canvases, this one was a composite piece, made in his studio out of studies he completed abroad.
As a result, mistakes and ambiguities creep in. The tight, realistic style of Gérôme’s work creates an interesting narrative, but it has been widely criticized by modern critics. Some have called it a “sloppy imperialist view of ‘the East’”.
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Disappointing Affirmations By Dave Tarnowski: Tackling Mental Health Realistically
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Le Matin embrumé à Villeneuve-l'Etang - Villeneuve-l'Étang embrumé
The Misty Pond of Villeneuve - Pond in the mist
by Henri Biva
This highly detailed work depicts a morning scene at the Villeneuve-l'étang park, located just outside Paris in the western suburb of Marnes-la-Coquette (Seine-et-Oise), France.
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"You'd be well advised to stay along o' us," said Ghenghiz Cohen. "You'll be safer with us."
"Oh, I'm not sure about that," said Rincewind, grinning horribly. "I'm not sure about that at all."
By myself, he thought, only ordinary horrible things can happen to me.
Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times
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Being a realist in this world is a miserable thing. -- Michael Lipsey
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Leave my boy alone! [The Dreaming Boy is a Realist] , Meme by Weeblmao.com
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In the Shadow of an Italian Pergola (1884)
Peder Mørk Mønsted (1859 – 1941)
Danish realist painter
Oil on canvas
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