Art Collection
- Frida Kahlo
- Nadia Rusheva
- Pavel Filonov
- The solitary rabbit
- Hedgehog in the fog --- a beloved Soviet cartoon
- Carle Vanloo
- The dead bride
- Mikhail Vrubel --- another dead bride
- Queen of the night --- ancient Babylonian, British Museum
- Villa of the Mysteries --- Pompeii
- Tiye
- Two more egyptian girls
- Four sisters
- Henry Darger --- the Vivian sisters
- The Medici princess --- Bronzino and Cornell
- Donna Velata --- a painting I prefer to the Mona Lisa (Is this the same woman?)
- Beatrice Cenci
- My Wife and My Dead Wife --- a.k.a. The Family of Sir Richard Saltonstall, David des Granges, 1660
- Rembrandt's etchings --- an exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago, March 2004
- The City from Greenwich Village --- John Sloan, 1922, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- Morning --- Philipp Otto Runge, 1808
- Mount Aetna from Taormina --- Thomas Cole, 1844
(compare)
- The Last Day of Pompeii --- Carl Brulloff, 1833
- The Voyage of Life
- Poor poets
- Stendhal syndrome
- Reading Calasso --- Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne, 1520
Miscellaneous Photos*
*Taken by me unless noted otherwise
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Triangulation
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Max the Harry Potter ---
Did you know the USSR had a Quidditch team?
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Masha meets the president ---
photo courtesy of John Bertram.
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Three roses
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The butterfly ball
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At the Printer's Row Book Fair ---
Chicago, summer 2003.
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Rare books --- Newberry Library Book
Sale, Chicago, summer 2003.
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Grafonola --- Reckless Records,
Wicker Park.
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Tree monster
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More eerie wooden objects --- Norwegian Village, Mt. Horeb, WI.
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Flowers in the tub --- bathroom of the
Bourgeois Pig Cafe, Lincoln Park.
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Coffee time ---
Green Street Coffeehouse, Champaign.
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The Kremlin of liquor bottles
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Monarchy and communism ---
an elaboration on the same theme.
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Toon Town --- corner of Addison
and Broadway, Chicago.
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Mystical Spain ---
photos taken by Masha and my parents in Spain, edited by me.
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The autograph of a star
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A bas-relief at night
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A Chicago cleaning lady
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A bouquet of tulips --- after a fortnight of neglect...
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Florentine door knockers
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Dali-saurus --- Garfield Park
Conservatory, Chicago, IL.
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Made in USSR
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I AM THE DOOR --- City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, CA.
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Svetlana --- Main quad, UIUC.
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The best ice cream truck in the world!
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Dinner menu
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Napkin notes --- Cafe Kopi, Champaign, IL.
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The Great Wall of China --- Kohler Design Center, Sheboygan, WI.
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Coral lion --- the Forbidden City, Beijing.
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The Little Mermaid (sort of) --- Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Miscellaneous Cool Stuff
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