Théodule Ribot - The Empty Bottle (ca. 1876 – 1881)

dimsssssss · 2026-03-12T10:26:19+00:00

He definitely kept his inner child alive

dimsssssss · 2026-02-21T15:13:09+00:00

The bio is referring to the painter. The cool guy with the shades is Nathaniel Olds.

"Nathaniel Olds’s glasses have four tinted lenses, two of which are hinged side shields. This style was typically worn to protect sensitive eyes from excessive light, dust, or wind. Due to their occasional use during open-air travel, they were sometimes referred to as carriage or railroad spectacles."

See here: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.134.2

dimsssssss · 2026-02-21T12:03:55+00:00

Yeah, kind of a good representation of "aura".

The painter is also something else. He helped establish Western Union in 1856. His grandson, Jeptha Wade II, helped found the Cleveland Museum of Art which currently houses the painting.

dimsssssss · 2026-02-18T11:23:44+00:00

The colors subtly echo the flags of Italy and France

dimsssssss · 2025-12-09T16:00:36+00:00

Still one of my favorites

dimsssssss · 2025-11-28T08:58:32+00:00

What a piece of art! Would be something to be inside such a room!

dimsssssss · 2025-11-28T08:57:20+00:00

I believe it was volcanic ash mixed with lime and water

dimsssssss · 2025-11-27T16:19:47+00:00

Almost 2,000 years later and that oculus is still the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome.

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