Aldous huxley

Discover the brilliant mind of Aldous Huxley and delve into his thought-provoking novels, essays, and ideas. Immerse yourself in his insightful views on society, technology, and human nature.
ART & ARTISTS: Charles Sheeler - part 2 Portrait, Writers And Poets, Outfits, Twilight Saga, Albert Einstein, Model Poses, Photo, Aldous Huxley, Huxley

Charles Sheeler (1883 - 1965) was born in Philadelphia. His education included instruction in industrial drawing and the applied arts at the School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia (1900–1903), followed by a traditional training in drawing and painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1903–6). He found early success as a painter and exhibited at the Macbeth Gallery in 1908. He realised that he would not be able to make a living with Modernist painting. Instead, he took up…

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vintage everyday: Celebrities in the Air – 33 Fabulous Portraits of Famous People Jumping Taken in the 1950s and 1960s by Philippe Halsman Beatles, People, Famous People, Classic Portraits, Harold Lloyd, Aleister Crowley, Famous, Anthony Perkins, Jean Michel Basquiat

Philippe Halsman, who had 101 LIFE covers to his credit when he died in 1979, felt a portrait that did not show psychological insight was "an empty likeness" of its subject. Rolleiflex in hand and tongue in cheek, he invented his own Rorschach test--"jumpology"--and talked his subjects into becoming airborne in the interest of science. Richard Nixon, Aldous Huxley, Marilyn Monroe, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor are among the celebrities…

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