Fiona Apple - Sleep to Dream

Music Appreciation

As I've mentioned in previous posts HERE and HERE, I had a thing for Fiona Apple. To me, when in my teens, she was that perfect image of what I wanted in a companion: gorgeous eyes, seductive contralto voice, beautiful hair, and thin. 

The classically trained pianist began writing her own songs at age eight. Her debut album, Tidal, was released when she was 17. 

The second single, "Sleep to Dream" was released on April 14, 1997. The song is one of Fiona's most successful singles. She won the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video for this song. The music video was directed by French director Stephane Sednaoui.

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Simone Cantarini

Art Appreciation

Simone Cantarini was an Italian painter and etcher best known for his paintings and portraits of religious subjects. 

Born on April 12, 1612 in Pesaro, Cantarini's artistic abilities was discovered by a church parishioner who accompanied the young artist to Venice. While in Venice, Cantarini was guided by artists Sante Peranda, and Francesco Mingucci.

His first commissions included Saint Rita of Cascia and The Immaculate Conception with Saints. An early Cantarini masterpiece was the St. Peter Healing the Lame Man, which reveals influence from Italian Baroque painter Guido Reni. 

In 1634, Cantarini joined Reni's studio in Bologna. While there, Reni taught Cantarini etching. His stay with Reni was short since the two eventually had a fall-out. There are several speculations as to what caused the breakup. 

Cantarini did return to Bologna after Reni's death in 1642 where he opened his own studio training artists like Lorenzo Pasinelli, Flaminio Torre, and Giovanni Battista Venanzi.  

Archangel Michael with Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert

Noli me tangere (Don't touch me)

Saint Peter healing the cripple

Sources: Wikipedia

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Alison Lapper

Art Appreciation

British artist Alison Lapper is known for incorporating her disability in photography, digital imaging, and painting. She was born on April 7, 1965 with a medical condition called phocomelia. 

An article in The Guardian, which you can read here, tells of her struggles growing up with the disability. At seven weeks old, she was sent to a children's home with other children with various impairments.  

At a young age, she got involved in art. She enrolled in Heatherley School of Fine Arts, an independent art school in London, then the Faculty of Art and Architecture at the University of Brighton, where she graduated first class honors in Fine Arts in 1994.

After the birth of her son, she produced work that aimed to challenge society's preconceptions about motherhood and disability. In 2003, she won a Woman of the Year award and awarded an MBE, a British order of chivalry, for services in the arts.

In 2019, her son, Parys, died of a sudden suspected accidental drug overdose. In an interview, Lapper mentioned her son had been bullied at school over her disability which led to his mental illness.

Sources:

Wikipedia, The Guardian, National Portrait Gallery UK, artranked

Lidia Savoderova

Modeling Appreciation

How do I start this blog entry? *thinking* 🤔

I have a huge crush on Lidia Savoderova. Plain and simple. 

I follow several professional photographers. It was when I noticed a collection of photographs by Ivan Warhammer of Lidia Savoderova when my heart stopped. I needed more of her. 

The sought-after Russian model began her career in 2013. She posed for the adult website, Femjoy, early in her career.

The 5'7" model was born on April 5, 1991. And just in case you are wondering, yup, she's a natural 34D.

Back to crushing on Lidia.

photo by Maxim Guselnikov

photo by Volker Wagner

   

photo by Arkadiy Kozlovskiy

photo by Ivan Warhammer

Source: 

babepedia.com