![]() The American artist Joseph Pennell first suggested the possibility in 1891, when he noted that the male figure in Vermeer’s Officer and Laughing Girl was almost twice the size of the girl across from him-a decidedly photographic proportion, rather than painterly perspective. ![]() Instead of revealing sketches or outlines, X-rays of Vermeer’s canvases show that the artist skipped ahead to the process of underpainting, directly applying paint with a conclusiveness that might imply he was tracing the images. While X-rays have illuminated a host of contextual changes in Vermeer’s compositions, the absence of underdrawings or sketches to delineate the very beginnings of his works has led many to wonder if the artist worked with the aid of a camera obscura-a device or room with pinhole used to project inverted images of a subject o nto a darkened surface. When it comes to Vermeer, what’s missing can often be as revealing as what’s on the canvas itself. ![]() Johannes Vermeer, Officer and Laughing Girl. What’s more, it might hint at the romantic, even illicit, nature of the letter: the sending and receiving of letters was regarded as quite risqué in Vermeer’s day and age (think: getting caught in the act of sliding into someone’s DMs). ![]() The image of Cupid, who tramples on a mask (a symbol of deception), is one Vermeer probably owned-it makes appearances in three other canvases by the artist. But studies have now revealed that the paint was added after Vermeer’s death, perhaps even several decades later. While scholars have known of the existence of the painted-over god for some 40 years, they had until recently believed Vermeer had obscured the image himself. The recent restoration has uncovered a painting of Cupid, the god of desire, hanging on the wall behind her. The work, which shows a young woman reading a letter by the light of a window, is one of several the artist made around the subject. The centerpiece of the Vermeer exhibition currently on view at Dresden’s Gemäldegalerie is the newly restored Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (1657–59)-a painting which has held its own flirtatious secret for centuries. © Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Johannes Vermeer, Girl Reading a Letter at the Open Window (1657-59). Over the centuries, conservators, scientists, curators, and art historians have discovered a number of surprising mysteries, tricks, and changes in Vermeer’s paintings.īelow we’ve pinpointed a few favorites that have allowed us to see Vermeer’s work in a whole new way. Vermeer’s paintings depict deceptively simple scenes-a woman reading a letter at a window, a maid pouring milk, a music lesson-but Thoré-Bürger’s intuition that they were keeping back untold secrets was absolutely correct. Thoré-Bürger had plucked Vermeer from semi-obscurity-though moderately successful in his lifetime, the artist fell out of fashion soon after his death-and used the nickname to describe the enigmatic, strangely modern, and even literary feel of the work. The French art historian Théophile Thoré-Bürger bestowed the “Sphinx” nickname onto Vermeer in the 19th century. His oeuvre was small-only 35 or 36 extant works are known or agreed upon- but over the course of the centuries intervening since his death in 1675, it has sparked seemingly boundless fascination, speculation, and analysis. The Sphinx of Delft is a fitting moniker for Johannes Vermeer, the 17th-century Dutch artist about whom, despite his wild fame, so little is actually known.
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Xun Yu's remarks greatly displeased Cao Cao.įollowing this, Xun Yu was sent to Qiao to reward the soldiers who took part in a military campaign against Sun Quan. Knowing that Dong Zhao was probably a conduit for Cao Cao, when approached by the former for his support, Xun Yu told Dong that Cao's personal mission was one of restoring the Han dynasty and would not approve of such a move – thus possibly hinting to Cao that he should abandon the idea. Xun Yu, whose ideals were for Cao Cao to continue being the protector of the Han dynasty, opposed Dong Zhao's proposal. Up to this point, Cao Cao's political legitimacy was only underpinned by his position as the chancellor. This proposal was significant as it would allow Cao Cao to set up a self-contained feudal state within the Han dynasty. ![]() In 211, Dong Zhao and a group of Cao Cao loyalists submitted a memorial to Emperor Xian proposing that Cao should be granted the title of a duke. Xun Yu dissuaded Cao Cao with a letter, highlighting several advantages that his army held over Yuan Shao's forces and urging him to stand fast the eventual result was a decisive victory for Cao Cao, which was crucial to his domination of northern China. In 200, Cao Cao was locked in a stalemate against Yuan Shao at the Battle of Guandu for months, eventually exhausting his food supply while contemplating retreat he sent a letter to Xun Yu (who was then defending Xu) for advice. ![]() In the long run, this strategy would give Cao Cao a considerable political advantage over his rivals, allowing him to legitimise his actions by taking them in the name of the emperor. Xun Yu's plan was to "control the insubordinate in the name of the emperor" ( 奉天子以令不臣) the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms subtly distorts this to "hold the emperor hostage to control the nobles" ( 挾天子以令諸侯). It was also at Xun Yu's suggestion that Cao Cao chose to escort Emperor Xian, who was then living in the ruins of Luoyang, to his own base at Xu (present-day Xuchang, Henan) in 196, taking on the role of protecting the emperor. Subsequently, on the death of Tao Qian, Cao Cao was tempted to turn around and move on Xu Province before returning to deal with Lü Bu it was Xun Yu who dissuaded him from this, reminding him that Yan Province was his heartland and power base and should be secured first before launching campaigns abroad. At that time Xun Yu was in charge of the defences of Juancheng ( 鄄城), and his firm actions saved the city from capture, allowing Cao Cao's armies to return and drive away Lü Bu. In 194, as Cao Cao led a campaign against Tao Qian in Xu Province, his home base at Yan Province was suddenly attacked by Lü Bu, and two of Cao's officials, Chen Gong and Zhang Miao, chose to defect to Lü Bu. Cao Cao, in turn, respected Xun Yu greatly and placed great store in his advice. On one hand he recommended many other men of calibre to Cao Cao, including Xun You (his second cousin-nephew), Chen Qun, Zhong Yao, Guo Jia and Sima Yi, creating a body of advisors around Cao at the same time he participated in several battles and major events of the era, often giving timely advice to his lord. ![]() Xun Yu's contributions to Cao Cao's forces and administration are immense. Cao Cao recognised Xun Yu's talent and he exclaimed, "Here comes my Zifang! " when Xun Yu arrived, and he appointed Xun as an army commandant. In the subsequent years, warlords quickly rose in each region Xun Yu first served Yuan Shao, whose power base was in Ji Province, but later left him and went to serve Cao Cao in 191. When the warlord Dong Zhuo seized control of the capital Luoyang, Xun Yu feared for his safety and resigned, returning to Ji Province (present day Hebei). In 189, he was nominated as a xiaolian (civil service candidate) and began his career in the civil service. Xun Yu proved to be a talented youth, and was evaluated by the scholar He Yong as "someone capable of assisting kings" ( 王佐之才). His grandfather, Xun Shu, served as a local governor and had eight sons who were nicknamed the "Eight Dragons of the Xun Family" an uncle of Xun Yu, Xun Shuang, served as one of the Three Ducal Ministers, while Xun Yu's father Xun Fan was the chancellor of the principality of Jibei. He was described in historical records as a tall and handsome gentleman. Xun Yu was from Yingchuan Commandery (around present-day Xuchang, Henan), and was born in a family of government officials. ![]() He's at least more expressive than Akiyama from Liar Game or Tatsuya from Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei, and neither of those protagonists get flak for not being expressive. Honestly, with this type of tragic manga, it would be weirder if he laughed more often. He gets lost in thought, he gets angry, he cries, he gets worried when he or his friends are in danger and yells out to them in concern, he cracks jokes and, yes, he even laughed once. Murakami is the the calm, rational type of protagonist and as far as that type of protagonist goes, he is actually very expressive. It's true, he isn't as expressive as, say, Luffy from One Piece but that simply isn't Murakami's type of character. He buys food for them, provides shelter for them, and seems to be the only one who puts thought into chasing down the precious leads that I mentioned.įinally, I don't understand where all of the complaints about the main character are coming from. Also, each of the girls, despite each having a supernatural power, is seemingly helpless without the male lead. The ecchiness shows up occasionally but so far I haven't noticed anything explicit. good, I guess? (I usually don't pay much attention to the art) It has plenty of gore as well, if that's your thing. The characters are also fairly well made but, I keep hoping for some more character development. The story element, as I've said, is superb. The actual confrontations are usually short and bloody. Usually, this girl has a premonition of someone's death (often by the hands of absurdly powerful enemies) and its up to the main cast to work backwards from the premonition, solve the mystery of the death/s, and combine their limited powers to overcome the powerful enemy. There is a girl in the main cast who can see how the people around her will die in the near future. However flawed it is later, it's a very fine and creative version of the classic protective hero melodrama that few men can resist. I've read from other reviewers that the story loses steam later, but for the first 30 or so chapter it's been compelling for me, so I'm sticking with it. So anyone who wants to read this manga must be prepared to see a lot of young women suffer and probably die, because the deep desire to stop those awful acts is what motivates the smart male MC and propels his action which in turn drives the story. This story very effectively taps that desire at the very beginning and keeps the male reader chasing the goal of keeping its female "witches" alive for many chapters.Įlfen Leid tapped the same motivation, but also mixed it up with the shame-laden human urge to see blood and gore in a disgusting way which made me hate the thing. After many years of living, I'm pretty sure that built into most men is a deep drive to protect women. And Ryouta notices that Neko does not have the three moles under her armpit despite Kuroneko had.especially if you're a guy. He is stunned, and Neko explains that she is a magician forged by surgery and pharmacy, although she had been turned into against her will. Meanwhile, a landslide occurs, but he is saved by Neko, who appears out of nowhere and prevents the flood of landslide from Ryouta. Against Neko's advise, Ryouta leaves the observatory and walks down to the bus stop. Neko receives a radio message and tells Ryouta that he should avoid to get in the bus and spend tonight at the observatory. Neko warns Ryouta that something very bad could happen to him. However, Neko has never seen Ryouta.Īt the astronomy club, Ryouta is interrupted by Neko, from leaving to get in the bus at 8:30 pm. This girl is named Neko Kuroha, and Ryouta initially feels as she is aggressively demanding explanations since confusing the resemblance to his deceased friend. One day a new student comes to his classroom, but she looks incredibly identical to Kuroneko. Due to the incident with his childhood friend, he has little tact with girls and does not know how to deal with them. Kuroneko passed away but Ryouta survived with the feelings of guilt.Ī decade later, Ryouta turns a high school student and the sole member of the astronomy club, in order to prove the existence of aliens. However, an accident occurred as Ryouta fell from an elevated area and then she tried to save him, Kuroneko fell off as well. In order to prove it, she took Ryouta to the place where the aliens seemingly appeared. She claimed that aliens exist as she had seen them. In childhood, Ryouta Murakami had a female friend nicknamed "Kuroneko". ![]() That’s quite the magnificent life that you have lived and worked around the world and you’re all all the better for it.Įxactly. And whatever they’re dealing with technologically, I’m able to really keep them focused and keep them positive about things and really deliver on the vision that they have. I help my clients really understand what’s happening in the industry. It’s an interesting thing like going into these huge companies, and then coming out and being I started my own boutique firm in 2016, and really applying all of those sort of big firm learnings down to really fun and actually challenging, awesome work with my clients. And what else? I guess the big ones have been McKinsey and Company for about 3 years, and then PwC off and on for like 12 years, and I left PwC. OHIP, hospital insurance, Ontario’s insurance plans. Got a lot of history and Toronto helped found the Indigo books and music, and worked at Bell mobility. I’ve lived in Asia in Singapore for work and worked with major companies. I’ve lived in Europe for about 7 years of my life. And I have family out here and it’s just been a sort of a outdoor paradise compared to just being stuck in the city. And we’re kind of heading back to town pretty soon as things are kind of opening up. Based in Toronto, but I’ve spent the quarantine in Nova Scotia, which has been really exciting. We’ve gotten to know each other over the last couple months and we’ve talked about this kind of podcasting and kind of get on the interview because some of the things that you and I uncover while just having our chats are pretty cool. ![]() And thanks for inviting me on this Christian. So why don’t you just tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do? And I said, I’m not gonna speak too much German during this podcast. And today, I’m thrilled to have Mark Treleaven join me, Mark, welcome to the show. Hi, everybody, and welcome to episode 3 of the B2B Marketers on a Mission podcast. Our goal is to share inspirational stories, tips and insights from B2B marketers, digital entrepreneurs, and industry experts that will help you to think differently, succeed and scale your business. I’m your host Christian Klepp, and one of the founders of EINBLICK Consulting. 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Data collection form and location targetĪrcGIS Field Maps allows you to access your maps, collect data, share your location, and annotate your maps, all in one app on your mobile device, even when disconnected. ![]() Grid-less designing and 360 degree item rotation.Design furniture and change materials for everything for full customization.Play in First Person or Overview camera modes.Create homes and neighborhoods with others in online multiplayer.Build entire homes from scratch - foundation to rooftops.There aren't really any games out there that let you build and renovate realistic homes from scratch with other players online, either, so we knew that was an important feature we wanted to incorporate."ĭesign your own dream home by grabbing the free demo of Hometopia on their Steam page from October 1st to October 7th. He continued, “After my wife and I fully renovated our 120-year-old former fraternity house by ourselves, we knew we wanted to bring that same experience to others in a more accessible but less exhausting format. "We had a lot of success with our mobile games Design This Home and Design This Castle, attracting over 20M players and igniting our love of home design.” "We're a small, independent team of five, but we've been developing games for the past two decades," said Alex Ahlund, founder of The Isn't Company. Fulfill all the needs of an ever-changing market and you could have a bidding war on your hands! Feeling ambitious? Build out a fancy multi-car garage, expand the footprint of the home, create a third level, or even demolish the entire property and rebuild it from scratch - foundation all the way up to the roof! 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![]() She didn't write Men in Black: International, and sadly, she's not in the movie much more, either. And she’s a writer, so maybe she could write the sequel too! There you go." She’s only in the first act, but she’s just fantastic. In 2012, MIB3 director Barry Sonnenfeld said in an interview with Vulture, "I think the reason to do a sequel would be to have Emma in the movie more. Her most memorable scene is probably when she has to speak in an alien language at Zed's funeral, as seen here: Thompson didn't have a lot of screen time in Men in Black 3, especially because the role was split between herself and Alice Eve, who played a younger version of Agent O. But, for the third movie, his character was killed off and Agent O, played by Thompson, was named the new chief. The first Men in Black movie came out 22 years ago, the second movie in 2002, and Men in Black 3 in 2009, so if you don't exactly remember who popped up where and for what reason, then that's understandable.Īs for how Thompson (Emma, not Tessa) got here, in the first two movies, Rip Torn played Zed, the head of the Men in Black. And second, Emma Thompson is back for Men in Black: International after first appearing in Men in Black 3. First, Frank the Pug, voiced by Tim Blaney, is back - very exciting. I will watch over you.The new Men in Black movie replaces Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones with new stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, but there are still two actors from previous films returning this time around. But you must follow me, obey me, be circumspect, make no disruption, quietly do whatever work is given you. ![]() May: For the sake of science, I will keep this knowledge from the others, for the time being. Zed: As *you* destroyed the rest of life? Can you un-know what you know now about me? You could be anything, could *do* anything. May: You must know that you're mentally and physically vastly superior to me, or to anyone else here. May: How did you get into the Vortex? What is your purpose? May: You are a mutant, second, maybe third generation - therefore genetically stable. May: Your genetic structure, your life chart. And after, we're all gonna have wine and sponge cake. But if we do it now, there's just no way to get it back on there.Ībraham: No, no, no, trust me, it's gonna be a very, very sleek look. Zed: You know, Abe, it's been a long day, we've all had a lot to drink, and I know that this foreskin thing sounds like a good idea now, but you might wanna sleep on it. You're saying you have too much cock? And you wanna. So it shall be written, and so it shall be done. Oh: Couldn't we pierce our ears or something?Ībraham: No, no, no. And you, and of you, and every male who dwelleth hereby.Ībraham: We shall grasp the foreskins of our penises, and we shall cut therefrom the extra flesh. James Edwards: That's a good shot though.Ībraham: Therefore, to signify my covenant with the one true God, I shall on this day circumcise the flesh of my penis. James Edwards: Or do I owe her an apology? ![]() And to be honest, I'd appreciate it if you eased up off my back about it. If you ask me, I'd say she's up to something. She's about eight years old, those books are WAY too advanced for her. I'm thinking, y'know, eight-year-old white girl, middle of the ghetto, bunch of monsters, this time of night with quantum physics books? She about to start some shit, Zed. I mean, how would I feel if somebody come runnin' in the gym and bust me in my ass while I'm on the treadmill? Then I saw this snarling beast guy, and I noticed he had a tissue in his hand, and I'm realizing, y'know, he's not snarling, he's sneezing. James Edwards: Well, first I was gonna pop this guy hanging from the street light, and I realized, y'know, he's just working out. James Edwards: Well, she was the only one that actually seemed dangerous at the time, sir. Zed: May I ask why you felt little Tiffany deserved to die? The STAMP program, which is the most widely used, provides a database which can be searched by City to see which local institutions can provide a Medallion Guarantee: At Olympia Trust, we recognize the challenges that some individuals face when trying to obtain a Medallion Guarantee. Where can a securityholder get a Medallion Guarantee?Īs mentioned above, most major brokerage firms, banks and credit unions will be a member of a Medallion Program. 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