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Untitled (Radio) by Bill Traylor, c. 1940–1942. Opaque watercolor and graphite on printed advertising paperboard, 32 1/2 by 24 1/2 inches.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowmnent; photograph by Gene Young.
COLOR THEORY
Theory of Colors (1810), and way,
way before Pantone, A. Boogert set out to create a comprehensive manual of colors. His
nine-hundred-page anthology of color samples is unique, and is now available in digital high-resolution on the website of the Bibliothèque Méjanes in Aix-en-Provence, France. (
An expanded version of
Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours an 1814 guide to the colors of the natural world, organized by German geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner will be published next month as
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Why cities emptied by COVID-19 are perfect for modern flaneurs
Copying the approach of Baudelaire’s quizzical stroller can help us escape lockdown even if he needs a little updating
By Chris Moss / The Guardian
Charles Baudelaire, whose 200th birthday yesterday was celebrated with stamp issues, new editions of his poetry and virtual events, is arguably more famous for his concept of the flaneur an aimless stroller or ambler than for his writing. That’s partly because reading his volumes Les Fleurs du Mal or Le Spleen de Paris requires a degree of application, but also because the idea of an individual moving through the city streets and finding aesthetic pleasure in the teeming crowds, appeals to us and continues to chime. At least, it did until spring last year, when the crowds were told to stay at home.