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September 17, 2012

The Last Paintings

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Diego Rivera - The Watermelons - 1957


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Frida Kahlo - Viva la Vida, Watermelons - 1954


Apparently, both Frida Kahlo's and Diego Rivera's last paintings are of watermelons.

Posted by mehrdad at 02:15 PM | Art | Watermelon |

Contrapposto

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The Iranian wrestler Omid Noroozi, who won the gold medal in the men's 60-kg category in London 2012, in a classical statue pose - the contrapposto - so apt for this style of Greco-Roman wrestling.

Contrapposto is an Italian term that means counterpose. It is used in the visual arts to describe a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs. This gives the figure a more dynamic, or alternatively relaxed appearance.

>> Here are all my photos from London 2012 Games

Posted by mehrdad at 08:54 AM | Photography |