Blue Bloods Review: The Highway Hitman

When do major crimes detectives investigate car accidents? When they're not accidents.

Which is why a vehicle taking a header through the guard rail of the BQE (Brooklyn Queens Expressway, for those of you not from NYC) led to the hunt for a serial killer. And a particularly green one at that. 

Not only was our environmentally conscious killer eating vegan black bean burritos and probably wearing hemp clothing, he took the time to track down environmentally friendly, lead free bullets. How thoughtful. It's nice to know he was trying to protect the Earth while blowing people's brains out while they drove.

Sean Is Injured

Is it wrong of me to admit that I'd gladly burn a few extra gallons to be able to drive that Porsche 911? 

But back to the case. I knew the ex-military man hadn't committed suicide because there were still 20 minutes left in the show. However, I did love the clerk who couldn't stop calling Danny "Dude." The word was so ingrained in his vocabulary that I doubt Danny could have beat it out of him…and it looked like he really wanted to.

And how fitting having the killer be hit by an SUV. Hopefully there was a hybrid ambulance available.

Once again, Detective Kate Lansing won me over as she made bets with Danny over grammar issues, although my dictionary says it can be pronounced both ways. Forte as fort or fortey, so perhaps she shouldn't have handed that twenty bucks over quite so quickly.

The "Fathers and Sons" theme of the show came when poor Sean got bumped off his bicycle and suffered a head injury. I was surprised that Nicky urged her mother to scoop the kid up and go. She's always seemed so smart that I was a bit shocked she didn't know not to move an accident victim, especially one with a possible head, neck or back injury.  Then again, it's nice to see that she's just a kid and prone to panic like everyone else.

Everyone but Erin that is who was calm and in control. No less than I expected.

Linda was stoic as Danny struggled to hold it together. There was nothing to do but wait and patience certainly is one of Danny's virtues. 

Back at One Police Plaza, Frank worried about his family, handled the PR about the city's latest serial killer and gave the mayor fits. I do wonder how long Frank and the mayor can do this dance. I hope indefinitely but every time Frank steps on the Mayor's toes I wonder what the end of the season will bring.

We didn't get a real Reagan family dinner, just Chinese takeout at the hospital and a heartfelt prayer. But Sean waking up to the rising sun with both Danny and Frank at his bedside almost made up for it.

Almost. Because as good as this episode was, I don't want to go another week with Sunday dinner with the Reagans.

Source:
http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/01/blue-bloods-review-the-highway-hitman/

Michelle Dockery Teases Season of Change, Rocky Sailing for Mary and Matthew

Before we move ahead to Downton Abbey Season 3 - debuting Sunday night on PBS! - let's go back to this summer, when Lisa Palmer of TV Fanatic chatted with star Michelle Dockery at the Television Critics Association press tour.

What nuggets did the actress spill about what fans can expect on new episodes?

Mary and Matthew Promo Pic

“The third season is very much about change," Dockery sayd. "[Mary has] matured and she’s very much grown into a woman as a result of the war, as opposed to how petty and spoiled she was.”

Are there any similarities between the star and the character?

“Mary and I come from different backgrounds. But there are some similarities. I enjoy playing Mary because it’s different than any other character I’ve played. I liked Mary’s cold and pragmatic side, especially, and her vicious nature toward her sister because it was so different.”

And finally, of course, we had to ask about the main couple at the center of this beloved British smash? With a wedding on the horizon, can viewers look forward to nothing but wedding bliss for Matthew and Mary? Please, Dockery teases:

“There is never smooth sailing for Matthew and Mary.”

Among other Season 3 spoilers:

  • Lord Grantham will face severe financial problems.
  • Anna will remain committed to clearing Bates' name and freeing him from jail.
  • Three new servants will start work.
  • Thomas will get into major trouble with one of them, who happens to be O'Brien's nephew.
  • Tragedy will strike the family.

Source:
http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/01/michelle-dockery-teases-season-of-change-rocky-sailing-for-mary/

Jim’s Notebook: Open to Dallas, Bunheads and More!

Happy New Year, TV Fanatics! I'm back to work full force now that the winter press tour of the Television Critics Association has begun. For the next two weeks, stay close to the site for all the breaking news, interviews and general coverage of all the new shows the networks are bringing in the coming weeks and months.

My Notebook is already filling up, so I’m emptying it out today with scoop on the return of Bunheads; how Dallas is going to handle the death of Larry Hagman; and the intriguing new Cinemax series Banshee. Let’s go!

Jim's Notebook

BUNHEADS Sutton Foster will soon be joined on the show by her real-life brother, Hunter, who happens to also have made a name for himself on Broadway. What’s with the Foster family and these talented siblings?

“I have no idea,” the actress/singer/dancer said during a recent press call. “Both of my parents, neither one of them are in the business, no one in our family, and Hunter and I, we were never the singing Fosters. We just like to perform and do stuff for fun.”

While she may not have the answer to how she and her talented sibling ended up where they have, she isn’t confused on her feelings about it: “I have no idea why or how it happened but it’s been awesome and it’s been really, really, really special to have him on the show and to be able to work with him. This is our first time working together as actors and so it’s been really, really fun to have this opportunity.”

Bobby's HomeBunheads Cast Pic

BANSHEE Cinemax has brought us acquired shows such as Strike Back and Hunted, but Banshee (premiering January 11) is one that they network has built from the ground up with creators Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler, as well as True Blood master Alan Ball. Showrunner Greg Yaitanes (House) shared with me on the first day of TCAs that the 10-episode series also did something unusual in the way it shot episodes.

“We actually shot the first episode about mid-way through the new season,” he revealed. “The fourth episode was actually the first one that we did. Because we had the scripts, I thought it would be a unique way of approaching it that I thought, ‘well, why don’t we work out the kinks in the fourth episode so if there are any growing pains that the audience is already invested and maybe they’ll smooth out and be over at that point.’” 

Having been in the television game for a long time, Yaitanes added about shooting the premiere episode fourth: “I think a pilot should feel like a great episode of a show and some of the great shows have arrived fully formed and I wanted to give us the best chance possible…I think you feel that in the first episode.”

Having seen the first two episodes, I can confirm: he’s right. The series starts off feeling strong with solid performances, great amounts of character and some kick-ass fight sequences that will leave your mouth hanging open.

TNT Turner President Michael Wright started off today’s TCA cable day by talking up last year’s success for both TBS and TNT: “TNT had one of its best summers ever,” he said with six programs on the air, including the top new three cable shows with Major Crimes, Perception and Dallas. Wright said TNT and TBS will be launching new and returning shows throughout the year, not just summer.

Because a lot of the questions will undoubtedly be about how Dallas will be handling the passing of Larry Hagman, Wright made sure to address the question right away. The show will definitely honor Larry’s passing, Wright said, “with an episode on JR’s funeral and a storyline that would make Larry very, very happy.”

TNT is also launching new unscripted series including The Hero with Dwayne Johnson and Ben Silverman, as well as Boston’s Finest and King of the Nerds, which will be hosted by Robert Carradine and Curtis Armstrong, who starred in the Revenge of the Nerds films.

And the Cougar Town panel started off in style with mimosas courtesy of creator Bill Lawrence. Bravo!

That’s a wrap! Anything else you’re dying to know about your favorite show? Leave a comment here or you email me directly at jim@jimhalterman.com. And remember: follow @TVFanatic for all your TV scoop!

Source:
http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/01/jims-notebook-open-to-dallas-bunheads-and-more/

The Vampire Diaries Return Questions: What Will Happen?

We swear, The Vampire Diaries Season 4 will return at some point. January 17th, to be exact.

But with that date still nearly two weeks away, TV Fanatic wants to know: What are the main questions you hope will be answered in these early episodes? Among our more pressing inquiries...

TVD Stars

What impact will Bonnie's father have on his daughter? Vampire Diaries spoilers alert: Rick Worthy debuts as the Bennett patriarch this month. Will his presence pull Bonnie away from Professor Shane? Push her toward the man who has truly been acting like a father figure of late?

How will Tyler react to his mother's death? A totally wild guess: with a lot of anger directed at Klaus. A related question: How will this development affect Caroline's flirtatious relationship with that Original? Safe to assume their fun and their games are over now, right?

Will Matt and Rebekah hit it? She's awake again. She's very attractive. She has feelings for the loyal bartender. What are missing here? Come on, Grill Employee of the Year!

Will Klaus say 'love' or 'mate' more times in 2013? Drinking game players around the nation are edges of their seats - and rims of their shot glasses - in anticipation!

Can Jeremy complete the map without harming someone close to him? My favorite storyline of Season 4 so far. We know Damon will be mentoring Jeremy upon the show's return, but we don't know how far Jeremy will need to go in order to finish his mark.

Will the cure be found? Or, perhaps a better one: Will it be used?

Will the sire bond storyline come to an end soon? Please? Pretty please?!?

Source:
http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/01/the-vampire-diaries-return-questions-what-will-happen/

TV Ratings Report: Series Highs for CBS

On Wednesday, NBC benefited from its decision to run new programming against a slate of repeats.

Last night, it was CBS' turn, as America's most-watched network lived up to that distinction by airing record-breaking episodes of The Big Bang Theory and Person of Interest.

Sheldon's JengaFinch's Student

Sheldon and company, for example, drew 19 million people to their playing of real-life Jenga, setting a series high for total viewers and tying it with a 6.0 in the young adult demographic.

Person of Interest, meanwhile, enjoyed similar success: a high in its total audience (16.1 mil) and the matching of its all-time best 18-49-year old rating (3.4).

Elsewhere on CBS:

  • Elementary (11.4 million/2.5) enjoyed its best figures since the pilot.
  • Two and a Half Men rose to season highs in the same categories: (15.4 million and 4.6, respectively).

Source:
http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/01/tv-ratings-report-series-highs-for-cbs/

Spectropia – Mirage and Ghost Stories at the Morbid Anatomy Library: Guest Post by Laetitia Barbier

I am very pleased to introduce the first of what I hope will be many guest posts by Morbid Anatomy Library intern Laetitia Barbier; she has been working with us on and off over the past few years, and has just returned to America to finish her dissertation for The Sorbonne on painter Joe Coleman.
Laeti will be writing a series of short articles for this blog based on her favorite books in the Morbid Anatomy Library; following is her first:

While helping Joanna with the post-Hurricane Sandy library unpacking, I recently stumbled upon this incredible book. Squeezed between larger volumes of the vast “Death and Art” section, this amethyst-colored booklet was so thin that its title was almost impossible to read. Spectropia or the Surprising Spectral Illusions Showing Ghosts Everywhere and of any Colors” - A rather theatrical headline, rendered on the front cover in a multiple typography layout evoking 19thcentury entertainment posters. The pamphlet cover is also illustrated with a silver, almost invisible hooked nose ghoul, pointing an accusative finger at an even more invisible target. In good condition, the book is in fact a recent facsimile of a Victorian era manual. Its author, J.H. Brown, a complete stranger to me, published it 1864 both in England and in America.

Spetropia- What does it mean? I was both amused by this obscure neologism, and by the idea that the ghosts mentioned in the title did, apparently, not suffer any constraints of space, time or even hue - 'everywhere and of any colors. ' If omnipresence could be a common aspect of spirit's nature, the concept of their polychromatic manifestations was obviously something very new to me and so far incredibly bizarre. It is only by reading the texts and shuffling through the pages of this book that the magical aspect of this treasure item revealed itself to me. 

Spetropia is no necromancy handbook, neither an history of Phantasmagoria spectacles as its macabre iconography might have suggested. It is, instead, an optical illusion manual, a toy book, a pure product of rational amusement. Spectropia in fact suggests that there is no need for a magic lantern operator to create frightening apparitions; your own eyes can serve as a substitute.

Dividing his book in several sections, Mr. Brown explains in his introduction a few simple facts about eye anatomy and their physiological specificities, and also on optic and chromatic learning, so that even young readers could understand that the experiment he proposes is not a metaphysical one, but truly rooted in science.

As he explains, the first step in this intriguing visual path is to pick out your own ghost from the sixteen large lithography plates--a pretty complex dilemma, as those Santa Muerte-like figures vie with each other in terms of amiable whimsicality, reflecting the minimal, almost naïve aesthetic preferred by Brown himself for practical purposes; at one point in the book, he apologies profusely for “the apparent disregard of taste and fine art” of his illustrations. Once your spooky companion is chosen, stare at it for about “a quarter of minute” and then move your eyes to a neutral, preferably white surface: a wall, a sheet of paper or, in my case, the ceiling of the Morbid Anatomy Library. Subsequently, the monochromatic monsters will appear, floating in the air like phosphorescent silhouette, an afterimage produced by the persistence of vision for only few seconds on the retina. As Brown explains it, the illusion will be produced in the complementary color of its original paper doppelganger. For instance, if you were to select the purple hand image (5th down), you will be haunted by a yellow ghost whereas an extended focus on a green one (3rd down) will manifest into a flamingo pink apparition… Spectres, or so it would seem, are true dandies.

But beyond this fantastic imagery, Spectropia has another quite surprising particularity. Brown's main interest was, in fact, not to amuse a young audience; instead, very alarmed by what he called a “mental epidemic” and the superstitious zeitgeist of his era, Mr. Brown was an anti-spiritualist crusader, and his aim was to bring belief in communication with the deceased to an end. By showing through playful optical experiments how ghosts could be seeneverywhere and of any colors, and according to demonstrable scientific principles, Brown's object was to demonstrate how the human mind could so easily and predictably be tricked by deceiving the senses.

A true scientific mind himself, who denies legitimacy to ''the follies of spiritualism,” Brown eventually offers a quiet poetic vision of the limits of his own rationalism when, in his anatomical expose, he describe the eye as “the most wonderful example of the infinite skill of the Creator.”

You can find out more about Laetitia Barbier by clicking here; you can read some of her articles about Parisian curiosities for Atlas Obscura by clicking here. You can find out more about this book--and order a copy of your own!--by clicking here. Very big thanks, also, to my sister Donna Ebenstein for gifting this book to me a number of years back.

All images are scanned from the book; click on image to see larger, more detailed versions.

Source:
http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2013/01/spectropia-mirage-and-ghost-stories-at.html

Silk Me Back – Arterial Kimono

Silk Me Back Arterial Kimono FMR

Silk Me Back Arterial Kimono FMR detail

Silk Me Back Arterial Kimono FMR

FMR Silk Me Back Arterial Kimono writing

Gorgeous kimono featuring the human arterial system designed by FMR for an exhibition in France, called Silk Me Back at the Nesle Gallery. Created to support victims of the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster, this exhibition featured 25 stunning kimonos like the one above. All of the kimono’s will be auctioned off on February 9th, 2013 in the Westin-Paris Vendôme hotel in Paris. Profits will be donated to KNK Japan/Children Without Borders and the Furusato Project.

If you look closely, you can see that the arterial system on the silk kimono is all handwritten with text from the Buddhist Sutta.  Stunning detail down to the drops of blood on the collar!

Read more about the exhibit and view more of the kimonos at Pink Julep who attended the exhibit back in October.

 

[via Gorellaume]

 

Source:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/streetanatomy/OQuC/~3/QYYLuv8FKfs/

Wonderful Italian Vanitas Bust from the Late 17th Century

An Italian vanitas bust from the late 17th century, from the exhibition “Marble Sculpture From 350 B.C. to Last Week” at Sperone Westwater as seen in a recent issue of The New York Times.

More about this exhibition, from the press release:

Marble Sculpture from 350 B.C. to last weekCurated by Gian Enzo Sperone22 December 2011New York, NY 

Sperone Westwater is pleased to present an exhibition of white marble sculptures dating from 350 B.C. to the present day. This survey includes Greek and Roman antiquities, Neoclassical sculptures, and works by modern and contemporary European and American artists. 

Marble is one of the oldest and most fundamental materials of sculpture with wide-ranging use in the fine arts, decorative arts, and architecture. Among the works from Greek and Roman antiquity in Marble Sculpture from 350 B.C. to Last Week is an Ionian Greek grave relief from the second half of the fourth century B.C. that depicts three figures presenting a narrative on a farewell to the deceased. A Vestal statue from the second century A.D. represents the virgin goddess of hearth, home, and family in Roman religion. Notable Roman sculptures from the first and second century A.D. are also presented including a vase and a bust of young man. Significant sculptures from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries include Icarus, the mythological figure of a man with wings, by Tommaso Bonazza (Venice 1696 ? Padua 1775), as well as Hercules by Giacomo Cassetti Marinali (Venice 1682 ? Vicenza 1757), carved out of pietra di Vicenza, to name a couple.The modern and contemporary works in Marble Sculpture provide a different context for the ancient material. Pioneer of the Dada movement, Jean Arp created Mediterranean Sculpture I (Orphic Dream), 1941, a biomorphic sculpture that has rounded and angular edges, encompassing the artist?s desire to conflate nature?s different forms. Richard Long?s Heaven (Portrait of Carl Andre), 2011, consists of six rows of large marble blocks. Infinite, 2011, by Fabio Viale, depicts two interlocked tires carved out of marble. Not Vital?s 1/2 Man 1/2 Animal, 1996, is an eleven-foot tall anthropomorphic sculpture that resembles a mythical creature. An installation of five slabs, Ai Weiwei?s Marble Doors, 2007, depicts a barricade of white and grey doors. Bertozzi & Casoni?s Gorilbattista, 2011, is a vanitas sculpture of a gorilla head on a plate. Tom Sachs?s Brute, 2009/2010, transforms an ordinary lightweight object to the extraordinary through the medium of marble. In Purity, 2008-2011, Barry X Ball reinvigorates the age-old tradition of figurative marble sculpture through the use of unconventional stones and methods.

Click on image to see larger, finer version.Source:
http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2013/01/wonderful-italian-vanitas-bust-from.html

A True Tale of Krampus Youth from Bad Goisern, Austria

To extend the holiday cheer, I am very excited to share with you this tale of growing up with the Krampus tradition, just in from Austrian Morbid Anatomy reader Julia Atzmanstorfer:

Hello from Austria, 

I recently noted that you post much about Krampus - which is a very vivid tradition in the region where I live. Here in Bad Goisern/Upper Austria we have one of the biggest Krampus events in the country; hundreds of Krampusses come there to meet and run every December.

I just asked myself if you know that this old tradition has nothing to do with Christmas itself - as a important part of Advent and takes place on the 5th of December, the evening of St. Nikolaus. Krampus is the companion of St. Nikolaus (an old, rather kindhearted, but also rigorous man who visits the children), and he has the role of punishing those, who have been bad through the year, by hitting them with his birch (in former times children were also told that the Krampus would take them with him). 

These guys are really, really scary when you are a child... Their shaggy skins, their wooden masks (which are often handed down from generation to generation and nowadays also more and more orientated in modern splatter movies) and their cow bells around the ankles... the very sound of them is really threatening when they are coming nearer! 

Behind the Krampus mask there is always a young man, never a girl or a woman - and the whole custom of course also has a certain archaic sexual connotation, because the Krampusses hidden behind their masks also catch girls to hit them. When I was around 16, 17, it was always very exciting to participate in the Krampuslauf as a spectator - when you are a teenager, you hope that one of them gets you... 

Anyway. Perhaps you know all this. Just in case you did not yet, I thought you might find it interesting. 

Merry Christmas!
Julia

Thanks so much, Julia, for sending this along!Source:
http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-true-krampus-tale-from-bad-goisern.html

Creating Stereoscopic 3-D Images of Small Specimens Using a Desktop Scanner: Workshop with Stereoscopic 3-D Artist Gerald Marks, This Saturday, January 5

This Saturday! Students are invited to use objects from the Morbid Anatomy Library for scanning. If interested in attending this class, please email morbidanatomy[at]gmail.com.

Creating Stereoscopic 3-D Images of Small Specimens Using a Desktop Scanner:
Workshop with Stereoscopic 3-D Artist Gerald Marks
Date: Saturday, January 5, 2013
Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM with a short lunch break
Fee: $60
Presented by Morbid Anatomy
*** Class size is limited to 16; please RSVP to morbidanatomy[at]gmail.com

In this workshop class you will learn to produce high-quality stereoscopic images of small objects, using a conventional desktop scanner. Everyone in the class can expect to leave with at least one 3-D picture, ready to post on a the web, email, or include in digital slide show, and the knowledge of how to do the process. With this technique, quite a bit of magnification is possible, almost rivaling microscope work.

After scanning, we will work with the images in Adobe Photoshop, using the same basic approach that the instructor has developed for Stereoscopic 3-D images in general, so you will be learning a professional technique for working with 3-D image pairs.
We will primarily view and work with our 3-D images using traditional Anaglyph Red/Blue 3-D glasses but we can output our scan work to any 3-D viewing system, including all types of 3-D projection and 3-D Television. 3-D glasses will be provided.
We will be scanning the objects on a conventional desktop scanners, such as the Epson Perfection series, and working with the scans on a laptop, using Adobe Photoshop (any version). All of the computer work on the instructor's laptop will be projected large, and in 3-D, so that it will be easy to follow.

Bring to Class
The primary thing to bring to class is the object you wish to scan. Almost anything in your collection from about .25" to about 6" wide should work, as long as it holds together. (Slime, for example, doesn't hold together) Natural or man-made objects, such as coins or medals work great. Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral are all OK, as long as it will hold still for at least two exposures. Bring additional objects as some things scan better than others and there may be time to scan more.

Bring a flash drive, or a blank CD, to put your scans on and take home

You may bring your own laptop, with Photoshop installed, but it is not required. Bring your own scanner, too, if you like (When transporting a scanner, remember to "lock" the scanner head!)

Gerald Marks is an artist working along the border of art and science, specializing in stereoscopic 3-D since 1973. He may be best known for the 3-D videos he directed for The Rolling Stones during their Steel Wheels tour. He has taught at The Cooper Union, The New School for Social Research, and the School of Visual Arts, where he currently teaches Stereoscopic 3-D within the MFA program in Computer Art. He was artist in residence at San Francisco's Exploratorium and a Visiting Scholar at the MIT Media Lab, where he worked with computer-generated holography. His Professor Pulfrich's Universe installations are popular features in museums all over the world, including the Exploratorium, The N. Y. Hall of Science, and Sony ExploraScience in Beijing & Tokyo. He has done 3-D consulting, lecturing & design for scientific purposes for The American Museum of Natural History, the National Institutes of Health, and Discover Magazine. He has created a large variety of 3-D artwork for advertising, display, and pharmaceutical use, as well as broadcast organizations Fox and MTV. He has designed award winning projections and sets at the N.Y. Public Theater, SOHO Rep, Kaatsbaan International Dance Center and the Nashville Ballet, where he created stereoscopically projected sets. He created the 3-D mural in the 28th Street station of the #6 train in New York City’s subway. He did 3-D imaging of dance around the New York shoreline as part of an iLAB grant from the iLAND Foundation for using the arts to raise environmental consciousness.

More here.Source:
http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2013/01/creating-stereoscopic-3-d-images-of.html

"Hairy Secrets: Human Relic as Memory Object in Victorian Mourning Jewelry:" Lectures and Hair Art Workshop, January 18-31, Observatory

We at Morbid Anatomy are delighted to announce a new series at Observatory developed in conjunction with master jeweler and art historian Karen Bachmann. Entitled Hairy Secrets: Human Relic as Memory Object in Victorian Mourning Jewelry, this series will explore, in a three-part  lecture series and one workshop, the history of the preservation of human remains for reasons sacred and profane, culminating in the flowering of Victorian hair art mourning jewelry, or jewelry which incorporates the hair of the beloved dead.

Full details on all events follow; hope to see you and one or more! And please note: If you are interested in attending the workshop, please RSVP to morbidanatomy@gmail.com. This class is very nearly sold out, but we are hoping to add an additional class in February if interest justifies.
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"Speaking Reliquaries" and Christian Death Rituals
 Date: Thursday, January 17
Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $10
Presented by Morbid Anatomy
Part 1 of Hairy Secrets Lecture Series

In tonight's illustrated lecture--the introductory lecture of a 3-part series on human relics and Victorian mourning jewelry--master jeweler and art historian Karen Bachmann will focus on what are termed "speaking" reliquaries: the often elaborate containers which house the preserved body parts--or relics--of saints and martyrs with shapes which reflect that of the body-part contained within.

Bachmann will examine these fascinating objects from an art historical perspective, and discuss their relationship to concepts of human body parts as icons of the immortal. They will be put into the larger context of Christian death rituals, in particular the veneration of saints body parts as sacred and magical relics. Also discussed will be the extremely odd proclivities of a variety of renaissance saints, such as Catherine of Sienna who drank pus from open sores. This will serve as the genesis in our further discussions of human hair, teeth, and nails as icons of the immortal.
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The History of the Memento Mori and Death’s Head Iconography
Date: Thursday, January 24

Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $10
Presented by Morbid Anatomy
Part 2 of Hairy Secrets Lecture Series

In tonight's illustrated lecture--the second in a 3-part series on human relics and Victorian mourning jewelry--master jeweler and art historian Karen Bachmann will explore the development of the memento mori, objects whose very raison d'être is to remind the beholder that they, too, will die. Bachman will trace the symbolism and iconography of the memento mori and death's head imagery in both Medieval and Renaissance art, focusing on jewelry. She will also discuss the development of the "portable relic" -- a wearable form of body part reliquary, will be the focus of this lecture. The importance of hair in contemporaneous art of the period will be addressed, as well as the development of bereavement jewelry with hair.
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The Victorian Love Affair with Death and the Art of Mourning Hair Jewelry
Date: Thursday, January 31

Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $10
Presented by Morbid Anatomy
Part 3 of Hairy Secrets Lecture Series

The Victorians had a love affair with death which they expressed in a variety of ways, both intensely sentimental and macabre. Tonight's lecture--the last in a 3-part series on human relics and Victorian mourning jewelry--will take as its focus the apex of the phenomenon of hair jewelry fashion in the Victorian Era as an expression of this passion. Nineteenth century mourning rituals will be discussed, with a particular focus on Victorian hairwork jewelry, both palette worked and table worked. Also discussed will be the historical roots of the Victorian fascination with death, such as high mortality rates for both adults and children, the rise of the park cemetery, and the death of Queen Victoria's beloved Prince Albert and her subsequent fashion-influencing 40-year mourning period. Historical samples of hair art and jewelry from the lecturer's personal collection will also be shown.

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Class: The Victorian Art of Hair Jewelry with Art Historian and Master Jeweler Karen Bachmann
Date:
Sunday, January 13
Time: 12 - 4 PM
Admission: $75

***Must RSVP to morbidanatomy@gmail.com to be added to class list; 15 person limit
This class is part of The Morbid Anatomy Art Academy

Hair jewelry was an enormously popular form of commemorative art that began in the late 17th century and reached its zenith during the Victorian Era. Hair, eit
her of someone living or deceased, was encased in metal lockers or woven to enshrine the human relic of a loved one. This class will explore a modern take on the genre.

The technique of "palette working" or arranging hair in artful swoops and curls will be explored and a variety of ribbons, beads, wire and imagery of mourning iconography will be supplied for potential inclusion. A living or deceased person or pet may be commemorated in this manner.

Students are requested to bring with them to class their own hair, fur, or feathers; all other necessary materials will be supplied. Hair can be self-cut, sourced from barber shops or hair salons (who are usually happy to provide you with swept up hair), from beauty supply shops (hair is sold as extensions), or from wig suppliers. Students will leave class with their own piece of hair jewelry and the knowledge to create future projects.

Karen Bachmann is a fine jeweler with over 25 years experience, including several years on staff as a master jeweler at Tiffany & Co. She is a Professor in the Jewelry Design Dept at Fashion Institute of Technology as well as the School of Art & Design at Pratt Institute. She has recently completed her MA in Art History at SUNY Purchase with a thesis entitled "Hairy Secrets; Human Relic as Memory Object in Victorian Mourning Jewelry". In her downtime she enjoys collecting biological specimens, amateur taxidermy and punk rock.

More on all events can be found here. To see all Morbid Anatomy events, click here.

Image: Mourning brooches containing the hair of a deceased relative. Wellcome Images Source:
http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2013/01/hairy-secrets-human-relic-as-memory.html

All the Awesome Awards the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Stars Have Won – Wetpaint

By now, were familiar with the Greys Anatomy casts victories at the Emmys, the Golden Globes, and the Peoples Choice Awards. (The people, in particular, love them some Greys.)

But those high-profile award shows aside, the actors have also earned their own unique honors, and those are the ones were celebrating in this photo gallery!

Greys Anatomy returns for Season 14 this fall on ABC.

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The Grey of Greys Anatomy has won three Peoples Choice Awards over the years, but she also won the Special Achievement in Entertaining honor from the National Italian American Foundation in 2007. Ciao bella!

For his work in Season 10, when Alex reconnected with his drug-addict father, Justin received the 2014 PRISM Award for Performance in a Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline.

The awards show recognizes the accurate depiction of drug, alcohol, and tobacco use and addiction in film, television, interactive, music, DVD, and comic book entertainment.

Chandra won a PRISM Award the same year as Justin and she also has three Image Awards, two BET Awards, and a SAG Award under her belt.

But this actress also won a Theatre World Award way back in 1991 for her performance in the Off-Broadway play The Good Times Are Killing Me.

James won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the Image Awards in 2012, and hed been nominated in that category for seven consecutive years by that point.

In 1998, a decade before setting foot in the hospital then known as Seattle Grace, Kevin won the International Fantasy Film Award for Best Actor for his role as a cuckolded husband in the film The Acid House.

Jesse was honored with the 2016 BET Humanitarian Award, and his impassioned speech captivated the audience and had America talking (and cheering) for days afterward.

In case you werent aware, Camilla is the latest voice of Lara Croft, and her work on Rise of the Tomb Raider won her a Behind the Voice Actors Award in 2016 in the Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in a Video Game category.

Caterina won a PRISM Award, too accepting the award in 2012, back when she was starring on Greys spin-off Private Practice and plumbing the depths of Amelia Shepherds addiction.

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation bestowed Debbie with the Lifetime Achievement Award at their Gracie Awards on June 6 and even better, real-life daughter Vivian Nixon and TV son Jesse Williams presented the honor.

[Women] have a real purpose and a real point of view thats very different, she told Variety at the event. By nature, we are the ones that nurture, stand up, and fight.

By now, were familiar with the Greys Anatomy casts victories at the Emmys, the Golden Globes, and the Peoples Choice Awards. (The people, in particular, love them some Greys.)

But those high-profile award shows aside, the actors have also earned their own unique honors, and those are the ones were celebrating in this photo gallery!

Greys Anatomy returns for Season 14 this fall on ABC.

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