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2 weeks ago | 
acreagelife.com | Rachel Witte
Deep Roots & Lasting HarvestsWith just a little effort this spring, you can set yourself up for years of abundant harvests, improved soil health and reduced maintenance, all by planting perennials. Perennials like asparagus, rhubarb and berry bushes keep coming back season after season, providing reliably delicious harvests while also enriching your land. Their deep roots stabilize soil, minimize erosion and create healthier growing conditions every year.
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3 weeks ago | 
acreagelife.com | Rachel Witte
Water is one of the most precious resources on any homestead. For those living on acreage, especially in areas where droughts are common, managing and conserving water is essential for both the environment and your own self-reliance. With a little planning and some straightforward strategies, you can significantly reduce water usage without sacrificing comfort or productivity.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Anna Ingram |Valeria Kumekina |Tommy Thiange |Rachel Witte
Brak kategorii Artist Stories The Northern Renaissance took place in Europe north of the Alps, primarily in regions like the Netherlands, Germany, France, and England. Artists like Jan van Eyck, Albrecht Dürer, and Hans Holbein the Younger focused on meticulous detail, realism, and accurate depictions of the natural world. While religious themes were familiar, Northern artists also explored portraiture and landscapes, reflecting a new interest in the material world.
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3 weeks ago | 
acreagelife.com | Rachel Witte
We all love seeing our land buzzing with bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators. The best part is that these pollinators make our gardens more than just pleasant places to be; they play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity and ensuring the success of food crops and native plant species.
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2 months ago | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Rachel Witte |JAMES SINGER |Catriona Miller
Throughout history, artists have documented grand historical events motivated by national pride, political propaganda, or as a lesson for contemporary politicians. Emanuel Leutze‘s Washington Crossing the Delaware is a perfect example of history painting. It depicts an important event in the American Revolutionary War. In the 21st-century world of 24/7 news channels and fake news, let us pause. Let’s take a look at a 19th-century painting of an 18th-century historical event.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Magda Michalska |Errika Gerakiti |Julia Bourbois |Rachel Witte
Crocodiles were considered quite an oddity back then! For the people of the 15th and 16th centuries, they were intriguing creatures that looked a little bit like monsters. Collections like this one, which hosted all kinds of animal species, stones, or shells, primarily served the nobles and rich merchants as status symbols and to make others admire them. Who else could have shown off with a real crocodile? This engraving shows the collection of Italian Ferrante Imperato.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Magda Michalska |Errika Gerakiti |Julia Bourbois |Rachel Witte
According to some fashion experts, beards reached their peak 10 years ago. However, this is not just some seasonal trend. Long, short, trimmed, or rugged, beards are here to stay! If you haven’t grown your own yet, here are beards in paintings for some inspiration!19th-Century StyleWilliam Henry Hunt was an English painter and one of the creators of the English watercolor school. He was born in London and spent most of his life there.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Gabriela Hurtado |Errika Gerakiti |Julia Bourbois |Rachel Witte
Bizarre min Read European Art Paintings can represent both real and unreal themes and scary paintings are a mixture of both. Among all the emotions that make up the human psyche, fear is the most genuine evidence of man’s nature. Love corresponds to an advanced state of evolutionary development and the neural connections associated with sexual reproduction. However, fear creeps into the present through traces of a more primitive past.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Rachel Witte |Candy Bedworth |Ruxi Rusu |Szymon Jocek
Art State of Mind European Art Museum Stories The Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands, is home to the second-largest collection of works by Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), the first being his namesake museum in Amsterdam. This fact poses a question—why does the Kröller-Müller museum have so many works by Van Gogh?
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
dailyartmagazine.com | Rachel Witte |Candy Bedworth |Kero Fichter |Errika Gerakiti
During the early modern period of European history (ca. 1500-1800), women’s freedoms varied significantly based on their location and local laws. Regulations concerning religion, estates, wills, sex, and politics deeply impacted their daily lives. Lady Anne Clifford’s relentless pursuit of her own success has not gone unnoticed by historians. This is a story about a woman told by her portraits made by artists at various stages in her life as she fought for rights automatically granted to male heirs.
