BRIULLOV, Karl Pavlovich (1799–1852)
The Last Day of Pompeii, details
1830 - 1833
Oil on canvas, 456.5 x 651 cm
State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
Ed. and Digital Restoration Origg. x x
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“I’ve always lived off my artwork all my life. I’ve lived all over the world. I’ve had fourteen common law wives. I’ve never needed money because I’m talented. Talent is better than money because it’s always with you. Let me give you an example. Back in 1970 I was getting dinner with a Japanese model at the Sao Paulo Hilton in Brazil. This guy from Texas was sitting at the table next to me, and he’s trying to order a steak, but he keeps sending it back to the kitchen. He keeps saying: ‘The steaks are better in Texas.’ After the second time he sends it back, the master chef comes out, and I hear him say in Portuguese: ‘I’m going to kill this man!’ Now being a Galician myself, I know the character of the Latin American people. If a French person says he’s going to kill you, you don’t have to worry. The French are lovers and all lovers are cowards. Trust me—several of my former wives are French. I know this. But when a Latin American tells you that he’s going to kill you, it’s time to leave. So I walked over to the man’s table and bought him a bottle of wine, and I talked with him about Texas. I knew all about Texas because I competed in fishing tournaments there. After a few minutes of talking, I tell the man: ‘If you order one more steak, you’re going to get killed with a machete.’ So he took my advice and he left. The entire restaurant staff came out and started singing to me with tambourines. They brought out free wine and a full spread. They said, ‘Your money is no good here.’ The Japanese model was so impressed. See what I mean? Talent.”
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Neural Facegrid 256
Research from Tom White features a Flickr photo album of neural network processed images of faces, arranged by similarity:
Sampling and interpolation of a neural network model to generate localized manifolds of faces. The process is automated such that given one seed face (at center of each grid), the entire grid of neighbors is generated.
You can see the collection of 500 images here
More about the Facegrid project can be found here
(Source: Flickr / dribnet)
What about you, Piglet? What’s it going to be? Loyalty to your country, or loyalty to me? Your country, or your old mentor? The mission, or your beliefs? Your duty to your unit, or your personal feelings? You don’t know the truth yet. But sooner or later you’ll have to choose.
(Source: hellspawnen, via kickbeer)
