#m: vienna vanderbilt

[uwmspeccoll]

Easter Moralized

This Easter (which, btw, in 2024 is also International Transgender Day of Visibility) we explore the gilded pages of the Vienna Bible Moralisée (moralizing bible), of which we hold the first full-color facsimile published in 1973. The Vienna Bible Moralisée is also known as Vienna 2554, referencing its current place of residence at the Austian National Library in Vienna. One of only three 13th-century moralizing bibles still in existence, this manuscript is an excellent example of the of the ways in which Christians worked to simplify the lessons of the Bible for those that were not theological scholars. Even though they were made to be more accessible, these types of manuscripts were only created for the wealthy class; they needed to understand the Christian Bible and its lessons to ensure that they were (theoretically) promoting moral behavior. Vienna 2554 is thought to have been commissioned by Phillip II Augustus, for his son, Louis VIII or his bride, Blanche of Castile.

The Bible Moralisée is curious for two reasons: it does not actually contain the entire text of the Christian Bible, and it is mostly filled with images, rather than with words. These specific attributes contribute to the accessibility of Christian morals by abbreviating biblical stories and using illuminations to visually represent them.

Interestingly, the designs on the pages of these bibles imitate stained glass representations at the time: the eight medallions placed in columns of four; the inclusion of quatrefoils in between these medallions; the use of vivid colors. This reflection of architectural design in the illuminations may have allowed people to visualize themselves in a church and may have led to more contemplative readings of the text that emphasized the teachings of priests and theologians at the time. One of the most well-known images in these types of bibles is Jesus as architect and creator of the universe. This type is seen on the frontispiece of this moralizing bible: Jesus is holding a compass as he focuses on the creation of the world. Geometry and astronomy were often associated with the divine in the Middle Ages and this viewpoint is well explained in Vanderbilt's Divinity Library website: "God has created the universe after geometric and harmonic principles, to seek these principles was therefore to seek and worship God."

The creation of the moralizing bible also inspired later moralizing versions of books and poetry, like Ovid’s Metamorphoses. These types of moralizing volumes edited and changed parts of the works to make them conform to Christian teachings oft the time.

Our facsimile was published in 1973 by the Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt in Graz, Austria in an edition of 3,000 copies at the manuscript's original size. To see the original manuscript, you can visit the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna or view the entirety of the manuscript online on their website here.

View more manuscript posts.

– Sarah S., Special Collections Graduate Intern

[sapphicaffeine]

Folks, look what I found! The New York Daily Tribune from October 21, 1883. Metropolitan Opera opening night.

"Several things make the new opera house an object of unusual interest. True to a national tendency, this has a bigger audience room than any other opera house in the world, exceeding in dimensions the famous structures of Milan, Naples, Paris, London and Vienna."

images: diagrams of boxes. (William K. Vanderbilt's are 28 and 30, right side of the parterre.)

[mariacallous]

Before Billy Wilder became the screenwriter and director of iconic films like Sunset Boulevard and Some Like It Hot, he worked as a freelance reporter, first in Vienna and then in Weimar Berlin. Billy Wilder on Assignment brings together more than fifty articles, translated into English for the first time, that Wilder (then known as “Billie”) published in magazines and newspapers between September 1925 and November 1930. From a humorous account of Wilder’s stint as a hired dancing companion in a posh Berlin hotel and his dispatches from the international film scene, to his astute profiles of writers, performers, and political figures, the collection offers fresh insights into the creative mind of one of Hollywood’s most revered writer-directors.

Wilder’s early writings—a heady mix of cultural essays, interviews, and reviews—contain the same sparkling wit and intelligence as his later Hollywood screenplays, while also casting light into the dark corners of Vienna and Berlin between the wars. Wilder covered everything: big-city sensations, jazz performances, film and theater openings, dance, photography, and all manner of mass entertainment. And he wrote about the most colorful figures of the day, including Charlie Chaplin, Cornelius Vanderbilt, the Prince of Wales, actor Adolphe Menjou, director Erich von Stroheim, and the Tiller Girls dance troupe. Film historian Noah Isenberg’s introduction and commentary place Wilder’s pieces—brilliantly translated by Shelley Frisch—in historical and biographical context, and rare photos capture Wilder and his circle during these formative years.

Filled with rich reportage and personal musings, Billy Wilder on Assignment showcases the burgeoning voice of a young journalist who would go on to become a great auteur.

[ourmindonmusicpodcast]

Ben E. Detrick: A Talented Violinist and Inspiring Music Educator #musiceducation #music Ourmindonmusic Omom Season 2 Ep. 25 No 51 OVERALL https://youtu.be/m-ecRPkkXosDiscover the remarkable journey of Ben E. Detrick, a talented violinist, dedicated conductor, and passionate music educator whose talent and dedication have taken him around the globe. #musiceducationmatters #violin #conductor #musiceducator #classicalmusic #InspirationalJourney #talentedmusicians #violinistlife #musicmentor #ArtisticExcellencee  Association for Music in International Schools   Ben E Detrick   Yoanna Kotlyarova  Apollo Chamber Players   @vanderbilt   American International School Vienna Venona B. Detrick

[diefaultiere]

1st Post!

We decided on the topics of "Nachhaltigkeit" (sustainability), "Architektur / Wohnen" (architecture / living) and "Konsum" (consumerism).

Sustainability

Waste incineration plant

After a huge fire in Vienna's Spittelau waste incineration plant at the end of the 1980s, a reconstruction was started and designed free of charge by the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. This combines aesthetics and waste recycling. A waste incineration plant becomes a work of art and can motivate urban planners to integrate industry into the cityscape in the best possible way. On the one hand, this is a sustainable aspect and a tourist magnet. On the other hand, it can also lead to more industrial areas being built in densely populated areas because of such a showcase project, which can quickly lead to health problems for residents. 

Fast Fashion

An art project was used to draw attention to the issue of greenwashing and the inadequate recycling of clothing. Even organic clothing consumes a lot of resources. This art project addresses the problematic situation regarding the sustainable recycling of textiles and encourages critical reflection.

Drop-top-flower-pot

(I'm proud of myself for coming up with the english name for this)

With an art project, a Viennese has called for more inner-city greening by creating a mobile flower bed from a mobile cabriolet and placing them alternately in different locations. The aim is to draw attention to the fact that raised beds should be installed for the same amount of money as parking spaces to ensure greater sustainability. This should make way for parking spaces and create more space for greenery and self-sufficiency. A provocative campaign, but at the same time a sustainable eye-catcher. 

Architecture / Living: 

Summit One Vanderbilt (Creepy)

In 2021, a viewing platform opened at a height of 330 meters in the One Vanderbilt skyscraper in New York. Among other things, there is a mirrored area with full-length mirrors on the walls, ceiling and floor. A fascinating architectural art attraction that can also be viewed critically. For example, mirrored construction can violate intimate privacy, as wearing specific clothing - such as dresses, skirts (or kilts) - can reveal intimate parts of your body to other people, against your will. The only option you then have is to leave the room. 

“Stop Discrimination of Cheap Furniture”

A very famous furniture fare called “Salone del Mobile” in Milan, always features “the most expensive chair”. As a critique to this decadent product and the lavish lifestyle connected to it, an artist came up with the idea to write “stop discrimination of cheap furniture” onto cheap furniture. 

The Line

Many countries all over the world are trying to show off their power using architecture - the project “The Line” seems to be no different from that. While stakeholders involved claim it to be an awesome, sustainable, next-level project, many experts beg to differ! The building poses many threats, a short list of examples include: threats to animals (mainly birds), heat around the building (reflection of sunlight onto its surroundings), serious fire hazards (densly populated) and class-based society (the rich people likely live on the top floors where there is lots of greens and sunlight, while poorer people live on the base levels), human-rights violations (construction process).

Consumerism

Protective Packaging

Cigarettes, alcohol and phones have one thing in common – they are very bad for our health, especially if you overdo it! Martin Naumann created protective packaging for those kind of products. We like that phones are also being addressed as their unreflected use can lead to a lot of mental health problems. 

“Once Furniture Collection”

“Once Furniture Collection” is a collection of furniture that consists exclusively of chop sticks. The key message was to “pinch into our collective lower back to encourage us to rethink our consumption habits”.  

We think the design choice makes a lot of sense in this regard, as the furniture looks very pointy and thus uncomfortable to sit on. 

However we are unsure about the exact meaning of “to rethink our consumption habits” as is very hard to find additional information about that collection online. Is it about food? Is it about furniture? Maybe it’s about single use chop sticks? On the other hand bamboo grows very fast! It’s very hard to tell what exact meaning is without providing any additional context.  

McDonalds Critique

I’m lovin it, when McDonalds is criticised! The franchise f’ed up a lot! A short list of examples include: targeting kids by design, horrible working conditions, consumerism, factory farming, green washing, etc. As a result there have also been critical voices!

Bonus Content!

I know, nobody asked for it but regardless, here is a picture of Olli looking at food:

[castleprairiehq]

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[evoldir]

Fwd: Course:Vienna.ExperimentalEvolution.Dec5-9

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Course:Vienna.ExperimentalEvolution.Dec5-9 > Date: 28 September 2022 at 05:44:19 BST > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > LAST CALL FOR PRACTICAL SESSIONS > > Last chance to apply; applications for the practicals of this course close > this Friday, September 30th. > > The Vienna Graduate School of Population Genetics is now accepting > applications for the course "Experimental evolution: bringing theory and > practice together” at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, > *December > 5-9, 2022.* > > Experimental evolution is extensively used to address questions of > evolutionary biology by exposing evolving populations to different > environmental conditions. It offers the opportunity to replicate > experiments and test for convergent outcomes. With the recent drop in DNA > sequencing cost and the advance in sequencing technologies, the combination > of experimental evolution with next-generation sequencing of pools of > individuals (Evolve & Resequence) has become a state-of-the-art method to > link phenotypic responses to genetic changes. Although the availability of > replicated time series data is one key advantage of E&R, analysing such > data sets is still in its infancy. This course will introduce the > participants to several new approaches for the analysis of genomic time > series data, covering the latest software tools as well as required > statistical and computational skills. > > The course is targeted toward researchers interested in experimental > evolution combined with NGS. It will cover the design of experimental > evolution studies as well as the analysis of Pool-Seq time series data. The > course aims to introduce participants to: > > - State-of-the-art software packages > - Modelling of neutral data > - Identifying selected regions > - Haplotypes reconstruction from time-series data > - Estimating selection coefficients > - Calling transposable elements in time series data > - Inferring selection in transcriptomics data > > Morning lectures by internationally renowned faculty will be followed by > computer practicals on the analysis of experimental evolution data in the > afternoon. > > Speakers: > > - *Christian Schlötterer* (Vetmeduni Vienna, AT) > - *Henrique Teotónio* (IBENS, FR) > - *Paul Schmidt* (University of Pennsylvania, US) > - *Ron Bassar* (Auburn University, US) > - *Megan Behringer* (Vanderbilt University, US) > > > *Call for participants: applications are open until the end of September > 2022.* > > The course is free but will be number-restricted for the practical sessions > (hands-on computer lab). Additional seats will be available for attending > the lectures only. Students and researchers are invited to apply by > submitting a single .pdf file containing 1) a short CV, 2) a motivation > letter and a statement of computer skills to > experimental.evolution2022@gmail.com by *September 30, 2022*. Confidence in > working with Unix command line, as well as R, is strongly recommended for > the practicals. > > If you wish to attend the lectures, only, please sign up by completing this > form: https://ift.tt/PudTLxa,  as space is limited! > > Participants are expected to arrange their own accommodation. > > Further information and updates available at: > https://ift.tt/W8XU7oa > > PopGen Vienna

[vinylespassion]

La mondaine américaine, créatrice de mode, actrice, écrivaine et artiste Gloria Vanderbilt avec un disque Decca de longue durée de Richard Tauber intitulé "Songs of Old Vienna", en août 1954.

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

✖️

okay so I went... kind of overboard lmao sorry about that!!! There are some of these that idk 100% how they'd work with ships but I tried to just focus on ocs who I think could vibe well together and just not worry too much about that part lmao!

Addie Black

Addie & Rosalind Greengrass / Addie & Adhara Black

Addie & Gemini Black

Addie & Jessica Stevens

Aliel

Aliel & Deborah Winchester

Aliel & Elle Winchester

Aliel & Genesis

Aliel & Isla Geroge

Aliel & Marmaroth

Aliel x Nevaeh Murphy x Sam?

Annie Sinclair

Annie & Abigayle Whittemore

Annie & Aislynn Deaton

Annie & Alexis Argent

Annie x Amara Caro x Lydia

Annie & Belle Serpico

Annie & Bridget Finstock

Annie & Elsa Lahey

Annie & Scout Stilinski

Cassie Lane

Cassie & Blair Dupont

Cassie & Rowan Saltzman

Diana Hargreeves

Diana & Alice Hargreeves

Diana & Andrea Hargreeves

Diana & Andromeda Hargreeves

Diana & Audrey Hargreeves

Diana & Dahlia Mort

Diana & Helena Hargreeves

Diana & Poppy

Diana & Sierra Nearing

Diana & Sofia Martinez

Diana & Vienna Montgomery

Diana & Wilhelmina Hargreeves

Erin Moore

Erin & Karina Mikaelson

Kay Keller

Kay & Adeline Mikaelson

Kay & Eudora Donovan

Kay & Iris Bennett-Gilbert

Kay & Jenna Saltzman

Kay & Kit Conrad

Leia Kingsley

Leia & Abigail Layton

Leia & Camila Nelson

Leia & Lori Hill

Leia & Samantha Mayfield

Leia & Sidney Hopper

Leia & Stacey Byers

Nina Dean

Nina & Cori Denton

Penny Parlor

Penny & Holly Bradford

Polly Carpenter

Polly & Alessandra Vanderbilt

Polly & Alia Kelly

Polly & Josie Archibald

Polly & Thea Mellon

Robyn Argent

Robyn & Abigayle Whittemore

Robyn & Alexis Argent

Robyn & Amara Caro

Robyn & Arianne Martin

Robyn & Aspen Linwood

Robyn & Aubrey Whittemore

Robyn & Belle Serpico

Robyn & Carmen Rivera

Robyn & Carrie Prescott

Robyn & Elsa Lahey

Robyn & Kiana Tate

Robyn & Scout Stilinski

Yvette Valentine

Yvette & Abigayle Whittemote

Yvette & Aislynn Deaton

Yvette & Aspen Linwood

Yvette & Bridget Finstock

Yvette & Elsa Lahey

Yvette & Kiana Tate

Yvette & Percy Flowers

Yvette & Rianna Deaton

Yvette & Willa Morgenstern

[thedistrictroleplay]

ID: 

Name | Nickname | Age:  Nicholas Scott Vanderbilt | Nick | 30 Birthday | Astrology:  March 17, 1991 | Pisces sun,  Pronouns | Sexual identity:  He/him | heterosexual  Birthplace | Raised: Tuxedo Park, NY | New York City, NY Residence: Upper Northwest  Occupation: Attorney, Assistant Law Professor at Georgetown Faceclaim: Scott Eastwood 

TRIGGER WARNINGS: drug mention tw

TIMELINE: 

March 17, 1991- Nicholas is born as the 2nd son of Patrick and Elaine Vanderbilt.  He joins older brother Peter, and will later be hounded by brother Christopher, as an extension of the New York Vanderbilt legacy of politicians. 

Summer 2003-2008 -  Nick is sent to summer camp, along with Peter, to Camp Walt Whitman in New Hampshire.  When Christopher turns twelve, he also joins the annual tradition. 

August 2008-June 2009- Nick long-distance dates Aly Acosta, whom he met at Camp Walt Whitman

June 2009- graduates high from St. Judes Prep in NYC and is Princeton bound.  Nick and Aly amicably break up before going their separate ways to college.

August 2009-June 2013- attends Princeton University, ultimately graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Politics, with political economy emphasis.  

September 2014- starts at Columbia Law school, alongside Aly who has moved to NYC to attend business school at Columbia.  Nick plays hard and works harder, graduating #2 in his class.

sometime in 2015-  Nick and Aly blackout and wake up married, courtesy of Nick’s fast-talking, lying his ass off to a judge who is friends with his family.

June 2016- Aly graduates and immediately begins traveling everywhere for work.  Nick applies for an international dual-degree program that moves him to Paris for his last year of law school. 

August 2016-October 2017- Nick lives and studies in Paris, both degrees conferred in October when he returns to the United States.

February 2018- takes the NYC bar exam. 

March 2018-July 2018- UN internship in Vienna as legal affairs intern. 

July 2018-January 2021- Ambassadorship in Belize.  He checks out a little early after Aly’s abuela dies and he’s traveling back and forth; his attention is too divided and he knows it. 

January 2021- moves to D.C. for international trade attorney job.  Also begins working at as part-time assistant professor at Georgetown and, over the spring, settles into a home in the area. 

BIOGRAPHY: 

Nicholas Scott Vanderbilt, Nick to most, was born the second son of Patrick and Elaine “Lainey” Vanderbilt on the luckiest day in the land, two days late and establishing that he would do what he please and when he damn well wanted. The last name Vanderbilt, no matter the spelling, conjures an image. They’re practically a brand. Young Nicholas and his brothers, as well as his extensive network of cousins, were raised to enhance and support that image. It could be argued his grandfather, William, was a cult leader raising young men to take over the world. Every Vanderbilt son was pressured to be the best, to seek their interests as long as their interests were both academic and high-end, and to pursue a political career. Their last name opened those doors, whether it was a prep school Model UN, the right university, or a job. All they had to do was follow their grandfather’s every instruction and the world would be theirs. It was their birthright, after all.  At least, that’s what they threw out there into time and space.  Nick didn’t exactly agree, preferring to exploit those opportunities with hard work and clear-cut goals -- but he absolutely benefitted from the system and knew from an early age how to selectively keep his mouth shut and manipulate outcomes. 

He wasn’t the typical middle child, acting out for attention. He did what was expected of him, but he always did it his way. He could talk his way into and out of trouble, and his energy left his parents exhausted. Just kidding, he wasn’t raised by his parents.  They checked in, but he was raised by an army of well-educated and well-paid nannies and tutors. He was always smart enough to excel, always duty-bound enough to show up, and always rebellious enough to do it on his own terms. He grew to have a taste for expensive things, too pretentious to do low-class drugs or drive basic cars, but also with a few quirks. He didn’t quite have the temptations or shortcomings of his brothers – the constant need for women and the trouble they brought with them when any woman would do, the friends who lived off his money for their good time, the artistic side that barely masked an identity crisis. Instead, he was selectively social, even though it gave him the reputation of being an unequivocal snob, preferring indie bands and concerts, craft beer in off-the-beaten-path bars to escape haranguing of Page Six and other such nonsense, and other “hipster bullshit” according to his younger brother. He didn’t care. He wasn’t sure anyone had anything to offer him anyway.  Maybe there was something to the ‘snobby’ part of his reputation.  As he grew, he realized there was something to the ‘asshole’ part, too, and he never really felt like apologizing for it, so he didn’t. 

His educational dossier reads like something in a leather-bound tome, planned out by his grandfather from the moment Nicholas blessed the world with his presence. The only exception is he went to Princeton for his undergraduate, instead of following the family footsteps to New Haven. Mostly, he did it for the sake of being different, not because he cared what the piece of paper said. He had bigger aspirations but made his mark by being slightly different than some of his cousins with their sights on Congress or being Governor. He still did all of his undergrad in politics, emphasis on political economy, and then went to law school at Columbia. While the name didn’t hurt anything, he was confident he got in based on the strength of his academic resume, and he graduated near the top of his class only because he let someone else have that likely last, shining accomplishment in their lives. He doesn’t even remember the woman’s name and he definitely didn’t sleep with her. Or did he? He won’t tell one way or the other, because his parents messed up when they didn’t make discretion part of his middle name. Part of his success was his selective ability to do what he wanted under the radar. His brothers and cousins were just a little too obvious with their exploits, and Nicholas was determined to be smarter and better than them.

Take, for example, the time he got married during year 2, while profoundly drunk in Atlantic City, to a girl from Miami he’d met at a bougie send-away summer camp.  He had attended the camp every year from age twelve to age seventeen, and she was there the whole time.  They had continued to date through their senior year of high school, in spite of the distance.  In addition to liking her, he also liked the privacy of dating someone who didn’t live in the surprisingly-claustrophobic New York world.   Either way, she wasn’t an unknown quantity by any means and his parents and grandparents liked her well enough, even if her mother was a bit much and bit too new-money-ambitious in her efforts to prove herself.  With the wedding, the real problem was he used his silver tongue to lie to a judge, who blessed the wedding without a waiting period. It left him in a rough spot professionally, because he couldn’t get a divorce and admit to the lies without it being political suicide before he’d even graduated from law school.  Aly had ambitions of her own and they split again, like they had during high school but different, and mostly went their own ways. She was young and wild, and he was all over Europe finishing a dual degree in something that was a mouthful to set him up for a career at the UN or as an ambassador, so they only connected sometimes.  They’d had a youthful pact to marry each other at forty if they hadn’t married other people anyway, and not bothering with a divorce kept them away from the messy need for a prenup that hadn’t happened.

HIs parents thought the split went through years ago, fast enough Amy Acosta couldn’t start to model the Vanderbilt family jewels, and they’re very mistaken.  However, he’s always been good at hiding where his heart truly lies, playing off emotions, sounding flip and sarcastic when things get tough. They think he’s back in the States to move forward, long past the one youthful indiscretion where they have only minimal details. The next planned step in the Vanderbilt legacy is marriage and children. After all, what is a legacy if it is not continued?  Now that Nick isn’t just pushing thirty, but is actually there, it’s time for him to turn his attention there, at least in their estimation.  It’s on him to continue their legacy because God only knows his brothers, take your pick of an artist or a consummate playboy, are never going to give his parents and grandfather anything to be proud of.

So it’s up to him. After quietly supporting Aly through some hard times, quitting his hard-won job in the embassy in Belize was easy. After his family’s not-so-subtle attempts to force him home to settle down, moving to the District was easy, because he can still progress his career. He doesn’t want to be around the Vanderbilts any more than he has to these days anyway, so New York wasn’t an option.  And, you know, maybe becoming an esteemed law professor or legal scholar isn’t the worst idea.  It allows a certain amount of flexibility and conjures up a whole new image, even if it’s one he hasn’t considered before.   

Nick is written by M.

[saintlegacy]

😍 (Scienna & Haisy)

scienna: x

haisy: x

[dohertywrites-archive]

“Why is your hand on my ass?”

Vienna's never been one to shy away from an opportunity, and it hasn't changed since Scott's very public break up with a certain brunette. For years she's watched them be loving to cameras, towards friends and family, to everyone within earshot. She watched the love of her life take another girl out on dates, show up to appearances, even move in with her. Quite frankly, when the news split that Scott and Cassie's relationship took a turn for the worst, Vienna jumped at the first chance.

She isn't going to let Scott slip through her fingers. Not again.

That's why, on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon, Vienna stands outside with the man of her dreams. She and Scott might've had history, she might've known he was in a PR stunt, but that doesn't change her feelings. She slips her hand into his back pocket, standing tall beside him as they look down at their metaphorical kingdom. They are the king and Queen of Manhattan — nobody, not even Astor and Cora, can take that away.

She hums happily when his arm wraps around her, pulls her closer to his being, and she looks up at him with a coy smile. "I have to let the world know that you're taken," she says matter-of-fact, but nevertheless slips her hand out of his back pocket. She pats his ass, and watches as he smirks in response. "And maybe I just really like your ass, okay? It's a great ass."

[thinkingimages]

Rudolf Stingel, Installation view, Palazzo Grassi, Venice 2013

CATALOGUE NOTE:

"The fabrics depicted by Western painters over the last six or seven centuries already regularly had the function of rendering more complex, even confusing, the elements of representation..."

Jean-Pierre Criqui, ‘Rudolf Stingel. Captions’, in: Exh. Cat., Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Rudolf Stingel, 2013, p. 13.

Articulated in silvery relief and powdery red pigment, Untitled forms a part of Rudolf Stingel’s celebrated opus of carpet paintings. The present work was executed using the artist’s mechanised yet aleatory process, for which a basic step by step guide was published in the infamous Instructions book of 1989; however, its ornamental composition is informed by the pattern of an archetypal Oriental rug. Ever since the rise of the Serenissima and the influence of foreign embassies in Venice, the Orientialist rug has amassed a rich history across the story of Western art. The most prominent instances of its use begin with its appearance as a backdrop in Benozzo Gozzoli’s Early Renaissance panel Madonna of Humility (1444-50), then in Vermeer’s A Maid Asleep (1656-57) and The Procuress (1656) as intermediary devices separating the viewer and the illusionistic space of the painting, whilst Matisse employed the inherent ornamentation of the carpet as a structural armature in the ingenious The Painter’s Family (1911) (as outlined in: Jean-Pierre Criqui, ‘Rudolf Stingel. Captions’, in: Exh. Cat., Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Rudolf Stingel, 2013, p. 13). Building on the lessons laid down by these canonical art historical masters – artists who have each looked to the Orientalist carpet as formal device for extending the remit of oil on canvas – Stingel pushes the limit even further: not only has he incorporated textile into his painterly method and made carpet the subject of his paintings, he has also invited carpet itself into the painterly realm.

Stingel has long been fascinated by the conceptual and painterly portent of carpet. It first appeared in his oeuvre in the form of a bright orange rug installed on the floor in his show at the Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, in 1991, and on the wall in the 1993 Venice Biennale as part of the Aperto ’93 exhibit. Since then this conceptual engagement has developed into all-consuming installations in the Vanderbilt Hall of Grand Central Station in 2004 and the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin in 2010, for which he blanketed the entire floor of these locations in highly patterned carpet. In alignment with Stingel’s approach to painting (works are frequently walked upon without hesitation), these installations encouraged the viewer to touch and trample over their surfaces, and thus initiating an element of destructive participation that bears the footprint of time’s passage. Most recently, Stingel’s critically lauded 2013 retrospective at the Palazzo Grassi imparted the very apogee of this intriguing dialogue.

Consuming floor, wall, and ceiling of the palazzo’s grand rooms, an enormous image of a threadbare Persian rug printed on an enormous roll of carpet enveloped the entire gallery space, forming the backdrop against which Stingel’s paintings were installed. The effect was psychologically intense yet simultaneously meditative, the all-consuming faded red of the carpet engendered a womb-like space that simultaneously closed in on and yet dwarfed the viewer, even initiating a regressive state in the number of visitors who chose to sprawl across the floor in quieter areas of the show. Marvellously unsettling and sensorially affecting, this installation took as its point of departure the famous couch of Sigmund Freud’s study: entirely adorned in Orientalist pattern, the carpet-draped chaise longue abutting a similar wall-mounted rug formed a miniature environment for the most famous patients of psychoanalysis. Ubiquitously reproduced in images of Freud’s consulting room in Vienna and remaining faithfully in state at the Freud Museum in Hampstead, this famous piece of furniture today stands as an emblematic shorthand for the father of psychoanalysis and the site of his controversial and groundbreaking observations into the human psyche. Its use by Stingel in the Grassi exhibition served to orchestrate a singular experience: fluidly strung together by the carpet’s lively and enveloping amniotic environment, each silvery painting imparted a glimpse of alternate visual worlds as the exhibition unfolded from room to room, delivering an experience akin to a journey across the unconscious mind.

Stingel’s carpet paintings on the other hand, pointedly divulge a secondary reading. Stripped of the saturated colour and pattern intrinsic to Oriental rugs, these paintings are elegiac ghostlike renditions that invoke the realm of memory and nostalgia. As redolent within the silvery skeins and threadbare grandeur of the present work, Stingel presents Orientalist magnificence that is tatty, worn, and old; stained and scratched, this delicate image bore the brunt of the artist’s aggressive working process. The trace of human presence, both the artist’s own and those captured on the surface of the original rug itself, is marked in the worn-through and over-trodden ghost of a former opulence, a marker that now serves as a fading memorial to Venice’s once decadent Serenissima and the lively provocation of Freud’s theories. As wonderfully compounded by the present work, Stingel’s carpet paintings are phantoms for the memory traces we leave behind.

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CHARACTER PLAYLIST: margot vanderbilt. 

songs for a rich girl who’s always pretending. full tracklist and selected lyrics under the cut. 

1. filthy rich by evalyn – i thought you knew i'm filthy rich / i thought you knew I never answer my phone / i thought you knew i was a bitch / i got a driver so i'm never alone

2. power & control by marina & the diamonds – love will always be a game / a human vulnerability / doesn't mean that i am weak

3. 7 rings by ariana grande – been through some bad shit, i should be a sad bitch / who would have thought it'd turn me to a savage?

4. juice by lizzo – mirror, mirror on the wall / don't say it, ’cause i know i'm cute  / louis down to my drawers / lv all on my shoes

5. uptown girl by billy joel – she's been living in her uptown world / i bet she's never had a backstreet guy / i bet her mama never told her why

6. the fear by lily allen – and i am a weapon of massive consumption / and it's not my fault, it's how i'm programmed to function 

7. rich girl by hall & oates – high and dry, out of the rain / it's so easy to hurt others when you can't feel pain

8. she’s not there by the zombies – but it's too late to say you're sorry / how would i know, why should i care?

9. vienna by billy joel – slow down, you crazy child / you're so ambitious for a juvenile / but then if you're so smart, then tell me / why are you still so afraid?

10. you should see me in a crown by billie eilish – i'm gonna run this nothing town / watch me make 'em bow / one by, one by, one

11. blood in the cut by k. flay – guess i’m contagious it’d be safest if you ran / fuck that’s what they all just end up doing in the end

12. tennis court by lorde – baby be the class clown / i'll be the beauty queen in tears / it's a new art form showing people how little we care 

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The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Season 2 Episode 7 & 8 Review

Sara Howard, Laszlo Kriezler, and John Schuyler Moore discover the childhood trauma that mentally scared Libby Hatch enough to turn her into a serial killer.

Spoilers

The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Season 2 Episode 7 ” Last Exit to Brooklyn” and Episode 8 “Better Angels” is directed by David Caffrey. Sara’s team, with the help of the brutish Retired Chief of Police Thomas F Brynes, finally brings Libby to justice. Sadly, Detective Sergeant Marcus Issacson is shot to death by Miss. Hatch. John Schuyler Moore decides to marry Violet Hayward after learning she is pregnant partly because Sara Howard has no desire to be a mother. Sara will not be forced by social conventions to marry and have children, especially after living with a mother who had no desire to have her. She will not allow another child to suffer. At the end of the finale, Laszlo decides to move to Vienna to be with Karen Stratton, a fellow Alienist.

Libby’s mother should never have had a daughter. Libby a.k.a. Elspeth Hunter’s family came from money but lost everything, including their mansion when her father committed suicide. Sara, Laszlo, and John learn that Libby’s mother was never loving toward her daughter. Mrs. Hunter was incapable of properly loving a child, so when Libby got pregnant as a teenager, she gave her daughter’s baby girl away to an orphanage. But first, the mother had to prove that Libby wasn’t mentally competent enough to look after the baby, so she cut herself.

Mrs. Hunter falsely claims to the police that her daughter attacked her.  Libby gets locked up in an insane asylum, and her baby is taken away. Libby was abandoned by her mother and, felt like she lost the one being that truly loved her. She mourned her biological daughter Clara leaving as if she had died. In the 19th century, society told women that they had to have children to be whole, which led to a lot of traumatized children like Elspeth, who were never adequately nurtured. Libby most likely would not have become a serial killer if she had proper love and compassion from the one who was supposed to protect her.

“Last Exit to Brooklyn” and “Better Angels” feature Sara Howard wrestling with her demons. Sara feels a continued connection with Libby since their lives are so similar: Both come from money and have mothers who could not nurture them. Both their fathers were the only ones who showed genuine affection for them. The fathers committed suicide, leaving their daughters with emotionally distant mothers. Sara uses her understanding of Libby’s psyche to determine where the baby boy Vanderbilt has been hidden.

Sara shows compassion toward Libby. She covers the murderer with a blanket to warm her up. The private detective quietly listens when Libby tells her about how her mother’s lie ruined her life. Sara asks if Mrs. Hunter was one of those women who should not have children. Libby nods. Sara shares how her mother also did not love her. Libby comforts Sara by telling her that her father loved her. By comforting the private detective, Libby is assuring herself that her father also loved her. Sara nods but then confesses to Libby that as a child, she also wandered that if her father loved her, then why did he leave. She knows that the serial killer must feel the same way about her own father’s suicide. Libby feels unloved. Sara and the murder both share that they last time they felt happy was before their fathers died. Clara’s birth made Libby feel joyful again. The murder uses surrogate babies to feel the love that was stolen from her by her father’s suicide, the removal for baby, and her mother’s abandonment. She is unable to feel a deep emotional connection with another person because of the multiple layers of trauma.

Sara uses that emotional connection with Libby one last time to bring the end to the whole tragedy to a end. The private detective finds Libby holding Clara hostage in her childhood mansion. Libby has already started to break down because her biological daughter won’t show her any affection. After all, they have no real bond. When Sara and Laszlo busts into the home, Libby threatens to commit murder-suicide.

Sara pleads for Libby to stop hurting Clara. The broken women can’t understand this comment because she is stuck in the mind of a child. The trauma of Libby’s daughter being stolen based on a lie has left her mentally stunted at teenagerhood. She thinks that loving her daughter gives her permission to “keep” Clara no matter what. Laszlo and Sara breakthrough when they tell her that Clara can have a real future. Libby lets her daughter go. She confesses that she has only felt the love or joy from innocent babies, but those feelings never lasted. Libby keeps on chasing positive emotions, which leads to her kidnapping and killing babies. Sara relates because even though she is not a serial killer, she struggles with fulling expressing or feeling her emotions. She visits Libby in prison one last time. Sara recognizing that if not for a couple of lucky breaks, she could have been like Libby.

The feminist ending of The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Season Two is perfect with Sara at her private detective agency. Bitsy notifies Sara about several significant new cases, including a bank robbery that the NYPD wants help with when a new hire named Kitty walks in. Sara instructs Kitty about how right now the newspapers will not be celebrating women detectives. She reflects on all the innovations that at one time were unimaginable, but in the future women investigators, will be normal. She reminds everybody that men might attack them just for being women, but they must focus on their jobs as detectives. Their clothes or genders has nothing to do with how they fulfill their duties. The women will not always be perfect at solving crimes, but they will always do their best. Sara Howard smiles throughout the speech, happy to be doing the type of cases she wants without needing male validation.