Blog Ritemail: 2011-10-30

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Asin latest Photoshoot

South side (South India) Asin latest Photoshoot, 09 more images after the break...

Same Looks — Similar Celebrities

Kim Kardashian and Nicole Scherzinger

Hilary Swank and Missy Peregrym

Similar Celebrities, Same looks, 67 more celebs after the break...

Ritemail Picdump — 56 Pics

Ritemail Picdump, 54 more images after the break...

The car companies present new models with advanced and sophisticated technology every year. Here are 10 fastest cars, of new or upcoming models including those that remained unaltered for two or three years, but are still surpassing. These cars are selected considering the rate of speed from zero to 60 miles per hour and not their full speed. Let’s take a look on list of Top 10 Fastest Cars 2011.

10. Jaguar XFR (2010-2011)

This car, with retail price $82,875,
accelerates from zero to 60 in 4.5 seconds. It is incorporated with a 510 hp engine, and looks exquisitely graceful and comfortable on the inside. 09 more after the break...

Reduction of Celebrity

Reduction of celebrity with photoshop, 30 more images after the break...

Advertising: Banquete Hot Sauce and Fairy Tales

Fairy tales and hot sauce. Rather obvious and very tacky, but thought I'd share anyway. Although I am making them smaller than usual.

Life is sometimes sweet, sometimes not.

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett, San José, Costa Rica
Creative Directors: Marvin "Pra" Leiva, Philippe Quillery
Art Directors: Freddy Mendez, Daniel Castillo
Illustrators: Freddy Mendez, Daniel Castillo
Published: September 2010

Via Ads of the World.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Advertising: Snow White and Odontology

Murilo Rangel Specialized Odontology: A Single Bite Changes Your Entire Life

Credits:
Advertising Agency: Trio, Brazil
Creative Director: Ed Carvalho, Marcelo Góes
Art Director: Guives Leal
Copywriter: Marcelo Góes
Account Director: José Biondo

Via Ads of the World.

"Heavy Thoughts" by John Skurja

As I mentioned earlier this week, my parents recently visited the R.W. Norton Art Gallery in Shreveport, LA where they saw a few fairy tale related sculptures. My dad snapped some photos to share so I am spacing some out for posts this week. Today's offering is "Heavy Thoughts" by John Skurja. No, it's not directly a Frog Prince reference, but it implies it for me since I often have the tale on the brain. So I am sharing and letting you decide. Isn't he just thinking, "How do I end this enchantment?" when you look at him?

I didn't find a ready site for Skurja, but apparently frogs inspire him as seen through his collection at Ian Russell Art.

From the Norton:

You can see the Norton's image of the piece here.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

"Puffed Up Prince" by Gary Price

As I mentioned yesterday, my parents recently visited the R.W. Norton Art Gallery in Shreveport, LA where they saw a few fairy tale related sculptures. My dad snapped some photos to share so I am spacing some out for posts this week. Today's offering is "Puffed Up Prince" by Gary Price. This bronze is also available through Price's site--that's the loveliness of bronzes, that they exist in multiples. Price has also added a princess to make a set, so I'll share it all today, too.

From the Norton:

And from Gary Price's site:

And The Puffed Up Princess from Gary Price's site:

I really enjoyed Price's site because he has many sculptures of children reading, a favorite theme of mine. If you like that, too, be sure to visit and see.

Advertising: Gandhi Bookstores: Find Your Book

Gandhi Bookstores: Find Your Book

(LRRH is reading Steppenwolf and Alice is reading Timothy Leary's LSD. That's funny.)

Credits:

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, México
Chief Creative Officer: José Montalvo
Executive Creative Director: Miguel Angel Ruiz
Creative Director: Agustín Vélez
Art Directors: Gabriel Martínez, Demian Nájera, Iván Carrasco
Copywriters: Gabriel Martínez, Demian Nájera, Agustín Vélez, José Montalvo
Illustrator: Ricardo Salamanca
Photographer: Iván Belaustegui / NT producciones

Via Ads of the World.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Anushka Sharma Latest Photoshoot

Anushka Sharma Latest Photoshoot, 04 more images after the break...

Carving Pumpkins

Amazing art carving pumpkins at Halloween eve. 30 more images after the break...

Interesting Coins — Around The World

Cameroon, 2011, 1000 Francs

In the 20th century numismatics became the most popular hobbies in the world.
Central banks began to produce different commemorative coins to the delight of collectors.
Here are some of the most unusual coins from all over the world.
17 more images after the break...

Messages from People

A group of people gathers in a word or phrase that can be read only on the top. The minimum knowledge of English, but if you do not know the language, You can appreciate the scale of some productions. Many productions are called to stop the destruction of nature and the termination of a warrior. 19 more images after the break...

The Tallest Tower in the World

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia unveiled plans Tuesday to build the world's tallest tower (The tallest tower in the world will be built by 2020)— a mixed-use structure that will rise two-thirds of a mile high — in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah. Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal signed a $1.23 billion contract with Bin Laden Group for the proposed tower, which will take just over five years to complete. The building is the centerpiece of the planned Kingdom City development being built outside Jeddah by Prince Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding. "Building this tower in Jeddah sends a financial and economic message that should not be ignored," Prince Alwaleed told reporters. "It has a political depth to it to tell the world that we Saudis invest in our country despite what is happening around us from events, turmoil and revolutions even." Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, a Chicago architectural firm, has been selected to design the Kingdom Tower, which will feature a Four Seasons hotel, serviced apartments, Class A office space, luxury condominiums and the world's highest observatory.07 more images after the break...

Advertising: Novo Jornal and Fairy Tales

Know the two sides of the story.

Credits:
Advertising Agency: Art&C Comunicação, Natal, Brazil
Creative Director: George Wilde
Art Director: Flávio Jatobá
Copywriter: Rafael Paulino
Illustrator: Pedro Dantas
Digital painting: Flávio Jatobá
Published: October 2010

Via Ads of the World.

Ella Bella Ballerina and Her Fairy Tale Ballets

Ella Bella Ballerina and Cinderella by James Mayhew isn't new, first published in 2009, but I've never featured it or its companion titles on SurLaLune, so why not today? I would have regularly devoured these when I was in the intended audience age. I hungered for ballet books and imagery for years and used up the resources at my libraries and bookstores.

Book description from the publisher:

Ella Bella loves Madame Rosa's ballet class, which is held at an old theater that seems touched by magic. One day, when Ella loses one of her slippers, Madame Rosa lends her another pair for dancing--and is then reminded of Cinderella and her story of the lost slipper. Madame Rosa recounts the tale to her students, and Ella Bella listens with heightened interest. When their day's lesson is over, Ella lingers at the theater, then opens Madame Rosa's magical music box and listens as it plays melodies from the Cinderella ballet. Suddenly, Cinderella's fairy godmother appears, and Ella Bella is transported into the beloved story of Cinderella. This delightful book's final page describes the ballet Cinderella, with music by the great Russian composer, Sergei Prokofiev.

Ella Bella Ballerina and The Sleeping Beauty description from the publisher:

Little Ella Bella loves attending Madame Rosa's ballet class at the old theater. Most of all she loves the music that plays from Madame Rosa's special music box, the theme from The Sleeping Beauty ballet. One day, after ballet class has ended, Ella Bella is left alone with the music box on the theater stage. As its music begins playing, Ella is transported to the magical world where the Sleeping Beauty's story takes place. Entering the palace of Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty, Ella meets all the story's characters--not only the good ones, but also the sinister bad fairy--and she sees the famous story unfold before her very eyes. Here is an unusually imaginative retelling of the classic fairy tale, with illustrations that capture the story's magic and mystery. A brief postscript on the book's final page summarizes the history of ballet from its origins during the Italian Renaissance to the late nineteenth-century, when the famous Russian composer Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky wrote music for The Sleeping Beauty ballet.

Ella Bella Ballerina and Swan lake description from the publisher:

The newest title in Barron's charming Ella Bella series tells another story of Ella Bella, a little girl who loves to dance. In this story, Ella's kindly ballet teacher Madame Rosa is preparing her class to dance in Tchaikovsky's immortal Swan Lake, and as Ella learns the story and listens to the music she is transported in a dream into Swan Lake's setting. There, she meets Odette, a beautiful princess who is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer. This beautiful volume's story is enhanced with James Mayhew's color illustrations. A brief passage at the back of the book recounts the life of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his creation of the music for this famous ballet.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

"Lil' Red Riding Hood" by Teresa Hansen

My parents recently visited the R.W. Norton Art Gallery in Shreveport, LA where they saw a few fairy tale related sculptures. My dad snapped some photos to share so I will space some out over the next few days. Today's offering is "Lil' Red Riding Hood" by Teresa Hansen. This bronze is available through Hansen's site--that's the loveliness of bronzes, that they exist in multiples. I will share both images because I like the way the Norton displayed her work.

First my dad's pic from the Norton:

And from Hansen's site:

Advertising: Snow White and Volvo

The Volvo XC90. With seven seats. Sorry.

Credits:

Advertising Agency: Euro RSCG South Africa
Creative Director: James Daniels
Art Director: Laura May Vale
Copywriter: Justin Wanliss
Photographer: Clive Stewart
Circa 2009

Via Ads of the World.

Monday, October 31, 2011

Deepika Padukone love to Play Cricket

Deepika Padukone love to play Cricket, 10 more images after the break...

Nizhny Novgorod Then and Now

Pokrovskaya street

Nizhny Novgorod, colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg. It is the economic and cultural center of the vast Volga-Vyatka economic region, and also the administrative center of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and Volga Federal District. From 1932 to 1990, the city was known as Gorky, after the writer Maxim Gorky who was born there. The city is an important economic, transport and cultural center of the Russian Federation. So I would like to share some old and new images of Nizhny Novgorod. Nizhny Novgorod in XIX, at the beginning of XX centuries and today. 19 More images after the break...

Magic Mountain Hotel

Full four star international service, in such a spectacular location, sets the Magic Mountain Hotel apart from all the other hotels in Southern Chile.The really funny thing is that the Magic Mountain hotel you see in the photo is possibly the least spectacular thing going on around the Huilo Huilo nature reserve in Southern Chile.Huilo Huilo is more of region than a single town.It includes one of the largest privately owned natural reserves in Chile along with several nearby towns, lakes, and a volcano with year around snowboarding and skiing, and the river Fuy that is famous for its class 3-5 white water rafting and kayaking. The name sake of the region is the Huilo Huilo falls (salto del Huilo Huilo ). There is also a smaller, but no less spectacular falls Salto de la Leona (Lion falls). The Lake Pirihueico borders Argentina, and daily car transport ferry connects the international highway to Argentina. The Most of the land surrounding the lake is also part of the Huilo Huilo reserve. 16 more images after the break...

Library Essentials Month: A Companion to the Fairy Tale edited by Hilda Ellis Davidson and Anna Chaudhri

A Companion to the Fairy Tale edited by Hilda Ellis Davidson and Anna Chaudhri. This is another favorite of mine. I have benefited from many of the articles found within but my favorite is "Unknown Cinderella: The Contribution of Marian Roalfe Cox to the Study of Fairy Tale." Overall, an interesting collection of essays about fairy tales, better than other collections of similar ilk actually. A lot of the essentials of fairy tale scholarship are addressed within with an interesting diversity that doesn't feel like it is overreaching itself. In other words, I like this one and recommend it. See the table of contents below to get a feel for it...

Book description from the publisher:

Introduction by Derek Brewer. This book discusses the characteristics of the traditional fairy tale in Europe and North America, and various theories of its development and interpretation. The book deals with the main collections - the Grimm brothers, Hans Andersen, Perrault and Afanes'ev - and with the development of tales in various regions of Europe, including Ireland, Wales, Scandinavia, Germany and Russia, as well as India, where it was once claimed that they originated. The subject of the fairy tale is a controversial one: problems discussed here include the relationship between tales recorded from story-tellers and literary works, the importance of printed works for the spread of the tales, the growth of recent examples with a feminine approach, the spread of popular tales like Cinderella, special types like the cumulative tales, possible effects of TV, and the nature of traditional plots and characters. Above all, the collection is concerned with the distribution and long survival of these tales, and the nature of their appeal.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE KATHARINE BRIGGS FOLKLORE AWARD 2004.

Contributors: GRAHAM ANDERSON, DAVID BLAMIRES, RUTH BOTTIGHEIMER, DEREK BREWER, MARY BROCKINGTON, ANNA CHAUDHRI, HILDA ELLIS DAVIDSON, ROBIN GWYNDAF, BENGT HOLBEK, DAVID HUNT, REIMUND KVIDELAND, PATRICIA LYSAGHT, NEIL PHILIP, JAMES RIORDAN, PAT SCHAEFER, TOM SHIPPEY, JOYCE THOMAS.

Table of Contents:

Abbreviations
Introduction
The Interpretation of Fairy Tales
Creativity and Tradition in the Fairy Tale
The Ultimate Fairy Tale: Oral Transmission in a Literate World
A Workshop of Editorial Practice: The Grimms' Kinder- und Hausmarchen
Old Tales for New: Finding the First Fairy Tales
Helpers and Adversaries in Fairy Tales
'Catch if you can': The Cumulative Tale
Unknown Cinderella: The Contribution of Marian Roalfe Cox to the Study of Fairy Tale
Hans Christian Andersen's Use of Folktales
The Collecting and Study of Tales in Scandinavia
The Wonder Tale in Ireland
Welsh Folk Narrative and the Fairy Tale
The Ossetic Oral Narrative Tradition: Fairy Tales in the Context of Other Forms of Traditional Literature
Russian Fairy Tales and Their Collectors
Fairy-Tale Motifs from the Caucasus
The Fairy Tale in South Asia: The Same Only Different
Rewriting the Core: Transformations of the Fairy Tale in Contemporary Writing
General Index
Index of main tales and tale-types

Ghostly Wood by Wedgwood's Fairyland Lustre

Happy Halloween!

I wrote about Wedgwood's Fairyland Lustre at the end of August with two posts. During my research for images and history, I discovered this piece owned by The Victoria and Albert Museum, Ghostly Wood. How perfect for Halloween, I thought! And then I realized I would be at the V&A either on Halloween or the day before. Even more perfect! So today, with best wishes for a safe and fun Halloween, I share images and information about the piece while I hope I am having a safe and happy one during my travels. The rest of the information in this post come from the V&A website.

Fairyland lustre jar and lid. Jar has bulbous body, with small neck and close fitting lid. The decoration is inspired by the illustrations of 'The Legend of Croquemitaine' by Gustave Doré, with woods, ghosts, fairies and goblins.

Daisy Makeig-Jones's fascination with fairies, following such illustrators as Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac and the Danish artist, Kay Nielsen, proved very popular in the 1920s. Wedgwood have always produced a huge range of styles to capture different market tastes. The cosy drawing room and nursery atmosphere of the decoration of these works, and the monumental forms, contrast sharply with the modernist works being produced at Wedgwood's in the same period.

Targeting the luxury end of the market with these pieces, they represent one of Wedgwood's most extraordinary technical achievements in the ceramic industry. The richly coloured ornament of Fairyland Lustre was extremely popular throughout the 1920s as expensive collector's pieces. But by the 1930s the appeal of lustre was waning and the collapse of the American market had a noticable effect on the demand for ornamental wares. Fairyland was gradually phased out in the 1930s as Keith Murray and Norman Wilson were taken up. Fairyland was considered too expensive and old-fashioned.

[Susan McCormack, 'British Design at Home', p.113]

I'm hoping I will see some of these pieces in person, but one never knows what will actually be on display...

Jar and cover, Fairyland Lustre, 'Ghostly wood', des. Daisy Makeig-Jones, man. Wedgwood, 1916-1932

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Painted Garage Door

Painted Garage Door...34 more images after the break...

5 Facts to Know About Your Body Temperature

Body temperature is an important indicator of our health. What is normal body temperature? What part of the body gives the most accurate readings? Find out the answers to these and other questions regarding body temperature.