VENICE - CLOTHESLINES IN VENICE - I

This post about Clothesline in Venice, was inspired by the blog of the Brazilian painter and sculptor Eduardo Penteado Lunardelli, named Varal de Idéias, that means "Clothesline of Ideas". Eduardo at his blog shows up his works, the works of others artists and also many clothesline photos. So in this post, I will show up some clothesline photos taken in Venice by my son Fernando and by a friend of him, Renato Leme. I hope you all enjoy my post.







Photo by Fernando de Amorim Mascaro







Photo by Fernando de Amorim Mascaro

Photo by Fernando de Amorim Mascaro





Photo by Renato Leme





Photo by Renato Leme







Photo by Fernando de Amorim Mascaro





Photo by Renato Leme







Photo by Fernando de Amorim Mascaro

MANY BOOKS TOGETHER!

First of all I would like to thanks to everyone that participated in this Bookshelves Post. It was a pleasure hosting you all. So, I choose one photo of each friend to show up in this post and also a little narrative which follows their picture. Thank you all for making it enjoyable!

Update 2: I am so glad because we have one more participant showing his books, Adelino P. Silva, from Mais ou Menos Nostalgia. He is the 15th participant!

Update: I am very glad that Tabor, from One Day at a Time shows up her bookshelves and joining us! She is the 14th participant!





1. Gená Franco, from Entretantos...: "A foto do meu escritório vai para a Sonia com minhas desculpas, sabe como é foto de celular + escritório desarrumado".







2. Britt-Arnhild from Britt-Arnhild's House in the Woods : " I have always said about myself that I love reading books. And I love owning the books I read. Which means that there are books everywhere in our house. More bookshelves or not. I keep on buying books. I do borrow from friends and from the library from time to time. But that's not the same. A book is totally different when you own it yourself. You know the smell, you know how it feels to hold, you now the coffee stains and the pencil marks and the donkey ears (Do you say donkey ears in English????)"





3. Judy from Imagine What I’m Leaving Out : "The main bookshelves, sprinkled liberally with family treasures and photos. We had these shelves built when we moved into the house. Otherwise, we'd have had no place to put our books. Unthinkable!" 'Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome. ~William Ewart Gladstone'"





4. Freefalling from Freefalling : "Here a book - There a book -Everywhere a bookbook..... Yes, I have books all over the house - wanna make something of it?And yes, I may be what some people refer to as a "bit nerdy".But I love to read - always have, hopefully always will.I've had to take to borrowing books from the library because we have no more room in our house for the books I buy!I think the solution is easy - build a new house!"





5. Geraldo from 21st Century Grandpa : "In her blog, Leaves of Grass, Sonia wrote about her books and published pictures of here bookshelves, suggesting that her readers do the same. My problem is that my bookshelves are never tidy, but since what matters is to encourage more people to show their books, here are the pictures of the bookshelves in my office and my sons' bedrooms. What's missing are grandma's cooking books and all those that are hidden in many closets and boxes..."





6. PJ from Golden Oasis : "Mind you, my books are not completed organized the way I want because just to get them out of their stuffy boxes was the goal after the move! Of course, one of the many things that sold this house on me were the complete bookcases on either side of the fireplace insert in the family room! I recall when we were discussing about three houses we had narrowed it down to- I certainly had my input about this one having 'those bookcases'...do you know what my husband had said? "What bookcases- I don't remember them?" *shudder* ..needless to say, on the second walk through I pointed them out!!!"





7. Eduardo Penteado Lunardelli from Varal de Idéias : "A nossa grande amiga SONIA DE AMORIM MASCARO, dos premiados blogs LEAVES OF GRASS AQUI (em PORTUGUÊS) e AQUI ( EM INGLÊS ) nos fez uma convocatória IRRECUSÁVEL: postar fotos dos NOSSOS LIVROS. Estão TODOS convidados a fazê-lo, e serão linkados pela Sonia. Aqui estão as minhas, desordenadas, prateleiras de livros. Como estão espalhados pela casa, e atelier, fui obrigado a fazer mais de uma foto."

8. Belinha Fernandez Figueira da Foz from Palavras Cruzadas : "Como podem, ou melhor, como não podem ver, essas prateleiras estão derreadas com o peso de livros infantis, livros de banda desenhada, livros sobre movimentos artísticos, caricatura, cartoon, livros que trago das minhas viagens cheios de belas fotografias dos lugares que visito(visitava), livros sobre papel (como fazê-lo, a sua história), técnicas de pintura e desenho…essencialmente é isso! Livros que divertem, educam, ensinam, livros para olhar, muito. Do outro lado existe uma estante igual com livros de poesia."





9. Valter Ferraz from Perplexoinside :"Nossos livros aqui em casa não têm um lugar especial, como uma estante. Ficam espalhados por toda a casa.Já tivemos uma estante bem grande onde cabiam os mais de trezentos exemplares.Foram doados quando percebemos que as viagens constantes(inúmeras mudanças, vida de cigano!) estavam acabando com eles.Hoje alguns ficam num rack na sala, outros espalhados por mesinhas, cabeceira de cama, até nos banheiros encontramos alguns.E revistas, publicações e apostilas, tudo espalhado.Dá para ver que organização e ordem não é o forte da casa.Mas isso não tem a menor importância, eu acho. O importante é que gostamos dos livros e do que eles contém."





10. Beader Girl from Beader Girl Jewels : "You'll be wondering if my thoughts are consumed by money when you read that title but these pictures should allay your fears. My books consume a big part of my life. Here is a picture of one side of my library. I have catalogued all of my books (and most of my husband's) with my very own system adapted to my special space. (Dewey be damned.) Some of my favorite authors are Sharon Kay Penman, Herman Wouk, Alison Weir, Margaret Lawrence, Rutherfurd, Mary Stewart, Pauline Gedge, Colleen McCullough, Diana Gabaldon, Mary Higgins Clark, M.M. Kaye and Antonia Fraser. I like historical fiction, stuff with substance which makes a time or place come to life."





11. Patricia Storms from BookLust : "In the past couple months I have been going on and on about this treasured library of mine, but with nothing to show for it. Does she really have a library, or is she just living in happy-fantasyland? Yes and yes. Because when I enter this room, for me, it's like entering a fantasyland of sorts.(...) That bookshelf on the left side of the picture holds a lot of books about books, publishing, writing and words. The top shelf is displaying quite a few of my own hand-made books. Note the white shelf above for storing more books!"

12. Mary, from Mary's View : "We have books displayed all over the house. A bookcase here and there… So I thought I would photograph my hopefuls. These books are sitting on my nightstand and I’ve been ignoring them far too long. They are calling my name… “Mary! Please read me?” By the time I get into bed at night I am exhausted and I can only make a promise to open them and enjoy what they have to offer. The photo is of my daughter, taken five years ago and you will see my nightly ritual – Chapstick and Hand Cream."

13. Cris, from From Our Home to Yours :"Sonia at Leaves of Grass posted pictures of her books and invited us to participate, so I wanted to share with you some of my cooking books, that I have been collecting over the years, most of them were gifts, and they remind me of the people I love."

14. Tabor from One Day at a Time : "I promised Sonia at Leaves of Grass that I would post my books. They are a little sparse compared to her other friends photos, but I have given away about a dozen boxes of books--mostly paperbacks--to a church run store recently after my move. The professional books are still in boxes...and...This post also neglects to show the piles of books on each side of our bed...to ugly to photograph.Now I have space to fill the shelves with new books!"

15. Adelino P. Silva, from Mais ou Menos Nostalgia: "Sonia, eis a prometida foto do "cantinho dos meus livros". Na verdade, existe mais de um canto, mas mostramos apenas este. Como pode notar, não tem aquela organização que Valter Ferraz disse. Já pensei mesmo em catalogar os livros (hora e dia da compra, preço...), mas achei melhor escanear as capas, tarefa que até comecei, mas não consegui e nem consigo acabar... Digamos que seja uma "mixórdia organizada". Tem livro sobre cinema (História da MGM, RKO Radio, biografias de artistas e diretores), livros de Carlos Lacerda, Getúlio Vargas, Juscelino Kubitschek, Jânio Quadros, Samuel Wayner, Alexandre Garcia, Joel Silveira, Villas-Bôas Corrêa, Luiz Maklouf Carvalho, Artur da Távola, Pedro Bial, Mário Palmério, José Cândido de Carvalho, Carlos Heitor Cony, David Nasser, Monteiro Lobato e tantos outros. Livros sobre a II Guerra Mundial, animais, esporte, Geografia etc. etc. Tem até porta-retrato, tem estatuetas que atrapalham na hora de retirar um livro, relógio antigo, carrinhos em miniatura. Se essa estante fosse uma geladeira teria um pingüim em cima dela. Como vê, sou um leitor eclético, Sonia."

MY MOTHER AS A CHILD

In Mother's Day I want to share with you all some photos of my mother Antonietta as a child.

With her grandmother Albertina and with her mother Rita (1914)

Dressing as a mariner

Dressing as an angel to follow religion procession

TREES: SUNLIGHT & SUNSET

I took these photos this week, in sunlight and in sunset, on the edge of the country road.

BOOKS BY MATEJ KRÉN

"Book-Cell" 2006 - This picture was taken by Luísa R. at CAM (Centro de Arte de Moderna da Fundação Gulbenkian) in Lisbon, August 2006.

MATEJ KRÉN was born in 1958 in Trencin, Eslováquia. After graduating from the Applied Arts Secondary School in Bratislava he continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava from 1977-81, and from 1981-1985 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.The artist currently lives and works in Prague.

MATEJ KRÉN's work is remarkable for its exceptional scope. In recent years his distinctive approach to sculpture, object, installation, drawing, print, painting, action art, film, music, sound and word has attracted attention at many prestigious international art shows.

"Book-Cell"

The Book Cell Project, repeats the recurring procedure, in the work of this artist, of piling up thousands of books, creating an architectonic structure where we are invited to step inside.



"Book-Cell"



"Idiom" - Instalation in São Paulo 1995



"Idiom"



"Idiom" - Interior Space



"Gravity-Mixer" 2001



"Gravity-Mixer"



"Gravity-Mixer"



"Gravity-Mixer"



"Omphalos" 2005



"Passage" 2006

The "Passage" represents a kind of symbolic "short cut across the world" in which we exist or dwell: through the factual, real world into the world of human culture, where reality is exchanged for another - virtual - reality, for the reality of word, text, sign, symbol, image, and back again. The project itself is a metaphorical synthesis of a number of formal semantic elements: an entrance, a path, "endless walls" of books, mirrors, light, an exit and even the physical presence of the viewers themselves.



"Passage"

The first photo was taken by Luísa R. from the blog Gotasdagua. The others photos and text were from MATEJ KREN's site.

You also can see Matej Krén's works at BookLust and at Gotasdagua.

I invite all of you to participate and also see books and bookshelves spreads on the houses of blogospehera's friends!

I also add a link on the city of our friends, so you can have the pleasure to know about their cities and countries!


1. Gená Franco, from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, of Entretantos...

2. Britt-Arnhild, from Trondheim, Norway of Britt-Arnhild's House in the Woods

3. Judy, from North Carolina, USA, of Imagine What I’m Leaving Out

4. Freefalling, from Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, of Freefalling.

5. Geraldo from São Paulo, Brazil, of 21st Century Grandpa

6. PJ, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, of Golden Oasis.

7. Eduardo Penteado Lunardelli, from Imbituba, Santa Catarina, Brazil, of Varal de Idéias.

8. Belinha Fernandez Figueira da Foz, from Coimbra, Portugal, from Palavras Cruzadas .

9. Valter Ferraz, from Mongaguá, São Paulo, Brazil, from Perplexoinside.

10. Beader Girl, from Ontario, Canada, from Beader Girl Jewels .

11. Patricia Storms, from Toronto, Canada, from BookLust.

12. Mary, from Huntersville, North Carolina, USA, from Mary's View.

13. Cris, from Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, from From Our Home to Yours.

BOOKS BY CHEMA MADOZ

I was amazed when I saw for the first time the wonderful and awesome pictures by Chema Madoz. Spain-based, the artist born in 1958, is one the best-known art photographers in the country. To see his works, click on this link.

I want to thanks to the artist, photographer and documentarist Armand B. Frasco, (based in Illinois, USA) from Moleskinerie, for introduce me to the beautiful works of Chema Madoz.


You may continue to post on your blog your books pictures!
And thanks for your participation!
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1. I invite you all to visit Gená Franco, from Entretantos... and see her bookshelves and her workplace. Thank you Gená for participate!
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2. You must come to visit Britt-Arnhild's House in the Woods, from Norway and to read about her love for books! Thank you Britt-Arnhild for your participation!
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3. I bet you will enjoy the amazing post about Bookshelf at Imagine What I’m Leaving Out, Judy’s blog. Thank you Judy, (aka Kenju) you did a great job! You also can see the question made by Judy at Michele, on "The Daily Question From a Blogfriend" about books. Judy wants to know... "How many books would you say you own?" I invite you to go to Michele's blog and answer that question too!
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4. I invite you all to see the bookshelves and many books all over the house of Freefalling. I want to thanks to Freefalling, a new friend from Melbourne, for her participation!

5. You must come to see the bookshelves in the office of Geraldo, from 21st Century Grandpa and also the books in his sons' bedrooms. Thanks Geraldo, for your participation!
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6. You will enjoy the visit to PJ, another blog’s friend from Golden Oasis. She shows her books and bookshelves spread all around her house and also told us stories about them. Thanks PJ for joining us!

7. I invite you all to see the bookshelves and books spread all over the house and the atelier of the Brazilian painter and sculptor Eduardo Penteado Lunardelli, from the blog Varal de Idéias. You can see also his photos, art's objects, Cds and memories treasures. For the abroad people, Eduardo add a translator's tool you see at the right sidebar. Thanks Eduardo for joining us!

8. One more friend in love with books! You must come to visite Belinha, from Palavras Cruzadas . She shows her bookshelves and tells us about her preferences in literature. Thanks Belinha, for your participation!

9. Another friend in love with books show his bookshelves! Valter Ferraz, from Perplexoinside tells us that his books are all around the house. He promises to post more photos. Valter has also a blog only about literature. Worth to visit Rodadas Literárias. Thanks Valter for joining us!
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10. If you enjoy books, you must to visit Beader Girl Jewels blog and appreciate her very tidy bookshelves. Her bookshelves are all around the house and she has catalogued all them with her very own system adapted to her special space. You can see the antique pictures of her mother, of her siblings and remembrance of her childhood. Thanks Beader Girl, for participate!
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11. You need to go visit Patricia’s library! You will enjoy the photos of her bookshelves that holds a lot of books about books, cartoons, arts, publishing, writings and many books of her own hand-made books. Patricia is cartoonist, illustrator and has a blog about books, named BookLust. Thanks Patricia for joining us!