GQ suggested the books every man should read. So then Flavorwire amended their list. You could, of course, also stick to Robert Frost’s favorite books. (If you like the Classics.)
For more of this morning’s round up, click here.
Pictured: From Flavorwire’s list, Eileen Myles’s Inferno: A Poet’s Novel.
雪餅草 （ゆきもちそう）Arisaema sikokianum
サトイモ科テンナンショウ属の多年草
真ん中に白い棍棒のような形で先が丸くふくれ仏炎苞とのコントラストが美しい植物です。根茎にはサポニン類似成分を含み有毒植物に入ります。絶滅危惧II類（ＶＵ）に登録されています。開花期は4月～5月頃までです。
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(via Fan quilt [American] (1988.24.1) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
When trade between the Western nations and Japan opened up in 1854, the influence of Japanese design became evident in many areas of the fine and decorative arts. Japanese design elements are found in this quilt pattern called the Fan. Fan quilts are most often made of silk and velvet and have much the same aesthetic as Crazy quilts. This example, however, is later and made of cotton. Quilts made of red and white cotton like this one were popular during the twentieth century. The placement of the quilt’s blocks reinforces the fan imagery. Some blocks have been paired to form fully opened fans while others have been set at angles to each other, forming half-open fans.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/778034f302054738c92b306475681ad1/tumblr_mkj8yk5IZm1s9ensno1_500.jpg)
When trade between the Western nations and Japan opened up in 1854, the influence of Japanese design became evident in many areas of the fine and decorative arts. Japanese design elements are found in this quilt pattern called the Fan. Fan quilts are most often made of silk and velvet and have much the same aesthetic as Crazy quilts. This example, however, is later and made of cotton. Quilts made of red and white cotton like this one were popular during the twentieth century. The placement of the quilt’s blocks reinforces the fan imagery. Some blocks have been paired to form fully opened fans while others have been set at angles to each other, forming half-open fans.
The 2013 Art Party auction preview and sale is now online! Browse works by 2012 Biennial participants Liz Deschenes and Oscar Tuazon, as well as work by renowned artists like Matthew Day Jackson, Liz Magic Laser, and Judith Bernstein, among others.
Purchase works online through April 30, or bid on works in person at the Whitney Art Party on May 1. Proceeds benefit the Whitney’s Independent Study Program and other educational initiatives.
