The Sirens and Ulysses 1837

 
 
William Etty 1784 - 1849
 
The subject is from ancient Greek poem The Odyssey it represents the scene from Homer's narrative where Ulysses leads his men past the monstrous Sirens.
In mythology these creatures lure sailors to their island with songs so enchanting that men die listening.
Ulysses escapes the sirens by being lashed to his ship and by ordering his men to stuff their ears with wax.
The artist modelled the dead bodies in the foreground on real corpse which he had sketched in morgues, Often derided by the critics for the overt nudity in his works Etty was particularly scorned for the "Sirens and Ulysses" because of its juxtaposition of nudity and death.
The painting was bought from the artist by Daniel Grant a Mancunian cotton mill farmer.
 
When I saw the painting in Manchester Art Gallery I couldn't take my eyes off it, its amazing I kept going to walk away I just kept stopping and sitting back down, this painting is just incredible.
It stopped me in my tracks.
 
 

Carrie Bradshaw

 


Manchester Art Gallery

 
I love art galleries I really do so when i was wondering around Manchester the other day I took myself to the art gallery and spent a few hours in there looking at the amazing works new and old.
 
 

























Manchester

So the other day I took myself out for a day in Manchester and it was amazing I got lost a few times found myself at oxford street I think and visited china town.
Also I went on a big wheel that was there as well not I am usually a person who is fearless and tries everything once I have never been scared of height's never.
UNTIL....

I went on the Big Wheel...

OMFG! 

From the moment I sat down I could feel my tummy just drop I never moved an inch at all I was holding on for my life if anyone saw me they would have laughed at me, Then to make things worse when we were at the top it stopped and I panicked even more then the wind started rocking it, never again, never.

When I got off I had to have a moment to find my legs and when I got home a hour later my tummy still felt crazy.













Philip Seymore Hoffman


Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor and director. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 2005 biographical film Capote, and received three Academy Award nominations as Best Supporting Actor as well as three Tony Award nominations for his work in the theatre.
Hoffman began his acting career in 1991, and the following year began to appear in films. He gained recognition for his supporting work in a series of notable films

 Scent of a Woman (1992),
 Twister (1996), 
Boogie Nights (1997), 
The Big Lebowski (1998), 
Patch Adams (1998), 
Magnolia (1999), 
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999),
 Almost Famous (2000),
 Red Dragon (2002), 
25th Hour (2002),
 Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
 Cold Mountain (2003).

In 2005, Hoffman played the title role in Capote, for which he won multiple acting awards. His three Academy Award nominations came for his supporting work in Charlie Wilson's War (2007), 
Doubt (2008) 
The Master (2012). 
Other critically acclaimed films in his later years
 Owning Mahowny (2003), 
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007),
 The Savages (2007), 
Synecdoche, New York (2008),
 Money ball (2011) 
The Ides of March (2011). 

In 2010, Hoffman made his feature film directorial debut with Jack Goes Boating.
Hoffman was an accomplished theatre actor and director. He joined the Labyrinth Theatre Company in 1995, and directed and performed in numerous stage productions. His performances in three Broadway plays led to three Tony Award nominations: 
two for Best Leading Actor in True West (2000) 
Death of a Salesman (2012)
one for Best Featured Actor in Long Day's Journey into Night (2003). 

In its front-page obituary, The New York Times referred to Hoffman as "perhaps the most ambitious and widely admired American actor of his generation."