[pdx_art] Art Nouveau M.S. Awareness Mural, NW 6th Avenue, Old Town

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Also seen in Old Town last week during our sojourn there, this mural in an awesome dead-on Art Nouveau style:

This is the first and only time I've ever seen Multiple Sclerosis awareness displayed so gorgeously, and with such style. An artist rubricked Lydia Emily painted it in 2015, and I pay all due respect. It's most lovely.

If you're in Portland, you can see it on NW 6th Avenue at Flanders Street. overlooking the small parking lot on the NE corner.

If you're not in Portland, just look at the photograph.

[design] The Tarot, By Way Of Mucha

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Latterly I have found that Art Nouveau speaks loudly to me … its graceful lines, richly mellow colors and strong, almost cartoon-like lines … they're gentle and expressive poetry to the eye, and of course, one can't come by any sort of affection for Art Nouveau without passing by Mucha.

A few days ago, The Wife™ found this and kicked it my way. A lovely Tarot deck done by Lunaea Weatherstone, Massimiliano Filadoro,  and Giulia F. Massaglia, the Tarot Mucha channels Alfonse to a perfection. The picture off the One of Wands (excerpted, right) could have been Sarah Bernhardt herself posing, stepping right out of one of his iconic posters to pose for the scene.

A better selection, along with links to purchase, is at this posting at Aeclectic.net: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/tarot-mucha/. This is a Tarot deck that is worthy of owning to both the cartomancer and the art collector alike. Few decks of cards are so lushly and artistically illustrated.