Thursday, May 19, 2011

Nocturnes

Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge.
~ Lord Byron


May Night
by Willard Leroy Metcalf

Past and Present Number Three
by Augustus Leopold Egg, 1816-1863

Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Chelsea
by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903

Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket
by James McNeill Whistler

Coming to the Call
by Frederic Remington

The Hunter's Supper
by Frederic Remington

Christ and the Woman of Samaria (1659)
by Rembrandt van Rijn

Moon River
by Elen Christof

And a different kind of nocturne:


2 comments:

Harry said...

Lovely song; beautiful video; interesting name of the group/artist(?), Lawless 84.

And, to me, Coming to the Call may be Remington's most beautiful work.

Retta said...

I keep going back to "May Night". Just lovely. It has a haunting quality, other worldly. Makes me want to know the story behind it. :-)