Saturday, January 31, 2009

Earrings for Guitar-playing Art Historians



The art history student in me has to geek-out for just a minute:

It looks like El Greco painted the hands on these awesome guitar pic earrings!

I've always had a soft spot for the Greek painter, beloved and adopoted by the Spanish of the Baroque period, whose elongated style of portraying anatomy was, and still is, completely unique and eerily moving.

Obviously these earring hands aren't swiped from a painting by the master himself- the fingers look too rigid and the palette is all wrong (blah, blah, more pretentious art history ramblings...), but they are close enough for me!

What do you guys think? Creepy, or a fond reminder of these intense dudes below?



P.S. I got these earrings from Duck's Cosmic Kitchen in Decatur. They sell delicious doughnuts and delightful art earrings- my heaven in a nutshell.
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28 comments:

  1. olga dJanuary 31, 2009 at 10:11 AM

    decatur has to be the cutest little town. i loved the shops there.

    and yea, el greco is pretty creepy and awesome. but mostly creepy. or awesome.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    Hey AC's,

    I live in Georgia and looking to move to the great Decatur- do you know any affordable places in the downtown area?

    Love the blog-keep up the GREAT work!

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  3. Devin DwyerJanuary 31, 2009 at 11:03 AM

    you got the earrings at DUCK's?! who knew they sold such things. not sure how i feel about el greco on them... hmm... they look like they're praying....could be clapping, i guess! i miss duck's cookies and doughnuts :)

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  4. AngelaJanuary 31, 2009 at 12:28 PM

    they look very intense. have a happy weekend.

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  5. LisaJanuary 31, 2009 at 12:44 PM

    They look great on you, and I'm really impressed with your eye for detail and how you spotted the art reference. :)

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  6. Daniela ValdezJanuary 31, 2009 at 1:25 PM

    Wow, those earings are really cool!

    Your blog is really nice :)

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  7. JuiceJanuary 31, 2009 at 3:57 PM

    Awesome earrings! :)

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  8. UnknownJanuary 31, 2009 at 4:00 PM

    I don't know about you, but I love a really nice pair of hands. Haha. These earrings are especially handy because if there's a guitar around and you wanna play, then voila!

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  9. greenjeansJanuary 31, 2009 at 4:41 PM

    from one nearsighted individual to another, those earring are great. now all you need is a goya ring or something!

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  10. TMFAJanuary 31, 2009 at 5:17 PM

    it is really cool to read something about art history. el greco is just great. loving the earrings and especially your connotations to it.

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  11. JillJanuary 31, 2009 at 8:30 PM

    My friend has similar earrings, but I think the hands are a nice extra detail! (Although I know absolutely nothing about art, I really like the way that the hands are done. Especially the first picture!)

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  12. Anonymous social workerFebruary 1, 2009 at 1:35 AM

    I don't know about these, they are abit to creppy for my taste, i too have an art historian in me.
    hoaw are you guys?! it's been long

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  13. Anonymous social workerFebruary 1, 2009 at 1:36 AM

    I don't know about these, they are abit to creppy for my taste, i too have an art historian in me.
    hoaw are you guys?! it's been long

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  14. sarayFebruary 1, 2009 at 7:11 AM

    :O awesome earings..

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  15. Míriam Juan-TorresFebruary 1, 2009 at 8:25 AM

    Intense earrings! Wow!

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  16. paanieFebruary 1, 2009 at 11:21 AM

    doughnuts and earrings? sounds like my kind of place.

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  17. yiqin;February 1, 2009 at 2:07 PM

    I have a guitar pick necklace! They look so good as earrings too <3

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  18. gEeFebruary 1, 2009 at 3:52 PM

    interesting earrings.

    btw, great blog! i absolutely read it on the daily.

    =)

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  19. TINAFebruary 1, 2009 at 8:03 PM

    The earrings are fabulous! I've never seen anything like them before.
    And I do like the artist very much as well.

    -Tina

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  20. Sharon February 2, 2009 at 6:24 AM

    Hi there-very cute indeed, I like them!

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  21. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2009 at 7:49 AM

    Fantastic. And if you ever meet a cute guitar player who's broken his last pick, you'll be a LIFE SAVER.

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  22. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2009 at 8:50 AM

    whoa, that earring's so unique!

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  23. LizBlairFebruary 2, 2009 at 12:46 PM

    I like the guitar pick earrings but not the hands. It looks too much like some kind of serious religious statement!

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  24. DanzFebruary 2, 2009 at 5:01 PM

    Very cool earrings! I love them!

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  25. this wheel's on fireFebruary 2, 2009 at 7:56 PM

    Love those earrings!!

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  26. EliFebruary 2, 2009 at 9:32 PM

    itd only be creepy if the other earring had a face on it! otherwise, it looks awesome

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  27. UnknownFebruary 2, 2009 at 11:39 PM

    omg.. guitar pick earrings... awesome.

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  28. j.wiFebruary 5, 2009 at 11:02 PM

    yes, earrings, but what i really love is that ring! where did you get it from? ;)

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