{"id":760,"date":"2017-11-28T19:48:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T00:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg"},"modified":"2017-11-28T20:50:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T01:50:55","slug":"mer-de-glace-chamonix-for-print","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"http:\/\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/art\/the-veneration-of-ruskin\/attachment\/mer-de-glace-chamonix-for-print","title":{"rendered":"A Sea of Ice Covers Me"},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"class_list":["post-760","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/a30q3c-cg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg?fit=240%2C300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg?resize=600%2C750 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg?resize=240%2C300 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg?resize=768%2C960 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg?resize=260%2C325 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg?resize=160%2C200 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" data-attachment-id=\"760\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/art\/the-veneration-of-ruskin\/attachment\/mer-de-glace-chamonix-for-print\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg?fit=800%2C1000\" data-orig-size=\"800,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A Sea of Ice Covers Me\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A Sea of Ice Covers Me&lt;br \/&gt;\nby Ric Kasini Kadour&lt;br \/&gt;\n8\u201dx10\u201d; collage; 2017&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;A still life by Jan Brueghel the Younger (Flemish, 1601\u20131678) explodes behind Ruskin\u2019s study of Mer de Glace in Chamonix (1849). Nineteenth-century artists and writers were in awe of the sublime French glacier. The Courtauld Institute of Art, which owns a different watercolor by Ruskin of this location notes, \u201cObserving the glacier in close proximity, Ruskin evokes the roughness of the terrain, contrasting the jagged peaks of ice and gaping blue crevasses with the rocky brown slopes and boulders. The view accords with contemporary notions of the Sublime, experienced as feelings of awe and fear. Yet at the same time the artist reveals a sound knowledge of mountain structure \u2013 the ideal combination of imagination and truth strongly advocated by Ruskin.\u201d&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:ric@kasinihouse.com&quot;&gt;INQUIRE TO PURCHASE&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A Sea of Ice Covers Me&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg?fit=800%2C1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Sea of Ice Covers Me<br \/>\nby Ric Kasini Kadour<br \/>\n8\u201dx10\u201d; collage; 2017<\/p>\n<p>A still life by Jan Brueghel the Younger (Flemish, 1601\u20131678) explodes behind Ruskin\u2019s study of Mer de Glace in Chamonix (1849). Nineteenth-century artists and writers were in awe of the sublime French glacier. The Courtauld Institute of Art, which owns a different watercolor by Ruskin of this location notes, \u201cObserving the glacier in close proximity, Ruskin evokes the roughness of the terrain, contrasting the jagged peaks of ice and gaping blue crevasses with the rocky brown slopes and boulders. The view accords with contemporary notions of the Sublime, experienced as feelings of awe and fear. Yet at the same time the artist reveals a sound knowledge of mountain structure \u2013 the ideal combination of imagination and truth strongly advocated by Ruskin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ric@kasinihouse.com\">INQUIRE TO PURCHASE<\/a><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>A Sea of Ice Covers Me<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":800,"height":1000,"file":"Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print-600x750.jpg","width":600,"height":750,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg?fit=600%2C750"},"medium":{"file":"Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print-240x300.jpg","width":240,"height":300,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg?fit=240%2C300"},"medium_large":{"file":"Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print-768x960.jpg","width":768,"height":960,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg?fit=768%2C960"},"1_column":{"file":"Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print-600x750.jpg","width":600,"height":750,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"http:\/\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print-600x750.jpg"},"2_column":{"file":"Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print-260x325.jpg","width":260,"height":325,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"http:\/\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print-260x325.jpg"},"3_column":{"file":"Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print-160x200.jpg","width":160,"height":200,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"http:\/\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print-160x200.jpg"},"full":{"file":"Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg?fit=800%2C1000","width":800,"height":1000,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg?fit=800%2C1000"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":756,"source_url":"http:\/\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg","filename":"Mer-de-Glace-Chamonix-for-print.jpg","filesize":965060,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:attached-to":[{"embeddable":true,"post_type":"post","id":756,"href":"http:\/\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}