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One Nation, Under Guard: How the Pentagon Trains for Martial Law in America
Time and again over the past several decades, the Pentagon has staged "war games" inside US cities -- Kingsville, Texas; Oakland, California; Pittsburgh; Chicago San Francisco and elsewhere. These so-called "humanitarian exercises" are actually a pretext for honing techniques to seize control of the "Urban Battlescape" inside the US. This investigative report (versions of which originally appeared simultaneously in the Bay Guardian and the East Bay Express) focuses on the Pentagon's "Urban Warrior" exercise staged in San Francisco and Oakland in 1999.
From a paper presented at the "Cities and the New Wars" Conference at Columbia University, New York, September 2009.
Operation Urban Warrior: EAW Video (5 Min.)
"The Humanitarian Assistance will start on Monday and continue through the firefights that follow."
-- Interview with Col. Mark Thiffault, March 1999
On February 8, 1999 a squadron of eight black helicopters flying at tree-top level dropped a team of elite special operations soldiers into the center of Kingsville, Texas. For the next two hours, the Army's Delta Force and Night Stalkers conducted a "mock battle" with live ammunition and real explosives that inadvertently set one building on fire. Elderly residents relaxing on benches outside a retirement home watched in disbelief as explosions blew out the windows on a large office building nearby.
Army officials subsequently confirmed that live ammunition was used, sometimes within a few hundred feet of startled civilians. The Army emphasized that they had only used "training ammo," which employs plastic slugs and a smaller powder charge. Soldiers had slipped into town earlier to fit the targeted buildings with "bullet traps" designed to keep wayward bullets from flying outside the designated training area.
The only people who knew about "Operation Last Dance" in advance were the mayor, the city manager and the police chief who were told not to discuss the exercise "for national security reasons."
"Safety is our number one priority in these things," Fort Bragg Army Special Operations Command spokesperson Walt Sokalski insisted. Denying reports that the helicopters had opened fire on the town, Sokalski offered this grammatically tortured assurance: "The unsurity of using [live] ammunition from... aircraft... is an unacceptable risk that we do not want to put the citizens that are supporting us in this training in."
"The law is quite clear in America that the military is not to serve as an occupying force or to be directed in any way against the people of the states," writes World Net Daily editor Joseph Farrah. (Actually, federal force has been used to quell industrial strikes, US Marines were deployed during the LA Riots and US Code Title 10 Sections 331-4 do permit the president to send troops to quash civil rebellions.)
Operation Last Dance wasn't the first time the Pentagon had launched a sneak attack on the US mainland. One summer night in 1996, nine Army choppers and troops from the Special Operations Command turned sections of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania into a war zone, terrifying residents with gunfire and explosions that sent one woman into premature labor.
Pittsburgh police were besieged with calls from fearful and angry citizens and the planned weeklong exercise was canceled the next day. In its defense, the Army insisted that it had, in fact, notified police and residents in the "immediate vicinity" several hours before the surprise attack.
"It is outrageous to give only a few hours warning," Ian Williams Goddard wrote in the Washington Times, "It shows utter disregard for the sovereignty and dignity of the people and their communities.... Is it an effort to teach people to tolerate military occupation? ... these seem to be questions that should be raised."
In May 1998, San Antonio, Texas refused an Army request to stage urban war games in the city. "We're not going to go someplace where we're not wanted," Sokalski claimed. (Ignoring the fact that this is the very definition of an attacking force.) Despite these assurances, the Army continued to plan war games in the vicinity of the city and San Antonio's Police Chief Al Philipius subsequently complained that the military had attempted to bribe local officials to allow the exercises to proceed.
That same month, the Marines brought their Urban Warrior act to Chicago. Marine public affairs officer Lt. Col. Jenny Holbert told the Chicago Sun-Times: "I don't think we could have picked a better city," During the exercise, a small contingent of Marines studied Chicago's bridges, tunnels, subways, sewers, water treatment plant and electrical and communications systems.
Two months later, in another Urban Warrior exercise, a team of 100 Marines "seized" downtown Jacksonville, capturing City Hall and the Main Street Bridge. While this exercise involved no weapons, vehicles or planes, it did suggest one credible reason why a US military force might want to invade a city. As the Jacksonville Metro explained, there was a third strategic target: "an abandoned building posing as a national bank safeguarding $5.7 billion of gold ingots."
But none of these exercises were on the scale of the Urban Warrior exercise planned for the San Francisco Bay Area. The mock invasion, originally set to run from March 15-18, 1999, in San Francisco, was relocated across the Bay to Oakland, after local residents and officials complained.
The marines said the exercise, dubbed Urban Warrior Advanced Warfighting Experiment, was designed to teach the armed forces how to distribute humanitarian aid to a big city after a disaster. But a review of hundreds of pages of military documents obtained through public records requests, from the Marine Corps' Web site, and from the Alameda County Public Library, revealed a very different mission. I
n fact, Urban Warrior was designed to give marines practice in seizing control of large cities -- including taking over food and water supplies, utilities, and communications systems. Statements and articles by military leaders suggest that the armed forces were preparing themselves to contain popular uprisings -- including uprisings in US cities.
The use of military troops to quell civilian unrest is not unprecedented but Urban Warrior represented a dramatic escalation in the potential use of the military on American soil.
Urban Warrior in Oakland, California
According to official documents, the overall $6.4 million cost for the Urban Warrior exercise included $2.4 million for personal support and $16 million spent on R&D contracts with California companies. Another $210,000 was spent to hire civilian "role players" who pretended to be civilians and rebels.
Some $300,000 was budgeted for office equipment, $95,000 for "environmental cleanup," and $7,000 for bleachers for VIP observers. In addition to the assault in Oakland, Col. Thiffault noted the Marines had "all kinda good things happening" in the city of Concord, Moffett Field and in San Francisco's Financial District.
The Oakland political establishment, led by the-Mayor Jerry Brown, rolled out the red carpet for the troops. Four days of mock fighting, including the firing of 24,000 blank rounds, have been scheduled to take place at Oakland's abandoned Oak Knoll Naval Hospital. The guns opened fire at 7:30 in the morning and continued daily for seven hours at a stretch.
Over the course of five days Urban Warrior, vehicles were expected to consume 18,063 gallons of fuel and generate 1.21 tons of air pollution. The nitrous oxides produced were 3.4 times greater than the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's "significant threshold." (Those figures didn't include pollution from military aircraft, since the Marine Corps' ruled these exhaust gases would not fall into the urban "mixing zone.") During Urban Warrior's grand finale at Oak Knoll March 18, marines discharged 60 smoke bombs and 8,000 rounds of blanks in a single hour.
The Three-block War
When the US Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) first proposed staging Urban Warrior inside San Francisco's Presidio National Park, it described a three-day exercise involving 200 to 300 marines. By January the exercise included five ships, 6,000 sailors and marines, fighter jets, helicopters, and four days of simulated combat. National Park Service officials decided the event had grown too large and pulled the plug.
In an effort to save the Presidio invasion, Gen. Charles C. Krulak (who founded the Urban Warfighting Laboratory in 1995) wrote an op-ed in the San Francisco Examiner appealing to San Franciscans to rally 'round the flag and allow the attack to proceed. Krulak offered a rather implausible pretext for exploding thousands of rounds of blanks inside a US city.
"Marines will be transported to the Presidio, where they will provide humanitarian assistance to 'victims' of an assumed natural disaster," Krulak wrote. "'Rebel' elements opposed to the operation will then arrive. The situation will deteriorate into conflict." Krulak didn't explain why "rebels" would be opposed to humanitarian assistance in the wake of a natural disaster.
"Humanitarian relief" effort involves marines handing out "food, water, and diapers" to paid actors performing from a prepared script, Urban Warrior press representative Col. Mark Thiffault explained. But Thiffault conceded that "humanitarian assistance is not the primary goal. We're doing it so we can figure out how to do urban warfare."
A review of hundreds of pages of documents regarding Urban Warrior exercises around the country and in the Bay Area reveals no plans for providing humanitarian assistance. The actual goal of the operation is clearly stated: it is to "penetrate," "thrust," and "swarm" into urban settings to seize power plants, TV and radio stations, and food and water supplies, to suppress any local opposition — and ultimately to control the cities.
Urban Warrior strategists envision a "future battlefield" defined by stateless war in an urban terrain, against threats including "criminals with computers" and "terrorists searching for weapons of mass destruction." (Curiously, they don't have them; they are merely searching for them.) Marine Corps documents explain that the Bay Area operation will pit "an enhanced Combat Operations Center ... against a well-trained, well-equipped opposing force with the capability to detonate WMD [a biochemical 'weapon of mass destruction'] in an urban environment."
While the planners of Urban Warrior gloss over the purported humanitarian work, the experiment's war-fighting components are proudly detailed.
Helicopters will hover 1000 feet above the ground. Humvees, light armored vehicles, and five-ton trucks will add to the din. Monstrous 88-ton, 88-foot-long hovercraft, each big enough to carry four M1A1 tanks, will move supplies and vehicles from ships to shore. Over the course of the five-day exercise, Urban Warrior's 1,500-member force would subject East Bay residents to 14 waves of hovercraft landings, more than 40 aircraft overflights, and the detonation of 60 "flashbang" grenades and 24,000 rounds of blanks.
The purpose of all this disruption is to hone soldiers' skills in fighting what is known as "the three-block war." The strategies practiced in Urban Warrior experiments are designed for capturing and holding modern cities dense with high-rises.
"Urban terrain offsets many of the strengths in the traditional American way of war," Urban Warrior documents report. They go on to state that the effectiveness of satellites is severely reduced, rubble from buildings lends the defender a strategic advantage, and massive numbers of civilians are likely to get caught in the crossfire.
Urban troops should rely on the "opportune use of indigenous resources," the documents state. "Developing our ability to effectively forage for power, water, and fuel may provide a significant reduction in the logistics requirement on the seabases."
Unfortunately, such foraging would mean seizing resources from the indigenous population. But that can have its own advantages. To gain "leverage in establishing control over the urban environment," Urban Warriors are advised to seize power plants, water plants, and food storage and distribution centers. Another section of the Urban Warrior game plan is more direct, recommending operations "designed to collapse essential functions."
Fighting in the 'Urban Canyons'
To enter cities in real-life warfare, the marines plan to use existing underground passageways, including underground transit systems and sewer and utility tunnels. "Sewer and underground utility systems offer one of the most clandestine avenues for penetrating the urban environment," Urban Warrior documents state. Special troops equipped with air-quality sensors would slither through city sewers and utility tunnels on special sleds and trolleys to reach strategic positions. (As a practical matter, the Urban Warrior invasion plan warns, the "firing of conventional weapons in an environment with a high methane content may pose unacceptable risk.") Marines may also enter from above. The documents envision marines deftly maneuvering through cities via paragliders, parachutes, and powered parafoils.
To fight in the spaces between skyscrapers, which the marines refer to as "urban canyons," the 21st-century marine is being trained to move up the sides of buildings like a human fly and skitter from one high-rise to another on rope webs and cable suspension bridges.
The military has developed special weapons to enable US forces to shoot over the tops of skyscrapers, firing on enemy troops hiding on adjacent streets. Other weapons blast holes through steel-reinforced concrete to destroy the inhabitants of a specific room deep inside a high-rise.
Self-loading automated weapons systems can be parked in intersections or within buildings, controlled and fired by gunners sitting in front of computer screens on ships floating 12 miles offshore.
Urban Warrior's Conceptual Experimental Framework (CEF) treats civilians and noncombatants as bothersome inconveniences and logistical nuisances. "Noncombatants and refugees may be as formidable a factor as the urban infrastructure," the CEF states. "Refugees are likely to clog roads, inland waterways, airfields, and ports as well as presenting commanders with humanitarian support issues."
A section addressing crowd control contains photos depicting helmeted military police with shields and truncheons surrounding an armored personnel carrier as it rolls toward a crowd of angry, unarmed civilians.
The marines hope to deal with crowds using such "non-lethal" weapons as exploding nets, nausea-inducing ultrasound weapons, blinding laser lights, incapacitating (and potentially asphyxiating) sticky foams, and quick-drying substances that can be used to seal doorways, windows, pipes, and "subterranean avenues of approach."
The vast majority of these technologies, the CEF states, were developed for local police to use against antiwar and civil rights protests in the 1960s. "Urban fighting has always been one of the most destructive forms of warfare," wrote Maj. Gen. Robert H. Scales Jr., the commandant of the US Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pa., [October 1998, Armed Forces Journal.] "In the Vietnam War, the numbers of Marines killed in the battle for Hue exceeded the losses in WWII's amphibious assault on Okinawa."
Meet the Land Warrior
Like the US Marine Corps, the Army is working hard to turn soldiers into Land Warriors — hard-wired futuristic Robo-Cops in Kevlar helmets fighting with one foot in cyberspace. The Army News Service reports the Army's "Force XXI soldier system [is] designed to enable infantrymen to engage and defeat an enemy on tomorrow's digitized battlefield, which may include an urban scenario."
The Land Warrior will be equipped with back-mounted computers, global positioning devices, small video cameras, modular body armor, laser range finders and targeting lights, special close-combat optics and a helmet with a built-in monocular computer display, day/night target sensor unit and adaptable chemical/biological mask.
"As the world's population continues to grow, more and more people are living in cities," says Col. Henry L. Kinnison, a Land Warrior project officer at Fort Benning, Georgia. "the battlefield of the future is not only the open plain — it's a building... room or hallway." Production of the first Land Warrior systems was set to begin 1999.
Urban War and Microsoft Militarism
In 1999, General Charles C. Krulak offered his vision of the 21st Century's wars. [Briefing published in the January 19, 1999 issue of Navy Times]. Gen. Krulak is convinced that "the future of conflict is likely not going to be in the great sandy deserts of the Persian Gulf War, but in the growing urban areas along the world's coastlines. Who knows that the next threat is going to be? It could be the mind. It could be piracy.... It could be a major regional conflict, or unrest, or weapons of mass destruction. It could be information warfare. It could be the environment, our institutions, our banking.
"Right now the military is kind of in a niche business.... But in the future, we are going to have a major impact on our nation," Krulak prophesied. "If there is an enemy out there that wants to make a difference, he can only make a difference by getting us into a complex, chaotic, deadly environment that negates our technology, negates our strength and capitalizes on their strength. That place is called the cities."
The National Security Act of 1947 "gave us the foundation for who we are and what we are," Krulak declared. Krulak called for a new National Security Act for the 21st Century that would "take advantage of the resident capabilities, assets, and intellects of industry, academia, monetary institutions, and other non-governmental agencies. We need to combine these with the more traditional elements of national power -- military, political, economical and cultural. We're taking about building a [new]... organization that would... focus all the elements of national power. It would provide the national and regional commander with the ability to consult and interact with subject matter experts."
"You have to tap into some of that experience outside of the federal government. We're doing it right now," Krulak confided. "I was in communication with the CEO of IBM, and they're working in the black world right now. They're more than willing to work in the white world. They are taking zero pay -- zero pay. Bill Gates is working with us. We've got a tape we could show you of some of the things he's putting on as a result of Hunter Warrior, joining with us in looking at software, banking, humanitarian organizations, science technology."
Close to Home
While Urban Warrior's promoters say such exercises train marines to enter foreign trouble spots, military documents challenge that assertion. There are few 15-story urban canyons in Third World cities. And the photographs in Urban Warrior's strategic documents portray targets much closer to home -- Seattle, Miami, San Diego, New York City, and San Francisco.
In a rare reference to non-Western countries, the conceptual framework points out that urban warfare is fundamentally unsuited to most cities in the developing world. "The squalor and highly inflammable nature of building materials within many non-Western urban areas — coupled with the wide use of propane or natural gas for heating and services -- creates a risk of catastrophic fire," the document states.
Meanwhile, plans are afoot to increase the military's power in the event of a national emergency. In 1999, a disturbing proposal to commission a supreme military commander to take charge in the event of a "terrorist threat" received a favorable nod from the White House.
On January 28, 1999, the New York Times reported that "The Pentagon has decided to ask President Clinton for the power to appoint a military leader for the continental US because of what it sees as a growing threat of major terrorist strikes on US soil." The Times reported "top White House officials have reacted favorably," despite concerns from civil libertarians that "such military power could slowly expand to threaten the privacy, liberty, and lives of private citizens."
George Bush, Dick Cheney and the Millennium Project
In 2009, the Millennium Project's 6,700-page State of the Future report (based on the findings of 2,700 experts) concluded that climate change "ranging from changes in weather patterns to loss of livelihoods and disappearing states — has unprecedented implications for political and social stability.... By 2025, there could be three billion people without adequate water." The Pentagon was way ahead of the Millennium Project's visionaries.
A decade earlier, Urban Warrior strategists were pointing out that approximately 85 percent of the world's population will live in cities by 2025, and these cities will contain "all the classic ingredients for conflict. There will be social, cultural, religious, and tribal strife between different groups. Many areas will have scarce resources, including the most basic ones like food and shelter. As populations grow and resources shrink even further, the chances for conflict will naturally grow with it."
The U.S. Marine Corps document "Why Urban Warrior?" suggests that foreign terrorists weren't the only domestic threat the military was preparing to address. In a January 1999 article in Armed Forces Journal International, Col. James A. Lasswell, head of experimental operations for the MCWL, warned: "There will be widespread economic problems and cultural, ethnic, and tribal tensions, many caused by wave after wave of immigration."
In another issue of the same publication, Major General Scales minced no words about the military's role in urban warfare. In the decades ahead, Scales writes,
the mission will be to fight on behalf of the rich and against the poor.
"The future urban center will contain a mixed population, ranging from the rich elite to the poor and disenfranchised," he writes. "Day-to-day existence for most of the urban poor will be balanced tenuously on the edge of collapse. With social conditions ripe for exploitation, the smallest tilt of unfavorable circumstance might be enough to instigate starvation, disease, social foment, cultural unrest, or other forms of urban violence.
"The enormous problems of infrastructure and the demand for social services that threaten to swamp governing authorities in the urban centers of emerging states will most likely worsen," Scales predicted. "Moreover, the proximity of the disenfranchised to the ruling elite provides the spark for further unrest and sporadic violence."
For all the frightening clarity of the military's plans, the documents leave one vital question unanswered. Urban Warrior proposes nothing but open-ended battles for urban terrain. What happens after the marines swarm ashore and successfully seize a city? At what point would they stop blasting holes in the urban infrastructure?
"That's one of the difficult points," Thiffault said. "When do we get out? Who defines how we get out?" He didn't offer any answers.
Interview with Col. Thiffault
Q -- Why would "rebels" be opposed to a "humanitarian relief" effort?
A -- Thiffault laughs and says "What do you think was happening in Somalia?"
Q -- But in Somalia the warlords were already involved in a struggle for power before the USMC arrived.
Q -- If an earthquake struck SF, why would rebels spring up to fight the HA?
A -- Thiffault insists that these games do not mean the USMC plans to invade US cities. He repeats the argument that this is illegal under US law.
Q -- So the Marines are planning to invade foreign cities like London or Paris?
A -- Thiffault argues that this is "a political decision." The Marines don't decide where they will be sent. They are just concerned with getting the job done when they get there. Thiffault boasts that "the Marines and the Navy are way out in front on this." A few other countries (Britain, etc) are now participating "to find out how we do it."
Q -- If the USMC isn't going to use these techniques inside the US, what foreign cities -- with 15-story high-rises -- would we be willing to invade? London? Sao Paolo?
A -- "Those are political decisions."
Q -- If the USMC is going to try and capture foreign cities, I assume its been coordinating with the UN?
A -- "The UN was not involved." "We don't need anyone to tell us how to train." Humanitarian Assistance is not the basic goal. "We're doing it so we can figure out how to do urban warfare."
Disaster relief includes a chemical biological response force. Thiffault cites the "anthrax bomb" that Saddam Hussein was planning "to export to the US."
Q -- Are you bothered that there is no endgame?
A -- "One of the very difficult points. When do we get out? Who defines how we get out."
Q -- Do you believe you can fight and win a war inside a city?
A -- Thiffault asks if I was ever in the military and questions whether I have the strategic background to ask such a question.
Q -- I respond that this is why we have a civilian military, so that we can raise questions like this.
A -- "You're really out there. Where do you get these ideas?"
Q -- From the MCWL's CEF.
A -- Thiffault says the reasons the photos of US cities were in there was because "those are the cities we've trained in." But they had not trained in SF when the CEF was published. We agreed that it could cause an international incident to run a photo of a foreign city. Thiffault suggested that perhaps in future documents they would leave out the photos of the US cities.
Q -- A good PR move, I replied.
Gar Smith is co-founder of Environmentalists Against War, Editor Emeritus of Earth Island Journal, the winner of three Project Censored reporting awards and author of Nuclear Roulette.


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Boffins unimpressed by LOHAN's sizzling thruster
Vulture 2 designers suggest mightier hybrid motor
The Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) team has just about shaken off the effects of excessive Yule cheer, and is back at the workbench further pondering a potential powerplant for the Vulture 2 spaceplane.
Our first instinct was to go for an off-the-shelf unit, and the AeroTech RC 32/60-100NS looked a likely candidate. It's a lightweight glider motor with no parachute ejection charge, which seems to offer the ease of operation suitable for high-altitude applications.
Here's how it looks in its dismantled state. Clockwise from left you can see a G-class reload, motor case, sealing ring, end cap and nozzle:
Last month we conducted the first test-firing of the motor, and shot a quick video for your viewing pleasure:
Well, the elite team of Southampton University postgraduate students who'll be tackling the Vulture 2 design (from L-R Joshua Jeeson Daniel, Christopher Dodd, Jeroen van Schaik, David Cooper and Amrith Surendra)...
...wasted no time in taking our data and getting their heads down with fellow student Siddhartha Santos to crunch some numbers.
Their preliminary rough performance calculations are based on these assumptions:
- Density is constant = 0.018 kg/m^3 (density at 30 km 98,000 ft)
- Drag coefficient (Cd) = 0.4 assuming a slippy design (http:// www.interactiveinstruments.com/pdfs/28.pdf)
- Area (S) = 0.1
- Gravity (g) = 9.81 m/s^2
- Aircraft mass = 0.5 kg
- Motor mass = 0.126 kg
- Propellant mass = 0.0511 kg
Here are the graphs for a single unit:
Alternatively, this is what happens of you bolt three motors together:
The team notes:
As you can see these solid rocket motors have limited potential to achieve significant altitude. Increasing the number of rockets in a parallel configuration (ignite simultaneously) offers an increase in altitude but at the expense of extra weight and drag (since the initial velocity is increased).
A staged configuration would offer longer burn time. However, there is a penalty for carrying the extra rocket mass whilst it is not being used for thrust.
Neglecting any changes to the rocketplane configuration to hold the extra rockets, a 2-stage rocket would go to around 140 m and a 3-stage configuration to around 200 m.
They provocatively conclude:
A hybrid rocket would offer a higher specific impulse so a higher altitude would be attainable. Also the flow of oxidiser can be controlled to limit the initial thrust when the atmosphere is most dense. Thus, the burn time can be extended and maximum thrust provided in the optimum part of the flight profile.
Hmmmm. We know some of our beloved readers are keen on hybrid motors, which commonly deploy nitrous oxide as the oxidiser and high-density polyethylene as the propellant.
Obviously, these beasts are a bit more complicated than a simple solid-fuel job, and we'd have to consider the difficulties in operating a hybrid motor under the proposed LOHAN conditions. Nonetheless, we're happy to look into it and see what's possible.
In the meantime, we'll carry on with our plan for the Rocketry Experimental High Altitude Barosimulator (REHAB) experiment, designed to test motors in a simulated high altitude environment.
There's more on just how we intend to suck the life out of LOHAN at temperatures likely to part brass monkeys from their balls right here.
While we're getting that together, feel free to chip in with your comments/suggestions regarding the hybrid motor idea. ®
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Fans of Adam Sandler (yes, they still exist) will tell you that his films are not meant to be profound; they're meant to make you laugh. They're easily forgotten, but can provide a pleasant distraction for a short while. Fans of Dan Brown (I think they still exist) tend to concede that his books are meant to offer quick, easy reading, entertainment that doesn't probe too deeply.


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July 30, 2009
Join us as we celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the historic voyage up the Hudson River through the creative journeys of New York State artists, Elaine Galen and Sharon Gordon
July 29, 2009
"World Music: Visual Poetry in Motion" - new ETCA exhibit opens in New York City at Saint Peter's Church
June 16, 2009
"Fantastic Worlds: Landscapes and Cityscapes"
Opens June 27th, 2009 at Riverdale Gallery
Reception July 8th 5pm - 8pm
June 5, 2009
"Deep Dive. Journey beyond the surface."
Opening reception in Bridgehampton -- Sunday, July 5th 2-6pm.
April 1, 2009
Current Exhibit through May 31st - Ebb & Flow
March 22, 2009
Elisa Contemporary Art Artist, Elaine Galen, featured in Sunday March 22nd New York Times (Westchester Section)as part of Hudson Valley Hospital Center's, Art for Health Program.
March 7, 2009
Organic machinery, viral landscapes and utopian worlds of Rosa Ruey
February 19, 2009
Michael Barletta "In Pieces" installation at the Warehouse Projects Gallery (February 29, 2009)
December 13, 2008
Contemporary Art Gallery, Elisa Contemporary Art,in New York Spaces magazine (Dec. 2008)
December 12, 2008
Join us for our Holiday Event and Benefit, The Art of Giving, December 11-28, 2008
November 18, 2008
International Art Show Dazzles at Boston's Historic Cyclorama as reported in Edge, Arts & Entertainment (November 18, 2008, BIFAS)
November 1, 2008
Owner Lisa Cooper featured in American Art Collector (November 2008)
October 2, 2008
New Contemporary Art Gallery opens in Riverdale with a "purpose"
September 17, 2008
Grand Opening Exhibit at Riverdale Gallery 9/26-11/2
June 16, 2008
Art lovers, blogs and the press give rave reviews to the work of Carol Bennett, Rosalind Schneider and the Elisa Contemporary Art Group Show.
March 30, 2008
Our first show at the Art Now Fair
was a resounding success.
March 27, 2008
Read about our first art exhibit at the Art Now Fair in New York in March, 2008, highlighting the work of Rosalind Schneider, as reported in ArtInfo.com (a leading art blog)
March 26, 2008
Riverdale resident Carole Naggar will be among a group of artists with work on display at the Art Now Fair with the Elisa Contemporary Art gallery.


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Three Pacific Islanders were named in the 37-man squad that will face Australia this year, with Sam Warburton named as captain.
Centre Manu Tuilagi, prop Mako Vunipola and backrower Toby Faletau made the squad announced yesterday.
Cardiff Blues flanker Warburton was confirmed skipper at Tuesday's press conference, which saw fifteen Welshman included in the squad.
Surprising omissions from the group were Ireland hooker Rory Best, England flank Chris Robshaw and Scotland back-row forward Kelly Brown.
Not included in the squad is Jonny Wilkinson, with Head Coach Gatland opting for two fly-halves in the shape of Jonathan Sexton and Owen Farrell.
The Lions will take three scrum-halves on tour as Conor Murray, Ben Youngs and Mike Phillips have been chosen so Danny Care misses the trip.
The squad for the 10-match, three-Test series sees 10 Englishmen, nine Irishmen and three Scots join the 15 Welsh going Down Under.
"The announcement of a British and Irish Lions party is always a much anticipated and exciting event," said Irvine at the announcement.
"Selection for The Lions is the ultimate accolade and it is a great honour for all the players – they should be congratulated along with their clubs, provinces, regions and unions.
"We are fortunate to select from the very best of four nations and there will be some quality players who have sadly not made selection and will rightly feel disappointed."
Gatland added: "We spent a long time selecting this squad and there were some close calls with a lot of competition for places. But ultimately we chose the players who will give us the best chance of a Test series victory.
"A Lions Tour to Australia only comes around once every 12 years and we believe we have the right balance in the squad to be successful.
"We have a tremendous challenge in front of us but I know the players will be dedicated to the adventure and task ahead."
Props: Dan Cole, Cian Healy, Gethin Jenkins, Adam Jones, Matt Stevens, Mako Vunipola.
Hookers: Dylan Hartley, Richard Hibbard, Tom Youngs.
Locks: Ian Evans, Richie Gray, Alun-Wyn Jones, Paul O'Connell, Geoff Parling.
Back-rows: Tom Croft, Toby Faletau, Jamie Heaslip, Dan Lydiate, Sean O'Brien, Justin Tipuric, Sam Warburton (capt).
Full-backs: Leigh Halfpenny, Stuart Hogg, Rob Kearney.
Wings: Tommy Bowe, Alex Cuthbert, Sean Maitland, George North.
Centres: Jonathan Davies, Brian O'Driscoll, Jamie Roberts, Manu Tuilagi.
Fly-halves: Owen Farrell, Jonathan Sexton.
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Monday, January 9, 2012
LSU-Alabama for the title: Who ya got?
7 comments:
- Bud said...
If LSU beats Bama they will have beaten the #2 team in the nation twice, and that's in addition to all the other top ranked teams they've destroyed this year. If the Tigers do beat the Tide tonight, they might be the best college football team of all time. They may be that good anyway, win or lose, but the best team doesn't always win. How you gonna beat this Bama team twice???? I don't see how. Tide 20, Tigers 14.
- January 9, 2012 at 2:49 PM
- Anonymous said...
Bama is really good and it is really tough to beat the same team twice. Throw in the fact that Saban is likely the best coach of them all and Bama has a great shot.
However, the Honey Badger gets what the Honey Badger wants.
Honey Badger 13 Crimson Pachyderms 10
- January 9, 2012 at 3:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
To any true sports fan, it's a joke that this game is being played by a team that could not make it to its conference's title game. The only people more guilty than the BCS/ESPN alliance are "journalists" who continue to legitimatize this sham by giving it attention.
No one who cares about fair play or integrity in college sports will watch. Only those who get their "macho" identity from SEC football care about this-made-for ESPN pageant. As we know from the Big East/ACC negotiations ESPN now controls college sports and their alignment.
Tonight's Bachelor on ESPN's affiliate, ABC, has more integrity.
- January 9, 2012 at 3:11 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'll be pulling for Bama, to make sure the farce runs its course!
- January 9, 2012 at 3:34 PM
- Bud said...
Wait ... what ????? I can't watch ???? .... Oh I'm gonna watch, I'm definitely gonna watch !!
- January 9, 2012 at 5:50 PM
- Michael said...
Anonymous 3:11: We promise to do a round of professional soul-searching, just as soon as the game is over.
- January 9, 2012 at 6:09 PM
- Dragon said...
thank heaven bama won. ... the BCS farce is complete!
- January 9, 2012 at 11:55 PM


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You might have seen it announced in our Facebook page, you might have even got a notification direct to your email account if you previously asked us to do so… but if you haven't read it in either of those places, now you know: Aneela Hoey's sweetest ever collection, A walk in the Woods, is in stock and we love it!
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"The Watsons Go to Birmingham," a movie adaptation from the award-winning book by Christopher Paul Curtis, just wrapped up production here in the Atlanta area.
The film, set in 1963, was directed by Atlanta's own Kenny Leon, founder of True Colors Theatre Company. During the final days of filming last week, visitors to the set had a chance to learn about the movie that invokes one of the Civil Rights Movement's most tragic moments: the bombing death of four little girls at the 16th Street Baptist Church.
The film stars Anika Noni Rose, LaTanya Richardson and Wood Harris as members of an "All American Family" who are transformed by their road trip from their home in Michigan to visit relatives in Alabama. Written by Tonya Lewis Lee, who serves as co-executive producer with Nikki Silver, the film will be part of the Walden Family Theater, a new series of family movies created by Walmart, P&G, Walden Media and ARC Entertainment.
During media and guest day on the movie set at a house near the Stone Mountain Women's Club, Randy Michael Testa, vice president of education and professional development for Walden Media, talked about the importance of a movie like "Watsons."
"This is an opportunity to teach young people about the Civil Rights Movement in a way that is more accessible than reading about it in a text book," Testa said. "We are committed to family entertainment with a message."
Testa said he and Walden also are working with The Southern Poverty Law Center in Alabama to adapt their curriculum on teaching about the Civil Rights Movement in conjunction with the Watsons' movie. This will help school teachers use the film to teach about the Civil Rights Movement, he said.
The educational materials will be loaded on the Walden Media website, including some of the movie's storyboards by Brian McKissick, Testa said. "This will help teachers show students that you have to imagine things before you can do them," he said.
Without giving the whole movie away for those who have not read the book, here's what the press release says:
"So the Watsons load up the 1948 Plymouth Brown Bomber outfitted with a true tone Ultra-Glide turntable and head South with plenty of comedy en route. When they
finally make it to Birmingham, they meet Grandma Sands and her friend, Mr. Robert (David Alan Grier), who show them around town and the Watsons discover that life is very different there than in Flint – and not necessarily for the better."
Tonya Lee, wife of filmmaker Spike Lee, said she was invited to come on board for the movie by her co-executive producer Nikki Silver.
"I was familiar with the book because my child read it in school," she said. "I thought this would be a great project to bring to the screen." This is her first time producing, and she said she is excited about the opportunity.
Also visiting the set were Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, and the Rev. C.T. Vivian. The Watsons' book received the Newberry and Coretta Scott King awards.
Director Leon, known for his support of projects with a message, is directing a feature-length film for a third time. His other TV film projects include "A Raisin in the Sun" and "Steele Magnolias."
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Despite getting on in years, Burma the Asian Elephant has a strong personality and we've designed a more intensive style of husbandry to engage and challenge her.
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She also has a daily bath routine with a pressure cleaner and foot care including trimming her pads and filing her big toe nails. Her other favourite activity is painting several times a week, this includes brush and blow painting which she has only learnt in the last 12 months and thoroughly enjoys. These activities along with grazing on exhibit all day and searching for browse and hidden goodies help to keep Burma busy, and a busy elephant is a happy one!


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CHILDREN AND YOUTH MINOR: 18 credit hours
PSYC 210 — Lifespan Human Development (3 cr)
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SOCI 280 — Race, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism
SOCI 320 — Native American Social Systems
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SPED 257 — Foundations of ASD and EBD
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Under Title VII, the ADA, and the ADEA, it is illegal to discriminate in any aspect of employment, including:
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Employers are required to post notices to all employees advising them of their rights under the laws EEOC enforces and their right to be free from retaliation. Such notices must be accessible, as needed, to persons with visual or other disabilities that affect reading.
Title VII prohibits not only intentional discrimination, but also practices that have the effect of discriminating against individuals because of their race, color, national origin, religion, or sex.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 requires employers to assure that employees hired are legally authorized to work in the U.S. However, an employer who requests employment verification only for individuals of a particular national origin, or individuals who appear to be or sound foreign, may violate both Title VII and IRCA; verification must be obtained from all applicants and employees. Employers who impose citizenship requirements or give preferences to U.S. citizens in hiring or employment opportunities also may violate IRCA.
Additional information about IRCA may be obtained from the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices at 1-800-255-7688 (voice), 1-800-237-2515 (TTY for employees/applicants) or 1-800-362-2735 (TTY for employers).
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The Civil Rights Act of 1991 made major changes in the federal laws against employment discrimination enforced by EEOC. Enacted in part to reverse several Supreme Court decisions that limited the rights of persons protected by these laws, the Act also provides additional protections. The Act authorizes compensatory and punitive damages in cases of intentional discrimination, and provides for obtaining attorneys' fees and the possibility of jury trials. It also directs the EEOC to expand its technical assistance and outreach activities.
Title VII and the ADA cover all private employers, state and local governments, and education institutions that employ 15 or more individuals. These laws also cover private and public employment agencies, labor organizations, and joint labor management committees controlling apprenticeship and training.
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The employer is notified that the charge has been filed. From this point there are a number of ways a charge may be handled:
A charging party may file a lawsuit within 90 days after receiving a notice of a "right to sue" from EEOC, as stated above. Under Title VII and the ADA, a charging party also can request a notice of "right to sue" from EEOC 180 days after the charge was first filed with the Commission, and may then bring suit within 90 days after receiving this notice. Under the ADEA, a suit may be filed at any time 60 days after filing a charge with EEOC, but not later than 90 days after EEOC gives notice that it has completed action on the charge.
Under the EPA, a lawsuit must be filed within two years (three years for willful violations) of the discriminatory act, which in most cases is payment of a discriminatory lower wage.
The "relief" or remedies available for employment discrimination, whether caused by intentional acts or by practices that have a discriminatory effect, may include:
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The nearest EEOC field office may be contacted by calling: 1-800-669-4000 (voice) or 1-800-669-6820 (TTY).
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Governor LePage's aversion to having his public statements recorded and demand that Democratic leaders repudiate the practice before he will meet with them is, in a word, hilarious.
This is the same guy who in 2010 declined to make the exact same gesture when asked by rival Eliot Cutler and whose own campaign secretly recorded private conversations with their intra-party rivals and shared them with me.
"Tracking is a check on hypocrisy, and pandering rhetoric from candidates. It is also harmless," fellow BDN blogger Matt Gagnon wrote during that campaign. "Republican campaigns should expect Democrats to follow them around. It is simply a fact of life, and as far as politics goes, is about the least dirty and abhorrent activity that goes on."
The hilarity is enhanced by the fact that if anyone in the world should have his public remarks recorded, it should be LePage. He has a history of making untrue and offensive statements in public, like when he said he would tell President Barack Obama to go to hell during a campaign stop or when told a group of business leaders that you couldn't get a good education in Maine's public schools or that Maine's Forbes ranking was low because of welfare spending. All these were made at public events.
The Maine Democratic Party isn't stalking the governor or recording his private conversations. It is sending a 23 year old to record the governor's public comments at public events. Something the resources-strapped media can't always do. If the governor is so worried about being recorded, he should consider changing his public behavior.
But this isn't really about tracking. This move by LePage is a bullying tactic. He's testing the new Democratic leadership with an outrageous and obstinate demand to see if they will blink. If they show weakness, he'll be on the attack for the next two years.


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The other strings just fill out the lower harmonies, woodwinds provide pleasantly contrasting timbres, the brass is for added power when you need it and the percussion creates crisper edges and the occasional crash, but there would be no orchestra without the violin at its heart. Or would there?
Perhaps it was true once, but certainly since the beginning of the 20th century composers have begun to treat the sections of the orchestra as equal partners and distribute the music accordingly. It is also a fact that in the modern professional orchestra all the players are virtuosos and so less reliance need be placed on the traditionally more agile violins.
And what of the sound? The rich low notes can be very vocal and can be easily used to 'tug the heart strings'. They can play very fast and also very high, but it is the endless sustain that characterises all string instruments that enables the violins, in particular, when they all play together, to create a floating effect which is responsible for some of the most sublime moments in music. Indeed it is primarily because people love the effect of massed string sounds that orchestras are so large (the violin is the most numerous of all the strings, with as many as 30 being used for a large orchestral work).
The violin is the highest pitched and most agile member of the string family. In a typical orchestra, violins are grouped into Firsts and Seconds. The leader of the First Violins is also the Leader of the Orchestra. Numbers vary, but usually there are sixteen Firsts and fourteen Seconds, seated two to a 'desk'.
The violin is basically a small wooden box with strings stretched across the surface, but the finest examples can cost in the region of a million pounds. Every detail of the instrument contributes to its sound and for hundreds of years makers have guarded their secrets from competitors.
The bow is an equally important part of the instrument: its weight and balance greatly affects the violin's sound and playability. The bow consists of a wooden stick with horse hair stretched between the two ends. The part of the bow that the player holds is called the frog and the other end, or very tip, of the bow is known as the point.
The violin is the highest pitched instrument in the string section. It has a resonant lower register and can also reach extremely high notes. As with many orchestral instruments there is no definite top note - it all depends on the skill of the player.
There are four strings, usually tuned to G3, D4, A4, E5. Each of the strings has different characteristics which composers exploit when writing music. For example a melody played high up on the G string will have a darker, thicker sound than the same melody at exactly the same pitch played low down on the A string.
The up bow (traveling from point to frog) has a weaker sound than the down bow, and therefore is often used on upbeats. The somewhat heavier down bow (moving from frog to point) is then used to emphasise the down beat in the music. Experienced players can play up and down bows so evenly that it is often impossible to tell which is which just by listening. However, when a particularly heavy attack is required there is no substitute for a strong downbow.


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Shire Hall Gallery
The Shire Hall Gallery is the largest venue in Staffordshire dedicated to visual arts and crafts. Situated in a fascinating Grade II listed building (formerly used as the Crown Court) the Shire Hall Gallery offers visitors a mixture of old and new!
Stafford's Shire building has had several forms - the present building in the Market Square was constructed in 1793.
As well as hosting balls, theatres, dinners and concerts, the Hall was also home to the crown court, where many sensational trials were held. Perhaps one of the best known today concerns the murder of Christina Collins, killed by boatmen in 1839 by the side of the Trent and Mersey canal and the inspiration for Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse novel 'The Wench is Dead'.
Court One was last used for legal proceedings in 1991 and is now open to the Shire Hall's visitors. A volunteer guide is on hand every Friday between 10.30am and 2pm.
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Mon - Sat: 09.30 - 17.00
Tues: 10.00 - 1700
Sun: 13.00 - 16.00
Closed on Bank holidays
During exhibition changes the Gallery is closed. Please ring before your visit
Gallery: Free
Court One: Free
Multi-Sensory Room: Free - Please call and book in advance
The Shire Hall Gallery is located in the Market Square in the centre of Stafford. Car parks, bus stops and railway station are within 5 minutes walk. Stafford is only 3 miles from the M6 (junction 13 or 14)
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The Shire Hall Gallery also has a Multi-Sensory Room, designed to provide a relaxing environment for adults and children with special needs or learning difficulties and a stimulating environment to aid the sensory development of babies and toddlers. The Multi-Sensory Room is popular, so please call in advance to book.
As well as a permanent crime and punishment display in Court One, the Gallery has a regularly changing programme of temporary exhibitions which focus on contemporary visual art and craft.
From Guy Martin's ecologically friendly furniture to Raphel Daden's light sculptures and Mabel Layng's colourful oil paintings, the Shire Hall Gallery has it all!
Our Art Market is dedicated to promoting and selling the work of artists and craftspeople, ranging from watercolours and prints to cutting-edge contemporary jewellery whilst exhibitions in the Balcony Coffee Bar showcase work by the best local and regional artists.
Please check our website to see who and what is on!
Collection details
Decorative and Applied Art, Design, Film and Media, Fine Art, Law and Order, Photography, Social History
Court in Action
A seven lesson pack which investigates the circumstances, people and politics behind cases tried at the Shire Hall. The pack includes all you need to reenact the trial in the court where it actually took place.
KS2: Elizabeth Buckley. When some rings go missing from a local jewellers, the police suspect Elizabeth Buckley. A hard working girl from a poor family, Elizabeth had visited the shop and was seen to be acting suspiciously. Is she guilty or innocent? You decide!
KS3: William Ellis. William lives in troubled times. A staunch campainer for the rights of the poor man, he believes in votes for all! But when disgruntled pottery workers join a Chartist rally to protest about the loss of j
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Contemporary art and design resources
The Shire Hall Gallery has a changing programme of exhibitions throughout the year, at least two of which have specifically tailored schools resources. These exhibitions normally take place during March-April and September-October and involve artists whose work is currently on show.
We are also able to produce tailor-made sessions to fit your requirements. We are able to accomodate everyone from primary and secondary schools through to sixth form colleges and PRUs. Please contact the Gallery for further details.
If you would like to bring your class to the Shire Hall Gallery to study the nineteenth century courtroom or to enjoy self-guided activities in one of the art exhibitions there is
Getting there
The Shire Hall Gallery is located in the Market Square in the centre of Stafford. Car parks, bus stops and railway station are within 5 minutes walk. Stafford is only 3 miles from the M6 (junction 13 or 14)
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. revealed new stakes in Archer Daniels Midland Co. and VeriSign Inc., companies likely selected by a new generation of Berkshire stock pickers.
The conglomerate, with a $75 billion U.S. equity portfolio, also increased its positions in several of its smaller holdings in the fourth quarter, another sign that Berkshire's new investment managers are putting money to work. Its positions in companies including General Motors Co., DirecTV, Precision Castparts Corp. and Wabco Holdings Inc. all rose.
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Your Guide to Buying Antique Paintings
Antique paintings are those works of art that were made between the 1800s and 1915s. Whether you prefer an oil painting or a watercolor piece, favor a certain painter, or are simply interested in buying antique paintings, this guide will help you make the best decisions for your home.
Buying Antique Paintings for Your Collection
The most important way to tell if antique paintings are truly antique is from the back of the canvas. If the canvas is light beige or white, it is not very old. The darker the canvas is, the more crackle marks that can be seen on its surface, the more chances are that you have an authentic work in your hands. If the watercolor or oil painting has been done on board and the board is very dark grey or black, it typically dates back to the 1800s or early 1900s. Most canvas boards are marked on the back with labels from the artist or company that produced them. The labels are usually typical of the period from which they hail.
You can also gauge the period of antique paintings by the wood they are nailed to at the back. If the wood is darker, the piece is older. Your next consideration will be the condition of the painting. Unless you are a restorer, you will want to buy antique paintings that are in good condition. As antiques, they are likely going to have at least some craquelure, paint chips, and even a few tiny tears or rips. When shopping for antique paintings, you will have the opportunity to select from a broad range of styles that were used before the 1900s. Some of the most popular styles are listed below.
Impressionist Paintings
Impressionist paintings are not as accurate as some other antique paintings, and the artist of such a piece would use shorter brush strokes and a mixture of colors and lights.
Realism Paintings
A realist painter created work as a rejection of the romanticist era. Realist paintings tend to represent everyday situations and often depict portraits, landscapes, and animals.
Abstract Paintings
An artist during this era didn't often make the subject matter of their pieces clear. Sometimes, bright blocks of color would be used to evoke a feeling from a piece.
Miniature Paintings
As the name suggests, miniature paintings are smaller than traditional landscape or portrait artworks. But, their size does not make them any less valuable. Only a painter who could master a degree of sleight of hand could master these antique paintings that were mainly procured with watercolor during the 19th century.
The two main mediums for older paintings were oil and watercolors. The oil paintings were the most common, with the most well-known creation being Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Many of these paintings were created on canvas and some are highly valuable because of the amount of time it took to create them. Watercolor varieties use a different kind of paint and the characteristics usually included several layers of colors. The colors tend to be softer and more transparent in nature.
The Difference Between Reproduction and Original Paintings
Reproductions are replicas of popular pieces. If you opt for a reproduction, it's important to ensure that there aren't any copyright infringements made on behalf of the seller. Also, replicas may not be of the standard you expect. They are not created with the same care as an original artwork.
Sourcing an original painting from pre-1900s can be daunting. You need to consider a few things, including the history of the piece. Original pieces ought to come with an auction history and previous selling prices. Furthermore, original paintings from that era are, of course, antiques, and the condition of the artwork will play a significant role in the price you pay for it. Antique paintings with minor tears are easy to restore, but significant damage is far more complex or irreparable.
Investment art is always going to increase in value. Well-listed artists from bygone eras created quality masterpieces that are sought after by dealers, collectors, and investors alike. If you are planning on investing in antique art, horizontal pictures tend to be better than vertical and landscapes are usually more valuable than seascapes, as are life-pictures. On the contrary, religious paintings can be difficult to sell unless they were created by a renowned painter. You should aim to buy original paintings that have been dated and signed by the artist and those artists who had major exhibitions during their time.
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