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The unsettling atmosphere, the waiter, the two seated men, the young woman lost in thought, the percolators. An almost identical staging that plunges us into the heart of a diner with the appearance of a giant aquarium coin slot.

Edward Hopper is often celebrated for his ability to capture the quiet moments of American life with a cinematic eye. His style, characterized by its meticulous attention to detail, dramatic use of light and shadow, and carefully constructed compositions, draws heavily from cinematic techniques. Hopper’s paintings frequently depict scenes that seem to be plucked from a film still, evoking a sense of narrative and inviting viewers to speculate on the stories behind the images.

After setting up the intricate details of Bruegel’s masterwork within a single shot, director Lech Majewski strings his film together in a series of vignettes dramatizing the everyday life of peasants depicted within the painting. These stories are broken up with intermittent monologues by other characters, including Bruegel himself (Rutger Hauer).

That’s easier said than done, of course. Film, to echo an old saw, is a visual medium, but it’s undeniably a literary one, too. Lean too heavily on dialogue, and your movie could come off prosaic or heavy-handed; concentrate too hard on the beauty of each frame and your final product may end up feeling inert and indulgent, less than the sum of its pretty parts. A painting, after all, is a single image—films consist of thousands of images, which need to be carefully edited together into a story.

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Release art

Het scaled Agile raamwerk SAFe® neemt toe in populariteit. In SAFe werkt een Agile Release Train (ART) aan het leveren van waarde voor de klant. In deze blog lees je wat een Agile Release Train is, hoe je een Agile Release Train inricht en de Agile Release Train rollen.

Met zijn creatieve geest weet Bas groepen in beweging te krijgen. Hij maakt het liefst gebruik van niet-alledaagse methoden om medewerkers te inspireren. Bas houdt de nieuwste technieken in de gaten, naast Agile, Zelforganisatie zijn er zoveel meer interessante methodes. Houd zijn blogs in de gaten om op de hoogte te blijven van de laatste ontwikkelingen.

Given ARTs typically comprise up to 150 dedicated full-time members and 12 teams, there’s a mixture of key roles to direct the overall ART and several supporting roles for the individual teams. Here’s an overview of the roles and responsibilities that deliver value through the program.

Er is gekozen voor trein als metafoor omdat de teams werken volgens een vast ritme (dienstregeling). Daarnaast dient er onderhoud plaats te vinden aan de trein en de rails om de trein snel te laten rijden. Ook is er treinpersoneel. Dat zijn de rollen binnen SAFe die helpen om de trein goed op weg te helpen.

In conclusion, building a strong Agile team and maintaining continuous improvement are key practices for successful ART implementation. By investing in team-building activities, fostering a culture of learning and collaboration, and encouraging feedback and experimentation, organizations can maximize the potential of their Agile Release Trains.

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The Visual Studio IDE is a creative launching pad that you can use to edit, debug, and build code, and then publish an app. Over and above the standard editor and debugger that most IDEs provide, Visual Studio includes compilers, code completion tools, graphical designers, and many more features to enhance the software development process.

VS Code predicts your next move as you code. Use the Tab key to accept AI-powered suggestions right in your editor. It intelligently recommends what to change — and where — based on the edits you’re already making.

Tackle complex, multi-step tasks. Agent mode reads your codebase, suggests edits across files, runs terminal commands, and responds to compile or test failures — all in a loop until the job is done. Further refine agent mode to fit your team’s workflows with VS Code extensions and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

VS Code ships monthly releases and supports auto-update when a new release is available. If you’re prompted by VS Code, accept the newest update and it will be installed (you won’t need to do anything else to get the latest bits).

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The Visual Studio IDE is a creative launching pad that you can use to edit, debug, and build code, and then publish an app. Over and above the standard editor and debugger that most IDEs provide, Visual Studio includes compilers, code completion tools, graphical designers, and many more features to enhance the software development process.

VS Code predicts your next move as you code. Use the Tab key to accept AI-powered suggestions right in your editor. It intelligently recommends what to change — and where — based on the edits you’re already making.

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3 Beautiful Brides Free Prints Vintage My favorite in this collection is the beautiful Fairy Bride. This fairy wears a flowing white gown with a veil. She is standing in the grass, and the cutest beetle is holding her train. This pretty print is a black and white etching with the prettiest yellow touches on her dress and green on the plants.

9 Natural History Bees Instant Art This is a really marvelous collection! One of my favorites is a fun old engraving of flowers in black and white with three varieties of honey bees in mid flight, ready to land. I love the contrast of the bees in color against the black and white flowers in the background.

Also known as the Swiss Style, the International Typographic Style is a graphic design style that was first conceptualized in the 1920s in Europe, but became fully developed and popularized by a group of Swiss designers in the 1950s.

For a 19th century engraved style, take a look at the vintage images from London-based scraperboard artist Caroline Church. Her main influences include iconic engravers Thomas Bewick and Gustav Dore, and all kinds of clients love her work: Domino’s (pictured), DDB Helsinki and Virgin to name just a few.

1 French Astronomy Print This one is a fabulous vintage French astronomy print with white images on a black background. This print comes from a circa 1874 French astronomy book. This shows earth’s rotation around the sun. I just love the contrast of the white etching on the black background.