{"id":922,"date":"2023-05-07T09:03:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T14:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/?p=922"},"modified":"2024-03-31T07:53:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T12:53:45","slug":"art-superb-starling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/07\/art-superb-starling\/","title":{"rendered":"Art: Superb Starling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_1658.jpeg?resize=788%2C591&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"591\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_1658.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_1658.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_1658.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_1658.jpeg?resize=788%2C591&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_1658.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This weekend's painting was based on a photo I took while visiting the Saint Louis Zoo a few weekends ago.  I took a picture of this Superb Starling (talk about a name with a lot of expectation!) in the Bird House:<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/starling.jpg?resize=788%2C591&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A superb starling is perched on a branch.\" width=\"788\" height=\"591\" class=\"size-large wp-image-924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/starling.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/starling.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/starling.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/starling.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/starling.jpg?resize=788%2C591&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/starling.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"quoted-stuff\"><b>SUPE'RB.<\/b> <i>adj.<\/i> [<i>superbe,<\/i> French; <i>superbus,<\/i> Latin.] Grand; pompous; lofty; august; stately; magnificent.<\/span> \u2014 Samuel Johnson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonsdictionaryonline.com\/views\/search.php?term=superb\"><i>A Dictionary of the English Language,<\/i><\/a> 1755.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend's painting was based on a photo I took while visiting the Saint Louis Zoo a few weekends ago. I took a picture of this Superb Starling (talk about a name with a lot of expectation!) in the Bird House: SUPE'RB. adj. [superbe, French; superbus, Latin.] Grand; pompous; lofty; august; stately; magnificent. \u2014 Samuel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/07\/art-superb-starling\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Art: Superb Starling<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[85,88],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=922"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":928,"href":"https:\/\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions\/928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/encyclopaedia-fortuita.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}