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Kevin McGarry tracks down some of more salacious moments and art world scandals.
Raffi Khatchadourian on how a self-taught artist became one of the most celebrated painters of his generation.
I won't pretend to be a comic book connoisseur. My brother and I collected Tintin books for our father to read to us before bedtime and well, that's about as far as it went for my foray into the graphic arts world. But now I'm wondering, if I had spent a little more time at the comic book store as a
During the dark ages - a historic period following the decline of the Roman Empire and before the European Renaissance Art began reflecting the various conflict, violence and disease related tribulations affecting civilization. As the Renaissance developed these unique Artistic traditions continued to flourish but with new dark direction.
Heffernan has received a number of grants and fellowships over the years including a Thomas R. Proctor Prize from the National Academy Museum in New York City, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (NYFA), a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and a Fulbright-Hayes Grant to West Berlin. Heffernan’s work has been published and reviewed in major newspapers and periodicals including: The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New York Observer, The New York Sun, Artforum, Art in America, Art News, Flash Art, Harpers, The Chicago Tribune and Art and Auction.
When the going gets tough, the art gets going. That's the beautiful thing about human creativity – it can sprout in any soil. Especially for the late British-French illustrator Edmund Dulac, whose flair for Art Nouveau fantasy not only gave us brilliant literary illustrations, but flights of fancy a
Jerko Jacek , alias Jacek Kowalski, è nato nel 1952 a Torun in Polonia . E' un famoso illustratore , il cui genere artistico è il neo-surrealismo. Si è formato presso l' Università degli Studi di Nicolaus Copernicus, studiando arte e grafica , prima di diventare un artista a tempo pieno nel 1980 Durante gli studi universitari , Yerka ha resistito alle pressioni costanti dei suoi istruttori di adottare le tecniche meno dettagliate, meno realistiche che caratterizzano tanto di arte contemporanea. Invece, ha ostinatamente continuato a lavorare nel classico stile fiammingo , meticoloso che favorisce ancora a questo giorno . Alla fine , furono i suoi maestri che alla fine cedettero , riconoscendo il loro allievo determinato come brillante talento. Gli artisti che hanno nfluenzato il suo lavoro sono : Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Brueghel il Vecchio, Hugo van der Goes, Jan van Eyck. I suoi dipinti sono acrilico su tela , utilizzando le immagini della sua infanzia , tra cui la cucina della nonna . I critici parlando di Jacek Style Jerko si riferiscono allo stile realistico del surrealismo e fantasia, anche se il suo lavoro è difficile attribuire ad uno stile particolare. Le opere dell'artista possono essere trovati in varie pubblicazioni americane, hanno esibito in Polonia, Germania, Francia, Principato di Monaco e Stati Uniti, e sono in numerose collezioni di tutto il mondo. www.yerkaland.com
In this post you will find the most amazing and impressive urban art installations around the world. Prepare to get amazed!
Together outside the UK for the first time, what can Millais’s Ophelia and Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott tell us about shifting standards of female beauty?
Tumblr Thread On The Art World's Most Hated Elitist Anish Kapoor And His Bean - The internet has generated a huge amount of laughs from cats and FAILS. And we all out of cats.
The self-published mini-comic is one of the best ways for creators to show off what they can do on their own, giving readers and publishers a short sample of material that also displays the creators’ independent initiative to put their work out into the world. These short comics offer their own distinct challenges,…
Thierry Lechanteur è uno dei pionieri nell'uso dell'Intelligenza Artificiale in Belgio e nella fotografia, creando immagini che trascendono i limiti..
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition (informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair) was the event of the century.
The list of top 10 wonders of the world which are the masterpiece of skill of the people of that era. Today we become astonished to see these wonders.
Edmund dulac 1911, the nightingale
See stunning examples of the extravagant aesthetic, from Paris to Prague
photo by Mark Cartwright While digging at a construction site in the Grottarossa district of Rome in 1964, workers found a sarcophagus with artifacts and
Whether or not you know it, you’ve probably seen Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen’s work before.
Een houten reus tegenkomen tijdens een boswandeling? Klinkt als een film, maar in Denemarken kan het je zomaar gebeuren. En dat is wel even ...
The stairs of the Helsinki Cathedral were filled with the Guinness world record attempt for the largest crocheted patchwork quilt of the world, making a quite large blanket.
A sumptuous full-colour rendition of the Great Library at Unseen University from Terry Pratchett's Discworld, an exclusive collaboration with David Wyatt!
Craig Mullins is now one of my all-time favorite concept artists and illustrators, up there with N.C. Wyeth and Ralph McQuarrie. He has created some of the most iconic designs on film and video games, touching everything from history to fantasy to science-fiction. Here's a selection of my favorites.
She's a Canadian icon, but her career didn't take off until she was 57 years old. Hear how CBC Radio remembered the life of Emily Carr, one of art's most loved late-bloomers, on this day in 1963.
I bet you've noticed that almost every city has its own creative sculptures or statues, usually tucked along streets or city squares. Some of them are pretty ordinary, but others... Other famous sculptures can be extremely eye-catching and conversation-provoking.
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A paper, wood and plaster scale model of Pompeii by the archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli between 1861 and 1879.
why is it that even old paris never gets tired? good morning everyone! i’ve been obsessing over some shots of paris in the last century when technology was brand new. the images led me to inv…
Balancing Rock - Digby, Canada Balancing Rock in Digby, Nova Scotia, is a 30-odd (about 9 m) foot high spire of columnar basalt that has gradually eroded out from the cliff face over countless years. The town of Digby has lately built an infrastructure of railings and walkways so that access to this striking phenomenon of nature is now much safer – both for tourists and for the rock itself. El Torcal de Antequera, Andalucia, Spain El Torcal Nature Reserve, situated in the mountains south of Antequera, Spain, features a plethora of karst limestone rock formations that typically feature tall, tapering spires of rock combined with horizontal weathering patterns. The result of this combination is often expressed in huge “flapjack stacks” that are actually more stable than they appear. Kjeragbolten, Norway Kjeragbolten is a 5 square meter (roughly 15 sq ft) rock that his wedged itself in a crevasse between two gigantic rocks on Kjerag mountain, Norway. It’s not your typical, top-heavy balanced rock by any means but that’s not to say that Kjeragbolten is at perfect rest – just ask Aron Ralston, whose arm was trapped by a similarly wedged boulder in Utah’s Blue John Canyon, requiring him to take desperate measures to free himself. Queen Nefertiti Rock, USA The magnificent Queen Nefertiti Rock can be found in Arches National Park in the state of Utah. There is hundreds of amazing rock formations in the said park. Balanced Rock (Colorado), USA The huge balanced rock known as Balanced Rock can be found in the Garden of the Gods, a Registered National Natural Landmark located near Pike’s Peak in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The rock looms over a paved access road that provides an excellent view. The Cheesewring, England photo source The Cheesewring is a granite tor in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor in the parish of Linkinhorne approximately four miles (6 km) north of Liskeard. The Cheeswring is a natural geological formation, a rock outcrop of granite slabs formed by weathering. It gets its name because the piled slabs look like a "cheesewring", a press-like device that was used to make cheese. Idol Rock, Brimham Moor, UK A number of oddly shaped and curiously balanced rocks dot a 50-acre expanse of Brimham Moor in North Yorkshire, England. One of the most outstanding – from a balanced rock point of view – is the so-called Idol Rock. Estimated to weight around 200 tons, Idol Rock balances its enormous weight atop a comparatively tiny, pyramidal stone upon which frighteningly high pressures are being expended. Peyro Clabado, Sidobre, France photo source Peyro Clabado (Nailed Rock) is perhaps the most famous of the many enormous, eroded granite boulders and rock formations that make up the Sidobre in Languedoc, France. The rocks are all that remain of a 300 million year old mountain range that loomed over what was to become western Europe.As hard and dense as granite may be, given enough time even the hardest specimens will be reduced to sand and sediment. Peyro Clabado is on its way to that fate, but for a brief moment in geological time we’re privileged to observe this 780-ton rock perform an exquisitely delicate balancing act. The Sphere, Scotland photo source This spectacular karst formation is called the Sphere or sometimes known as the Globe is part of the Knockan Crag, a line of cliffs in Assynt, Scotland. The name means “crag of the small hill”. Pedra Montada, Brasil photo source This balanced rock called Pedra Montada is located in Brazil. Rocking Stone, Czech Republic photo source This huge balancing rock named the Rocking Stone is located at Kadov, Czech Republic. Mushroom Rocks, Kansas, USA Mushroom Rock State Park, located in the Smoky Hills region of Kansas, may only be 5 acres in size but it holds some of the oddest balancing rocks on Earth and a couple of them do indeed resemble mushrooms. The Kansas Mushroom Rocks are a work in progress, and unfortunately the end of the job means the end of the rock formation. Although weathering by wind and water is a slow process, it’s remarkably effective over long stretches of time. In the Mushroom Rocks, one can easily see how the harder, darker Dakota Sandstone cap rock protects (to some degree) the softer, lighter colored stone that forms its pedestal. Even more remarkable is the fact that the narrow pedestal was once part of a distinct layer of rock, the vast majority of which has eroded away. Balanced Rock (Colorado), USA photo source Balanced Rock is an interesting mushroom-shaped rock sitting on the north side of Lumpy Ridge in Rocky Mtn. National Park. Pinnacle Balanced Rock (Arizona), USA photo source Impossibly balanced rock in Chiricahua National Monument. source 1 source 2
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Color is a country in Gwen Knight's paintings.
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This is a blog to show my WIP and finished miniatures and scale models. I build mostly fantasy medieval and WWII. Also lots of stuff that inspires me, and hopefully you! Check for the Dunbrough and Gripenhem tags for my original...
